It was in style Pete. My buddy got the same bike, a week before, gassing out of a berm, his came apart. Well, we determined it was just his. Byron,Il., full gate of 250b. Bagged the holeshot, came out of the back section with a few seconds lead. Came off a little jump before this huge jump. Just as the front came down to land, there was this microsecond flash,"the front end is going lower than it should?". Well the one side little sissy rod, 6mm or so, it goes from the bottom to the air caps on the top. 1 side came unscrewed, the other snapped. The 2 top tubes, still in the clamps, stuck in the ground and catapulted me over the bars. Skidding face first with an open faced helmet with a joffa was not recommended. Should have got 5 or 6 stitches above my chin. And the dental work did not last too long on my front tooth, lots of rocks at Byron. But the look on my face when I seen the rest of the pack coming was priceless. And it led me to my screen name, had a set of foxforxs with in a week!