My centre stand is in use on my '04 TBird and has been fitted previously to my '95 and '02 models. The only minor difference I noticed with current bike was that the brackets with the stand stop-lugs (parts 3 and 4
Here) which attach to the frame had to be bent outwards slightly to make sure the corresponding lugs on the stand itself lined up with them when placing the bike on the stand. Seems unlikely, but it may be that the drag link on the newer bikes is very slightly narrower? Either way, you should have no problem with a '96 stand on an '02 bike.