Riding Music

[Keeper]

Do you listen to music before or during riding to get you in a pumped mood, when about to ride on the track, road, or in your back yard?

If you do what and more-so, WHY?

-> My bit, I like a bit of fast punk to get me pumped up, I love listening to music while riding, beats earplugs a million...

Well as long as I can hear the purr of my engine still and I have a stop button close by for the twisties

[Odin]

Just got my self an MP3 player so yes.

Mostly 3 doors down, guns'n roses, matchbox 20, Cake or the like and mainly caurce i like it :niceone:

[Biff]

Similar thread still running:http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?t=11829

Iron Maiden, Sabbath, DIO, Cold Play, RadioHead etc etc

[Waylander]

Have a look here (http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?t=11829) and here (http://http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?t=11155). Those might give you some idea about this.

[Waylander]

Similar thread still running:http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?t=11829

Iron Maiden, Sabbath, DIO, Cold Play, RadioHead etc etc

Damn you, ya beat me to it.:-p

[Biff]

Damn you, ya beat me to it.:-p


But your response looks neater!

By the way - how did you change your KB name?

[Virago]

Do you listen to music before or during riding to get you in a pumped mood, when about to ride on the track, road, or in your back yard?

If you do what and more-so, WHY?
Spooky.....
I was mentally composing a new thread on a similar vein.

What would be the ultimate biker song? For me it has to be the classic stuff from the 70's, be it a bit corny these days. The sort of stuff that brings up images of tearing along a deserted road towards a glorious sunset, love 'em and leave 'em, gotta keep moving on, etc etc. My top three:
1) Born to be wild (Steppenwolf)
2) Born to run (Bruce Springstein)
3) Bat out of hell (Meatloaf)

Okay, I guess I'm showing my age. Any others? :ride:

[Waylander]

Spooky.....
I was mentally composing a new thread on a similar vein.

What would be the ultimate biker song? For me it has to be the classic stuff from the 70's, be it a bit corny these days. The sort of stuff that brings up images of tearing along a deserted road towards a glorious sunset, love 'em and leave 'em, gotta keep moving on, etc etc. My top three:
1) Born to be wild (Steppenwolf)
2) Born to run (Bruce Springstein)
3) Bat of of hell (Meatloaf)

Okay, I guess I'm showing my age. Any others? :ride:
You forgot one. Though it may not be as old as those but AC~DC's Highway to hell. Or maybe even For Whome The Bell Tolls by Metallica or how about Back in The Saddle Again by Aerosmith? American Badass, Kid rock seems to be my favorite. Blue on Black by Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band is pretty good for those that like the slower stuff.

[Flyingpony]

Spooky.....
What would be the ultimate biker song?
....

3) Bat of of hell (Meatloaf)

Okay, I guess I'm showing my age. Any others? :ride:

4) Nothing Else Matters - Metallica.

Warming up the bike is music to my ears :spudguita before I head off on a ride near or far.

Wouldn't listen to any tunes when riding. Too distracting when I should be riding and I'd be seriously worried about hearing loss.

Not ignoring the fact I might ignore a Red & Blue :Police: because I didn't hear them.

[Biff]

4) Nothing Else Matters - Metallica.

Now that's a tune!

[Keeper]

haha, i wonder if my brain registered that thread in the back then lodged it away with useful information like the locations of all the speed cameras in new zealand and what my real name is, then prompted a query based on the subconcious

[250learna]

im waiting for my mp3 phone to arrive... and then i will, in the mean time all i listen to is the exhaust note... which is music to my ears :yes:
and anyways with my hjc zf7 theres not much chance of blocking it out :killingme

[zadok]

I like the idea of listening to music while riding, especially if I was on a trip. I'm interested to know if it is off putting though, when you can't hear what is happening around you. ??

Marty :ride:

[loosebruce]

Fark i cant hear shit anyway with the big twin and basiclly straight pipes blating away, simalar to what i would listen to (pantera etc) anyway, might have to get some earplugs as i getting some wicked headaches lately, oh well :Punk:

[Holy Roller]

You needed an option "sometimes"
Now I have a stereo built in here's music in my ears.

I listen to X Sinner, Bride, Guardian great bands
anyone heard of these?

[Ixion]

You needed an option "sometimes"
Now I have a stereo built in here's music in my ears.

I listen to X Sinner, Bride, Guardian great bands
anyone heard of these?

Never heard of any of them. But congrats on the new wheel. Sounds like it's got even more gizmos than a BMW! :2thumbsup

[Krusti]

My favourite....Z1000...8000 rpm...top gear...sweeping road...no cops...change down to new song..Go baby go..:Punk:

[outlawtorn]

You needed an option "sometimes"
Now I have a stereo built in here's music in my ears.

I listen to X Sinner, Bride, Guardian great bands
anyone heard of these?

Man I remember listening to Bride about 14 years ago, I started going to church because of this girl I liked and eventually made a whole heep of mates there, but then the devil has his way with me, so now my kind of riding music is MetallicA (Of course!), System Of A Down, Slayer, Morbid Angel, Black Label Society, Napalm Death etc etc etc this list goes on and on......

But to be honest, I've been riding around for about 3 weeks listening to my mates Ipod and I find that it mutes (no pun intended) my riding experience...I'm not too sure if I'll carry on riding with music, like a lot of people here say, the music comes from the pipes and the roar of the engine.

