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Title: 85 GT Performer - What Colour Scheme Do I Go For????
Post by: ChrisN on February 14, 2013, 11:43 AM

I'm just about to send my Performer F&F off to Dan for a nice yellow powder job.......

Now in my mind I'm sure yellow is the right color, but I'm having crisis on the other bit and bobs.  :uglystupid2:

I was going for Yellow & Black, but I keep coming back to the ad with Eddie sitting on a Yellow one, with white tuffs and blue bits.

Anybody got any views???

Cheers Chris

Title: Re: 85 GT Performer - What Colour Scheme Do I Go For????
Post by: That Swan Guy on February 14, 2013, 11:49 AM

I did a yellow and black one and when it was finished I hated it.
I did a white and black one and it was a lot nicer.

At the end of the day it is your choice :daumenhoch:

You mean this one

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/xx358/nickswan1/84gtads015_zps42ebb98d.jpg)

Always a winner are reps.

Title: Re: 85 GT Performer - What Colour Scheme Do I Go For????
Post by: ChrisN on February 14, 2013, 11:55 AM

That's the one!!!! Ive not seen as many of the Yellow/White/Blue rep's

I was just looking for a bit of reassurance... I know it may be the wrong place......   :LolLolLolLol:

Title: Re: 85 GT Performer - What Colour Scheme Do I Go For????
Post by: That Swan Guy on February 14, 2013, 12:06 PM

Wini has one like this

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/xx358/nickswan1/85gtads012_zpsa5a9d105.jpg)

Title: Re: 85 GT Performer - What Colour Scheme Do I Go For????
Post by: nosepickben on February 14, 2013, 12:22 PM

 :smitten:

The blue, green or pinkypurple world tours. Colour schemes and reallife setups were sometimes very uncoordinated and colourful on those frames. Much tastier than yellow and blue.

Title: Re: 85 GT Performer - What Colour Scheme Do I Go For????
Post by: GTnumber1 on February 14, 2013, 12:33 PM

the yellow one eddie is sitting on is a 84

Title: Re: 85 GT Performer - What Colour Scheme Do I Go For????
Post by: Radical Mick on February 14, 2013, 12:44 PM

That electric blue world tour with the white tuffs looks the business :daumenhoch:

Reminds me of the one I used to own :'( :'( :'(

Title: Re: 85 GT Performer - What Colour Scheme Do I Go For????
Post by: That Swan Guy on February 14, 2013, 12:52 PM

 ;)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/xx358/nickswan1/Bikes/DSCF1501.jpg)

Title: Re: 85 GT Performer - What Colour Scheme Do I Go For????
Post by: nosepickben on February 14, 2013, 12:55 PM

the green one is great nick.

Title: Re: 85 GT Performer - What Colour Scheme Do I Go For????
Post by: Wadz on February 14, 2013, 01:06 PM

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/vv15/wadz1975/DSC02029.jpg)

Title: Re: 85 GT Performer - What Colour Scheme Do I Go For????
Post by: That Swan Guy on February 14, 2013, 01:16 PM

Or go off piste

My 84

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/xx358/nickswan1/Bikes/DSCF0868.jpg)

Title: Re: 85 GT Performer - What Colour Scheme Do I Go For????
Post by: dordymush on February 14, 2013, 01:19 PM

yellow and white are cool but been done to death.
i was gonna do mine in the purple colour.
only ever seen one a few years ago and looked the dogs dagglies  8)

Title: Re: 85 GT Performer - What Colour Scheme Do I Go For????
Post by: That Swan Guy on February 14, 2013, 01:24 PM

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/xx358/nickswan1/85gtads013_zps15ed378a.jpg)

Title: Re: 85 GT Performer - What Colour Scheme Do I Go For????
Post by: Retrodan72 on February 14, 2013, 02:08 PM

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/rr359/Retrodan72/Picture072.jpg)

Shameless pic.  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: 85 GT Performer - What Colour Scheme Do I Go For????
Post by: That Swan Guy on February 14, 2013, 02:22 PM

Quote from: nosepickben on February 14, 2013, 12:55 PM

the green one is great nick.

Cheers

It's about to get a facelift ;)

Title: Re: 85 GT Performer - What Colour Scheme Do I Go For????
Post by: ChrisN on February 14, 2013, 02:31 PM

Nick, not too sure about the green, but love the red......

Dan the balance of your is awesome, because of the spokes wheels the black is not so over powering.

