1991 Honda-Motorcycle Touch Up Paint (7 OEM Colors)

The 1991 Honda-Motorcycle Vibe

1991 was the year Honda decided to stop being polite and start being dominant. It was the birth of the CBR600F2-the bike that basically invented the "do-it-all" sportbike category-and the Nighthawk 750 was still the undisputed king of the standard street machine. We've managed to track down the survivors of this era, and they tell a colorful story. The palette was moving away from the primary neons of the late '80s and into a more sophisticated, "adult" vibe. You had the understated class of Cinnamon Beige Metallic and Valiant Brown Metallic for the guys touring on Gold Wings, while the riders looking for speed were draped in the iconic Italian Red or the depth of the Real Blue Tricoat. It was a time when your bike's paint job looked as fast as the engine felt.

Paint Health Check

Welcome to the heart of the "Peeling Era." By 1991, the industry had moved away from thick, single-stage slabs and into the world of basecoat/clearcoat systems. While it made Sparkling Silver look like liquid mercury when it was new, it came with a shelf life. The big enemy here is "Delamination." Honda's clear coats from this period weren't exactly bulletproof against UV rays; if the bike spent its life parked outside, that clear layer is likely looking like a bad sunburn right about now-cloudy, white, and ready to flake off in sheets. And if you're rocking Italian Red, you already know the deal: without constant protection, it has a nasty habit of "pinking out" and losing its soul to the sun.

Restoration Tip

In the '91 era, your best defense is a fast offense. If you see a stone chip on the tank or a scratch in the fairing, you need to seal it immediately. Once air and moisture get a foothold under the edge of that clear coat, it starts to lift, and once it starts lifting, you can't just "polish" it back down. Use a high-quality solvent-based touch-up to bridge that gap and bond the layers back together before the delamination spreads like a virus. Think of it as a localized surgery-clean the area, dab it, and seal the edge of the clear coat to keep the rest of that Checker Black or Gloss Black where it belongs: on the bike.