Quote Originally Posted by cheese
I could accept that with a say end of 96 bike and sold as a 97, but there is a HUGE difference in 96 and 98.

At the end of the day it was false advertising and he must have known in some way or another when getting bits for it.
Two years is not much between production and sale - the DT230 stopped production in 2001,they were selling them here new in 2003,the XT600E is still available new,but it's out of production.If your bike was in use between 96 and 98 you have cause to moan,if you can't prove it I wouldn't really make an issue of it.