[Sincecrazy]

I recently dissassembled the front of my bike (2001 Roadking) to inspect the steering head bearings and after removing the steering head cover I noticed that my bars have stress cracks from the center of the bars, between the handlebar clamps, where the control wires come out. The bars are Buffalo 1 1/4" 16" high with wires ran internally, and were installed in May of 02. My odometer is currently sitting at 70,000 and this is the first that Ive noticed that the bars are cracked. I think alot of stress is placed on the bars with the 'wobble' effect which Im hoping to remedy with a Ride Str8, or true track system. Periodically check your bars. A surprise of finding the cracks would be mild in comparision to the surprise of having them break and possibly shift independent of each side while riding.