Yamaha GTS1000

The Yamaha GTS1000 is a sport-touring motorcycle that Yamaha introduced in 1993. It was sold in the United States until 1994 and elsewhere until 1999. Its defining feature is a forkless front suspension, a RADD design by James Parker, which improved stability under braking but did not justify its added cost for buyers, so the bike was not a commercial success. It also carried advanced equipment for its time, including the Omega Chassis concept, a single sided front swingarm, electronic fuel injection, ABS brakes, a catalytic converter and a six-piston front brake caliper. The engine came from the Yamaha FZR1000 of the period and used Yamaha Genesis engine technology, though it was limited by design to 100 bhp (75 kW). In 2006 Bike named the 1994 GTS1000 the coolest of rare motorcycles.