Picking up on the points, I wouldn't worry too much straight away. It's natural to want to get things fixed straight away but on the plus side it's great to see you both enjoying bikes together. She might have another scrape, I say that as a new rider and not because she is wimmin but as you found out, experience rarely stops the unlucky. Were it me. I would ride them both for the summer and get them sorted in the winter so in effcet do nothing at the moment. You could touch up pencil if you wanted but personally when the time was right I would get either a second hand panel with no paint damage or the chips away route
I had a similar experience years ago when my brother who lives in the Lake District decided he wanted a bike. After he spotted he ideal bike (Honda 550 four) it became my job to buy it on his behalf and ride it the 200 miles north to deliver it. Of course I wanted to have I little go while it was with me. So one Sunday morning off to my then girlfriends, pick her up and head out. She then decided she wants to have a go herself! We find a quiet car park and I talk her through the basics of stop/ stop, and within seconds it's on its side, her with a cut knee and the bike with scratched paint, chrome and bent leaver. Luckily for me my brother hadn't seen the bike prior to buying it, he left it to me to make the decision for him. He still to this day doesn't know this story! Anyway it's just dented ego, scratched pride/ paint. All repairable, the important thing is for her not to loose confidence. How was the ride out? I take it you are the teaching your GF the ways of biking?
View attachment 88765 It's quite possible to touch the red in and then flat the whole panel off an have it relacquered at worst or touch using both colour and clear and then rub down and compo und. I have done both a few times with total success. I did a mirror recently where someone had caught it on their shed door. It took the lacquer of and damaged a layer or two of red paint but not down to the primer (these mirrors had been painted before) I touched in the red and then relacquered using a fine brush, after that a compounding and polish and it's as good as new. These little discs can do a great job on small areas when used with a holder, they stick on and you rotate the holder between thumb and forefinger as you rub over the surface, the scalloped edges stop too much paint from one area being cut away. Or try this Langka Paint Chip and Scratch Repair System | Frost Restoration A larger kit is also available.
