Nasty smell in the middle of nowhere.

So this morning I was riding out in the middle of a country road so im scanning the road ahead of me and i see these two pesticide fog machines. The two machines are riding in and out fogging chemicals and there is a cloud of gas in the middle of the road. So i pass through the cloud and my helmet gets the nasty chemical smell and whats worse my motorcycle shuts off. Great WTF i just got gas, it cant be gas. So im there on the side of the road in the middle of no where and i take a look at the gas tank and its pretty full. I check the engine for loose cables, nothing catches my attention. And the bike is still no starting up. So Im on the phone calling my road side assistance. I get the rep on the phone and i decided to give it one last shot and try to start the bike, sure enough the bike starts purring like a kitten.

What do you guys think it was? Do you think the gas in the air killed the engine? Im a noob so this whole experience wasn't making happy at all? I was about to start calling my suzuki dealer and express my emotions especially because the bike is new and i've had them do all the proper maintenance on it. I was quite upset at the time but ive cooled down about it. Let me know what you guys think.Sorry about the grammer guys its hard to properly type from my mobile phone thanks Ivan

Yeah, the chemicals probably choked out your engine.

yeah could be - because bike needs air, and when the air is mixed with something it doesn't like ...
I guess after all that the thing vaporized, thus you were able to start the bike.

Any other guess?

Its a S40 just in case anyone wanted to know, small engine...

Yeah, if it's running fine now I would just say you choked out the engine. Engines aspirate just like people - if you mix something in there that inhibits the engine's ability to use the oxygen to detonate the gasoline, it's gonna die. Once you got past the cloud and your engine could get fresh air again, it started to work normally. Occam's Razor.

I guess all the books and manuals i read before riding never prepare you for real life lol...

Pyrethrins and Malathion are common insecticides used to kill mosquitoes. By themselves, these are not readily combustible nor do they facilitate or support combustion. They can become that way depending on what they are mixed with and what concentration that mixture is applied as and the area they are in.

But still, the city is not likely to fog up the roadways with combustible mists, so like it's been said, your bike couldn't get enough air since that air was replaced by mosquito spray and therefore could not ignite the fuel air mixture enough to keep running.

Ya know, I aint seen a mosquito truck in ages.

I dont know if it was a mosquito truck they were fogging almond trees here in the central valley of california... but same theory applies whether it was mosquito's or nuts

I think as a check-up you should check your air filter. I am sure whatever is coating your helmet is more than likely coating the air-filter as well. This might prevent the filter from doing it's job properly. I agree with the others on here the chemical is through your engine and should be OK from here on out. Also give the bike a bath, it might become sticky soon.

Let us know if you grow an extra appendage! :D Or if anything falls off!