GT250 Cafe - Build Experiment

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 5:51 am

I got mine off of ebay.

Tom Garcia · Post by **Tom Garcia** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 6:46 am

DITTO! Here is a link to the same item by the same seller I got mine from....

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/cateye-t ... _995wt_754

CJF · Post by **CJF** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 9:42 pm

I was thinking I may have seen that somewhere before. Some guy rear ended me at a stop light a few weeks ago on my CB750. He smashed in my rear light. Thankfully, he was just coasting a few miles per hour and not paying attention. I had no idea what happened and thought i just popped the clutch and stalled out the bike. I only realized what happened when the guy walked up beside me and asked if I was alright. It was very wierd?! He gave me $50 cash and an apology. I guess it could have been worse.

Tom Garcia · Post by **Tom Garcia** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 11:04 am

Work on the tail and seat mounting....FINISHED....

tz375 · Post by **tz375** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 1:03 pm

Tom, That is really neat.

How do you manage to get such neat bends and cuts and welds in your fabrication?

What plate bending tool do I not have that I need to get to replace the vice, brick and big hammer?

Tom Garcia · Post by **Tom Garcia** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 3:40 pm

tz375 wrote:Tom, That is really neat.

How do you manage to get such neat bends and cuts and welds in your fabrication?

What plate bending tool do I not have that I need to get to replace the vice, brick and big hammer?

Other than a pair of duckbill vise grips, my "brake" consisted of the metal sandwiched between the edge of the workbench and a piece of angle clamped down. Bend as good as you can and then let the deadblow hammer do the rest....

Tom Garcia · Post by **Tom Garcia** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 3:45 pm

Got the regulator, rectifier, and on/off master switch mounted...then wired everything up in the tail... No sparks and the damn tail light works...

Had to spin the battery 90 degrees to make room for everything...

(Yes...that is 4-conductor trailer wire)

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 7:52 pm

Be advised Tom if you have problems getting the brake light to work ( mine gave me fits) till I finally figured out that the yellow wire is ground. Who ever heard of a yellow ground wire?

Tom Garcia · Post by **Tom Garcia** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 8:05 pm

Coyote wrote:Be advised Tom if you have problems getting the brake light to work ( mine gave me fits) till I finally figured out that the yellow wire is ground. Who ever heard of a yelow ground wire?

that helps!!! Thanks!!!

CJF · Post by **CJF** » Mon Nov 16, 2009 6:43 pm

Real nice job with the fabrication. It looks neat and tidy.

Suzukidave · Post by **Suzukidave** » Mon Nov 16, 2009 8:22 pm

CJF wrote:Real nice job with the fabrication. It looks neat and tidy.

+1

Tom Garcia · Post by **Tom Garcia** » Sun Nov 22, 2009 12:20 pm

More wiring... Ordered some triple bullet ends...beats having to daisy-chain singles...

Also found out that the H1 heads won't fit the 76 and later cylinder stud pattern...not square like the 75 and earlier models... So, started welding up the stock head to straighten the plugs rather than angled...and center them in the chamber. Low on argon so I am putting off welding up the chambers until I pick up the new bottle... Can't understand why I waited this long to get a TIG...SHEESH!!!! Had to do some preheating with the TIG but once warmed up it handled the thicker casting...

Tom Garcia · Post by **Tom Garcia** » Sun Nov 22, 2009 5:18 pm

Wiring is done except for engine harness... What color(s)... Thinking white and Suzuki Blue...

Trimmed the levers down as well...and finished bleeding the front brake...

Anyone need this 73 hulk????

Suzukidave · Post by **Suzukidave** » Sun Nov 22, 2009 6:00 pm

Thats a sharp looking scoot for sure Tom.. great job

TLRam1 · Post by **TLRam1** » Sun Nov 22, 2009 10:45 pm

Looks great Tom!

Tom if those signals are the type with the wire coming out the side of the stem I could use those, don't need the whole carcass though.

Like the one on the left.