1977 Honda-Motorcycle Touch Up Paint (2 OEM Colors)

The 1977 Honda-Motorcycle Vibe

1977 was the year Honda decided to stop playing nice and started leaning into the "Super Sport" attitude. Whether you were wrestling a CB750F through a canyon or cruising a first-gen GL1000 Gold Wing, the aesthetic was shifting away from the flowery sixties and into something leaner and meaner. In our database, we've focused on the survivors of this era-specifically the deep, soul-absorbing Blacks that defined the late-seventies Honda lineup. Back then, if your bike didn't look like it was carved out of a single block of midnight, you weren't trying hard enough.

Paint Health Check

Welcome to the Single Stage Era. In 1977, clear coats were mostly a laboratory dream or reserved for fancy "Candy" finishes that were nightmares to repair. For the rest of the lineup, you're dealing with a single-stage acrylic that carries the pigment and the shine in one heavy-hitting layer. The legend says these bikes are bulletproof, but the paint? Not so much. Without a modern clear coat shield, these finishes suffer from "The Chalk"-a nasty case of oxidation where the sun literally sucks the oils out of the paint, leaving it looking like a blackboard. If your tank looks more "grey-ish charcoal" than "glossy black," that's the pigment dying of thirst.

Restoration Tip

Because this is 1970s tech, your motto is simple: It needs wax or it dies. Single-stage paint is porous; it breathes, and it bleeds. To save a 1977 original, you need to feed it. Use a high-quality carnauba-based wax or a non-synthetic sealant to lock out the oxygen. If you're doing a touch-up, don't expect a "spray and forget" result-you'll want to level your repair and then buff the surrounding area to blend that old-school luster. Keep it oiled, keep it out of the desert sun, and it'll keep that deep, mirror-black shine for another forty years.