Bike ran superb the whole waytrip. If anyone is in central eastern AZ, the 191 (it's the old 666 hiway on older maps, until someone in the 'guvmint determined that this stretch had the most stolen road signs in AZ, and it then became 191) is incredible; also known as the Devils Hiway - duh. It's like the "Tail of the Dragon" in TN, but on steroids
. Almost 100 miles of curves with almost no traffic; I saw 8 cars in 100 miles, not counting the GS1200, a GW1800, a HD Roadglide, and an unknown crotch rocket! I rode it north to south, which makes almost the whole ride downhill. Just watch your fuel gage, (no gas for this 100 mile stretch), and losing it by highsiding would not be good - many of the un-guardrailed corners had a drop off of several hundred feet. 
It is so remote/forested/steep/brushy, it would be extremely difficult for someone to find your sorry carcass... This site: http://excessivelocity.blogspot.com/200 ... ghway.html
has a good review with some additional pics.
Oh, and the grasshoppers suck. It felt like someone was throwing rocks at me, but no one was around
. Then the bike started slipping sideways in corners, just a bit. Stopped to figure out WTH was going on, and walking back to a corner revealed that the 4" round spots were grasshopper grease; a bit slippery with Dunlop Elite 3's. Seems those buggers are also cannibals...First pic was in NM as I was riding into the Albuquerque storm; got a bit soaked (that's why we have raingear) but was treated to the most awesume lightning show I have ever seen. Other pics from 191/666. Last pic is the slippery "grease spots".
