Since the OP's all set ill share a story. Back in 07, the 1st season on my busa, a friend and I had a short blast up a through way. I got up to 120 or so and backed off to head into a higher traffic area. As I slowed down I noticed a rattling noise in the front end. After a bit of lookin around I noticed that the stem nut was gone and had somehow landed in the little pocket between the dash and the windshield, just ahead of the gauges. I have no idea how it managed that or even came loose for that matter, but i grabbed it and reinstalled it. To this day its the oddest thing I've ever experienced in motorcycleing.