Congrats Pooly, I just sold my 97 500 last winter. I bought it new and I thought it was awsome. You are gonna love it. It's just a great all around sled, bullet proof. The only thing I ever had to do to it was clean the carbs. The only reason I sold it was I needed money to buy a house. I have a MXZ 500 now because I got a screaming deal on it.
"...Then one day you find 10 years have got behind you, no one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun."