You need to put teflon tape on the threads of your compressor fittings.

The thing that you still have your old man to see it and ride it. Thanks good sir.

Great work on the restoration. Regarding the rust in the tank, I did the following: Filled the tank with Apple Cider vinegar and left it 24 hours Drained it out, then rinsed with water, to loosen the rust. Drained the water out then sprayed lots of WD40 in the tank. Drain this, then fill with fuel and put an inline fuel filter. Change the filter after 2 months and I never had an issue.

It's a proper bike with no mothering features. I prefer bikes like these as they make you a better rider rather than letting the bike take you for a ride 👍🏼

Ptfe tape around the threads or couplings will work a treat boshhhhh

Well done Rye Gritting from Eastbourne Dad seams to be proud

Yes your old mans correct.. You get a bike and stick with it! Its Fazers for me. Absolutely love the ending ! No broken engine had me going. Definitely correct about total price for bike

Well done man

Huge respect.

Well done your perseverance has won the day great update.

What a great video and fantastic to see your old man swing his leg over it. Love the colour by the way, it looks amazing. I’m calling this a win for you 🏆

Nice bike, well worth all the effort to restore it.

Well done wrap plumbers PTFE tape round the threads to stop your air leaks top effort

Restoring and riding on the bike you used to ride pillion on as a kid with your dad is really special. Glad he’s still around to see it. Great job, well worth the effort.

Absolutely loved this video👏 Great work Rye!

That part where you went to show your dad,that was pretty special mate.bike looks awesome and this series of videos was brilliant.well done BOR....keep up the good work.

Well done Rye. Only use E5 or less in the bike. E10 will screw it up. It’s hydroscopic due to the ethanol. It will degrade the rubber in the carbs/lines etc, and make things rust!

The guy who does fuck all apart from complain about others will be along shortly no doubt..... Congrats on getting it through the MOT

A mate of mine had one of these from new. Still a great looking bike after all these years.

“Impressive that you have come this far; your perseverance and dedication are commendable. Your videos are interesting and enjoyable to follow. This Thunderace looks beautiful once again.”

Lovely journey, great bike, used to ride with a buddy who had one, I nearly got the 600 version, Thundercat 600, went with the CBR600 instead. Priceless indeed to restore you dads old ride :)

I've watched your videos and sometimes have questioned these way you do things but ... This vid is the best one you've done. Just taking it round to your dad is fantastic. Look after your dad♥️. Be careful of the bike though. If you aren't familiar with having no electronics it will bite. Look after it, it looks great👍

That bike has aged so well. Still looks so good

Fantastic effort getting your dads bike back on the road for him.

Congratulations on getting that Ace looking so good and moving into the workshop. Halcyon days, riding your old man’s bike, I’m so happy for you, and appreciate your craft🎉.

You need PTFE or Teflon tape on all threads

Well done Ryan, now go out an enjoy it, I can start driving again on 1st August so I'll be getting mine out 🙂

Rye, you bloody legend!!!

The Thunderace was the 1st big bike I ever rode , after having an NSR 125 RR , the Ace belonged to a work mate who had purchased it new , he'd only had it a month after getting back into biking , he let me have a go and I absolutely loved it , fantastic machine , it was the same silver and red , great memories 👍🏻

I'm so proud of you! What an amazing series this has been! Congratulations and treasure that beautiful YZF1000 for many years to come.

Congratulations! You should be right proud.

Its a bike you will never make money on after a full rebuild, but thats kinda the point isnt it.

Marvellous video...great to see the old man on his old bike.

Well done! Priceless!❤

Marvelous!

Brilliant work well done

Well done that man, and well done for listing the faults

Well done on getting it back on the road. Maybe in 30 years time one of my kids will bring my current bike around to me all clean and tidy. (unlikely)

Absolute quality... You've done a cracking job with the bike and especially taking it around to see your dad... Good job mate 👍🏻

Great job, great review of the bike and seeing your dad's reaction was class. Fair play fella

Had same issue on my fazer caliper,bought cheap copper brushes to fit on drill,made cleaning the grooves the seals sit in much easier using brake cleaner aerosol

Good on you mate, brings back memories of my old 'Ace, loved that thing!

great job shame you didn't have a picture of your Dad on it back in the day. 👍👍👍

Awesome Rye, well done!

