Music in your helmet?

[MyGSXF:Me]

I use these Sennheiser cx300 earphones. They're great. they come with different 3 sizes of earbuds to suit. They are soft & really comfortable inside a helmet! I like listeneing to music whilst touring.. as I usually have to ride most of the way by myself, to meet up with my club. So I put my music on & sing at the top of my lungs!! But when group riding, I don't usually have music on.

[Plugz 4 Lugz]

Get some custom made earplugs and enjoy your ride!! Especially if you're touring, arrive without that aggravating noise residual! If you do wish to have wires inserted for your ipods (for those of you who can do two things once i.e concentrate on riding while listening to your favourite tunes), we do that too. Check out earmold.com.au or contact Plugz 4 Lugz on rowlsy@xtra.co.nz.

[Quartermile]

The only thing is to be aware when you are town sitting at the trafic lights that people crossing infront of you can actually hear you.

Tinted visor?

Yea I was thinking about ear plugs but whouldn't that be as bat a music for not hearing your surroundings?

[Idubbs]

Tinted visor?

Yea I was thinking about ear plugs but whouldn't that be as bat a music for not hearing your surroundings?

Yea, I thought that, but as one new to wearing earplugs I find I'm somewhat dulled from surrounding noise irrespective of whether music is present.... I went for a ride yesterday round the Coro loop to test whether a different helmet might alter both noise and comfort while wearing my earplugs. I usually wear an Arai Rx7 helmet which is snug and comfortable - but.... sore after a while with earplugs. Yesterday I wore my second helmet - a Dainese Course. I found it much more suceptible to wind noise at highesh speeds which gave me every reason to wear the damn earplugs!.... The upside was that the earplugs were extremely comfortable throughout the whole trip with this helmet.

As for music - these plugs have the stereo wires attached. As long as I kept the volume modest.... as you would, listening to the radio in a cage, then there's no problem with concentration. Admittedly I turned the sound up on the boring bits (like Ak- Kopu) then low over the hill to Whangamata, then up again from Paeroa back to Ak.

[breakaway]

I have these. They sound like jamming your fingers into your ear, but with great quality music. Came with my walkman phone.



You could buy the equivalents (Sennheiser CX300) for under $80 probably.

[Toaster]

Each to their own....but I think it's too easy to get carried away listening to music, and end up in a ditch.
Or worse.
Riding motorcycles requires 100% concentration.

Amen to that! Preach it brother!

[Crasherfromwayback]

Amen to that! Preach it brother!

"HALLELUJAH"

[Plugz 4 Lugz]

Each to their own!! Does that mean tintop riders should unplug their radios? Common sense prevails. Don't knock them until you try them.

[Syd Poole]

After a 5000 kilometre round trip to Broken Hill in 2002 on my Z9, one straight was 57ks straight, I'm converted to music, uhf, phone & radar detector noises keeping me company in my helmet on my ZRX. After trying different ear plug speakers I've settled on Earmold, they are the best. Have an extra set with no speakers for work, leave disposables and ear muffs for dead. Earmold compliment my car radio/cd player with corded remote on handle bars, similar set up with my GME uhf. Got the wiring harnesses and mic from Mike Pinfold of Rotorua (he's been a great help), wired in the earmold plugs and it works great.
Cheers All,
Syd

[Metalor]

After a 5000 kilometre round trip to Broken Hill in 2002 on my Z9, one straight was 57ks straight, I'm converted to music, uhf, phone & radar detector noises keeping me company in my helmet on my ZRX. After trying different ear plug speakers I've settled on Earmold, they are the best. Have an extra set with no speakers for work, leave disposables and ear muffs for dead. Earmold compliment my car radio/cd player with corded remote on handle bars, similar set up with my GME uhf. Got the wiring harnesses and mic from Mike Pinfold of Rotorua (he's been a great help), wired in the earmold plugs and it works great.
Cheers All,
Syd

Where do you get them from? I wouldn't mind a pair myself.

[Roj]

Where do you get them from? I wouldn't mind a pair myself.

Get some custom made earplugs and enjoy your ride!! Especially if you're touring, arrive without that aggravating noise residual! If you do wish to have wires inserted for your ipods (for those of you who can do two things once i.e concentrate on riding while listening to your favourite tunes), we do that too. Check out earmold.com.au or contact Plugz 4 Lugz on rowlsy@xtra.co.nz.

See this earlier post