GT250 Cafe - Build Experiment

Tom Garcia · Post by **Tom Garcia** » Mon Mar 22, 2010 6:24 pm

rngdng wrote:Tom, if you keep this up, I might be willing to let you park it by BlueBoy!!!

Lane

Thanks Lane! I'd be honored....

Tom Garcia · Post by **Tom Garcia** » Sun Mar 28, 2010 8:53 am

Work and personal issues have come up so time to work has been scarce... Since I basically live at the office, I've carved part of an unused loading dock area out to work in..also store the dirt bikes there...

I've been "sneaking off" to strip and prep the pieces of the GT and H2... Everything is primed except one spot on the H2 tank...

Now that I have the seal for the dry clutch, that engineering process has begun. Needing the extra room for the width of the seal will require modification of all the pieces plus the fabrication of a spacer...all while keeping them self-centering off the driven gear...all while not weakening the parts... (wish me luck!)

Tom Garcia · Post by **Tom Garcia** » Sat Apr 03, 2010 6:37 pm

PAINT DAY!

Got the GT bodywork painted - white base, blue pearl topper with black pearl stripe. Drying overnight... H2 Special bodywork done too...

More tomorrow when I pick them up at the shop.... Snapped these with the GT masked and the H2 stuff prior to clear....

rngdng · Post by **rngdng** » Sat Apr 03, 2010 9:33 pm

Tom, I wish I had your talent for paintwork. Nice!!!!

Lane

Tom Garcia · Post by **Tom Garcia** » Sat Apr 03, 2010 9:44 pm

rngdng wrote:Tom, I wish I had your talent for paintwork. Nice!!!!

Lane

LOL! Don't worry... I put the "signature" Garcia curtain sag in the clear on the left side of the tank... It will sand out and I'll hit it with another coat...

Ben's H1 "The Frog" had one too.... (But don't tell Mark)

water cooled · Post by **water cooled** » Sun Apr 04, 2010 5:13 am

Tom,

Very nice....

I still cant wait to hear the GT motor crackle. It's impressive what you have done!

Tom Garcia · Post by **Tom Garcia** » Sun Apr 04, 2010 7:22 pm

Went by and picked up the GT/H2 body sets from my friend's shop... I'll need to re-do the GT tail....

Tom Garcia · Post by **Tom Garcia** » Sat Apr 10, 2010 11:06 am

Got a chance to slap the tank on and roll it out in the sun....

water cooled · Post by **water cooled** » Sat Apr 10, 2010 2:55 pm

Tom,

That looks very sharp....you do outstanding work. That bike looks super cool and is going to sound even better.

Zook-e · Post by **Zook-e** » Sat Apr 10, 2010 3:00 pm

That sure is looking good. I also like the 1100 in the background. I had an 83es and my brother had a champagne one.

water cooled · Post by **water cooled** » Sat Apr 10, 2010 5:32 pm

Eric,

I like Tom's 1100 too. I had a chance to see it in action on the dyno last year. It was a cold wet rainy day and I talked Tom into meeting me at the local motorcycle shop. They were holding an annual Dyno Contest for $5 you could get 3 pulls. I think Tom beat me by a few HP but none of us were prepared for the woman that pulled in behind us and won the event.

She was frightening.....

Zook-e · Post by **Zook-e** » Sat Apr 10, 2010 6:44 pm

water cooled wrote:Eric,

I like Tom's 1100 too. I had a chance to see it in action on the dyno last year. It was a cold wet rainy day and I talked Tom into meeting me at the local motorcycle shop. They were holding an annual Dyno Contest for $5 you could get 3 pulls. I think Tom beat me by a few HP but none of us were prepared for the woman that pulled in behind us and won the event.

She was frightening.....

Her or the HP of her bike?

Tom Garcia · Post by **Tom Garcia** » Sat Apr 10, 2010 7:19 pm

Yeah.... She was pretty scary....

Suzukidave · Post by **Suzukidave** » Sat Apr 10, 2010 8:55 pm

Tom , i really like the look of the whole custom package you have created .. for sure that is a really really sharp looking custom 250

Buffalo-guy · Post by **Buffalo-guy** » Sun Apr 11, 2010 9:04 am

Suzukidave wrote:Tom , i really like the look of the whole custom package you have created .. for sure that is a really really sharp looking custom 250

Ditto