SlimWhitey

Updates? Very curious. 

On 10/24/2014 at 10:07 AM, Veefer800Canuck said:

Again, as far as I had checked last, Honda does not release their exact motorcycle paint formulations to aftermarket paint companies like DuPont, PPG, or others to match by referencing the paint code under the seat.

Automotive paint, yes, motorcycle paint, no.

Partly this is due to how motorcycles and autos are repaired.

Dent your 2014 Civic, and the new bumper and fender arrive unpainted at the Honda car dealership, and they paint and install the parts at their own bodyshop owned by the dealership.

Dent your 2014 CBR1000, and the fairings arrive prepainted from Japan and are simply swapped at the Honda motorcycle dealership.

Also, I had read that the paint formulations they use in Japan for the motorcycles have high levels of lead and VOC's that would not pass EPA regs here in North America. (at least they used to, that may have changed recently)

So basically, any paint that you may find here is probably the result of someone scanning a body panel with one of those high-tech scanners, and using the formulation that the scanner spits out.

That method may or may not result in a match, depending on numerous factors, not the least of which is the humidity and temperature during painting, air gun pressure, spray pattern, application technique of that particular painter, etc.

Short story long, matching existing MC paint is a 'Good Luck Chuck' endeavour.

I'll be testing this theory soon enough. I have to redo the tank of my 00 VFR, and I'll be heading into Walkers for G-161P, Pearl Conifer Green. 

We'll see how it goes. 

I ride in some f***ing cold temps, so the thing gets 0w40 full synth rotella that meets JASO-MA specs for wet clutches.

and by cold, I mean that The coldest day I've done was around -18C. :D