had a similar experience, riding a yamaha triple 750 with a sidecar. got about 75 miles from KC, headed south, in the dark and the rain, and pow!! made it back to kc on 2 cylinders.
nearly got killed that night.
when I pulled off into a construction area delineated by traffic cones to let accumulating traffic go on past me, , a small ricer car, speeding, hydroplaned thru the cones, missing the detour, and missed me by about 1 foot at high speed doing donuts thru the cones.
obviously, my mission is not yet complete.
