Drove 8 hours to Vegas. It was 100 by lunch, was around around 109 for last four hours of trip. I was getting woozy, had ice chest in trunk with cold water and would stop every hour. I wanted to go to the Pinball Hall of Fame, but doing that would mean spending 30 min in stop and go traffic in rush time on freeway- no way!
Left the next morning for Phoenix. Was pretty good until I got near phoenix. My iPhone overheated and wouldn't work so I had to rely on directions written on my arm.
My temp display wavered between 111 and 114. I picked up wife at airport, went to motel. Too $*$*$ hot!
Next we went to zoo, temp hit 106- yeah, it's cooled down!
Went to see Dodgers play D backs following day.
The next day, was on way to airport when tire pressure light came on near my motel. There was one shop open that Monday and they had my tire (in a non GT version though), 40 miles away. Geico towed but the driver refused to tow on flat bed unless I removed fairing plastic. Ugh!
That night, went to a restaurant and was stranded there , they had no power too.
A microburst struck. This is a shot of it:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2016/07/19/watch-this-incredible-microburst-come-crashing-down-over-phoenix/No way I was going to ride in high winds, heavy rain and flooded road!
Next day, went to Truth or Consequences for the hot springs.
Made it back last sat.
I drove about 2800 miles on this trip and most of it was with temp gauge pegged two bars from overheat level, doing 80-90.
Despite that and a total of 5000 miles on this oil,, the level of oil in the bike is the same as it was when I filled it.
I now have a PR4 GT front and PR4 regular back tire and can say that the regular tire has a smoother ride.
I set up my bike for a softer ride and before anyone says I'm a wimp, try riding in triple digits for hours like I did!
I noticed that when it was above 110, my right leg got real hot from the exhaust (I have a '11 C14). Also, the handle bar levers would get real hot too.
On the way back passing through Flagstaff, the temp dropped from 103 to 49 when I drove through horrible rain storm and saws hail on the ground.