open pipes?

[martin_14]

+1
I find it amazing people would WANT to annoy everyone and create more noise pollution.  Quiet = nice.  To me, a performance machine is smooth and refined and doesn't have to be loud.

+2
I liked the Remus Hexacone because it's only marginally louder than the OEM bazooka but with a nicer timbre, and it only gets a bit louder yet when giving it the beans at 6 or 7 thousand rpm, which I never do when driving in a neighbourhood or a comercial area. Just out of basic respect, nothig else.

[ZG]

Quiet = nice. 

 

[Shadowofshoe]

Hahaha, well you can definitely get that limit to lower temperatures. I ride all year in Pittsburgh and still own no heated gear. I really want some, I just have never gotten around to buying any. I routinely ride when it is in the teens. As long as you layer properly all is good. Baker Air wings or the like help a lot. I have a pair of riding pants that have a rain liner and a quilted liner and I am finding that I don;t need the quilted liner unless it is in the 20s. That is for shorter trips, for longer rides I would probably put them in anyway. I usually don't have anything on under the riding pants either, they are my pants.

Under Armor cold weather gear is great for a base layer, it is lightweight and very warm. Cover your neck as well. I have a cover for my neck that is basically a fleece tube I bought in Argentina on my way to Antarctica, it works very well. 

 This  is a serious question....how much time do ya figure it costs  ya  to gear up?  I get 30  degrees to forty or so but it requires a lot of time on both ends at even those temps I may not be committed enough
   But I really miss heated seats and grips-"ya don't know what you have till its gone"
I'll go gerbing and co. I think.

    Mike

[sf bay rider]

I'll stick with the OEM Potato Shooter. A nice purr at idle and screams like a "Banshie" @ 6K RPM
Besides, I've spent enough on farkles already being the curmudgeon I am. Albeit a slightly faster
one.

[PH14]

 This  is a serious question....how much time do ya figure it costs  ya  to gear up?  I get 30  degrees to forty or so but it requires a lot of time on both ends at even those temps I may not be committed enough
   But I really miss heated seats and grips-"ya don't know what you have till its gone"
I'll go gerbing and co. I think.

    Mike

At 30-40 degrees it's just a matter of throwing on my Joe Rocket Jacket and AGVsprt pants. Nothing more than usual. If I am only going locally I might just wear a pair of jeans. I can ride in the 30s without putting the liner in the jacket. If I'll be out longer I'll wear a warm under layer but for under 20 miles or so each way just the jacket is fine without the liner even with short sleeves.

If it is in the 20s I'll wear the liner of course and usually an under armor under layer and something on my neck.  Around town the liner in the jacket is fine and by then it is most likely already in the jacket so I just throw the jacket on and go.

If you are riding all the time you'll have everything prepared so getting ready isn't time consuming, no more than usual for the most part.