Can't think of a better thread than this, and don't want to start a new one. Since the upgrade, I can do much longer fun drives without having to think about charging. Yesterday was beautiful and warm here in San Diego, so I took the Green Machine to Borrego Springs via the stunning Montezuma Grade Road. I was determined to just take it easy, but when a group of four guys on japanese superbikes overtook me I decided to try to keep up with them. Successfully. They pulled off to one of the lookouts, I kept going to the burger and beer joint at the bottom of the hill, then they pulled in too half an hour later. We had a nice chat... I used to be one of them. The motor overheated on the downhill! (4000' to below sea level in 15 miles, something like that). I was of course alternating between nearly full throttle (I could have been faster than the slowest of them) and full regen plus brakes, and I guess it doesn't matter whether you're headed up or down. Coming out and back up I limited myself to 60mph but I got a warning that a sheet was overheating, so backed off a little more. A thoroughly enjoyable 200 miles and 5 hours.