Yamaha GTS-1000

1993 - 1994 GTS1000, GTS1000A

Manuals

Both the owner's and shop manuals are available from http://www.YamahaPubs.com (Crestec Inc.). Only the shop manual is available from http://www.RepairManuals.com.

YamahaPubs.com	Owner's manual	LIT-11626-08-78	$30
	Shop manual	LIT-11616-GT-10	$60
RepairManuals.com	Shop manual	LIT-11616-GT-10	$59.95

According to my recent interaction with the folks at RepairManuals.com, Yamaha has outsourced their printing to Crestec, which is the company being dealt with at YamahaPubs.com. The manuals I received from RepairManuals.com, printed in the USA (presumably, therefore, by Crestec), had very poor quality images. On the other hand, the owner's manual I ordered directly from YamahaPubs (a.k.a. Crestec) had a Genuine Yamaha wrapper and was of very high quality, an original print from the early 90's.

Accessories

Luggage

Tank Bags

Bagster/Baglux

Bagster is a French company which makes products for the GTS.

Exhausts

R1

Some R1 exhausts are a direct swap. Others require adaptation.

Michael Ireton says:

I have installed the R1 cannister on my 94 GTS. IN order to do this you must

do four things:

1)Purchase 2 exhaust pipe reducer bushings, a 2 1/2 od x 2 1/4 id and a 2 1/4 od x 2 id. These will reduce the R1 canister pipe inlet to match the cat outlet on the GTS.

2)Drill out the rivets from the original strap location and slide it down and around to match the GTS mounting hole.

3)I used a flat round bar and a hammer to indent the R1 inlet pipe where the GTS rear brake lever interferes with the

pipe.

• A photo of Alexander Zaytsev's R1 muffler (posted to the GTS list on 3/6/2006)

Consumables

Tires

• GTS Tires

Fuel Filter

The OEM fuel filter is expensive and will probably be out of stock at a dealer. Alternatives are:

• Purolator F44661 (no longer available)
• AC/Delco GF708
• Fram G6495
• Wix 33500

According to Bob Taylor, any fuel filter that fits a Mitsubishi Starion (87-89) (Australian) should work.

Oil Filter

Oil filters for the Mazda RX7 will fit the GTS.

Spark Plugs

NGK

From the NGK parts finder:

• Standard p/n DPR8EA-9, stock no. 4929, gap 0.035"
• Iridium p/n DPR8EIX-9, stock no. 2202, gap 0.035"

Maintenance

Valve Adjustments

Clearance

Intake

.11 - .20mm

Exhaust

.21 - .30mm

Feeler Gauges

The Genesis 20-valve head requires feeler gauges which are narrower than standard feeler gauges. Some people cut down standard gauges, but there is concern that this may leave burrs.

GTS-1000 Mailing List Recommendations

• Rick Davids recommends Draper tapered gauges.
  • "Draper is a UK company. Google Draper + 19613 for UK sites that sell them."
  • tooled-up.com (UK)
    • Metric: 0.05, 0.10, 0.15, 0.20, 0.30, 0.40, 0.50, 0.60, 0.70, and 0.80mm
• Daren mentions Blue Point gauges.
• Bob Johnson mentions official Yamaha feeler gauges for the 5-valve Genesis heads.
  • "I got them from Curt Jordan of Jordan Engineering."
  • No part number was specified.
• RSROB recommends the 32-blade, tapered Bikemaster feelers, sold through Tucker Rocky, p/n 15-1527.
  • p/n 15-1527 $8.95
    • 32-blade
    • dual marked 0.03mm/0.001” to 1mm/0.040”
    • 95mm long taper blades, hardened and polished
• Other Bikemaster tapered gauges:
  • p/n 15-1525 $5.95
    • 12-blade
    • dual marked 0.203mm/0.008” to 0.660mm/0.026”
    • 95mm long taper blades, hardened and polished
  • p/n 15-1526 $6.95
    • 20-blade
    • 0.05-1.0mm
    • 100mm long blades, hardened and polished

