1997 Yamaha YZF1000R Thunder Ace With 6,000 Original Miles

This is a very nice Thunder Ace with low miles!  Located in Yorktown, Virgina is a 1997 Yamaha YZF1000R Thunder Ace with 5,698 original miles.  I’m very excited to post my first Thunder Ace and one of the best examples I’ve seen!  These bikes weren’t all that popular but they also wern’t all that rare either.  Yamaha tried to sell as many as they could but these came out among stiff competition from Honda and Kawasaki while Suzuki didn’t release what many consider the ultimate top speed bike until 1999.  When released, the YZF1000R had the lowest drag coefficient of an Yamaha production bike at 0.29.  The YZF has a five valve head, DOHC, inline four, 38mm Mikuni carbs, front & rear adjustable suspension with conventional forks in front and a chassis adapted from the YZF750R.  The YZF is probably my favorite bike to come out of the late nineties speed wars.  The two big names from the speed wars seem to have garnered their own cult following with the GSX-R having all the custom attention and the Super Blackbird taking on the techie crowd.  The Ninja and the YZF remain the obscure, real world bikes that you may only see in passing on the back-roads going the opposite direction.  This YZF looks stunning in it’s original Red/White/Black paint scheme.  The seller doesn’t state much other than that the bike has been well taken care of and that this would make a “Great starter bike.”…Err, I’m going to have to disagree with that last statement.  The price is a very agreeable, and correct, $3,500.  If you’re looking for a fantastic sports touring bike that also looks to be in fantastic condition, have a look at this Thunder Ace on Craigslist here.

AG