Quote Originally Posted by sandragggen View Post
My red 2013 gas tank area paint looks nothing like that. I bought mine a leftover new bike in the spring of 2015 and put several coats of Liquid Glass on all the paint and it looks as it should to this day. Not to knock your bike but that paint is horrible.
No offense taken, I agree it looks like sh*t, which is strange considering the rest of the bike looks pretty good. This was one of my reservations about buying a bike sight unseen. Oh well, I can probably get those parts repainted for a few hundred bucks I would guess. I really can't figure out what might have caused the damage. And since LOTS of owners of this bike complain about problems with the paint I guess I should "join the club". I just wish I knew if this is Honda's fault or if the previous owner might be somehow responsible.