Title: Re: 85 GT Performer - What Colour Scheme Do I Go For????
Post by: That Swan Guy on February 14, 2013, 02:34 PM

Quote from: ChrisN on February 14, 2013, 02:31 PM

Nick, not too sure about the green, but love the red......

Dan the balance of your is awesome, because of the spokes wheels the black is not so over powering.

The green is NOS, OG factory paint, find me another ;)

Title: Re: 85 GT Performer - What Colour Scheme Do I Go For????
Post by: deeman on February 14, 2013, 03:26 PM

I prefer the yellow one with the white tuffs than an all yellow banana rep.however i'd be inclined to go with somwthing wild like the purple Dave suggested :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: 85 GT Performer - What Colour Scheme Do I Go For????
Post by: WINI on February 14, 2013, 03:33 PM

Always had a hankering for the flying banana rep but it seemed to have been done to death, so as Nick said, I went for the blue and white.  Almost factory spec, but not quite.

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/yy339/thewinsta/IMG_1085.jpg)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/yy339/thewinsta/IMG_1086.jpg)

Title: Re: 85 GT Performer - What Colour Scheme Do I Go For????
Post by: That Swan Guy on February 14, 2013, 03:34 PM

I love that Mark :smitten: :smitten:

Title: Re: 85 GT Performer - What Colour Scheme Do I Go For????
Post by: WINI on February 14, 2013, 03:35 PM

Quote from: nickswan1 on February 14, 2013, 03:34 PM

I love that Mark :smitten: :smitten:

They looked ace together at MK Nick, little and large  :smitten:

Title: Re: 85 GT Performer - What Colour Scheme Do I Go For????
Post by: That Swan Guy on February 14, 2013, 03:35 PM

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/xx358/nickswan1/MK11/DSCF0527.jpg)

Title: Re: 85 GT Performer - What Colour Scheme Do I Go For????
Post by: That Swan Guy on February 14, 2013, 03:36 PM

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/xx358/nickswan1/MK11/DSCF0526.jpg)

Title: Re: 85 GT Performer - What Colour Scheme Do I Go For????
Post by: That Swan Guy on February 14, 2013, 03:37 PM

Although it looks like this now :smitten:

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/xx358/nickswan1/Bikes/DSCF1499.jpg)

Title: Re: 85 GT Performer - What Colour Scheme Do I Go For????
Post by: factory pilot on February 14, 2013, 04:27 PM

A friend of mine has a yellow one with blue skyways and pads... Looks fookin cool!
My all time favourite is the candy apple red one with chrome forks and black tuffs .. Lovely stuff :4_17_5:

Title: Re: 85 GT Performer - What Colour Scheme Do I Go For????
Post by: That Swan Guy on February 14, 2013, 04:32 PM

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/xx358/nickswan1/fiola_worldtour2_zps8c8e80be.jpg)

Title: Re: 85 GT Performer - What Colour Scheme Do I Go For????
Post by: deeman on February 14, 2013, 04:40 PM

^^^looks like he is running really small gearing in that pic :shocked:

Title: Re: 85 GT Performer - What Colour Scheme Do I Go For????
Post by: That Swan Guy on February 14, 2013, 04:42 PM

might just be the fold in the page, look at his seat too

Title: Re: 85 GT Performer - What Colour Scheme Do I Go For????
Post by: FAZE3 on February 14, 2013, 05:16 PM

The 84 ad with Fiola sat on the bike takes me right back to being a nipper......dreaming ::)

Some lovely bikes in this post, but that original colour scheme is spot on. even though my own GT is blue!

Title: Re: 85 GT Performer - What Colour Scheme Do I Go For????
Post by: GTnumber1 on February 14, 2013, 06:23 PM

Quote from: nickswan1 on February 14, 2013, 04:42 PM

might just be the fold in the page, look at his seat too

yep defo the fold of the page hes running a 43t

Title: Re: 85 GT Performer - What Colour Scheme Do I Go For????
Post by: ChrisN on February 20, 2013, 11:49 AM

Going to put this on hold for a bit......  :2funny:

But thanks for all the suggestion  :daumenhoch:

Going to do my Kuwahara instead.....   :coolsmiley:

Title: Re: 85 GT Performer - What Colour Scheme Do I Go For????
Post by: jim350i on February 21, 2013, 10:16 PM

Dude, some nice GT's on there, i'm going foe a Black and white number. Black tuff 2's, white bars, black levers, chrome seat post, black clamp. Should be nice when its done

(http://i1356.photobucket.com/albums/q722/Jim350i/P2218487_zps5d679af0.jpg)