Other Sources

• Newark P/N 82K5512, Mitutoyo P/N 950-252 tapered feeler gauge, 26 Blades, 3" Long, .0015"-.025", made in USA ($24.85)
• This thread mentions a tapered gauge by Bike Pro.
  • "a company called Bike Pro makes a set that just fit into that middle valve on the 5-valve Genesis engines - everything else is too wide"
• Horex tools makes a variety of metric, tapered ("conical") gauge sets:
  • 0.03 - 0.10mm, 8 blade, p/n 2608 101
  • 0.05 - 0.50mm, 8 blade, p/n 2608 102
  • 0.05 - 1.00mm, 13 blade, p/n 2608 103
  • 0.05 - 1.00mm, 20 blade, p/n 2608 104 ($9.99 on Ebay)
  • 0.05 - 2.00mm, 21 blade, p/n 2608 105
  • 0.05 - 1.00mm, 18 blade, p/n 2608 106
  • 0.10 - 2.00mm, 20 blade, p/n 2608 107
  • 0.10 - 0.50mm, 21 blade, p/n 2608 108
  • 0.03 - 1.00mm, 32 blade, p/n 2608 109

Shim Substitutions

GTS-1000 shims are interchangeable with Honda ST1100 shims. Therefore, any model's shims which are interchangeable with the ST1100 will also work with the GTS. Here is a list of compatible models (source:

Honda:

NX250(88-90) CB1 400 989-90) CBR600F2 Hurricane (91-94) CBR600F3/SE/SJR Hurricane (95-98) CBR600F4 (99-01 RVF750R RC45 (94) VF750C Magna (94-00) VF750CD Magna Deluxe (95-96) VF750C2 Magna Deluxe (97-00) VFR750F (90-97) VFR750R RC30 (90) VFR800FI 998-01) CBR900RR (93-99) CBR929RR (00-01) CBR1100XX Blackbird (97-00) ST1100/A (91-01)

Kawasaki:

KL250G1/G2 Sherpa (00-01) KLX250 D2/D3/D4 (94-96) KLX300A2-A6 (97-01) ZX600D/E Ninja ZX-6 (90-01)ZX600F Ninja ZX-6R (95-97) ZX600G1 Ninja ZX-6R (00-01) ZX750J/K/L/M/N/P Ninja ZX-7 & ZX7-R (91-01) ZX900B Ninja ZX-9R (94-97) ZX900C Ninja ZX-9R (98-99) ZX900E Ninja ZX-9R (00-01)

Suzuki:

GXS-R600WN/WP (92-93) GSX-R600V/W/X/Y (97-00) RF600RR (94-96) GSX-R750WP/WR/WS (93-95) GSX-R750T/V/W/X/Y (97-00) RF900RR (94-97) GSX-R1000K1 (01) GSX-R1100WP/WR/WS/WT/WV/WW (93-98)

Yamaha:

FZR400 (88-90) FZR600 (89-99) YZF600R (95-01) YZF-R6L/LC/M/MC/ (99-00) YZF750R (94-98) FZR1000 (89-95) GTS1000 (92-93) YZF1000R (97-98) YZF-R1L/LC/M/MC (99-00)

ABS

• Kevin Hawkin's ABS rebuild guide gives detailed instructions and photos to rebuild a seized ABS pump (archived here).
• Terminals to jump in order to cycle the ABS.
• Links to information about cycling the ABS.
• Advice on pedal travel during ABS cycle (GTS 1000 archive)
  • Counter-claim (GTS 1000 Archive)

Front Suspension Lubrication

The dreaded front-end squeak. If you hear the squeak, the bearings in the front swingarm should be disassembled and lubed as soon as possible. If this isn't done in a timely manner, the bearings will eat themselves and are quite costly to replace.

• David Sheldrake's ramblings on greasing the front suspension.

Resources

• The GTS 1000 Mailing List Archive is an invaluable tool. Search the archives here.
• Kevin Hawin's web page has the excellent ABS tutorial and information on upgrades.