Oh yeah. I posted long ago under my old username about my stems. When I bought the bike it had the Honda rubber 90 degree stems but the keepers were gone. I never gave it much thought until the front snapped off at 60mph as I was entering some “S” curves not too far from home. No idea anything was wrong until I was heading toward the centerline and oncoming traffic as the bike didn’t want to turn with the normal effort. I got it stopped without dropping it and found my stem dangling by the tinniest piece of rubber. I still have it somewhere and the bike has had 90 degree stems with the nut holding them secure. I’m always on top of air pressure and cap and stem tightness after that bit of fun.
I’ve only managed to put 125 mostly straight road miles on my new tires due to work, weather and the ujoint that failed and I only noticed with the new tires. My old Elite 4 was so choppy I must not have felt the ujoint. With new rubber and balance beads it took all of 5 miles to know I was taking the bike apart less than 30 minutes after I got it together and half of that 5 miles was returning home. And the ujoint wasn’t something I could feel by hand out of the bike but it was obvious with my vise and channel locks. That’s how I realized my spare ujoint was crap as well.
But I tracked down a new Honda yoke and joint now I need better weather.
