Silver Anniversary: None of the earlieST North American ST1100s were silver.

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I just went and looked at my records.
My bike was first registered with Honda Canada July 18 in 1990 and Autoby Motorsports in Aurora ordered it for a Customer in August of 1990.
 
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I just went and looked at my records.
My bike was first registered with Honda Canada July 18 in 1990 and Autoby Motorsports in Aurora ordered it for a Customer in August of 1990.
So it is a Canadian launch ST and was sold on schedule, meaning by the end of Summer, 1990.
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I recommend we next look at the part numbers for the Wire Harness, or Wiring Loom, for the two Canadian models and also for the California '91 ST1100. (The part number changes on the Canadian models. The recommended site is cmsnl.com for doing this. The 49-state model can be looked at later.)
 
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Finishing the California case so we can move on

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I recommend we next look at the part numbers for the Wire Harness, or Wiring Loom, for the two Canadian models and also [for] the California '91 ST1100. (The part number [for it] changes on the Canadian models. The recommended [parts] site is cmsnl.com for this. The 49-state model can be looked at later.)
32100-MT3-670 is the Wire Harness part number for the 1990 Canadian ST whereas
32100-MT3-671 is the Wire Harness part number for the 1991 Canadian ST.

The early version of the '91 California model is an American equivalent of the '90 Canadian model.
The later version of the '91 California model is an American equivalent of the '91 Canadian model.

The part number for the '91 California ST Wire Harness turns out to be two, and the same two, part numbers:

32100-MT3-670 for the AC (California) '91 "up to serial number: MM100245".
32100-MT3-671 for the AC (California) '91 "from serial number: MM100246".

I think we have evidence there that:
The early or launch '91 California version ended with the building of serial number 100245, and
the later, non-launch '91 California version began with the building of serial number 100246.
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There is similar evidence using the Frame part numbers, as follows:

50100-MT3-670 is the Frame part number for the 1990 Canadian ST whereas
50100-MT3-671 is the Frame part number for the 1991 Canadian ST.

The part number for the '91 California ST Frame again turns out to be two part numbers (but this time, they are not the same as the two Canadian ones):

50100-MT3-730 for the AC (California) '91 "up to serial number: MM100245".
50100-MT3-731 for the AC (California) '91 "from serial number: MM100246".

I think we have enough evidence now for some Answers in the 1991 California ST case.
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Some proposed Questions for discussion are:

Q1: How many launch STs did Honda build for the US and Canada?
Q2: When did they build them?
Q3: How did they label them?
Assuming that the results above in this post are acceptable, we have these three Answers:

A1: Honda built 241 California launch ST1100s.
A2: They built those California STs in about February and March of 1990.
A3: They labeled each with a VIN that is in the range from
JH2SC261*MM100005 up to
JH2SC261*MM100245, with a month of manufacture that in all known cases, is either 02/90 or 03/90, and with a model year of 1991.

The number of launch bikes, 241, is from that serial number range, 100005 through 100245.

About six months after they built California launch serial number 100245, Honda built California 100246, which is not a launch ST.
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Next, we could:
A. Find a North American parts site to use (instead of the Dutch cmsnl one used above).
B. Look for more parts changes than for the two parts (Harness and Frame) looked at above.
C. Move on to include the 49-state '91 model in this discussion. (After that, we could write up an overall history for the North American launch of the ST1100 Line.)

As for option A, none of the following three American parts sites seems useful for this kind of part number comparison:
http://www.partsfish.com or http://www.hondapartsnation.com or http://www.bikebandit.com
As for Option B, there are engine mounting nuts/bolts in the Frame grid we could use, but that may be too boring.
 
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Turning now to the 49-state case

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Next, we could:
A. Find a North American parts site to use (instead of the Dutch cmsnl one used above).
B. Look for more parts changes than for the two parts (Harness and Frame) looked at above.
C. Move on to include the 49-state '91 model in this discussion. After that, we could write up an overall history for the North American launch of the ST1100 Line....
The one for me
Is Option C.

The Wire Harness part number for the 49-state 1991 ST1100 is two numbers (and the same two we found for the California and Canadian cases):

32100MT3670 "up to serial number: MM101270" and
32100MT3671 "from serial number: MM101271".

The build months for the '91 49-state model include two separate periods:

Feb/Mar/Apr/May of 1990 and
Sep/Oct of 1990. (The early period produced launch STs; the later one did not.)

Using the same approach as was used above for the California model, we now have some evidence that:

Serial number 101270 was the last of the 49-state launch STs.
Serial number 101271 was the first of the later version of the 49-state ST1100 model.
 
