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Title: Mongoose Motomag Colour
Post by: Gashead on December 15, 2014, 09:26 PM

Any idea if this is a 'standard' colour........

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/g243/gashead69/639899a226945f180235d9333ad2b16e_zps83b23cea.jpg)



If so, anyone got an RAL



Cheers lads

Title: Re: Mongoose Motomag Colour
Post by: Devilock on December 15, 2014, 09:30 PM

 :welcome

Title: Re: Mongoose Motomag Colour
Post by: Gashead on December 15, 2014, 10:00 PM

Thanks Rich  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: Mongoose Motomag Colour
Post by: Jaan on December 15, 2014, 10:28 PM

Mongoose offered yellow as standard from 75-82. I always thought the OG colour was closer to Canary yellow

Title: Re: Mongoose Motomag Colour
Post by: CustardLips on December 15, 2014, 10:36 PM

Quote from: Jaan on December 15, 2014, 10:28 PM

I always thought the OG colour was closer to Canary yellow

I thought the same.

Title: Re: Mongoose Motomag Colour
Post by: Devilock on December 15, 2014, 10:38 PM

Yellow frame & chrome forks looks rad.

Title: Re: Mongoose Motomag Colour
Post by: dancetothedrummersbeat on December 15, 2014, 11:35 PM

Difficult to tell with the light, but that colour looks like it has a hint of orange/tangerine, rather than a standard canary yellow

Title: Re: Mongoose Motomag Colour
Post by: NORTY40 on December 15, 2014, 11:42 PM

Just go with Orange Nick and build this ....

one of, if not my favourite motormag build  :smitten:

(http://bmxmuseum.com/image/orange_1.crop_blowup.jpg)

Title: Re: Mongoose Motomag Colour
Post by: griff on December 15, 2014, 11:44 PM

That's fooking nice Joffy

Title: Re: Mongoose Motomag Colour
Post by: bobbbbsy on December 15, 2014, 11:54 PM

candy mid/dark blue.

Title: Re: Mongoose Motomag Colour
Post by: Retrodan72 on December 16, 2014, 12:02 AM

There's a Seat Cupra yellow which is the same Nickers, if you want paint.  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: Mongoose Motomag Colour
Post by: Badbaldie on December 16, 2014, 08:44 AM

john goose would know , aka bobafett ...

Title: Re: Mongoose Motomag Colour
Post by: pickle on December 16, 2014, 08:49 AM

looks cracking in that yellow

Title: Re: Mongoose Motomag Colour
Post by: kalex on December 24, 2014, 02:40 PM

check some old threads of botm as I sold childhoodream (russ) an original yellow 1980 motomag and the paint work was excellent

Title: Re: Mongoose Motomag Colour
Post by: snoopy72 on December 24, 2014, 02:54 PM

It's too mustard, needs to be more like the seat shade

Title: Re: Mongoose Motomag Colour
Post by: kalex on December 24, 2014, 03:45 PM

Here you go, my old frame set which is original paint

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