Just got my bike back Saturday. Spent all day Sunday doing some wrenching. Sore as hell, but I'd do it again.
Still clinging to hope that I can find something close enough to velvet green on the shelf, and i may have gotten close. Chrysler had a color called forest green pearl around the early 2000s, and also around that time, Honda had a color called clover green pearl. They seem close. Talked to a guy recently with a clover green Honda, and there's a forest green Dakota down the block, so I have some real world examples handy.
I might not need it, though. The name decal had been scoured off about as badly as the toolbox had been scraped up, and a whole lot of elbow grease and some Meguiars Ultimate Compound shined that right back up.
I'm just happy to be back in the saddle when it all comes down to it.