Originally Posted by
J.Oxley
Puts on cranky old man voice:
In my day, even the death stems had a 38 year service life. So don't talk to me about craftsmanship, kid!
Damn straight! The only reason I changed the Atax out of my '71 PX-10 was because the bike's too damn small and I needed a longer stem to compensate. Original owner had 2 sets of bars break, but that Atax held strong for 87,000 miles (I kid you not, it's documented).