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help with paint codes for some trail 90s

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semlin
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help with paint codes for some trail 90s

Post by semlin » Wed Jan 21, 2009 12:29 am

Hi, i hope you guys can put up with someone restoring some older honda trail 90s here. i came into a bunch of them recently and i am restoring them frame up. i have been trying to research old paint codes and made some limited progress but nothing my paint shop can use. this forum looks really hopeful so i took the liberty of joining in the hopes we have something in common. i am looking for help ideally getting a PPG or similar crossover match for the following old honda colours. here is what i have so far. they were basically red or yellow until 1974 when they merged the two.

scarlet (ct200 to ct90k3) code "c" or "r-2" or maybe "R-2 C"
bright yellow (ct200 to ct90 k2) code XB or CJ or "R-2 CJ"
summer yellow (or smokey yellow) (ct90 k3 only) code "cc" (not sure if this is really a different colour to bright yellow)
mars orange (ct90 k4 and k5) code YR-6
cloud silver trim paint (non metallic)
kickstand black??

for those interested, i have three ct200s, four k0 ct90s, three k1 ct90s, a k4 and a k6. right now i have all the k1 and later bikes stripped down and ready to blast.

i am also very interested in sourcing the early honda cub blue and olive green codes or getting suggestions for other old honda colours. i only intend to do one red and one yellow for each of the model series, and then i would like to branch out...

and if i ever get all these done i am looking for a 305. but i have to finish. i passed on a 65 honda benly recently because my wife would have killed me!

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Post by gramey7 » Wed Jan 21, 2009 11:38 am

The red (Scarlet) color code appears to be the same as the CL72/77 Scramblers which is R-2/C. Search this site for color codes and you will find numerous manufacturer's code numbers that match. Also there are a couple of rattle can paints that are close, Rust-Oleum Painter's touch Apple Red and Seymour Spruce Enamel Cherry red, per no. 98-4.
You can also find Cloud Silver manufacturer's numbers as well.

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Post by semlin » Wed Jan 21, 2009 7:30 pm

thanks, i can't seem to search the codes themselves but it seems from your answer that the red two threads down is scarlet.

plus i found a bunch of cool build threads searching on "scarlet". i am going to keep reading threads for a while

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Post by semlin » Tue Feb 03, 2009 9:00 pm

ok, well i can't find a ppg code for scarlet, and ppg can't cross over the honda or imron code i did find, or the rustoleum and seymour colours i found. same thing for the blue.

so if anyone has a ppg code for mid-60s honda scarlet and the blue I am interested.

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