in regards to losing parts on the trail, once a bud of mine on a shee that was set up for flat track before he got it, had no air box, bolt on filter... the filter fell off lol, well, we all get back to camp, and outta no where, someone starts laughing " hey some idiots air filter fell off, i ran it over lol" then about 10 of us say the same thing... then he looks where his air filter used to be, then says he noticed it seemed to be running like schit, and that his air filter is missing. that was funny and crappy all at the same time, next day it burned down.... same guy next ride after rebuilding it, were at the restaurant and we all smell gas, he starts explaining that in the whoops his gas cap popped off, blew mix all over his crotch and legs, and that he found the cap, but pissed on it cause it was buried in sand... that guy had bad luck with things falling off.
it sucks when these things happen, but you sometimes have to find humor in everything. (or at least try to)
i do plan on loctiting some stuff while im re-prepping my 450xc when it gets here.