[zeRax]

all good music and no crap music :P, so many bands its hard to say, iron maiden gnr megadeth acdc led zep etc, stuff like weezer coldplay sublime etc doesnt go a miss, anything thats good, and u know whats good ^_^

edit: oh, worth a mention, Stereophonics new album rules :Punk: , and weezers new one is pretty damn sweet too( from what ive heard so far, listening to it now, before i have to go to crappy waste of time jury service roll call ...*yawn*

[vifferman]

No need - I have music playing inside my head, most of the time. SOmetimes it's something really annoying, or an advertising jingle, and then the voices in my head get really grumpy-sounding.:confused:

[chickenfunkstar]

I usually listen to the internal radio as well.
If its a long straight road. (i.e. the road which goes across the plains coming into kopu) I sometimes just invent a song.
When you're going quickly on some familair roads I don't think there's much that could beat the sound of a piped V-twin.

[The Tazman]

Similar thread still running:http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?t=11829


The thing I find is that un less you can spend quite a bit of time on here the threads can Disappear quite quickly so you start one that you haven't seen and then get msg's saying already done!!

Anyway this one is here now so my answer is:-

I don't listen to anything except the sound of my bike wich is music enough :D
and the sound of other bikes as I pass them :whistle: he he he

Have fun all

Taz

[XP@]

Playing favourite 1st person racing or shoot-um-up game then riding is fun, but not recommended during rush hour

[Biff]

The thing I find is that un less you can spend quite a bit of time on here the threads can Disappear quite quickly so you start one that you haven't seen and then get msg's saying already done!!

I know - I'm with you on that one. Just pointing it out as a source of reference.

[Coldkiwi]

Used to listen to music when going for a ride to destress but after a few dubious cornering efforts I realise its just too distratcing!

A bit of music before hand is nice but if its something like P.O.D or Foo Fighters, I need to have a few deep breaths before pulling out or I tend to get a bit too vigourous on the road!

[Waylander]

Used to listen to music when going for a ride to destress but after a few dubious cornering efforts I realise its just too distratcing!

A bit of music before hand is nice but if its something like P.O.D or Foo Fighters, I need to have a few deep breaths before pulling out or I tend to get a bit too vigourous on the road!

You get that amped from that soft stuff? Hells bells mate I'de hate to think of how you would ride after listening to Pantera and such...:msn-wink:

[mikey]

FOO FIGHTERS AND MEGADEATH AN A 4772 other songs in the ipod.

[crazylittleshit]

before always before :niceone:

[Hitcher]

Shoei me the way to go home
I'm tired and I want to go to bed...

[meister]

anything seventies just about does it for me...

biff hit on the good ones, dio (which can include the purps, sab, rainbow), iron maiden, marillion, kossof, blue oyster, ac-dc...ah mate, i could (and would) go on, which is more than the better-half can say!

led zep's never done it for me as driving music though...

and, on certain days where the you can see forever, floyd...

anyone else going to the experience??

[Coldkiwi]

You get that amped from that soft stuff? Hells bells mate I'de hate to think of how you would ride after listening to Pantera and such...:msn-wink:

what can I say? I'm permanently close to the edge of over excited when riding? Quite possible! I have a great deal of fun each morning on my rides in(combine sportsbike with heavy traffic, some open stretchs of mway a few sweepers and someone who's running late and its fun fun fun with or without tunes) but I'll often have some good funky sounds at home before I leave.

music while lane splitting would be all bad though. I need all my concentration for that

[Sutage]

I like Baba O' Riley by The Who.. its only teeeeeeenage wasteland :Punk:

man The Who were cool, dont make them like that anymore, just this rap stuff the kids are listenening to :puke:

[Waylander]

The two songs I've been using to amp myself up lately have been 10s by Pantera and The Unnamed Feeling by Metallica. But I'm sure that'll change soon. Y'all Want a Single by Korn is being played more and more often everyday.:Punk:

[pritch]

Let it Roll
Feats Don't Fail Me Now

- Little Feat

[Sutage]

anything seventies just about does it for me...

biff hit on the good ones, dio (which can include the purps, sab, rainbow), iron maiden, marillion, kossof, blue oyster, ac-dc...ah mate, i could (and would) go on, which is more than the better-half can say!

led zep's never done it for me as driving music though...

and, on certain days where the you can see forever, floyd...

anyone else going to the experience??


SHit yeh man, i just downloaded their songs from www.pinkfloydexperience.co.nz then go downloads

they are real good

gonna buy my ticket tomorrow i think but shit, its R18 for some reason unless guardian so gotta ask our guitar teacher to go hahahh

[Indiana_Jones]

TOP GUN and 'happy days theme tune' before i would ride, when my bike was working :shake:

If I get a new bike, I might have to get a mp3 player, and then with top gun on, i'll be dead in 2:32mins :2thumbsup

-Indy

[Big Dave]

I've got over 700 songs on my iPod and set it to random. Nearly always ride with music these days.
Sooooo much more pleasant than the wind noise the trophy fairing generates.

[Sniper]

I try to, but I usually get annoyed with the song and try to change it.

[Waylander]

Sunday, Allun was playing 'Duality' by Slipknot before we went for the ride and I had that in my head for the rest of it. Funny how it fits in time with alot of the corners once you turn inland from the Maraetai coast...

[outlawtorn]

Used to listen to music when riding but I've stopped now. It's just gets too distracting, especially when riding around Auckland.

[Odin]

Like having some music going, but i need some better headphones. the ones i have seems to fall out when i put my helmet on and it takes some fiddeling to get them in again with the helmet on.... But like to have music for the ride :spudguita

Got to look out a bit for the hard rock /heavy metal as it seems to ifluence the driving style, speed and risk taking :blink:

[Kornholio]

Ill listen to Mudvayne, Korn, TOOL, SOAD and have a couple of cones too to get in the mode :D :rockon: