upsidedown?

[pickle]

is it me, or has this guy just put this stem back together upsidedown? 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Old-school-BMX-upside-down-Pro-Neck-stem-/261197086525?pt=UK_sportsleisure_cycling_bikeparts_SR&hash=item3cd08f3f3d#ht_420wt_1399

[GavinDavis]

It does look that way, although the bloke says its factory??

[pickle]

   i've just realised who this is  

All the 'inverted' stems i've ever seen still have the engraving on the top, plus they don't have holes where the bolts show through 


epic fail surely 

[MartyC]

Looks suspect to me, I think Mattdub and deffo JJ have those stems so could possibly offer some light?

[Munnyella]

I saw one of these back in `82, on a brand new PK Ripper from Pheonix cycles in Leicester, so may well be factory, shite though all the same!!

MM

[CustardLips]

I'm no expert but definitely looks upside down to me. 
The amount of tackle this fella knocks out you'd think he'd know better. 

[kungfunky]

How they should look ( or at least how the prototype looks) 

[not johndub71]

I suppose if you were riding an old skool and wanted lower rise and these stems allowed it, then it would be trick. If its a case of turning it over and its cheap to buy, then I see no probs.

[ozone]

It must be an early one.  You couldn't flip a standard one as there's a lip between the upper surface and the hole where the shaft is inserted.  oo-err.   

[pickle]

cool, it was a proper question.........it just looked wrong but if that's how they did a few of them then fair play.

looks all kinds of wrong though 

[kalex]

You can't turn the base part of the clamp upside down from a standard stem as the shaft wouldn't fit

The other genuine inverted stems I've seen for sale have been asking for big bucks. A hell of a lot more than a standard stem

[CustardLips]

I'm no expert but definitely looks upside down to me. 
The amount of tackle this fella knocks out you'd think he'd know better. 

I stand corrected.