Small update... took it for a ride today. It's pretty quick... definetely faster than my relatively stock 96 SJ. The 97 one also has a smaller turning radius. Didn't run into any major problems with it but i'll only know if it's mechanically perfect after a few rides.
I did run into some problems with my 96 SJ though... It was winterized last november and the gas tank was 2/3 full with old gas. No gas stabilizer ws used. I filled 1/3 of tank with new gas and it would start fine and go at relatively slow speeds fine, but when i gave it more throttle it would stall. After about 1 hour of riding it would have no problems going at full throttle, but not always for a very long time. The stalling started happening less as time went by... but instead of stalling completely rpms would drop and i would need to blip the throttle 5-6 times before it would run at full throttle again. You think all that was caused by old gas? Never had this problem before winter.