Gulf Coast Cycle Performance

10/04/2025

04/18/2023

Closed for good

07/06/2022

10/30/2018

Any help will be used to put bikes back on the road that were in the shop when the hurricane destroyed it, some real classic bikes need to get back on the road and beat mother nature out of taking some sweet shovels, Panhead, BSA, Indian Chief,Ironhead

My name is Angel R. Welch. My dear friend Ron Paquette, the founding owner of Gulf Coast Cycle Performance located in Port St. Joe, FL., was recently diagnosed with terminal cancer. Due to his illness he and his wife have lived in the motorcycle shop to make ends meet. Unfortunately, the motor...

04/24/2018

lots going on,just had our 7th anniversary here,and still growing,both in customers and in house capabilities,this is something that needs to be addressed,if your bike needs work,the yellow pages only have the info the shop gives them,you have to ask around,just last week I had a bmc chopper in here,that the guy had spent in excess of 32 hundred dollars with a local indy shop and could ride about a mile and would shut down,that's what he brought it there for,it had the notoriously bad crane hi4 ignition system put a new ultima ignition system, made a few carb adjustments and did an oil change 500 out the door,say's it runs better than he remembered so ask around before you decide it could save you $$$$$$$$$$$
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04/03/2017

My apologies for being so long since posting had a mishap on thanksgiving day,took a while to heal and still recuperating,but s**t happens,we have a 2006 fatboy in the shop doing some custom work ;IE converting it to a hand shift with a rocker foot clutch,lots of fab work,but it is coming together pretty smoothly,lot's of motor rebuilds,some stock,some performance,and some secrets,one of those is an S&S 126 twin cam,with b2 racing heads,only reached 152 rwp,with a slipping clutch, so we're having the heads tweaked at hillside cycles out of NY and uping the compression from 10.5 to 1 to 11.4 to 1,might have to add a second thunderjet to that S&S D that's been hogged out, we're hoping for 170 rwp and this is stuffed into a 1993 fxr with a Baker 5 speed,painted by me,a custom blend of vivid black,metallic blue and white lightning pearl,and just finishing up a rebuild on a 1982 Shovelhead which will be in the wind next week,won't be so long till the next post,and our 6 th anniversary is in 11 day's

10/04/2016

decided to see how the screamin eagle 110 would do in traffic,handling,good, but dunlop tires don't do much for it,performance it's a 110 se,enough said,what I have a problem with is,this thing runs HOT,which could be addressed,but due to epa regulations, they are tuned extremely lean,especially with all the motor upgrade,and that causes it to run hot.Wait it get;s better HD came up with a "solution" if you sit at a light for 30 seconds or so,the rear cylinder drops and you run on one cylinder till you throttle on,does it work?maybe,can the motor be hurt in the long run from running on one,I can't see how it wouldn't,and last but not least is the sound you have to listen to when one cyl shuts down,it sounds like your having catastrophic,engine failure

09/24/2016

yes it's been some time since my last post we continue to increase our capabilities,but sometimes you have to think back to when you were new to motorcycle riding,well I got a reminder a couple of day's ago and it is what leads to this post,I had a young man around 22 years old or so who had recently purchased a 2010 heritage softail harley put a cheap ass tire on it before the sale and wore out in 3000 miles,so we installed a Michelin commander two and installed new brake pads,when we were finished he left his wife at the shop and was going 3 blocks up the street to the bank for cash instead of a credit card[his choice] he pulled onto the road as I watched from my shop and before he straighten up he got into the throttle and the tire started to spin lack of experience he didn't know what to do,he never let off on the throttle and did not try and shift his weight and counter steer,so my mechanic and his helper ran out there and picked the bike up and rolled it back to the shop,it was 50 yards away,when the owner came and looked at the bike then I checked his eyes for uneven pupil dialation,seemed ok ,then went inside to clean some road rash up and I spoke to the police and since it was less than 500 in damage it did not require a report, then I walked back into the shop and this guy no longer remembered where he was or that he had a tire put on,so it was clear he was hurt worse than he appeared and I was able to make him get into my truck with his wife and my wife was taking him to the hospital he argued and said no I want to ride my bike home so my mechanic put his bike in the shop and he finally went to the hospital and as it turns out he would not be alive if he had gone home he had a major concussion as well as a broken shoulder what he did wrong is the topic here 1st lack of riding experience, should have been wearing a helmet,2nd all new motorcycle tires have a glaze on them that you suppose to ride easy especially in turns,he throttled up while he was turning,that caused loss of traction and rear tire began spinning,at that point panic takes over because you dont know what to do about it,and don't have time to think about it,for all intent and purposes he was doing a burnout and wasn't aware that a bike ,especially a Harley,will get somewhat sideways and it happens quick he should have backed off the throttle and counter steered the bike,or crash stay safe out there and be aware of your riding skills and only push your limit when your not endangering someone else and you dont mind road rash and stuff

05/27/2016

my five year old Grandson

I suppose he is a peperes boy after all...
He created this masterpiece and then told his teacher what each part was.

04/27/2016

well the 2016 Indian left today,with it's 4 " Rinehart slipons,and dobeck fuel tuner,realigned the side car did the 500 mile service,guy left on the bike,came back in 10 minutes,and tells me it is the first time he's enjoyed riding,because of the poorly installed sidecar said he couldn't be happier,that feels good,on another note,never looked at it real good till we worked on it,it is not a dry sump system all oil 1 hole 5 1/2 qts,reminded me of a suzuki m 109,short stroke,just guessing on this one but I'd guess more hp than torque,and lot's of plasticeverywhere

04/23/2016

We are always looking for way's to get products faster and less expensive.so we are adding another great company to our list or dealerships,Dolbec performance,they make race tuners,for every fuel injected motorcycles,as a matter of fact,they invented them and make them for 95% of the other companies selling this type of tuner,so no more sorry we're out of stock, or not sure if they make one for that or not,and remember we also install what we sell,and back our work 100%.Ask about special deals when combined with exhaust changes,we are also a dealer for Rinehart racing,Top of the line in performance exhaust,others also available,thanks for reading,hope to see you soon,yah, you goodnight