French Indian Rally

There are some cool photos from an Indian Rally in France here.

Perfect Patina...

Vindian, anyone?

Paint options?

As long as I'm demanding input from the artists, I am also soliciting input on paint schemes. My favorite right now is the maroon Indian from the last post, but I also like this black and gray two-tone paint a lot:

Black and gray

Another two-tone variation is this vintage 1950's picture I found on eBay, of a two-tone green paint job:

Some background... J Paul DuPont (of DuPont paint fame) was an avid motorcyclist, and would be savior of Indian Motorcycle Company. He gave them an infusion of capitol that delayed their demise until 1953 or so... The official 1948 order blank offers red, yellow, blue, black and green, but because of the DuPont connection, some restorers claim that you could special-order an Indian in any color that DuPont made...

I guess I am asking for input on two questions:

1) single color or two-tone?

2) what color(s)

Edited: color chart added by John.

Powdercoated wheels?

I've been scouring the internet for pic of Indians with Powdercoated rims.  I suspect that powdercoat rims would cost about 25% of rechroming.  Repop chrome rims are also an option, I guess, but these rims have served faithfully for this long...

Ok, I am soliciting some opinions regarding wheels...  Especially from people with a well developed aesthetic sense (John, Sydney, English Steven)  Repop chrome or powdercoat originals?

Love the one in the foreground - note the rims...

Another example of painted rims

More traditional - chrome

Wheels...

I have been working on the wheels (dismounting tires, and separating the welded together (yes, I said welded!) rear hub and drum.  The good news? the rims are original Kelsey-Hayes rims.  The following markings are on the inside of the rims

Kelsey Hayes

Size and manufacture date - 10/47

Not sure what this logo is...

Now the bad news, sort of.  I got a quote for rechroming these rims...  I thought the pitting was fairly minor, but the estimate was $600.  Let's just say powdercoated rims are growing on me...

Frame Repair

Sorry for the dearth of posts.  Low morale after breaking the frame...  Finally got the repaired frame back from Wasco.  It was more $$$ than I expected, but the repair is complete.

Wasco fixed the crack (Indian uses cast iron rather than cast steel, and welding can be tricky).  He also got the kicker stud out.  A frozen kicker stud is what started this whole odyssey.

Also got Wasco to check/straighten the lower triple tree and check the fork leg alignment.  All good now.  The frame spent the weekend here, and is now at powdercoat.   This restoration deal is a rich man's game...