we have this debate about every 6 months or so....
Triumph Lists 2002 as the first model year for the Bonneville America...but like every other vehicle manufacture they didn't wait until the new year to begin producing them...in FACT they produced them PRIOR to 2002 AND even delivered some to dealers at the end of the 2001
BUT it is STILL a 2002 and there are NO such things as 2001 Triumph Bonneville Americas