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I met a Gentleman at Alice's on Saturday who claimed he had a Black 91 ST Serial ended in 00059 20K on the clock.
He was very interested in all the simple mods I have made. Evidently it is Bone Stock. I referred him to this site, keep an eye out for him.
 
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Some California ST1100 examples

Some specific examples of California launch STs follow.
I met a gentleman at Alice's on Saturday who claimed he had a black '91 ST. Serial ended in 00059 ....
Thanks for your post.

Since Alice's is in California, the gentleman's bike is probably a California '91 ST. And because its serial number of 100059 does not exceed 100245, it is a launch model, probably made in 02/90. If so, it sets a new record for the oldest known California ST. (Previously, California member Keith Rosendahl held that record, with his '91 ST having serial number about 100125.)

I think member Don Freestyle Cortes parted out California '91 serial number 100241, which was almost not built in time to be a launch model. Again, the last California launch ST was number 100245.)
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I am using orange type for California serial numbers and red for 49-state because comparing California numbers to 49-state numbers is like comparing oranges to apples. Also, I use three digits for Californians and four for 49-staters. (See the next post below for 49-state launch examples. Blue type and three digits again refer to Canadians.)
 
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Specific Examples of 49-state Launch STs

We switch now to the 49-state 1991 ST1100 model. (Specific California examples are in the post just above this one.)

The granddaddy of the 49-state launch version is owned by Al Hostettler in Ohio, USA. It was built in February of 1990 and has a VIN of JH2SC2604MM100028.

Now we mention three 49-state STs built twenty five years ago, in March of 1990.
My '91 was made 3/90; last three digits of serial number 887. Paint code is black, ...
Thanks for the post.
Your serial number 100887 is a 49-state launch model from the second month of manufacture for such. It is launch because its serial number does not exceed 101270.
My black 91...[is] MM100971 3/90
Your 49-state launch ST was built just a bit later than BuddingGeezer's. And my 0975, also built in 03/90, came right after yours.
... my 1991 has a build date of 4/90. VIN digits M101198....
Yours was built later than mine, near the end of production of the launch version of the '91 USA 49-state model. However, there were 49-state launch STs built still later as evidenced by the fact that some owners of them have reported a build month of 05/90. The following example may be one of them:
Black 1991 ST1100 owned by Benjamin H. Gray in Florida and described by the number 01251.
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I am using orange type for California serial numbers and red for 49-state because comparing Cal numbers to 49-state ones is like comparing oranges to apples. Also, I use three digits for California and Canadian, and four for 49-state ST serial numbers.
 
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If you have a 1991 USA model built in Feb 1990 identified as a 1991 model serial # ending in 0028 and a Canadian 1990 model also built in Feb. 1990 with the last 4 numbers 0065 which is the first built ST1100?
 
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Can we identify the overall earliest North American ST? (No)

Question: If you have a 1991 USA model built in Feb 1990 identified as a 1991 model serial # ending in 0028 and a Canadian 1990 model also built in Feb. 1990 with the last 4 numbers 0065, which is the first built ST1100?
I do not know.
We have never seen any ST1100 built in January of 1990 but have seen dozens built in February, and those include all three North American launch versions ('90 Canadian, '91 California and 49-state '91). My stance is that one cannot compare Canadian launch serial numbers with California ones or with 49-state ones. (So I post those serial numbers in three different colours to minimize such comparisons.)

If you think that the North American situation still contains too much uncertainty, we have yet to find a Pan European that has its year of manufacture on it, much less its month of manufacture. (Honda do not seem to put any more labeling on the bikes than the importing market requires.)

The conclusion we are coming to does seem a bit confusing: The '91 USA launch STs were made from the same vintage of parts, and have essentially the same parts lists, as does the 1990 Canadian ST, which in turn, has essentially the same parts list as all other 1990 or launch Pans and STs outside of North America. That says that model year is not a good indicator of build date. (From that point of view, the Canadian 1990 model year is a better indicator of vintage than is the US 1991 one.)

But Honda assigned a model year to every ST1100 and Pan; and American Honda has said that they make those assignments irrespective of the date of manufacture. From that point of view, Honda assigned 1991 to the US launch STs because they were made in 1990; then they consistently assigned a model year that was one year greater than the build year for all later years of ST1100. It is the 1990 Canadian ST that is the exception to that pattern. (Pans built after December, 1989 but before August, 1990 also seem to be just as exceptional because Honda branded them as 1990 models, which are often called L models outside of North America.)

