Great topic! Happened to me but on a snowmobile. I know, not what we're talking about here. But learned similar lesson on being better prepared and not riding alone or at least not in desolate areas. Luckily I was only a mile from a road and someone stopped and gave me a ride back.
I just bought a 1990 and the starter went out a few days later. Found 2 bad motor mounts. Decided to rebuild the carb while I'm in there. So there could be some surprises along the way but it's all been reasonable to fix so far. I think the key would be trying a starter and see where the...