I had a 2000, e1. I did over 50k on it, only thing that ever went wrong was a wire rubbed through under the ram air pipe that put the oil pressure light no.
Such a fun and reliable bike.
Yep I had one too, great bike, used for road and the odd track day. Never let me down once. But..... when compared to something more modern you do obviously notice the difference. Depends on budget really.