Lovely story! Great paintjob too

Proud moment between Father and Son, you did this. Ride it with pride. Well done. Video on your dad riding be cool, and you were saying power range Well you can always play with cog ratios to suit your feel.

Nice one,, look after it and enjoy.

well done!!

I had both bikes. The first year of the R1 saw their gearboxes breaking a shaft from memory and by the 2nd year they had it sorted and a new paint livery that was awesome. I bought mine within 24 hours of seeing it. The difference was huge. Your bike is way more rideable and they have excellent handling, The R1 was a real handful. It was a race bike and required 100% concentration. I had an exhaust fitted and the carbs rejetted to suit and it had 145hp on the dyno.

Superb! Love a happy ending, your hard work paid off in spades :)

What a journey

Well done saving it 👍🏻

Love it . I've just put my 91 yam tdm back on the road ready for summer riding

Teflon tape works wonders for sealing air leaks on couplings for air compressors and more. Great vid and job well done! Amazing Job!

All my fond memories are with 5 speed gear box. Suzuki RF900 & Honda Transalp 650. Inline & Twin and always love the meat of a 5 speed. Mate you are on one of the most underrated bikes on the planet. ❤

Good video mate keep up the hard work.

Amazing paint job

Great video and well done. Dad is gonna borrow that often methinks....

You have made such a great job of this, well done! It looks great.👍👍👍👍

I've owned an 'Ace since new in 1999 when I was in my 20s (it's now relegated to old man semi-retired status as I replaced it with an MT10.) A bit of history... Yamaha's flagship sports bike in the mid 90s was the ageing FZR1000 EXUP. The Honda Fireblade changed the game for litre class sports bikes (smaller size and lower weight) and whilst Yamaha was developing the YZF-R1, as a stop gap, they updated the FZR with the sportier swingarm from the YZF-750, went to semi-ecu controlled ignition with EXUP value (speed, load/gear and rpm sensor based), uprated the suspension, gave it a new "posh frock" fairing and styling and called it the YZF1000R Thunderace. It was their halo model sports bike at the time (for 2 years) to try and compete with the Fireblade and Kwaka ZX9R (which IMO it did well and was a litle bit better than both). The R1 changed the game again, and the rest is history... It got reclassified at this point as a Sports Tourer, which it did fairly well as for a few years. I did about 54k on mine, doing track days (both in the UK and at the Nurburgring), rode the TT course and did 40 or 50 euro trips to the Alps/Black Forrest and places like that. It's still a great bike, if a little dated.. ;) (and the riding position isn't very good to small, older men, which I have now become (MT10 is a worthy replacement for old men who are still hooligans at heart... :D )... ;) )

Great video! 🤟

Nice to see you out on the bike after all your hard work mate!

Would be great to see your dad having a blast , be like meeting an old friend. 😀

I had 96-97, it will lift the front wheel at 60mph. Despite the engine angle and forward weight bias. It has plenty of grunt !

That looks stunning, im actually thinking of buying one from a friend of mine, i drove it some kms and loved it, love the engine, its so smooth, and more confortable than my SV650s as it stands. Congratulations Rye, it was a hell of a good job 😉

So, you going to give it back to your dad. So you can go for a father and son ride 👍🏼

I think bikes, and probably engines in general, are known for getting better as they get warmer. Too warm is not good though.

a YZF 750 six speed gear cluster will fit straight in

well done great job

What a fantastic achievement and great video... I really enjoyed it. Your old man must be well proud 👍🏻

The YZF1000 Thunderace was a mild upgrade but visual restyle of the previous FZR1000 Exup RU which I had for 4 years. Same 5V motor same power. Has a test ride on the Thunderace and felt the same. Good bikes serious power at that time and good handling and stability no need for a steering damper. Things moved on at a track day at Knockhill Circuit, Scotland got a 10 lap session on a Honda CBR 900 Fireblade. Felt less power but much lighter and more agile but matched my best times. Well done with the Thunderace rebuild enjoyed your video

Absolutely priceless mate...........

