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Offline stevewfl

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C14's performance in the heat
« on: July 05, 2011, 03:17:47 AM »
After living in scorching Fl, and taking the C14 through hell today...oops i meant the scorching hot dusty plains of west Oklahoma and Kansas....   I'm happy to report this bike laughs at the heat.  From sitting at traffic lights to xxx MPH trying to get past long, straight, boring terrain, this bike rocks!

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Offline overthehill

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Re: C14's performance in the heat
« Reply #1 on: July 05, 2011, 04:49:51 AM »
Dude, you are on vacation!  What are you doing up so early? 
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Offline okxd45

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Re: C14's performance in the heat
« Reply #2 on: July 05, 2011, 08:19:18 AM »
Early start to beat the heat I would suspect. (?)  ;)
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Re: C14's performance in the heat
« Reply #3 on: July 05, 2011, 08:19:51 AM »
Quote from: overthehill on July 05, 2011, 04:49:51 AM
Dude, you are on vacation!  What are you doing up so early?

He's on the Interstate on the Concours, but has a laptop on his tank so he can post while riding.
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Offline Mister Tee

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Re: C14's performance in the heat
« Reply #4 on: July 05, 2011, 08:44:19 AM »
Quote from: JetJock on July 05, 2011, 08:19:51 AM
He's on the Interstate on the Concours, but has a laptop on his tank so he can post while riding.

So if he's posting from a laptop, is he technically not texting?
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Offline Jeremy Mitchell

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Re: C14's performance in the heat
« Reply #5 on: July 05, 2011, 08:59:24 AM »
Steve doesn't even touch the computer or his phone for that matter, KiPass knows what he wants to say so it just sends out an auto reply!   ;D
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Offline mikeboileau

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Re: C14's performance in the heat
« Reply #6 on: July 05, 2011, 09:14:27 AM »
I rode mine in the heat for the first time this weekend on a trip and she was getting pretty hot in stop and go traffic.  I heard the fan for the first time running pretty steady.  I think the gauge was one or two segments from the top.
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Offline stevewfl

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Re: C14's performance in the heat
« Reply #7 on: July 05, 2011, 09:59:51 AM »
Guys of course im on vacation I couldn't work and do this. And I wasn't up early, I rode all back roads from Enid (Vance AFB) OK, through Ks, and finally got to Denver at that time.

Road in the heat from about 2:30 in the afternoon and it was a different scorcher than FL.

Jeremy was right, KiPass posts up from my bike  ;D
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Offline stevewfl

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Re: C14's performance in the heat
« Reply #8 on: July 05, 2011, 11:28:48 AM »
I put these in my trip thread along with the other in the "rides" sections of the forum. If I said how hot it was you wouldn't beleive me.  Heh, this is all that grows inb that heat and devastion. Glad to be in Denver today!

This exactly what I saw all day.


I was so excited to see a tree and cows I had to stop and see if it was a hallucination.
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Offline Tactical_Mik

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Re: C14's performance in the heat
« Reply #9 on: July 05, 2011, 02:42:25 PM »
Welcome to my world!  Colorado will be a blast though.  Makes the desolate stretches in Kansas and Oklahoma worth it.
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Offline Tom J.

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Re: C14's performance in the heat
« Reply #10 on: July 05, 2011, 02:57:13 PM »
Steve,
Funny thing- I was stationed at Vance AFB for 7 years! (ok, not so funny)....
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Offline Conhardcore

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Re: C14's performance in the heat
« Reply #11 on: July 05, 2011, 03:21:37 PM »
I agree.  After all the problems reported of this bike roasting riders legs, I've found very little heat at all in 100 plus riding.  This is a great all around bike in fact.  Near perfect.
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Re: C14's performance in the heat
« Reply #12 on: July 05, 2011, 08:34:03 PM »
How often does the fan come for you guys in the heat? Here on Vancouver Island it has only been 68 to 76 degree's Fahrenheit and my fan kicks on at stoplights during city driving. It seems to engage more often than my old C10 used to. I take a look at that gigantic rad and am surprised that it needs a fan at all!!! ;D
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Re: C14's performance in the heat
« Reply #13 on: July 05, 2011, 09:11:43 PM »
My fan comes on very often on hot days but mostly at stop lights or low speeds in traffic, it's a normal operation of the bikes cooling system.
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Offline mikeboileau

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Re: C14's performance in the heat
« Reply #14 on: July 05, 2011, 09:14:21 PM »
I have an 08 and I noticed the heat on my legs.  My 4 wheeler is worse though.
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Re: C14's performance in the heat
« Reply #15 on: July 05, 2011, 09:17:08 PM »
Hey, the good news is that C14 does not have an outside temp gauge...I DON'T FREAKIN KNOW HOW HOT IS IT!   :-[
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Offline stevewfl

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Re: C14's performance in the heat
« Reply #16 on: July 05, 2011, 09:58:38 PM »
Quote from: IRULE on July 05, 2011, 09:17:08 PM
Hey, the good news is that C14 does not have an outside temp gauge...I DON'T FREAKIN KNOW HOW HOT IS IT!   :-[

huh?  Mine does.................
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Offline Jeremy Mitchell

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Re: C14's performance in the heat
« Reply #17 on: July 05, 2011, 10:09:50 PM »
Quote from: stevewfl on July 05, 2011, 09:58:38 PM
huh?  Mine does.................

You have a 2010, the 2008 and 2009 didn't come with one. 
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Re: C14's performance in the heat
« Reply #18 on: July 05, 2011, 10:21:06 PM »
Its called aftermarket...
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Re: C14's performance in the heat
« Reply #19 on: July 06, 2011, 01:23:47 AM »
So it's Steve who brought the rain to Denver... LOL!!!  8)  I'll be leaving town for SD in a few hours...  :)
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