"When in Rome...."
9/10ths of the problem of being broken down is having the wrong machine. I've ridden all over South America, even up in the jungle and in the boonies and have never been 'stuck' anywhere. There are 3 secrets:
(1) Know your bike backwards and forwards. Here you are heading off into the unknown... why should the workings of your steed be another unknown!
(2) Ride something that has parts everywhere you ride or can be fixed with a welder and a hammer (I once reconditioned my clutch in the mountain jungle with only a flat screwdriver and a rock!).
(3) Carry tie-down straps. If you come up against something you can't fix where you are, hail down a truck, load 'er up and travel that way until a place where there is help/parts...
Sorry that it's that simple... but we are the ones that set ourselves up for problems...
Cheers, Toby  
PS: Didn't do the poll 'cause none of the answers were true for me...
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