Standard 91 red and black NC30 fork and caliper colours?

Stu-VFR · Post by **Stu-VFR** » Mon Dec 06, 2010 11:32 am

My NC30 seems to have a mis match of parts.

Its Red and Black, on a H plate.
Currently it has hand painted matt black fork bottoms, and gold calipers that don't really work. (They are are either off or pulling your face off despite stripping and cleaning several times). So I have a new complete set up with braided hoses but they are black.

Which colour is correct? I think the forks should be gloss back? But the calipers I'm not sure. I searched Google for original literature but no luck.

Bike as it stands at the moment.

Thanks,
Stu

trademe900 · Post by **trademe900** » Mon Dec 06, 2010 7:05 pm

My one looks exactly the same, should be correct.

Far out, you're worried about brake caliper colors? Who cares! You have a beast of a machine, go enjoy every moment.

Stu-VFR · Post by **Stu-VFR** » Mon Dec 06, 2010 7:08 pm

I'm a bit of a restorer you see, its like ocd I suppose!

Cheers though.

Stu

samace · Post by **samace** » Mon Dec 06, 2010 7:34 pm

I think they are supposed to be a grey colour.

I have done my fork bottoms and calipers Ford Mercury metallic grey.

Post by **wangwang** » Mon Dec 06, 2010 8:09 pm

Silver/grey fork lowers and black calipers.

http://www.magnumhull.co.uk/Bike%20pictures/db.vfr.jpg

Post by **Dynamohum** » Tue Dec 07, 2010 12:06 am

not 100% sure but were the gold calipers only fitted to early rk 89 models black thereafter

Post by **Cammo** » Tue Dec 07, 2010 12:22 am

davethetrucker wrote:not 100% sure but were the gold calipers only fitted to early rk 89 models black thereafter

Yes, gold calipers only came on '89 models. They were also the only models that came with silver forks.

All other model nc30's had black calipers and dark ('crazy brown metallic') forks.

These are the model pics form the parts manuals:
http://www.vsource.org/VFR-RVF_files/Bvfr400r-mi.htm

Stu-VFR · Post by **Stu-VFR** » Tue Dec 07, 2010 8:51 am

Brilliant, thanks chaps.

I only need to respray the forks then, good times. The new calipers stay as they are.

Cheers,
Stu

Post by **JZH** » Wed Dec 08, 2010 9:09 pm

Cammo wrote:
davethetrucker wrote:not 100% sure but were the gold calipers only fitted to early rk 89 models black thereafter
Yes, gold calipers only came on '89 models. They were also the only models that came with silver forks.

All other model nc30's had black calipers and dark ('crazy brown metallic') forks.

These are the model pics form the parts manuals:
http://www.vsource.org/VFR-RVF_files/Bvfr400r-mi.htm

Gold calipers also featured on the RN ('92) model. From memory, the fork colour is "Max brown metallic", but I may be wrong about that. In any case, the colour is shown in the description of the fork bottoms in the NC30 Parts Catalogue.

Btw, there are much better pics in the sales brochures: http://www.vsource.org/VFR-RVF_files/BS ... dspage.htm.

Ciao,

JZH
London, UK/So.Cal., USA
http://www.vsource.org

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