Your x53 is a 1956 paint is black cherry and gold.They also had a red and gold.1957-58 were black and gold
Not quite.. No Christmas pudding for you!
'56 would be red and chrome. The Cherry color was used in '58 only on the X-53, then carried over to the deluxe middleweights in '59.
X-53 colors each year were as follows: -
'53-'55 Girls model: 2-tone Blue, white & gold trim, painted fenders and headlight.
'53-'54 Boys model: Black & Vermillion, white & gold trim, painted fenders and headlight.
'55-'56 Boys model (Girls model discontinued in '55
Flamboyant Red & chrome with chrome fenders and headlight.
'57: Black & Flamboyant Gold.
'58: Flamboyant Cherry & Gold.
If the serial number on Christopher's bike checks out to be '56, I'll eat my shorts!