This may be of interest only to me, but I have been cleaning my original 1971 DT1C oil tank this morning and I was fascinated by the way they carried the striping around to the back of the tank! I have had two bikes painted and my painter always asked how the stripe run and since I didn't have an original tank, I really couldn't answer. Anyway, here are pictures; mandarin orange of course.

Excellent work Devin and all of the contributors.

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Hi guys, I went through this complete thread, some great information on paint colors here so thanks to those whom contributed! I also noticed some really nice paint jobs on tanks but am wondering if they were painted with a paint gun or rattle can, hard to believe you can achieve such a great looking finish from a rattle can...

Did you ever post the color match you found for the 1974 DT 125? I have a 74 DT 125 and need to find a close match.

I finally used House of Kolor Sunset Pearl rattle can. Pretty close.

that looks great BC,any close up pics available,what base color did you use,I also have a DT2 that I would like to do myself, again that looks great!

Here is a close up of the tank before I mounted it. I just used a standard automotive primer and the House of Kolor Sunset Pearl then 2K clear coat, no base coat.

So my quest for good paint turned up trumps today here in the UK.
For the silver on the mudguards, Ford Moon dust silver metallic , and the most expensive silver paint known to the whole of man kind,Tamiya spray silver alu metallic TC 46 ( i think from memory) available from a model shop in Preston . £10.56 for 100 ml including postage .
Also got Burnt Copper VHT . 2 tins 400 ml £ 20.00 including post.

I wish I could give advice on how he did it but my local spray shop did a pretty good colour match on my ct3

I used this same paint and clear coat on my 1969 DT1B and it came out awesome! I used the VHT white engine enamel as the base coat and taped the stripes. Then used the VHT burnt copper, and last coated everything with the recommended 2K clear coat. I returned one can of the white, which may have frozen and gotten messed up but it sputtered and splattered and had to be wet sanded off. I read online that a lot of people complained of this happening. The guy at the store said to heat the can with a hair dryer and shake real well. Well I filled up my kitchen sink with scolding hot water and put all my cans in there, then I shook the hell out of them with them hot. When I went to paint it came out clean and wet like it’s supposed to and laid on real nice. One recommendation is to use a wide board and straddle the tank on it horizontally so that when you paint it’s spraying downward against a horizontal flat surface. This allows you to put it on wet and heavy without it running and it will level to a nice glossy finish. Rotate the tank each time to get it on wet without it sagging.

Good luck!