ok bodges and roadside repairs.... here goes....
let me think back....
my first bike, a 1984 suzuki cl50, the P.O. had used sealent instead of gaskets on the motor, so the top end went, i rode it a mile with no piston rings at about 3mph.... my mates tomos (same year model oddly enough) decided to blow all the bulbs on the dual carriageway (yes 70mph limit and we rode mopeds on it!) at night, so i was his lights for a few miles, which was VERY scary!
then came my gilera runner, 2001 plate 4 stroke.... loads of problems with that one, let me see, i rode into the back of a car, and smashed all the panels, so used duct tape to hold it together (good for over 70mph by the way) the variator smashed to peices once at 70mph and locked the back wheel, couldnt fix that at the side of the road!
next came my cheapy £50 pit bike one of those daft chinese things with the big bore honda crunchy engine, anyway, me and a mate where riding in some wasteland, and my chain snapped and he ran out of fuel, i fixed my broken chain with some old wiring from a burnt out car and towed him home with some rope we found laying around! crazy stuff!
then there was my suzuki gt125, i did lots of bodges, they were originally temporary, but lots stayed forever, the list was a follows:
the ignition was so worn out that i just used any old key to start it
it got stolen so i bypassed the ignition and fitted a hidden switch
the steering lock had to be smashed off (from the theft!)
the seat rusted, so i cut the subframe and got a cafe racer seat, which was cable tied on (so i could top up the oil tank!)
the bars bent when it blew over once, so i fitted some clip ons with some old innertube cut up to make them fit!
oh the list goes on.....
next bike is my VF750, i "ran out of talent" in a hairpin in a tunnel and managed to "park" it in a drainage ditch, we pulled it out and wheeled out of the tunnel, when i tried to start it, coolant poared out, so i freewheeled down the mountain (luckily we were at the top and a petrol station was at the bottom!) and just pushed the top rad hose back on, and it was fixed.