stuessenhigh Posted November 6, 2004 Report Share Posted November 6, 2004 Dear all....a post on behalf of my mate that is looking to buy a Mont. He's not sure if its a 99 or 2000 model. I've been trying to "swot up" on the differences before I go to look at it with him. But they seem pretty similar..(plastics from what he says are not the proper ones anyway). Only OBVIOUS thing I can see is the 2000 had a stainless front exhaust. If anyone has any other obvious pointers...please let us know. Thanks in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trials lad Posted November 6, 2004 Report Share Posted November 6, 2004 Hi... The 2000 has the showa multi-coloured forks and the 1999 has black paiolis Danny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuessenhigh Posted November 6, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2004 Hi Danny.. Thanks for that!! Now it should be obvious which model it is. It seems to be very popular in this neck of the woods, to put on newer plastics and then pretend the bike is newer too!!! I doubt if the seller will have bothered to also change the forks though..so we should now know the truth!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marky g Posted November 7, 2004 Report Share Posted November 7, 2004 Funny you should mention the plastic thing Stu, I was looking on ebay last nigt and saw a 2001 315 for sale with 2004 Plastics...it looked really good. Nice to know you can do that if your on a tight budget and you want to make an older bike look a bit better I like the 04 white rear mudguard on the mont. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ringo Posted November 7, 2004 Report Share Posted November 7, 2004 Don't quote me on this but I think my 99 had a one pot front caliper and the 2000 had the double. As previously stated, the multi color forks would not be cost effective to replace as they are in the thousands I believe. I'm sure someone out there can verify this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtlaw1 Posted November 8, 2004 Report Share Posted November 8, 2004 the 99 is big and 00 is heavy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t_wimp Posted November 8, 2004 Report Share Posted November 8, 2004 This is how my 99 Montesa looks like, i think it's nearly original Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuessenhigh Posted November 9, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2004 Cheers all....thanks for the help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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