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Latest Pics of my YZF1000

Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2011 11:10 pm
by 97YZF1000
So I recently swapped out the windscreen for a clear Puig double bubble and got a red front fender to replace the stock black one. IMHO it looks much better with the red one. Enjoy the pics ;)

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Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2011 12:00 am
by spook
Glad to see you have returned from the dark side... I'm gathering there is a bit of a story with this one... Care to fill us in :)

Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2011 10:40 am
by Hooligan
that's a great looking bike!

Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2011 2:19 pm
by McFizzer
Where in NJ are you?

Clean bike!

Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2011 3:57 pm
by 97YZF1000
McFizzer wrote:Where in NJ are you?

Clean bike!
I'm in Kearny. I saw the buildup of your '92 and it brought back some good memories. I bought on just like it back in '94 and had it for a few years...

Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2011 4:02 pm
by 97YZF1000
spook wrote:Glad to see you have returned from the dark side... I'm gathering there is a bit of a story with this one... Care to fill us in :)
Well not much of a story actually...lol. I sold my other '97 YZF1000 in May of '09 (which I regretted almost instantly) and bought the '06 FZ1. A few months later I started looking for one again and came across this one in the Fall of '09. Spent the Winter going over the whole bike (stripped down to the frame) and rebuilding it with as many goodies as I could find (Ohlins suspension, Galfer rotors, etc). What you see now is the end result of all that work :)

Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2011 3:48 am
by spook
97YZF1000 wrote:Well not much of a story actually...lol.
That's enough of one! Very nice job :)

Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 3:19 pm
by RocknFZR1000
SWEET...!

Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2011 6:25 pm
by Schoon
That is one nice looking bike!

Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2011 7:00 pm
by 97YZF1000
Well today she got a new Yosh RS-3C slip on ;)

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Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2011 8:18 pm
by spook
Sweet looking Ace :)

Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2011 4:27 am
by sbutler
I didnt realise just how sexy the Thunderace realy was!!!!!!
For their age they still look fresh & drop dead sexy.. :banana

Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2011 9:46 pm
by Big Jon
What's your take on the Yosh over the Remus?

Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2011 10:09 pm
by FZRDude
I like the look of the Remus better. IMO

Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2011 10:25 pm
by 97YZF1000
Big Jon wrote:What's your take on the Yosh over the Remus?
Well The Yosh is louder w/o the dbkiller in place. I really only got to ride it around the block as I didn't have much time. The quality is also better than the Remus. The only thing I didn't like about it is that it's longer, but given the rear dimensions of the bike it still goes well.

Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2011 10:27 pm
by 97YZF1000
FZRDude wrote:I like the look of the Remus better. IMO
Well it is shorter and that does make it look a little better, but the quality and fit of the Yosh is better.

Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2011 10:29 pm
by 97YZF1000
sbutler wrote:I didnt realise just how sexy the Thunderace realy was!!!!!!
For their age they still look fresh & drop dead sexy.. :banana
Yea, she still looks good, not to mention quite unique here in the States since it was only imported in '97. I rarely ever see any others around.

Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2011 10:53 pm
by sickle44
They were only imported in 97 everywhere as the R1 came out in 98 and pre 97 was the FZR of course.

Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2011 8:50 am
by 97YZF1000
sickle44 wrote:They were only imported in 97 everywhere as the R1 came out in 98 and pre 97 was the FZR of course.
No dude...In Europe (and possibly other markets) Yamaha continued to sell the Thunderace and R1 side by side until the Thunderace was finally discontinued in 2003. We certainly got the short end of the stick here in North America :cry:

Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2011 9:37 pm
by Big Jon
And Canada got it for 96 and 97. Uk 96 to the end of the run in 01 (I believe). Colours were also different between Canada and the US as Canada got the red/white that the US got, a red/black and Blue/black they didn't (the fastest colour by far), and the US market got a grey/black that we didn't.