Taking a cue from its big brother, the Pro Performer, the 1998 GT Performer has a completely new design and a striking new look. The new curved top tube and refined standing platform gives you more ways than ever to strut your stuff.
Complete with a GT Piston stem, Oryg cable detangler and your choice of 48-hole spoked wheels or new GT 3-spoke mag wheels, the Performer delivers the performance edge that made GT.
GT freestyle frame with 4130 CrMo down and seat tubes, 6mm dropouts • GT fork with 1-1/4" CrMo blades and 6mm dropouts • Weinmann Zac 2121 48-hole alloy rims with GT Mohawk hubs • Tektro 990-type alloy rear brake • Colors: Chrome, Lime Green, Black Rainbow.
Down Tube Frame & Fork
GT 1pc Cranks
Weinmann Zac 2121
To use the BMX SerialFinder start typing the whole serial into the search bar at the top of the page, or use the Advanced Search page. Based on your entry, a filtered list of possible bikes that match your serial year and month will appear.
GT BMX serial numbers.
There are a number of possible serial sequences depending on where the frame was made.
Made in Taiwan. The first two characters - XC or YC are the factory code. The next two characters is year 97 = 1997, 98 = 1998. The next characters is the month. A = January, B = Febuary, C = March, D = April, E = May, F = June, G = July, H= August, I = September, J = October, K = November, L = December.
Examples: YC97I0000, XC98C0000
As a general rule, bikes made in Taiwan at this time had around an 8 month production lead timeline before they were delivered and sold in bike shops around the world. Generally around May of each year, factories would usually switch production to making models for the following year.
