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GP1200

The Yamaha GP1200 is recorded for four consecutive model years, 1997 to 2000. Every GP1200 year on record is a carburetted two-stroke, with the engine recorded as 1131.

At a glance

Years made
1997 to 2000
Engine, as the records hold it
1131
Strokes
Two-stroke
Fuel system
Carburettor
Hull type
Sit-down
Model years on record
4
Checked
None of the four GP1200 model years verified, which needs a check against the maker's own document, which the row names, and an engine figure; all four name a source below.

Some Yamaha numbers are measured sizes rather than the number in the model name: a GP760 is held as 753, a GP1200R as 1131, a GP1300R as 1296. None of these figures has been checked against a Yamaha document unless a cited source states it.

Not your year? For other years under names that start GP1200: GP1200R, 2000 to 2002.

  1. 1997
  2. 1998
  3. 1999
  4. 2000
  • Solid: a row in the table

The Yamaha GP1200 from 1997 to 2000, one square for each model year, a decade to a row; follow a square to its row.

How we know: The 4 GP1200 rows in the year table, with each row's grade and the engine cells it prints in bold.

Year by year

No recorded engine, fuel system, stroke count or hull type changes across the GP1200's 4 model years.
Model year Engine, as the records hold it Fuel system Strokes Hull type What the record says Source
1997 1131 Carburettor Two-stroke Sit-down US model code GP1200V. Yamaha's global history dates the GP1200 to 1997. YPEC, the Canadian edition, first lists it in 1998. 1
1998 1131 Carburettor Two-stroke Sit-down Yamaha's own parts catalogue for Canada lists this machine for 1998 under the model name "GP1200W". 2
1999 1131 Carburettor Two-stroke Sit-down Yamaha's own parts catalogue for Canada lists this machine for 1999 under the model name "WAVERUNNER GP1200". 3
2000 1131 Carburettor Two-stroke Sit-down Yamaha's own parts catalogue for Canada lists this machine for 2000 under the model name "GP1200". 4

Sources

  1. Partzilla OEM parts catalogue, Yamaha WaveRunner 1997 model index, listing the code "GP1200V" (the page prints no name beside it), partzilla.com ; Yamaha Motor Co., global WaveRunner history, global.yamaha-motor.com (1997: "The GP1200 was released as a runabout model") ; Partzilla retrieved 2026-09-21; the global history retrieved 2026-09-09. (model year 1997)
  2. Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd., Parts Catalogue (YPEC), Canada edition, Water Vehicle, model "GP1200W", model year 1998, ypec-sss.yamaha-motor.co.jp reached through yamaha-motor.ca. Retrieved 2026-09-20. (model year 1998)
  3. Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd., Parts Catalogue (YPEC), Canada edition, Water Vehicle, model "WAVERUNNER GP1200", model year 1999, ypec-sss.yamaha-motor.co.jp reached through yamaha-motor.ca. Retrieved 2026-09-20. (model year 1999)
  4. Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd., Parts Catalogue (YPEC), Canada edition, Water Vehicle, model "GP1200", model year 2000, ypec-sss.yamaha-motor.co.jp reached through yamaha-motor.ca. Retrieved 2026-09-20. (model year 2000)

On the Yamaha model timeline

The timeline dates the GP1200 by release year, which can sit a year from its model years here.

In Yamaha News

Other Yamaha models whose names start GP1200

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