Originally Posted by
AustinFitz
...I've noticed a lot of the Centurions that are the very first of a model year seem to have the paint and graphics of the previous model year. Almost as if they started producing the next year frame sets before having the paint and graphics figured out, so they just did them up with the previous year's paint and graphics right at first.
Seems possible. The frame of my nominally 1989 Ironman Expert was manufactured in 1988, according to the serial number. But it has the smoke blue/white graphics of the '89.
Which causes me to wonder whether all nominally 1989 Ironman models had the slightly different geometry
described here, or whether there were variations as this was the last year the Ironman was made.