Considering painting my 96 ST1100

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SklarEros

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Hey guys,

Looking for some advice on paint codes etc... so I can do a potential respray.

Has anyone found any truly magical colors for these old steeds? I really dig black, but I’m torn about changing it from the gold flake Honda red.
Any advice or ideas are appreciated : D

I’m gonna refresh all the trim while I’m at it which I should be able to fix with some dark grey model paint lol.

Anyways.... open discussion 321 go : )
 
I would stay with the red as from the factory. It won't take much to upgrade the paint. Honda's choice was pretty poor. Sun bleaches it out to a pinkish color.
 
Yeah mine is starting to do that now that it’s in the California sun, it’s definitely dulled out a bit.
 
If you are considering changing the color, you could visit an auto body supply shop and look through their paint chip books. One near me has books for all manufacturers and models of cars going back to ancient times - or at least they did some years back - it is probably digitized by now. Look at colors until you find one you love or your head spins (the latter is what happens when I go thru these). Auto body paint has changed over the years - most is clear coated now, it much more durable than paints of yore and the catalysts are more toxic.

GreenZR painted his 1100 a couple of years ago. You might PM him for details. He also did a THREAD describing the work. You can read my link as well as search for his other posts.
 
It is not like these bikes are collectibles so I am not sure it color really matters, unless you are a purest. The new auto paints that are on the market are far superior to to the old Honda paint and hold up much better. I always thought that the 25th anniversary of the VFR800 was a great look.
 
Here is a mashup of different notes posted by various people
Color matches for various ST paint colors:

Gray wheels -- Dupli-Color SF GM 457

"Plasti-Kote" brand"Truck Color" touchup paint #FM 4908

DupliColor Scratch-Fix Touch Up paint, Part No. SF GM 435 is an almost perfect color match for the silver wheels (available at Wal-Mart).

Toyota code1B2 (3237) perfect match
Dupli-Color reference code 1B2 Antique Sage Pearl TY01605 BTY1605 is a match

Gold Wheel color for Early ST1100 ABS
YR152M Color-rite (British Gold Metallic) is the gold wheel match for the early ABS/TCS. Color-rite have never made the paint. RGB# D4AF37?

Dupont paint codes: Closest-- F2811 Lt Prairie Tan Met

Close-- G9091 Light Beige Metallic

K8903 Honda 1988 Yr87M-4 Laguna Gold

F8560 Honda YR520M-4 :)H) Mesa Beige Pearl Metallic

K8227H Fiat 88/185 Beige Champ. Metallic

Another very close one:

PPG Paint number-YR87M-3 Honda Laguna Gold Metallic

Here's a list of the paint codes from the www.color-rite.com site in case you need to touch up some paint:

2002 - Manufacturer's code (R114CU) Candy Wineberry - Color Rite (2124-Topcoat) (1470-1-Basecoat)
2001 - Manufacturer's code (R114CU) Candy Wineberry - Color Rite (2124-Topcoat) (1470-1-Basecoat)
2000 - Manufacturer's code (R114CU) Candy Wineberry - Color Rite (2124-Topcoat) (1470-1-Basecoat)
1999 - Manufacturer's code (NH1Z) Gloss Black - Color Rite (2005)
1998 - Manufacturer's code (NH1Z) Gloss Black - Color Rite (2005)
1997 - Manufacturer's code (R158P) Pure Red Pearl - Color Rite (2618-Topcoat) (1618-Basecoat)
1996 - Manufacturer's code (R158P) Pure Red Pearl - Color Rite (2618-Topcoat) (1618-Basecoat)
1995 - Manufacturer's code (R158P) Pure Red Pearl - Color Rite (2618-Topcoat) (1618-Basecoat)
1994 - Manufacturer's code (NH1Z) Gloss Black - Color Rite (2005)
1993 - Manufacturer's code (R101CU) Candy Glory Red - Color Rite (2100-Topcoat) (1075-Basecoat)
1992 - Manufacturer's code (R101CU) Candy Glory Red - Color Rite (2100-Topcoat) (1075-Basecoat)
1991 - Manufacturer's code (NH295M) Sparkling Silver - Color Rite (2605) and -
Manufacturer's code (NH1Z) Gloss Black - Color Rite (2005)
 
Upt' North said:
This would get you noticed. A little too stand out perhaps?
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Aha! That’s Robert Fowler’s “Wolfman’s Glory” ST1100. I rode with him at FallSTOC ‘01. Quite a fellow... didn’t have a left hand, managed two-up very well with a prosthesis.

I vote for Sparkling Silver Metallic. SEM 15303 Graphite is a perfect match for the grey bits.

John
 
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