I remember first time I visited Greece, in July, an island called Rhodes.
We rent a buggy and found the hot day became hotter faster we drove the car, like a heat gun in the face.
Another year riding my bike in Italy, really hot, leather jacket zipper opened half way down, ok temperature after 100mph
Italian highway.
Side adventure was using sunglasses inside helmet, flimsy visor locked with 2 buttons (Jebs Clay Regazzoni helmet), suddenly a tunnel thrown into my face in around 100mph (160-170 kmh) . I had to remember how road curved in tunnel at the entrance and wish for luck when I did not see anything for 2-3 sec.
My helmet today has built-in sun visor, quick to open/close. A really good feature!!
A few years earlier my CB750 engine was really hot. I could not have my boots close to engine covers too hot for my skin despite jeans inside leathers. Italian race boots 69-70 style not thick.
Following winter tear down found the rods little ends bluish, wrist pins not nice either.
Probably the oil that lost it in heat. Hours of rather high speed cruising.
836cc with rather high CR for street, pinging if twisting on 5th gear from 100kmh (4000 rpm), pinging at 120kmh (5000 rpm).
If I have known then in 1984 what I have learned now thanks to Internet and my own findings, different oil.
That hot holiday may have needed an oil cooler on the bike
Most likely!
