FOUND: The perfect color for my old BMW bike.

This is a quickie I threw on my steel snow tire rims but I likie.

The paint is Dulpi-Color HWP 102 Graphite Metallic wheel paint; resistant to brake dust, grease etc. Two thin coats ten minutes apart and then within one hour a spray of HWP 103 Clear Coat.

It's a medium gray but under direct sun light you see the flakes and it gets lighter. I hope to put this on my 1976 BMW, almost period correct, add some M colour pinstripes and it's a new bike.

I'm going to test a panel with this on it for gasoline resistance.

I think with time and care it could be a nice paint job.

Dan

It should be a good color. Looks pretty close to the smoke grey they used back then.

hey Dan, that's exactly the paint that was on the LF fender of the Lakewood when you got it from me.

late 90 BMW bike had "Anthracite" as a color even had factory matched Bell helmets.
I sold a crap load of the helmets back then very popular color

The guy I bought this from has a Pebble Beach ready R-90s, perfect! It's so nice he won't ride it.

I think my interpretation will be just fine......

Love the color.