Restoration Abandoned Old Motorcycle Yamaha YZF 600 Thandercat

I invite you to watch my movie about restoration of yamaha yzf600r thundercat motorcycle. This sports bike was in such a bad condition that there was no point in repairing it, a broken connecting rod, a cracked head, a torn engine block, only the gearbox and clutch could be used again. The motorcycle was also after the accident, it also had a lot of rust and dirt. Each element had to be replaced or repaired. This video shows that you can make something beautiful from scrap metal. The movie is very twisted and does not show all the repairs because it would be too long and boring, I chose the most interesting scenes to make the movie interesting.
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@Motocraft Abandoned, forgotten Yamaha YZF 600R Thundercat surprisingly beautiful restoration ,back to live
00:00 Intro
0:15 Preperation for renowation
2:51 Engine painting
4:09 Generator cover grinding and painting
7:10 Engine assembly
11:11 Engine in the frame
12:16 Exhaust repair welding polishing assembly
16:42 Spark plugs , cables , carburretors synchronisation .
19:15 Wheel deassembly and painting
27:06 Rear suspention renowation and painting
30:10 Seat reapolestry , new seat cover
32:21 Final look after renowation , slide show
34:11 Road test ride ,first ride

[@Scorpions2shy]

My husband has the 97 Thundercat. He got a 2015 Honda CBR600 and I can tell you that I would pillion on the Thundercat any day vs the CBR. My husband needs to balance the carbs etc on his baby but before he got the Honda, he rode the Thundercat almost a 1000km a week to work and back home. Now he wants to repair his 'Cat and enjoy that growl, its a passion and this was his 1st Superbike. Great video in the restoration and performance.

[@motocraft180]

You are right, these motorcycles are very comfortable, you can ride long distances without getting tired

[@Bertito_Tv]

I have one and it is a war machine, I would not change it for any, they are excellent motorcycles!

[@motocraft180]

Agree I have had a lot of bikes in the past and everyone was cool in their own way but this one is very comfortable for a sports bike, fun to ride.

[@enzorum2560]

OMG YES I HAVE A THUNDERCAT TOO I JUST FINISHED RESTORING AFTER BUYING IT FOR £600!! piston ringsss everything!!

[@motocraft180]

Thank you , nice you got thandercat and you restore it as well, have you record your restoration process ? I wondering if you use new piston rings or used one , I use used rings for first time in my mechanic live and they work good as new with 12,5 bar compession test on cold engine , no oil burn , its big surprise for me and experiment as well. BDW.. for my thundercat i pay around 140$ with broken engine in parts , and missing fiew parts , was sitting long time waithing for scraping or repair ;) Anyway big congrats for your restoration ,enjoy and ride safe :)

[@brwhyon]

Very nice rebuild ! You and I are the type of guys who look at a pile of parts and say, yeah I can rebuild it.

[@justinfoley4008]

I have 3 of these bikes. 96, 97, and 01. These are great bikes. Easy to ride. Very comfortable. Personally I like them better than the American version R6.

[@motocraft180]

Thank You , also had R6 from 2002 is faster but thandercat has it all in one

[@CasaMaryParadise]

Agree with you completely. Most comfortable sport bike ever made.

[@samsepiol6438]

Hello! a lot of work has been done with the cat. I did the same thing at the moment, only I powder-painted the wheels and the pendulum. I noticed on your frame there are also marks from the contact of the plastic. everyone seems to have this problem. I had no luck with the brake discs. The wheel rim was heavily oxidized, the aluminum oxide had done its job. I had to restore 3 threads, but now I have the tool and experience) Now I’m finishing assembling fairings in the Fiat style)) There remains the problem of a rotten exhaust system (can) ((( Over the 5 years of ownership, I drove 26,000 kilometers on it, and decided to give it a new life. it is very convenient. Greetings from Russia)

[@motocraft180]

This is great bikes and worth to restor it, Im glad you restore your one as well. Best regards

[@TheEasy10pins]

The YZF600R was my very first sportbike. Some days I wish I still had it.

