On the side of the road. (Motorcycle or Scooter ever been disabled)
 

Yesterday was motorcycle on the side of the the road day. It has been eons since I have ridden, but I don't remember ever breaking down. I do remember my brother having to stop at every station and drain the hoses (late everything closed) to make it home with his Kawasaki triple. So my question is has your motorcycle or scooter ever been disabled on the side of the road and why.

Voltage regulator / rectifier shorted out, blew the main fuse. So it was like turning off the key while cruising at 60mph. If I had a crystal ball I could have disconnected the regulator and then replaced the main fuse and got it home on battery power, but w/o a crystal ball, I had to trailer it

I wish that you had specified scooter or motorcycle in the title. I voted and then saw.

Same XD

I ticked out of gas, flat tyre and other mechanical.:o

I haven't ridden much for some years now, but I've had many different bikes in the past.

Once each for out of gas and flat tyre, lots for other mechanical.

The survey question could have been clearer. I was unable to find a way to edit it.:(

Only had one scooter-a little low-powered Shop-bug with dead batteries and a top speed of 12 MPH. Couldn't beat the price (free!) so I autopsied it for some much-needed experience, replaced the batteries and gave it a go-it was nice for local trips to the two or three stores within 10 miles where I used to live.

Got caught by a heavy rain, skidded through an inch-deep puddle crossing the road and found that the waterproofing on the wiring bundle was...not so much. :( The good news was than the Shop-bug was only 30 lbs and easy to shoulder, and it was only a three mile walk home.

I gave it away to my neighbor's kids a month later-it was only a toy to me.

Scraped myself up some but rode home.

Picked a nail up and rode home with most of my weight on the other wheel.

Forgot to tighten up the breaker plate on my 1971 CB350, when I replaced the points, about 2 miles from home. A GI (army) stopped and we picked the bike up and put it in his pickup bed and he drove me home. I offered him $20 and he refused so I gave him one of Pop's books, about his B17 days in WW2, which he accepted along with my thanks for his service.

Had I figured out what was wrong, I could have fixed it with the tool kit. Tighten two phillip shead screws.

regards
mech

Ticked all the breakdown boxes, then saw it was bike related...
Doesn't matter, still true.
(Why am I smiling about it?)
;)

My Honda sputtered to a stop in the middle of a downpour / rainstorm.

Turned out that the air filter housing assembly wasn't completely sealed / tightened properly, and water was getting into the carb and sputtering out.

Two kinds of riders: those who have crashed and those who will.

I've crashed (twice), ran out of gas (new bike had a broken petcock), and had my clutch cable break (still rode it home that way though... stop lights sucked). All on separate occasions.

I tried to get a lot of crashing in on a dirtbike before getting on a street bike, in hopes that those gremlins who spread sand at intersections will take pity, and not try to get me

Didn't expect that the mechanical problems would be so high.

Unfortunately, street riding has lots of dangers that you won't be concerned with in dirt. Manhole covers are slippery, painted stripes are slippery, road turtles are slippery, dirt on pavement is slippery, drivers will brake quickly, drivers will veer into your lane, drivers will pull out in front of you, etc.

I started in dirt too, and still crashed twice. Fortunately, neither were too bad.

Riding on wet muddy road in 1st gear... dropped the Suzuki GS500 and brock/bent parts so was unable to continue. Lady in a car stopped to see if I needed help. she went home and sent her husband and son with a pickup to help me get to the next town, about 10 km away.

You should add another option: Mod related

Slid out my mum's Volvo V70.

It was wet snow, and a 90 degree turn. I hitted the brakes too late, and the car turned.
Slid out on the left side of the road, car leaning 45 degrees to the left :D
I was not even scared, I was furious for driving like a idiot.
Called 112 (911 in finland) because i needed a pro (fire dept) to pull the car up as it was leaning badly.
If my buddy would've tried to pull up with his Deere the car would hav flipped on it's roof :D

Never broke down. No flats but I carry a plug kit just in case. Honda CBR250R 19,000 miles. Honda PCX 17,000. Kawasaki Ninja250 4,000. Kawasaki NInja650 2,000.

Doesn't appear that you can edit the survey. Would have been a nice addition.

Replaced shredded drive belt while enroute to Catskill mountains in NY for camping..... My luck... at exit 13
http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/...psb3e61f84.jpg

The only time when I got stranded with Teresa was when the drive belt snapped. Oh, and I had a flat rear tire in 2012 in Austria too, but we had 2 bikes with us then and got a puncture repair spray in the next town.

Out of gas - like 3 times. I like to go as low as I can for the best possible accuracy :D

We're not far from 100,000km together, so it isn't too bad, I guess :)