Technical details:
Your question reminds me that we could compare a '91 Californian with a 49-state '91 if we had the engine numbers on both of those bikes. The engine number approach has already been used to sort out all four 1990 models, including the Canadian one. The two hundred 1990 Canadians were all built nearly at the same time, which was about midway through the production of a total of 6795 of the four 1990 models. For more on that, see especially A18 (which is short for Answer 18) in the post dated 02 Jan 2015 in the thread called Some hiSTory: L models Led the Launch of Line in most Lands as found on the following page: http://www.my-mc-phoenix.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=13969
 
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Moving back to the 49-state case, which is our third and final NA launch type

Returning to the 49-state 1991 ST1100,
... The Wire Harness part number for the 49-state 1991 ST1100 is two numbers, and the same two we found for the California/Canadian cases:

32100MT3670 "up to serial number: MM101270" and
32100MT3671 "from serial number: MM101271".

The build months for the '91 49-state model include two separate periods:

Feb/Mar/Apr/May of 1990 and
Sep/Oct of 1990. (The early period produced launch STs; the later one did not.)

Using the same approach as was used above for the California model, we have some evidence that:

Serial number 101270 was the last of the 49-state launch STs.
Serial number 101271 was the first of the later version of the 49-state ST1100 model. ...
There are also two part numbers for the Frame of the 49-state ST1100:

50100-MT3-670 for "up to serial number: MM101270" and
50100-MT3-671 for "from serial number: MM101271".
Those are the same two part numbers that we saw for the Canadian '90 and '91 ST1100:
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There is similar evidence using the Frame part numbers, as follows:
50100-MT3-670 is the Frame part number for the 1990 Canadian ST whereas
50100-MT3-671 is the Frame part number for the 1991 Canadian ST.
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So I think we have sufficient evidence (by combining both of the above Harness and Frame results) to conclude that the serial number cutoff between the early/launch and later versions of the 49-state '91 ST1100 is 101270/101271. (In other words, number 1271 was built months later than 1270, and the parts list changed during those months that separated the building of the two.)
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I will now try to describe the overall 49-state '91 model using the same language Honda uses.

Official model designation: ST1100M where M is the "year code" for 1991.

VIN Range:
JH2SC260*MM100004 through
JH2SC260*MM102131 where the asterisk(*) is a place holder for a check digit that depends on the whole VIN.

Emissions sticker located on the upper frame bar, under the seat: Does not mention California.

Number of STs in this model: 2128 (from the VIN range given just above).

Built in both an early version and a later version although Honda does not speak of two versions, other than to say, "The black unit became available Spring, '90; the silver unit became available Fall of 1990."

Area code: Just the letter A whereas that of a California ST1100 is AC.

Paint sticker says, "ST1100M" at the end of its first line. (Canadian and Cal stickers are probably the same.)

Other characteristics: No "emissions canister" mounted onto the swing arm, but mounting brackets for one may be there anyway.

Sample Parts List:
http://www.cmsnl.com/honda-st1100-1991-usa_model739/partslist/ (combined California and 49-state)

The entire early version of this 1991 49-state ST1100 consists of launch STs. That would be roughly half of the entire model.
How many bikes are in that early version?
Sample Answer: 1267 of the 1991 49-state ST1100s, all 1267 of which were painted black, out of the 2128 49-state bike total. That 1267 count, if accepted, would be the highest count for our three North American, launch ST versions. (We counted 200 Canadian and 241 California launch ST1100s.)
 
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Answers for the 49-state and Canadian launch ST1100s

We can now answer our original questions for the 49-state launch version.
... Some proposed questions for discussion are:

Q1: How many launch STs did Honda build for the US and Canada?
Q2: When did they build them?
Q3: How did they label them?
A1: They built 1267 of the 49-state launch STs. (That is from the serial number range 100004 thru 101270.)
A2: They built them in the months 02/90 thru 05/90 (as indicated by the riders who reported what is on their steering stickers).
A3: They labeled them with VINs ranging from:
JH2SC260*MM100004 thru JH2SC260*MM101270 and with the model year of 1991.

And did we ever answer those same questions for the Canadian ST1100s?

A1: Canada imported 200 launch ST1100s; all are thought to be originally black.
A2: They were built in about February, 1990 and were finished by March of '90.
A3: They are simply labeled as 1990 Canadian ST1100s; there is no need to specify a range of their serial numbers, as was done above for '91 US launch STs. (But by a fluke, their paint stickers read "ST1100M" in spite of the fact that the year code for 1990 is L, not M. Their VINs have the form JH2SC262*LM00xxxx where the * is a placeholder.)

(Our three answers for California launch STs are on page 3 of this thread, in a post dated 2-28-15.)
 
