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sidewinder
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PostPosted: 17:43 - 22 Mar 2014    Post subject: 1994 yamaha gts1000 abs I want one Reply with quote

Anybody seen or owned one of these it's growing on me lots Very Happy

https://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m492/sidewinder11/742cb109d4958e584c15dbe46c77ac7a_zpse5b7947d.jpg

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JJF1cyGbpb4

https://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m492/sidewinder11/7c71d6444369b6625583082e0f5e620b_zps67455d34.jpg

Thing is never seen one before are they even available over here?
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PostPosted: 17:47 - 22 Mar 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Yamaha-GTS-1000-/301125898141

Non ABS version though.
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PostPosted: 18:23 - 22 Mar 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote

Cheers for that aff Thumbs Up

Only thing that concerns is parts.do they share same parts as other yams ? Need to investigate further I think.

EDIT: they have a fzr 1000 engine restricted to 100bhp
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PostPosted: 19:21 - 22 Mar 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote

sidewinder wrote:
Cheers for that aff Thumbs Up

Only thing that concerns is parts.do they share same parts as other yams ? Need to investigate further I think.

EDIT: they have a fzr 1000 engine restricted to 100bhp


Almost nothing, it was all new and unique, so don't crash it, you'll struggle like bugger to get any replacement bodywork and that front end must be as plentiful as unicorn horns.
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PostPosted: 19:35 - 22 Mar 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well parts are like rocking horse shit.nice looking bike but a bit risky I think.so maybe something like a pan euro might be a safer bet.shame about the front end design though sounds really good in the YouTube vid.wonder why it never took of ?
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PostPosted: 20:24 - 22 Mar 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote

sidewinder wrote:
Well parts are like rocking horse shit.nice looking bike but a bit risky I think.so maybe something like a pan euro might be a safer bet.shame about the front end design though sounds really good in the YouTube vid.wonder why it never took of ?


Mainly because it wasn't significantly better than a conventional front end, the bike was a bit porky and underpowered, plus it was trouser stainingly expensive, £10K springs to mind, in 1992.
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PostPosted: 21:49 - 22 Mar 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote

10k back then was shitloads Shocked
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PostPosted: 22:06 - 22 Mar 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi

£10k was a lot of money, but then in many ways bikes were more expensive in real terms then. So not quite so hideously expensive as it seems. An FZR1000 was £7199 when the GTS1000A was £9990, and a BMW K1100RS was £9250.

It was a bit porky, but bike buyers are a fairly conservative (with a small c) lot and not that open to major new changes. Hence put off by something very different.

I do have the workshop manuals for it somewhere.

All the best

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PostPosted: 22:46 - 22 Mar 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote

Only 6 currently registered in the UK seemingly

www.howmanyleft.co.uk
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PostPosted: 23:03 - 22 Mar 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote

Busa1340R wrote:
Only 6 currently registered in the UK seemingly

www.howmanyleft.co.uk


That's probably not a bad survival rate, they didn't exactly fly off the showroom floors, I'd be surprised if annual sales hit three figures.
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PostPosted: 23:10 - 22 Mar 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote

Flew round the TT, but as Kickstart says; too dear at launch. Desirable nowadays; matey would like to dump motor for proper exup lump.
6 left says that is a pipe dream. Sad
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PostPosted: 23:32 - 22 Mar 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yep given up on that one Sad
Lovely looking machine though
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PostPosted: 00:28 - 23 Mar 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote

One of those damn things gave me a hard time over the Horseshoe pass a few years ago, two up. I had a hard time keeping up on the 'blade. As I recall Flitwick motorcycles actually modified one with a full fat EXUP motor and stripped some weight off, went very well according to the write-up. Far in advance of anything then, and now for that matter.
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PostPosted: 09:16 - 23 Mar 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote

I always liked them as well, but as said above I reckon they're a bit scarce for regular use. I also like the streamlined BMW that appeared around the same time - K1 was it?
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