I'm in east TN near Chattanooga. I bought my 2019 ST summer of 2019. I was going to use it for the rallies I went to each year (riding the WR250R to them was too painful). COVID stopped the rallies I went to which were mostly old people BMW rallies. Luckily the neighbors used their child pandemic money to get into motorcycles, so I rode the ST around with them some. I do feel the left side radiator heat now and again when going slow, but that's because I wear a Joe Rocket mesh suit in the summer. I wear the Aerostich Darien jacket and AD-1 pants when it's wet or below 70, and I don't have much of a problem with the heat. If anything I have to remember to lower the windshield when it's hot and raise it back up when it's cold.