Oooh! I have another idiot saw story!
I was going to a Menard's one time, and there was a guy out front with a little plastic Poulan Woodshark or wildthing, or whatever the heck. He had it choked, pulled numerous times, and when it started, he tach'ed it out right away. Didn't even let the saw warm up, just started trying to show off with that tiny little thing, and decreasing his engine life. Didn't even cut (I don't know what he was trying to cut on the concrete in front of the Menard's, maybe a 4x4 or something). Just held the saw in the air and ran it wide open, while getting a lot of looks from people walking in. When it's warm out, I let all my saws warm up for a little bit before cutting. When it's around or below freezing, I wait a minute at least of idling for it to warm up. In that time, I get other things ready, like grabbing my gloves, and ear protectors (sorry, I don't like ringing ears after I cut, and I don't like itching hands when I don't wear gloves on a saw without antivibe). Not a big deal to let the saw warm up, for me, and I bet I'm increasing the engine life a little bit. In my opinion, it is more important to let it warm up for a while when there's snow on the ground.
And also, I own a few Kawasaki's.
I have a tiny little 1985 Kawi 185 four wheeler, and a 1986 Kawi KLR250 liquid cooled enduro. I had a '77 KE100 enduro for a while. And someone on a road about 1.5 miles away is on a loud four wheeler right now, and I can hear it inside my house. :bang: Sorry, but I like performance ATV exhaust when it sounds like performance exhaust, and not like someone unbolted their header on the engine. The one up the road sounds like they took their header off. Anyway, back to the original topic...