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Overall Answers, plus a fourth Question

We are using colors to distinguish the three kinds of North American, launch ST1100s:
Canadian, California and 49-state.

Combining results for our three kinds of North American, launch STs, we can say:

The total number of launch STs for the US was 1508 (or 1267 plus 241), and
the total number of North American launch STs was 1708 (or 1508 plus 200).

Production of all three kinds began in about 02/90.
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As for their labeling, we now add a fourth Question:

Q0: Were those launch STs from their own model, or were they from just a version, or a portion, of a model?

A0: The Canadian ones were from their own model, which is a 1990 model. The California and 49-state ones were both from a version of a model. (Those versions were formed by taking roughly the first half of each of two 1991 models; details are below.)
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Now we are ready to provide overall Answers to our four Questions; those Answers should cover the entire North American, ST1100 launch.

A0: To launch the ST Line in North America, Honda built one complete model, and two portions of models. Those portions we are calling versions, and the two versions built are the early version of the '91 California ST1100LM and the early version of the 49-state '91 ST1100M. (The one complete model was the '90 Canadian ST1100L.)

A1: Honda built a total of 1708 ST1100s to launch the ST Line in North America, with sales of them starting in the Spring of 1990.

A2: Building of all three versions started in about the month of 02/90; the Canadians and Californians were completed 25 years ago, in about 03/90; and production of the 49-state version was completed by about early 05/90.

A3: The Canadian version was, and was labeled as, the 1990 ST1100 model. The California version was labeled as a 1991 California ST1100, with serial numbers only in the early range 100005 through 100245. The 49-state version was labeled as a 49-state 1991 ST1100, with serial numbers only in the early range 100004 though 101270. (The counts for those three versions are 200 Canadian, 241 California, and 1267 of the 49-state, which add up to a total of 1708 STs.)
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In terms of VINs, the North American launch consisted of the following three versions of ST1100s:

JH2SC260*MM100004 through JH2SC260*MM101270 (early version of 49-state '91 ST1100M model)

JH2SC261*MM100005 through JH2SC261*MM100245 (early version of '91 California ST1100LM model)

JH2SC262*LM000001 through JH2SC262*LM000200 (the entire 1990 Canadian ST1100L model)

where every asterisk(*) is a place holder for a check digit that depends on the whole VIN. (An actual VIN contains no asterisk, as in the following sample we discussed: JH2SC2604MM100028. The check digit there is that digit 4.)

The bold, black letters L and M are "year codes" for model years 1990 and 1991, respectively.
 
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Silver Anniversary: we now shift into Global Gear.

We should soon compare the North American launch numbers that we have arrived at here with those for Pans and Aussie STs.
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But first, note that the first 241 California '91 STs were launch, out of 386 total '91 California STs. As a percentage, that is the first 62% built.
And the first 1267 of the 49-state were launch, out of 2128 total '91 49-state STs. As a percentage, that is the first 60% built in that model.
So in both cases, the launch STs were about the first sixty per cent of the total bikes built for the model.
(Originally, we started this discussion saying that for the USA, "roughly the first half" built were launch.)
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Another technicality is that the parts website we used, cmsnl.com, does not have the beginning and ending serial numbers or VINs for the two USA '91 models we looked at. Can we find another parts site that has those numbers (which we have already used)? In the meantime, I think those serial numbers can be found in either the 1998 American Honda Model Identification Guide, or the 1991-1994 ST1100 Parts Catalog, which Honda sold as a microfiche.
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That first idea above in this post suggests we should go global, so here now is a launch list for the entire Pan/ST1100 Line:

* The Spanish Pan L model (600 Pans)

* The Non-Spanish Pan L model (5840 more Pans), of which there are ten versions, including a UK version.

* The Australian ST1100 L model, or ST1100L (155 STs)

* The 1990 Canadian ST1100 model (200 more STs)

* The early version of the 1991 California ST1100 model (241 more STs)

* The early version of the 49-state 1991 ST1100 model (1267 more STs)

I think that launch list adds up to 8303 bikes total, which were valued at roughly 83 million US dollars in 1990. (Honda built 6440 launch Pans and 1863 launch STs.)

For most of US here, that last version listed is maybe the one we've had the most experience with.
Its 1267 bike count is just over 15 per cent of the 8303 World total. (Honda built a lot of launch bikes.)
 
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We look ahead of the Launch. We look at the Second Wave.

To sort out all those North American, launch STs, we had to delve into the 1991 model year as well as the 1990 one. That 1991 model year is generally (or globally) associated with the second wave of Pans and STs; so we might want to also post a little here about the second or post-launch wave of ST1100s built for North America.

