Well, a good solution would be for anyone interested to take their 1199 to a pro paint shop and use a tool like that: Professional Color Analyzer
In order to "read" the real magnesium color of the metallic parts on the bike.
Very Late Reply, But No the standard 1199 wheels are cast aluminum. I believe the S/R/Tri have Forged Marchesini Aluminum. Optional would have been the Mags - Superleggera I think had Mags stock.
I just picked up an 1199s tri w/ about 250 miles on it, but it came to me unfortunately
Im looking to powder coat my 1299's wheels a gold color too. But some of gold colors ive seen are to yellowish. Too bright or have metallic flake in them. And I dont want to settle. Then I saw these wheels and feel in love with the color. I searched for magnesium gold power coat but found nothing really. So I went to Prismatics website and began looking at their gold colors again. Not sure how I missed their Yankee gold. I think Prismatics Yankee gold my be the closest gold to these wheels in the pics. Here is the link. Ill add a few more links to other nice gold colors prismatic hasWhat about the Superleggera Magnesium Gold wheel colour ??
It seems that no other wheel has this kind of gold. Or none that i 've seen so far.
Please notice how the magnesium parts of the bike have the exact same colour as the wheels!
Does anyone know the color code?
www.prismaticpowders.com
Im most likely going with the Yankee Gold. The bike is still on the lift and Im having some issues with the shifting being way too stiff after installing the CNC Racing EVO GP rear sets. Im not sure if the factory pro shift kit is causing the problem. Or if I installed gear control lever to far to the left where the front of the shift rod connects to or the rear bracket where the back of the shift rod connects to is angled to much to the right. I have no clue why this is happening. So I may as well remove the wheels and get them powder coated. If I remove them between tomorrow and Friday the dude I use will have them done between 2 and 3 days.
You're damn right I like the name Yankee Gold. I certainly wouldn't have chosen this color it was called Met's Gold LOLOL. I'm hoping this is the Yankees year. Last time they won the World Series was in 2009 against the Philies. It's an 11 year drought. Maybe superstition will prevail. DucatiKev you think this is the closest color to the Magnesium colored wheels that Ducati uses? Prismatic Powders - Wheels Done In A Yankee Gold Powder Coating
Once you finish construction it will be time to start modifying your bike with yours truly
I could be wrong. But yes you can order the wheel color on the ducati special but I doubt that Ducati would give you the color code. You would have to look for the closes matching color like I did. Although I could be wrong and Ducati would give the color code. Doesnt hurt to ask.
Did you get Marchesini wheels? Can you post a pic of the wheels whether they are on the bike or not. If they are what im thinking, I was actually debating that color too as well as Phl's wheel color
Here is what I have now - Appear to be same color - OEM cast and the new forged... I guess whomever painted the cast wheels had the color code.
