Riding home from California. 95 degrees in Nebraska, my C14 started bucking and got progressively worse. I knew I would be stranded on the slab, so I pulled off and got lucky, there was a gas station with a big shade tree behind it and 2 picnic tables. I figured it was the filter clogged but didn't want to deal with it right there. Checked into getting a rental truck to get it home, only 20 foot Uhauls available and that was $750, plus the gas and we couldn't get it till the next day.
So that settled that, we tore off various fairing parts and the tank and flipped the tank upside down on the picnic table and tore the fuel pump out. Cleaned the filter with starting fluid (all they had at the gas station) and ended up poking some holes in it with a pick. Bolted it back up and made Council Bluffs that night after leaving Vernal UT at 5:30 am, so 845 miles that day with a 2 hour breakdown. Got home the next day (last Saturday) at noon and put a new filter in the next day. I replaced it the first time around 30k. Now the bike has 67k on it and it was apparently due to be be replaced at 66.5k. Learn from my mistake, be proactive.