Since I tend to start my vintage mini builds with an incomplete rusty heap, my goal is usually to come up with a decent looking functional minibike that makes economical sense, more-so than creating a historically accurate restoration. That said, my Tec engines come off of snow blowers, and I don’t usually care to give them the full repaint. So, I usually end up with red or red/orange (Toro/Snapper/Craftsman) though sometimes off-white (Simplicity/Ariens), and black (pretty much any later model HSSK50).