You are going to adore this machine. It was the refinement on the 979 (which I have). A great find, and I doubt that you will ever be able to let it go. Vitus sometimes coated the aluminum with something that I have never been ever to identify. At first I thought it was clear lacquer. Anyway, these frames can be burnished to gleam like polished silver. Just whatever you do, don't forget the joints are interference fitted and heat-treated with epoxy. You may tell if you have a specially prepared team bike because sometimes pins were used to reinforce the joints.