I used to own a 1981 Sportster, Limited Edition Series One, #851 of 1000. My question, if I wanted to recreate the paint job (minus the decals), what would be the color I would ask for? To me it looked black until the sun hit it, then it shown almost a candy apple red undertone.

 

Maybe the dealership can pull up paint codes for back then?

 

You might try these places:

http://www.harleydavidson-paint.com/

http://www.colorrite.com/department/...dson-10018.cfm

I'd send them an email or call, I'm sure they can mix to whatever you want. They probably have the color codes already.

John