Today I installed the missing threaded plug in the engine, and replaced a few bolts with stripped heads.
Then spent the afternoon wandering around central FL orange groves and a few swampy areas:
Certainly not as much fun as riding the NC mountains....but the November weather in FL has been ideal.
I kept an eye on the engine temperature gauge (90C thermostat) the whole day. It continued to stay on 3 bars (plus the one that has the "C") the whole time.... regardless of whether the bike was moving or sitting at idle.
jb