[@motocraft180]

My first sport bike was kawasaki 636 , than zx12r , now i got that thandercat and i love it , its all bikes in one ...

[@unpluglvfree9507]

Someone did a great job of mowing the grass under the bike

[@motocraft180]

That was my wife with small electric grass trimmer ;)

[@davidheaney9249]

Very underrated bike fast enough comfy great wind protection have there faults but all bikes do

[@motocraft180]

Agree , underrated bikes , like you said comfy and fast enough, jast love it ...

[@angargoy7181]

*I was entertained watching in these minutes how you recovered this good bike. My congratulations*

[@motocraft180]

Thank you and all the best for you ...

[@jnavonoD]

Awesome job, you now have a beautiful machine. Ride safe!

[@motocraft180]

Thank you

[@4FIVEHD]

I have a 600r gloss black I love my baby 2001

[@motocraft180]

That is great Little beast, i love them to ...

[@CasinoOnlineSlots]

I have seen many videos on KZbin but this is a very good video of a motorcycle restoration. In my personal opinion I think that the inside of the piston engine, cylinders, etc. needed a little work, in the end the sound of the machine was not very good. The motorcycles are characterized by having a sound typical of Hondas; Yamahas and Suzuki especially the Suzuki has a sound that is like music and the Honda for its powerful roar. Great job friend. All the best.

[@motocraft180]

That engine i was rebiuld, old one has hole in the crancase and broken cylinder head, from old engine I use only gearbox and carburetor, I did not rekord all this job but I regret that..

[@netraidersgarage]

Good work, but I cant understand why you not remove tyre (very old dot to ride) and weights before painting wheels, in the last part of movie you have changed them anyway, so do it first to restore wheels, probably you have make experience for this now. 👏

[@motocraft180]

Thank you , good point about a tyres , yes you are right about them but rear weel got dot 0821 it was changed last year and ballanced thats why I decide to paint wheel with tyre still on. Front tyre is old 2013 and need to be changed to be on safe side ... I agree with you on that one ,

[@corypoole3864]

I just bought a 97, bout to start piecing it back together

[@motocraft180]

The same year as mine, great bikes

[@sgaming9558]

nice keep it up

[@GerardoGarcia-mi8pi]

Muy muy bien 😊

[@motocraft180]

Gracias

[@Motorcycleman-hs9yr]

Very well done!!! It was a real joy to watch this video. I guess its never to late even for old ragged bikes to come alive once more. I have a kawasaki zx6r 1995 that i really like and videos like this shows that you actually can,instead of buying a new and expensive bike,restore and maintain your old bike.👍👍👏👏

[@motocraft180]

Thank you for your kind words and for appreciating my work. I also like kawasaki zx6r, I used to have kawasaki zx636r and zx12r, now I'm working on restoring kawasaki zx9r 1995, the movie will be in a few months because there's a lot of work on it. All the best and best regards

[@2stroketimebomb]

Nice one, love the ending!! Well done mate.

[@motocraft180]

Thank you !

[@cihan.kurucu]

Good job bro. Really good job.

[@motocraft180]

Thank You

[@m.t.9837]

When comes the rain that poor bike will discolored..!

[@motocraft180]

Thank you for comment , bike is stored in dry garage and never ride in the rain , on the end of my video i covered it the same dirty old cover just to make some funny twist and bit of irony :)

[@harryw9598]

dobre, kind advice sync the carbs at 1500tpm idling.

[@motocraft180]

Thank you , will try next time

[@amirnazir3132]

Super job done. 👍

[@bottletree33]

Love what you did with the wheels. Great job.

[@motocraft180]

Thank You !

[@mikeopenshaw9128]

Excellent job - thank you for sharing!

[@charliemclarnon7406]

Brilliant 👏. You did a fantastic job.