The second wave of North American STs can be called the "true-'91" ST1100s or the "post-launch" STs.

In terms of VINs, the North American, second wave consisted of the following three versions of ST1100s:

JH2SC260*MM101271 through JH2SC260*MM102131 (later version of 49-state, 1991 ST1100M model)

JH2SC261*MM100246 through JH2SC261*MM100390 (later version of '91 California ST1100LM model)

JH2SC262*MM100001 through JH2SC262*MM100050 (the entire 1991 Canadian ST1100M model)

where every asterisk(*) is a place holder for a check digit that depends on the whole VIN, and
the bold, black letter M is a universal year code for model year 1991.

None of the STs listed above in this post are launch STs, and as for their paint color, most of them were originally silver; some were black.
(Recall that we found no silver, North American launch STs; all 1708 North American, launch STs were originally black. Silver had to wait for the second wave to be built.)
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Finally, we could list the global second wave, to include Pans and Aussie STs, if any.
(Or we could go back to discussing the silver anniversary of the Launch.)
 
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Silver Anniversary: What was the First Purchase we know of?

What is the first ST (or Pan) purchase we know of? For example:

Twenty-five years ago, on or before April 14, 1990, a member in Texas, USA bought his ST1100.

Does anyone remember him? No one remembers ............

Tim Vipond ?

Here is the full post from him:

"I think I bought the first ST1100 (1991 model) in the USA over Easter, 1990 on a motorcycle trip. My friend was getting a rear tire installed on his Goldwing, and I test road the first ST1100 we ever saw and bought it on the spot, trading in my 1984 Honda Sabre 700.

I would compare serial numbers and manufacturer dates with all other black 1991 model ST1100s I saw and mine seemed the oldest.

I entered the following info on this site a long time ago under "faults". 000 1991 19980216 engine 93,000miles 9
radiator overflow hose rotted in two allowing radiator coolant loss and cracked engine block .

I think it was the first report of this dreaded fault. After I reported it, a number of members checked theirs and they were about to fail, likely saving them from engine damage. I sold this bike in 2001 with 135,000 miles."
 
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The first Sales Brochure from American Honda

The black, USA launch STs were pitched in a sales brochure called "1991 ST1100" and dated March, 1990. Below are four highlights from it:

The front cover ... most of the rear cover ... the second and last page of text and ... the first page of text (in that order).

Honda built a total of 1508 of them in two early versions: the early 49-state version, and the early California version.

(The publication number of this brochure is "AO302". Two large photos in it have been omitted here. 1991 was the first Honda "model year" for the USA.)
 

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Re: Silver Anniversary: We now shift into Global Gear.

We should soon compare the North American launch numbers that we have arrived at here with those for Pans and Aussie STs. ...

That ... idea ... suggests we should go global, so here now is a launch list for the entire Pan/ST1100 Line:

* The Spanish Pan L model (600 Pans)
* The Non-Spanish Pan L model (5840 more Pans), of which there are ten versions, including a UK version,
* The Australian ST1100 L model, or ST1100L (155 STs)
* The 1990 Canadian ST1100 model (200 more STs)
* The early version of the 1991 California ST1100 model (241 more STs)
* The early version of the 49-state 1991 ST1100 model (1267 more STs)

... that launch list adds up to 8303 bikes total, which were valued at roughly 83 million US dollars in 1990. (Honda built 6440 launch Pans and 1863 launch STs.) ....
Twenty five years ago, in July, 1990, Honda finished production of the entire 8303 or so Pans/STs that they used to launch the Pan/ST Line of motorcycles. (The last of the launch bikes built were about 25 Pans for the UK, and about 145 STs for Australia/New Zealand. Already in May of 1990, Honda had finished the entire 1708 or so North American launch bikes.)

So here is how those 8303 total launch bikes were divided up:


5840 Non-Spanish Pan L models,

1267 American, 49-state 1991 STs,

600 Spanish Pan L models,

241 California 1991 STs,

200 Canadian 1990 STs,

155 Australian L model STs (to be shared with New Zealanders),
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8303 Total launch Pans/STs worldwide.

Many of those launch Pans, and some of those Aussie launch STs, were painted sparkling silver. All markets outside of North America seem to have had silver as a paint option for launch Pans/STs.
Reference page: http://www.st-1100.com/st1100-parts-fiche-shelter-st1100l.html which is for the Top Shelter body piece.

(The letter L is a "year code" for model year 1990. Year codes originated with the use of VINS in about 1981. Spain is given separate treatment above because Spain was the only European country requesting VINs at the time of the launch.)
 
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