Thought I broke a cable the other day..
Was going to work last Thursday, accelerating down the onramp at about 6:05 am at 70mph. All of a sudden, nuttin. Engine went right to idle, and I coasted to a stop on the side of the freeway, with cars and trucks zippin by at 75 mph. Crap.
Figured a broke cable, so I sat there thinking. Dang. I'm 5 miles from home, 40 miles from work, I'm late, and the wife is in our commuter car in front of me. It's gonna take at least an hour for AAA to get here. Crap. Crap.
Pushed the bike over to the right a bit more to get about 3' between me and traffic. Then when I was getting off on the RIGHT side (away from the traffic) ... the grip came off in my hand...

Seems when I installed them, all the glue got pushed to the inner end. And the glue joint just let loose. Tossed the grip in the saddlebag and commenced the ride into work; albeit with a slightly cramped right hand... Safety wired it on with some Target sourced Gorilla Glue, and all is well...
But riding in I was thinking those cables are almost 20 years old... its time.
