What next? Purists exit left (or right)

It is what it is, a hand painted and mostly with a brush at that mish mash, and to be brutally honest, a bit of an eyesore. Beauty is indeed in the eye of the beholder, but to my eye, those colours? They just don't work.

However, I really didn't want to cosmetically restore it, and really still don't.

The styling? Contemporary in its day? Typical of a commuter, a touring bike, a lightweight?

Yes to the above.

I'm not a purist. Whatever does get done, will not mirror its journey down the production line. The colour, if changed, will be one that pleases my eye, although I will concede, any change should and will at least be contemporary - Kawasaki green or KTM orange won't work.

Could I lean on period modifications? Styling influenced by the competition department perhaps?

Changing the mudguards and chain guard for aluminium versions. Slimmer, sleeker and lighter, removing  a sizeable area of the greyish blue hue is an option, and one that I'm being pulled towards. Not the cheapest, but probably the easiest, and undoubtedly the quickest.

Eventually I expect I will totally repaint the bike, Silver/Red, Silver/Orange or Silver/Black maybe, but that's for the future, the distant future.

A bit balky, a bit dull?

Not the best quality photo, and I'm afraid I've no idea who the owner is, but it's a photo heavily influencing my preferred options in making some change to the Commodore