I rode my R1 for two years with a dead stator. I had two batteries that I would swap so one was always charged and during the day I unplugged my headlights.

This one really needs to be told in person, too many details. This sounds completely preposterous, but is 100% true! I drove my Mustang for six months with no brakes. Even the e-brake cable broke and I had no brakes AT ALL!! This was during high school and I had to go see my girlfriend, daily, who lived over twenty-five miles away.

Talk about planning your stops! Sometimes I had to bump reverse when it looked like I was not going to stop in time. If you do it just right, it won't kill the engine. Another time, in the rain, I was going down a hill that had a stop sign at the bottom. I wasn't stopping and had it completely in revers, on the gas even and stopped perfectly at the sign. The good ol' days!!