FRAME COLOUR 2003 r1150gs

[jim316]

what colour is the frame on my bike?
black
grey black
there does not seem to be any paint codes for it. can anybody help?

 

[Karlread]

Try Phil Hawksley the BMW boxer man, he is based in Leicester and has his own website which covers most model colours, but he may know of the frame colour. Alternatively, take the bike to your local bodyshop and they should be able to match the colour and tell you where it is listed and as what colour.

 

[Stujw70]

Any old satin black paint aerosol should do the job if it's just the actual tubular frame you want to sort out.

 

[Ash]

Any old satin black paint aerosol should do the job if it's just the actual tubular frame you want to sort out.

Yours must need a good clean as my frame is Gloss Black, shinier than shinee
........

 

[King Rat]

Yours must need a good clean as my frame is Gloss Black, shinier than shinee
........

That's interesting, mine is two-tone. It is mostly a reddy brown colour, especally in the corners, but some areas are black.

 

[Ash]

That's interesting, mine is two-tone. It is mostly a reddy brown colour, especally in the corners, but some areas are black.

but the one you've just got will be shinee like mine...

 

[Flipfly]

but the one you've just got will be shinee like mine...

Standard paint is Satin black (still a bit of a shine, but not gloss). If yours is 'super shinee' then somebody repainted it incorrectly

 

[Stujw70]

Yep, def satin black

Never had one with a super shiny paint finish

 

[Ash]

Standard paint is Satin black (still a bit of a shine, but not gloss). If yours is 'super shinee' then somebody repainted it incorrectly

mine is SPESHAL.....

 

[Flipfly]

mine is SPESHAL.....

Never a truer word spoken

Who really cares how it got here?

 

[jim316]

I will give him a try many thanks.jim

 

[Massive Lee]

My 1150GSA is gloss black. Main frame and rear clip. And it has its original paint.

 

[Flipfly]

My 1150GSA is gloss black. Main frame and rear clip. And it has its original paint.

No it isn't. If it's original then it is satin black. The difference is subtle between satin and gloss, but it's satin, not matt, not gloss, but satin (if it's original that is). They were all the same, no difference at all from the factory, every 1150 had satin black rear subframe paint. Some have been re powder coated and the owners may have had then gloss blacked, but this is not the original colour.

 

[Massive Lee]

No it isn't. If it's original then it is satin black. The difference is subtle between satin and gloss, but it's satin, not matt, not gloss, but satin (if it's original that is). They were all the same, no difference at all from the factory, every 1150 had satin black rear subframe paint. Some have been re powder coated and the owners may have had then gloss blacked, but this is not the original colour.

Looks like we have different apprciations of what is gloss or satin. My bike is 220,000km and all original. And certainly has a nice shine to it. Being a 2006 SE, the tank is satin though. ;-)

 

[Flipfly]

Satin black or Gloss?

 

[Flipfly]

Satin black covered in ACF50

 

[Flipfly]

Looks like we have different apprciations of what is gloss or satin. My bike is 220,000km and all original. And certainly has a nice shine to it. Being a 2006 SE, the tank is satin though. ;-)

No, being an SE makes no difference, it's a matt finish on the tank, much like the matt finish on the silver

The black ADV was the only one to have a gloss finish tank. All the standard GS had gloss paint finishes on the tank, beak and rear light cowl.

 

[Ash]

51-91-1-453-483
121 Schwartzmatt.**Semi-matte Black
BMW frames from 1981.....

 

[Ash]

FLAT BLACK (matt schwarz) used on Airheads, K-bikes, BMW CARS, and even on late BMW motorcycles like the S1000RR, etc.***
Used on some frames, insides of fairings, etc.*Spray can was 51-91-1-900-346

 

[jim316]

I have tried satin black and it is not a match, the frame is almost dark grey/black.