warm, because when your cold your reaction times are slower and you just feel stiff and rigid

Depends on the place, I guess. I live in Oregon, so cold is never too bad of a problem. WI, MN, etc. would probably vote for warm.

definately hot......but normaly i wear enough closing not to be cold, so it's not so bad

QuoteMy personal favorites are the dudes with their Shoei helmets strapped to the back of the bike while they ride around.

In Massachusetts, helmets are required.  In New Hampshire, helmets are not required.  In Rhode Island, helmets are only required for under 21's and permit holders.  There always seems to be a few motorcycles pulled off to the side of the highway just across the border taking their helmets off and hanging them on the bike. *shakes head*

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QuoteMy personal favorites are the dudes with their Shoei helmets strapped to the back of the bike while they ride around.

In Massachusetts, helmets are required.  In New Hampshire, helmets are not required.  In Rhode Island, helmets are only required for under 21's and permit holders.  There always seems to be a few motorcycles pulled off to the side of the highway just across the border taking their helmets off and hanging them on the bike. *shakes head*

I'd be tempted to carry bags that say "cyanide" and toss them at those folk.  "Here, it'll be less messy!"

I prefer the cold. I can put more gear on more easily than I can take more gear off.

I just ordered a set of these in black:

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I'm going to look like (more of) a dweeb (than usual), but I'm going to be a warm dweeb, darnit!

:mrgreen:

Oh and if you need any I have about 700 in my humidor right now!)[/quote]

yoiu sound like my father-in-law.  He has somewhere around 1000 right now. In the house he's building he's putting in a 'roomidor'

jake

Quote from: pandyI prefer the cold. I can put more gear on more easily than I can take more gear off.

I just ordered a set of these in black:




I'm going to look like (more of) a dweeb (than usual), but I'm going to be a warm dweeb, darnit!

:mrgreen:

You are going to look more like a duck than a dork.

Dave

Depends on how hot and how cold...

When you're kinda hot, you can adjust your vents, unzip a little, etc.
When you're really damn hot, you go home and have a lemonade.

When you're kinda cold, you're screwed if you don't have more gear to wear...  Sweatshirt, etc.
When you're really damn cold, you go home and have a hot chocolate.


So...  I'd say Hot.  You'll sweat when you're not moving and any wind will cool you down at least a little.  When you cold, you need to move around to get your muscles generating heat...

Hot~ I hate being cold anyway.  But when I am riding the muscles tighten up, my prematurely arthritic joints hurt, and the nose dribbles.

I'll take the "hot" over the "cold" season any time. Once I start getting cold, the riding enjoyment starts going downhill fast. Slow, clumsy, numb and stiff physical characteristics do not enhance my enjoyment of riding. Nor does applying mutiple levels of protective gear to maintain normal body temperature increase my proficiency at riding "at speed". Gimme HOT any time!

Yeah...  Save the frozen appendages and slow reaction times for snowboarding...  At least then you can do a few shots of rum before you head out.   :lol:

I would rather be Hot. Being cold just sucks  :guns:

i'd rather be hot and sweating than fighting my body when it's stiff from the cold.  i have perfed leathers so it's not a big deal unless it's over 100F

then again the most i ever ride at a time is maybe 30-40min. or so...

I prefer being warm (not hot) because my reaction time isn't retarded by the cold impeding my senses. Then again, I'm in Texas and am used to heat, I guess.

Quote from: 2005-GS500-PDXYou are going to look more like a duck than a dork.Dave

 :lol:  

I've already started layering on the cold-weather gear....glove liners under my winter gloves....two thick layers under my summer jacket... baklava for my head (kinda sticky, but nice and warm! )

A little cold or a little hot is equally OK.  A lot cold or a lot hot is equally bad, although in different ways.  So I don't shoot to err on one side or the other; I shoot not to err.

That being said, it's easier to unzip and stow a thermal liner than it is to summon it from home with the power of my mind if I haven't brought it along.

My vote is for too hot.  I can always unvelcro my collar and maybe unzip my jacket a little to cool down.  On short trips, either way is fine.  But on long trips, the cold is a killer.  Last weekend, I drove ~250miles along Highway 1 in Northern California.  I was wearing good gloves, good socks, riding boots, long underwear, jeans, t-shirt, long-sleeve jersey, fleece vest and a fleece long-sleeve on all underneath my riding suit.  But after a while, that cool air passing through all your gear slowly sucks energy away.  Whenever I cross the Central Valley (Sacramento) I just open a little ventilation and I'm fine.  Either trip, I drink lots of water.

The bad thing is that loss of energy is sneakily slow.  You don't notice it until you have to react to something unsuspected and realize that your reflexes aren't at 100%.

Ride safe,
* * * John

Pandy - it gets cold in Cali?

Quote from: Maduro Mistressit gets cold in Cali?

It gets cold in NorCal...  Well, a little in SoCal too...

When I lived in Daly City it got down to 32 pretty regularly in the Winter time.  In fact...  A couple winters ago it snowed in the Bay Area.

SF is pretty damn cold most days no matter what time of year.  Being right off the water with lots of fog and wind makes it pretty cold.

Not what someone from WI would call cold...  But cold none the less.