the 2003´s are the best yet. I just bought one today and so far I love it. my dad rides a 2001 and he can´t rave enough about them. we´ve both shopped around alot and for the price and the performance there isn´t a better bike out their. now he´s looking into getting a new one because he loves the color I got (green and silver) I´ve already gotten plenty of coomments about it but one thing I would recommend is going with the performance exhaust right away cause the difference will will blow you away.