My friend had a 1987 in matte black and he loved that bike , swore it was the best riding bike on the planet. I looked it over when I met him , I had never seen one and was impressed with the way the bike was built. Unfortunately my friend decided to use it for a crash test!! He hit a car and went air born . The front wheel was "taco-ed" so he replaced the wheel. The rest of the frame looked OK . A year later he was riding along and thought he had a flat tire but when he got off to check it turns out the head tube had a helical crack from lug to lug. NOT THE BIKES FAULT , he was not a little guy so when he smacked the car I'm sure it cracked the HT.