Fantastic channel 😊

That spare key scratching your top triple clamp. Great to see the thunderace

I've been riding since the late 80's and had an immaculate '96 Thunderace for the last 5yrs that's still only got 13000 on the clock. LED lights all round including angel eye headlights, black screen and scorpion exhaust but pretty much standard apart from that. Arthritic back forces sale and that's it pictured... West Midlands Great video and what a job you did, good on ya mate 😊

Great video, your dads cool. Good job with the bike.

Great work .👏

Old school is cool. I would say that having owned a 92 Gixxer since 92.

Great video, really enjoyed it 👍

I bought exactly the same bike in 1998. Italian model as well, as a parallel import as they were known back then. At its first MOT, the testing station stuck a beam deflector on the headlamp for me! Kept it until 2018. It was Yamaha's stop gap bike between the FZR1000 and the R1. In fact I think the first R1's had the same engine? Might be wrong on that one. Still, it was and still is today an awesome bike.

You did I great job,I wish my dad could ride my fzr dat I bought back to life but sad it can not.Love the way you’re dad looks at the bike and bring back memories.

You've done a great job, as for the downshift try blipping the throttle on the downshift. It's something I do and it works bloody well. Great video.

I had a Y reg in blue and black. I have memories of riding it very very fast from kent to west london daily for about 5 years. Sledge hammer bike.

bike sure are actually good i was paying 1600 for a 125 and now i pay 550 full comp

You should definitely fix tank rust issues. As it'll slowly but surely destroy the fuel pump and other parts. I was putting this job off on my GSXR for a couple of years and the end result was a failed fuel pump which cost a fortune new from Suzuki. None of the aftermarket solutions worked, they all failed to deliver enough fuel. I used a Por15 kit to seal the tank. It worked magic. My tank looks new basically. I also got it painted on the outside by a professional but only after I finished sealing it. Got a new factory fuel pump unit. And now all the power is back😊

The thunderace was more or less the old FZR1000 with a new set of clothes. Always seemed like a stop gap model while Yamahe finished off the R1. Still got plenty of go though. But yes, more touring than sports. As others have said ptfe tape on your airline fittings.

What a personal journey for you bro 👌🏻 you need to record your dad riding it or at least taking off on it or even reverse the roles of 25 years ago you now ride it with your old cheese on the back 👌🏻👌🏻

Nice one 👏🏼👏🏼🏍

Wot a great video and bike. Top job. Nice to see ya dad. Ptfe tape does the job for air leaks. Cheers.

Yeah PTFE plumbing tape from Screwfix and Toolstation.

Sounds amazing. Less aggressive than mine, as the wool is my exhaust is burned away so she sounds violently angry.

mk2 astra gte came out in 84 so A B reg

I'm surprised your dad didn't nick your leathers & helmet & go for a blast on it lol, looks great though & if I were you I wouldn't part with it as I feel it needs to stay in the family. I had the FZR Exup which had pretty much the same engine & I totally agree about the 5 speed gearbox a 6 would have made it a totally different animal. As for the airline PTFE tape will cure the leaks.

well done.

Well done for getting Griff Rhys Jones to play your dad!

Plumbers white ptfe tape when you wrap over the thread wrap it clockwise over the thread

I always put some teflon tape on threads on my air connectors..that should do the job for you too

Very underrated bike I owned one back in the day fanatics took and the brakes are better than what are on my ktm1290

Blimey there was so much to do to get the bike safe, what was actually rebuilt ?

Tip on the tank, use a solution of citric acid, just food grade, give it 48 hours at room temperature, and use a heat gun in the filler to dry it afterwards, and you’ll nail your problem. Wouldn’t bother lining it unless it’s leaking, just a quick spray of WD40, fill and use, it’ll look after itself after that.