[@motocraft180]

Thank you

[@chriswirta1880]

Nicely done

[@orbitrol11]

Oglądając Twój film z sentymentem wspominam swojego Cata ... Wspaniałe motocykle

[@motocraft180]

Dziękuje , jeżdziłem na różnych motocyklach ale thandercat jest wyjątkowy , super maszyna

[@orbitrol11]

@@motocraft180 mam teraz CBR 929 to zupełnie inny motocykl ale thundercata zawsze będę miło wspominał

[@motocraft180]

@@orbitrol11 CBR 929 to super motocykl , jednak ten dzwięk 600 tki przy wysokich obrotach ,symfonia :)

[@orbitrol11]

@@motocraft180 miałem wydech Yoshimura prawdziwy nie aliexpress wiem jak gra powyżej 6000 obrotów

[@motocraft180]

@@orbitrol11 brzmi prawie jak F1

[@Alex-lm6px]

Супер байк 👍

[@catcat250]

Great restoration Sir...

[@motocraft180]

Thank you

[@tediouja8099]

Great video, thanks for sharing!

[@motocraft180]

Thank you

[@orunmotosport]

nice

[@silvergioj1835]

I saw that there behind you have a Triumph 955 under your towel! I've had a lot of bikes but the three-cylinder one is the one I would buy again! I'm passionate and I disassembled to restore my first bike at 13! The TunderCat is gorgeous and the video is great 👍

[@motocraft180]

Thank you ,great you pasionate about bikes and restoration same me and yes Triumph 955i tree cylinder i love them as well , the sound of tripple cylinder engine is like best music , Im addicted to it ;) I had 4 Triumphs in my bikers adventures and my first big bike was Triumph trident 900 , fantastic maschine .

[@silvergioj1835]

@@motocraft180 I bought a Daytona 955i registered 2000, here in Italy imported with 130 horses power and with insurance compensation for the theft of a Kawa zx10r (I had 3)! Today I am without a stable job and without a motorcycle, but as I wrote before when I pick up a bike it will definitely be a Triumph 👍✌️🏍

[@motocraft180]

@@silvergioj1835 I had two dytonas one yelow one red , red one i bought in parts and restored to a shine state i give that one for free to one of my good friend as he was jobless at that time . I wish you to find perfect job and new Triumph soon as passible :)

[@dustantraver6829]

Awesome job man! Looks amazing!

[@motocraft180]

Thank you !

[@kamilmaurycy]

👍🏻👍🏻🏍💪🏻💪🏻 Pozdro 👊🏻👊🏻

[@motocraft180]

Pozdrawiam wzajemnie

[@barrbr8610]

Love ur job men...

[@motocraft180]

Thank you , all the best for you

[@blade5351]

Ładnie wyszła, ja zabieram się za moją Vfr 750f mam nadzieję że będzie choć trochę tak ładna jak ten thundercut !!! Pozdrowienia Krakus !!

[@motocraft180]

Dziekuje , miałem kiedyś vfr 750 rc36 czerwoną , też robiłem renowacje z powypadkowej , wyszła jak nowa , życze ci żeby twoja wyszła przepięknie .

[@blade5351]

@@motocraft180 dzięki jak skoncEto podeślę zdjecie

[@blade5351]

A to moja VFR w koncu skonczona !! kzbin.info/www/bejne/op7MooGreKiEa5I

[@jamesjay9781]

Great job mate looks excellent 👌

[@motocraft180]

Thank you :)

[@isaidthat4505]

Yep been sitting for years abandoned trashed pulled so much so the discs are even rusted

[@motocraft180]

With all respect, did I state anywhere it was sitting for years ?, I did not , and it was abondoned and forgotten ,what is true., brake discs they stainless steel is that it does not rust, .Anyway thank you for comment .

[@isaidthat4505]

@@motocraft180 abandoned forgotten implies this glad you remembered where it was did you come out one day and kick your toe on it ah that where it is id forgotten all about it .

