HOW MANY GOLD 350 GTR BRIDGESTONE OUT THERE.

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How many gold 350 gtr Bridgestone out there.
Was the red tank model more popular!
I would like to know.
Thanks.
Reed.

[moonpup]

This is interesting because I always thought the GTR was red and the GTO was gold. At least most of the factory/dealer brochures & advertising I've seen seem to picture them in those combinations. I've also seen blue ones and heard of green ones but thought someone just did a color change.

This GTR is currently on eBay and he mentions that the gold tank is original to the bike. When I first saw that, I believed he was mistaken since the rest of the bike is red ...... but now I'm not so sure. 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/350-BRIDGESTONE-GTR-/250674438616?cmd=ViewItem&pt=US_motorcycles&hash=item3a5d5c61d8

[bridgestonesforever]

I never saw a Gold GTR either, just gold GTO's The bike on ebay looks like a bitsa bike, that is a bike made out of bits of many bikes. Luke

[moonpup]

Hummmm.....just got to thinking, are you referring to the later "second generation" GTR's made by Rockford Motors?

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QUESTION
What color would you paint your Bridgestone 350 gtr other than red or gold!
Maybe lime green let me know.
Thanks.
Reed.

[Toystoretom]

All 4 of the GTRs I have are red. Two are original paint, one has been repainted but it looks like they made an attempt to match the original red, and the nasty parts bike was also repainted at some point in time but it was red originally.... you can see it where the repaint has been scratched off. I guess you can have any color you want as long as its red.

Isn't there any sales literature listing available colors? In my very limited experience all I've ever seen are red GTRs and gold GTOs, like Moonpup said.

There isn't a whole lot of paint on a GTR what with the stainless front fender, chrome rear and mostly chrome tank. It might be why they chose a dramatic color like red. I almost have to wonder if they were trying to copy Ferrari red since they used almost the same dancing horse in their logo.

If someone had photoshop we could try out different colors   .... black might be cool....

Ooooops, I guess Ferrari has the prancing horse and Bridgestone a dancing lion, but they are kinda similar

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Toystoretom
I have one Bridgestone 350 right now i will do STD but maybe i will buy one more and rebuild it my way
Different color green bring it into the 2010 we will see!
Thanks.
Reed.

[Mopar5426]

 THE GOLD GTO IN THE PICTURES FROM THE MID OHIO SHOW IS THE WAY IT WAS BEFORE I RESTORED IT  ITS THE ONLY GOLD ONE IVE SEEN SINCE THE ONE YHEY HAD IN SANDSTONE MN IN 1969 AT THE BRIDGESTONE DEALER  ALL MY GTR ARE RED

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Mopar5426
Everybody are saying that the GTR are red and the GTO are gold so maybe i will paint it red!
But thank you for the input.
Reed.

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OIL TANK,
I was looking in the Bridgestone 350 gtr parts book and i found this part no 5510-9000-fog
Oil tank comp 71 gold gtr and 5110-9000-fog fuel tank comp gtr 71 gold.
So there was a gold gtr out there!
Thanks.
Reed.

[Mopar5426]

The 71 Are Painted Tanks With No Crome  To My Noledge   Is There bAny 70 And Older Crome Tanks With The Gold Paint Let Me Know   Thanks GENE

[moonpup]

I found this one that either is or was for sale in Australia that had the following discription with the ad....."One owner a bridgestone dealer all original never restored or altered."

So, I guess blue GTR's were available?       Yes/No....anybody?

BTW; It's listed as a 1968 model

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Moonpup
Thanks for finding that out it nice to see the Bridgestone in a diffrent color my GTR is a 67 so i think it will be red!
Reed.

[disc_valve]

Just to add my thoughts - I saw that bike and immediatetl gthought it was an early red GTR with an early gold GTO tank on it. The 1970 model GTO had a gold and chrome tank, identical to the early GTR apart from colour.

Graham 

[moonpup]

Ok, so here's a little something more to add to the confusion. Since I don't currently own any of the original brochures, I have to go by what I can find on the net.

I found a pdf of this brochure and on the back it listed the color options for the various bikes it featured,  which included both the GTO and GTR. 

It listed as follows.....

      (GTO)                          (GTR)   
  Imperial Gold                 Candy Red
  Sequoia Green

Here's what I've determined at this point.....

From "official" brochures/advertising/etc, The GTO could be had in either Gold or Green and the GTR, in Red only.

Unofficially, from various owner pictures and descriptions, Blue was an option for both the GTO & GTR.

(PS) I would love to see some pics of the Sequoia Green GTO if any one has some! 

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Moonpup
I would love to see a GTO in green but i think you are right candy red for my GTR but the next one i build sequoia green for a
GTR .
Thanks.
Reed.

[reed]

Moonpup
Are you looking for a GTO ! MIKE ANDERSON has one i got my GTR from him
And he was great to deal with. He held the bike for me until my brother
got there to pick it up.
Man of his word.
Thanks.
Reed.

[Toystoretom]

Here is one I found on Craigslist. The tank has been painted black with no chrome and the side panels are silver. Not bad looking at all!

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Toystoretom
Its great to see Bridgestone in different colors and engine modifications.
This looks a really good buy!
Thanks.
Reed.

[moonpup]

Moonpup
Are you looking for a GTO ! MIKE ANDERSON has one i got my GTR from him
And he was great to deal with. He held the bike for me until my brother
got there to pick it up.
Man of his word.
Thanks.
Reed.

Yes I am and in fact I currently have an ad in the "Wanted" section of the classifieds here. I've had a couple of responses so far, including one from Mr. Anderson, but I'm holding out in hopes of finding an original gold & chrome GTO. I'm kind of a purist, so I'm not looking to clone one at the moment. The other bike offered is a beautiful example and probably worth every penny, but as of now, it's out of reach for me.

So bottom line........my search continues.   

Good luck with your GTR and I agree, red is probably the best choice for your resto.