Thanks Outskirtscustom, it was the 1st year, 1999, I still have the owners manual, from what I understand there were 2 shipped to New York, the bicycle dealer kept one, I got the other, nobody has the 1st year, not to mention I respoked it to fit the 3" slick. In my eyes its the best of the best! Getting kinda old..if I had a super offer I'd probably sell it, cant take it to the grave..lol