Does anyone know what colour orange 250 Ossa Grippers were (e.g. RAL code) so I can get some paint mixed to the correct colour?

Edited April 14, 200620 yr by Grib

I don't know about the exact orange paint colour code. But from what I gather the first "Orange 250" grippers TR80's off the production line were still yellow like the 350's. They had "Orange 250" frame and engine numbers but were yellow in colour. The colour change to distinguish a 350 Yellow from a 250 didn't come 'till slightly later. Ossa was in a mess in those days.

Is that your gripper on your avatar? Do you know if there is a "standard" car paint colour that is anywhere near, my dad had a bright orange Ford Escort in the late seventies.

Matching frame and engine numbers and correct bore and stroke. All mine

I'll try and find out the correct colour code next week for you. No promises.

Check RAL2004.

My memory isn't that good but I think that is the colour I used (or rather the powder coater used) when I rebuilt a Gripper a few years ago. It was slightly deeper than the original and looked nicer in my opinion and was an almost perfect match for the orange guards. Very much like the colour in the photo above which itself looks deeper than the original. Could just be the monitor or PC settings though.

Nice bike by the way Spud Plark

Are the clover leaves on the casings decals or part of the casting?

Thank you Woody. With this one I can't take the credit. It's a one off. But it is a deeper orange and the black is also deeper. The bike was one of the first 250's off the production line and its original colour may have been yellow. But its is a full blooded 250 and smooth on the throttle.

Grib, the 4 leaf clovers are part of the casting.

Yes, they are the nicer side casings. Some are a much rougher cast and don't have the cloverleaf, just the word Ossa straight accross the middle. Mainly on 350 model I think.

I have been told that the TR80 gripper's orange colour is:

RAL 2011 Tief Orange ("deep orange" in German I believe)

Now you have to get the plastics to match. Best of luck.

Edited April 17, 200620 yr by Spud Plark

Orange Ossa (Goneli) plastic mudguards in stock at www.bultacouk.com

Can anyone confirm the colour of the yellow gripper as RAL 1018 (zinc yellow). Attached is a photo of my yellow gripper. It's actually a 350 but had brand new yellow 250 tank/seat unit fitted during refurb in 1991. Hadn't been used since, when I bought it last year. I have used it most weekends so it's looking a bit more tired now cosmetically. am going to recoat all the yellow bits next winter. My local powder coating firm has RAL 1018. looks identical.

photo from post above.

Was that bike at the Darwen trial on Sunday?

Can't confirm that number, but FYI when I rebuilt my 350 Gripper I used RAL1021 as it was slightly deeper than the original yellow which was too pale for me. RAL1021 was an almost exact match for the yellow gonelli guards too. You can see in the picture of the 350 (very nice by the way) that the rear mudguard is a slightly deeper yellow than the frame.

The correct yellow paint that Ossa used in its day for the Gripper TR80 was/is:

Maxmeyer Alfaromeo 132

I got mine from Autopaints in Brighton but the name had changed to:

Maxmeyer Scuolabus 132