Doug 93's & 94's & I would assume other years also. Mine's a 93& definitely had the problem. If you look through the archives you'll find that Yamaha replaced the HCU for a bunch of us. (Even though the bike was long out of warranty & even if you weren't the original owner.
Bill -----Original Message----- From: GTS-1000 Owners List [mailto:GTS-1000@;LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of Doug Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 12:34 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: New GTS'er Is that true of the '93's as well? /// wghalley wrote: >Doug >Welcome >Since no one else mentioned it, I will. If you do not flush out the >brake fluid with new fluid, including activating the ABS test cycle, at >least once a year there is a good chance your hydraulic control unit >will die. Check the archives, much discussion on the subject. > >Bill > >-----Original Message----- >From: GTS-1000 Owners List [mailto:GTS-1000@;LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf >Of Doug Long >Sent: Sunday, October 27, 2002 1:16 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: New GTS'er > > >Hello out there. I've just joined your group after buying a 96 Red >GTS. I live in a village called Freckleton on the Fylde coast in north >west England, between Preston and Blackpool. The bike is pretty >standard except for the Corbin King and Queen seat and a full set of >Kappa touring luggage, and has 23000 miles on the clock. The bike did >have an alarm fitted but the clowns at the dealers lost the remote to >disarm it. Only solution was to remove it completely, got them to >reduce the price accordingly though. > >I fancied one when they first came out in the UK, until I saw the price >that is, about �10000 without any accessories as I recall. Guess >that's why they didn't sell many over here. Did a lot of research on >the bike and so far I haven't found anybody with a really bad word to >say about the bike. With all you experts on the list is there anything >specific I should beware of or keep an eye on? Is there any kind of >Achilles heel on the bike? (i.e. Honda VF's and their chocolate cam >shafts). > >Done about 200 miles on it so far and am quite impressed. It joins the >stable of a 1979 GS1000S, which I can now spend a bit of time on >restoring, and a 1988 GS850GG with Squire sidecar on. Intended going >on a run today to a Classic bike show at Harrogate in Yorkshire, >however the 80 to 90 mph winds and trees falling down with the >horizontal rain and sleet put me off that idea, I'm not that keen to >try out the ABS. > >Cheers, Doug Long > > > >
