I bought my 90 FXR new in 1989. less than 5000 miles later the stator fell off, bolts vibrated loose some broke off in the bolt holes. I had to rotate a new stator from it´s designed position , drill and tap new holes then I wire tied the bolts in. Harleys dried on locktite compound didn´t work. Also: compensating clutch went out after 7000 miles, burnt out two Harley ignition modules, three of those Harley solid state voltage rectifier modules and the coil all prior to having just 20,000 miles. I still have the bike, don´t ask me why. Goes thru speedometer cables every two years, cant take a tight turn at speed without bottoming out and sometimes wiping out. I put in hottor cams a S&S super something carb screeming eagle electric parts had the heads polished, ported, swirled and simonized. 10 ta 1 pistons and some other go-fast stuff. It goes pretty fast and aside from the primary side leaking even tho I´ve replaced the fricken g-dam motha-fricken gasket several times. I think the reason I haven´t had any major problems with it in the last 15 years is that a trained Harley mechanic has never touched it. I do all the work myself thank you very much. I guess I´ll keep it till the al´s hymers gets worse or I smash into something harder than me. Like a wall made of solid diamond or something. hea hea. Woooo. What was that? Snork.