[@motocraft180]

that's exactly what happened 😆

[@robertb2164]

Cześć, jak tam dalsze losy hondy ? Mam taki motocykl i mam problem z ładowaniem i gaźnikami. Jest to stara maszyna ale jak na początek myślę spoko

[@rubanowicz]

Super.

[@motocraft180]

Dziękuje , pozdrawiam !

[@portosportos1507]

Good job ✌✌🥂🥂

[@motocraft180]

Thank you

[@krzysztofszymanski6364]

Fajna sprawa tak sobie odmówić motocykl :) mogłeś już od razu owiewki polakierować, jak tyle elementów poszło od nowa :) pozdrowionka

[@motocraft180]

Dziękuje , tak fajna praca a zarazem hobby zrobić ze złomka coś , masz rację co do owiewek , wahałem się żeby je od nowa polakierować ale chciałem już pojeżdzić złapać końcówkę sezonu , być może że odnowię jeszcze owiewki w niedalekiej przyszłości, może to być ciekawy temat na film . Dziękuje za sugestie "dobry pomysł" Pozdrawiam

[@keironross7065]

Just on the off chance, the negative terminal from the battery on this bike where does it connect to? I've just swapped to a rebuilt engine, it's all connected except for the negative as I can't figure where it goes 😕

[@motocraft180]

Hi ! negative terminal is going directly to engine casing , just put negative wire on one of engine casing bolt on back righ side , hope that help you, if not drop your fb name and i send you a picture by messanger

[@fishhead1844]

👍

[@motocraft180]

Thank You

[@killingfields1424]

The grand daddy of the legendary R6 all the way to 1st gen R1

[@simoneted2]

I hope U can Rebuild another And All Kinds Of Damage Crash Bike'S In The Junk Yards 🏍️👍❤️💯

[@motocraft180]

Hi ! Yes I will do more interesting videos , thats only warm up , thank you for kinde worlds 😀

[@computerbytes537]

@@motocraft180 well i just wish you would do a restoration on a kawasaki klx 250 i would be very glad cant wait

[@motocraft180]

@@computerbytes537 I gonna put on my list ,

[@computerbytes537]

@@motocraft180 thanks motocraft

[@adiposuadiposu8748]

😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@andaal3664]

Hello, do the mirrors that you installed fit well or did you have to modify them, if so could you tell me where to buy them?

[@motocraft180]

Hi ! They fit fine but i use mounting base from old mirrors as they fit better and Look solid, i will send you a link where you can bay them , they realy good mirrors for cheap money .

[@motocraft180]

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[@nunomc2815]

Did you get another used engine ? Well done, congrats 👏👏👏👏

[@motocraft180]

Thank You ! I only used the gearbox from the old engine because everything else was damaged by a broken connecting rod, I bought a used crankshaft, pistons, cylinder heads, and cylinders. Unfortunately, I did not record the engine repair. by accident, I deleted a few films from engine painting, gaskets, suspension and brakes regeneration, etc.

[@nunomc2815]

@@motocraft180 Congrats by the final result. Amazing supersport bike, from a time they were not 16.000 rpm redline monsters, with almost no low-down grunt. I own a '99 FZS-600 Fazer (common in Europe), which has basically the same engine, with 5 HP less and a little bit more torque in low revs. It's a shame you lost the videos about the engine re-assemble 🥲 Congrats for the final result, once again 👏👏👏

[@motocraft180]

I used to have a Yamaha Fazer 600, 2001 silver, a very comfortable motorcycle, pleasant to ride, similar characteristics to a thandercat, I love it when it exceeds 8000 rpm it is like a turbo would turn on. Great bikes ..

