[JesterNT]

My C5 left me stranded tonight. The bike has good power from the battery, the headlight and horn work fine.  The bike just keeps dying, it stars up and runs fine low to high rpm and drives fine for a mile or two but then cuts out like I turned it off. If I quickly rock the kill switch on/off I can keep it running for a few minutes more but in the end it stops.  After letting it sit for a few minuets it fires back up again and drives another 1/2 mile or so. Are there any electrical component that could overheat and cause this behavior? In the past I had a issue with the kick stand switch that produced similar situation, but I disconnected the switch and it's making no difference.

[GlennF]

Faulty kill Switch ?

[Ducati Scotty]

Inside the nacelle on the left jus by the fork leg is a connector that can come apart.  Just two wires. Tend to come apart when the bike vibrates or you turn to one side.  Check it.

Scott

[Desi Bike]

Fouled plug? Mine would display the same attitude until I warmed / rev'd the snot out of it and cleared the plug for a short while until out fouled dead again. Drop a new plug in and see what happens.

[bluesdaddy2]

Side (kick) stand switch, maybe?

Oops, looks like you already tried that. (I missed that in your post).

[Ducati Scotty]

+1.  That switch sucks!

[mattsz]

But he's already disconnected it...

[barenekd]

The component that usually causes that is the crankshaft position sensor. As you say, it heats up then quits. After it cool down a bit it'll go again, until it heats up again. It's in the right case by the alternator. It controls the ignition timing.
Triumphs are notorious for this failure. I've had a few with them.
Bare