Originally Posted by
bentaxle
Yeah, well . . . it was built in the 80s, so yes, Purple Haze makes sense, with Hendrix power riffs in the background. The frame color was called "turchese", Italian for turquoise since Hugh used pigments and color chips from some Italian supplier. The paint was basically Imron, though, I think. Any way, I would have thought the color was more along the lines of teal. Teal and purple was a very 80s color combination. Or "Turchese and Purple Haze" perhaps, being the Italian version.
Jimmi Hendrix died in Sept 1970. He drowned on his own vomit. Purple Haze is a reference to the illusion when you digest rat poison (strychnine) and your visual perception becomes pixiated by a hue very much like the highlights of your bike.