[@nunomc2815]

@@motocraft180 Keep sending more videos, my friend. Ride safe ! 😊👍

[@motocraft180]

@@nunomc2815 Will do more videos , ride safe to

[@kova7ev]

Канал перекупа? К продаже готов - не бит, не краше, в заводской краске

[@motocraft180]

English please , i dont undarstand sorry

[@richaddulieu1967]

Typical yamaha still put vonarble part's near the chain ,and when the chain brakes so do other part's not a good design 🙄

[@aspopulvera9130]

Even if the engine is damaged, you can probably install a new engine or get one donor engine to salvage some parts from even convert it to an EV

[@motocraft180]

Thank you for your comment , that is true , I rebiuld engine from used parts , only gearbox and clutch was still ok from original bike , I bought cylinders ,head, crancshaft , pistons with connecting rods, engine block ,

[@michaelsantiago5326]

where are you located and how much would u charge me to restore my yamaha yzf600r?

[@motocraft180]

Its to far from you Poland

[@adrianoleao9127]

A pintura do moto fico com cara de zero!

[@adrianoleao9127]

Tá ruin tem que troca o moto!

[@AlKoholic1972]

Good God man, say something. What a snoozefest this video is. Why would you make this long of a video without saying a word?

[@motocraft180]

Thank you for your honest opinion, I made this video especially without dialogue because it would be too long witch for most people is boring, but wait for my next dialogue video this time , hope you will enjoy it , all the best :)

[@kacperkowalski1854]

I weź kup takiego kasztana

[@motocraft180]

Dzieki za komentarz , wiadomo kazdy ma swoje zdanie , zauważyłem że polacy mają skłonności do krytyki , ale ok szanuje kazdą opinie, co do motocykla to wszysko jest wymienione na nowe lub zregenerowane , sprawne w 100% , jezdzę już ponad rok od remontu i spisuje sie na medal, ostatnio przystawiła się tesla i została kilka razy w tyle więc motorek idzie jak zły .i daje wiele radości , a zwłaszcza z tego że zrobiony został z totalnego złomu .Pozdrawiam

[@neomaxizoondweebi]

Just like the name, it's a thundercat

[@motocraft180]

Yes it is , great bikes , plesure to ride it

[@christopherjohnson6056]

Just my view , you didn’t need the stickers on the wheels.

[@douglasbaxter3346]

Saves a bike destin to go into the scrap heap and your like oh I don’t like the stickers fk sake

[@Kyokunek]

Witam. Ile masz wzrostu? Ja 170 i ważę 80kg.. Nigdy nie siedziałem na tym moto i zastanawiam się czy nie był by na mnie trochę duzy🤔

[@motocraft180]

Cześć, mam 176 cm wzrostu i jest dla mnie idealny, dla ciebie też będzie ok bo nie ma dużej różnicy. Zawsze można opuścić tylne zawieszenie deczko. Najniższym motocyklem jest yamaha xj600 diversion

[@Kyokunek]

@@motocraft180 Dzięki za odpowiedź. Patrzyłem wczesniej na xj ale mimo, że przypomina trochę Bandita i SV to jakoś średnio mi się podoba. Poza tym wydaje się jak na taką pojemność dosyć wolna. Nie żebym szukał pocisku ale w porównaniu z sv np wydaje się mułowata . Mogę się mylić bo bazuje na tym co widzę na yt..

[@motocraft180]

@@Kyokunek XJ to muł , bandit ciężki , sv 650 dobra na starcie lecz nie jest szybka. Thandercat tani wygodny dość szybki motorek, miły wygodny motorek ale jak trzeba pokaże pazurek jak nazwa wskazuje, polecam bo miałem dużo różnych motocykli a ten jest naprawdę wygodny i szybki jednocześnie.

[@Kyokunek]

@@motocraft180 będę musiał się przejechać i zobaczyć.. Wszyscy mówią, że wygodny.. Cbr600f3 if4

[@Kyokunek]

@@motocraft180 Musze poszukać i sprawdzić na sobie bo dopóki się nie przejadę to tak naprawdę się nie dowiem..moze coś się znajdzie..