Helmet mods

[Lou Girardin]

I fitted a small piezo speaker from Jaycar, about the diameter of a 5 cent piece, hooked up to the detector. as for phones, music, intercoms - why?
If you sing badly and no one can hear you, is it still bad?
Lou

[Coldkiwi]

I've fitted a 30mm speaker into my KBC galaxy helmet for using the radar. Hid it behind the plastic cheek pad holder and drilled some holes to help the sound get through and past my ear plugs (mandatory for anything longer than a 10min ride).

I've tried music in headphones while I ride... ONCE.. and never again. Realised I was riding like pants made out of mince and had to pull over and turn it off. Like lou says.. you can sing tunes yourself as you go.

Maybe I have a very one track mind but if I'm pushing fairly hard through corners the last thing i need to concentrate on his some random song in my head. Filling it up with determining braking and exit points, gear changes, throttle control, body positioning and scanning for people pulling out keeps me quite busy enough!

[marty]

Originally posted by wkid_one
Two things:

• if you want car audio, buy a car (or gold wing)
• why would you want to answer your phone on a bike??

What phone call is soooo important it can't wait until you stop?

the one that says - 'well i'm waiting for you in my undies - where are you????'

[Lou Girardin]

Then why are you out riding? Prioritise!
Lou

[Car Dodger]

If I'm listening to Mettalica, I ride mean and dont give way to anyone.

If its Neil Dimond or Bob Seigar, then I trying to get home to see my lady.

If its Simon & Garfunkel then I give way to everybody

If its Backstreet boys then I need to be Shot.

[Coldkiwi]

I'd love to listen to P.O.D when out for a thrash but I'm quite certain I'd get thrashed going through a fence.

anyway.. here's a pic of my helmet with the cheek pad removed so you can see the speaker.

 

[wkid_one]

Originally posted by Lou Girardin
I fitted a small piezo speaker from Jaycar, about the diameter of a 5 cent piece, hooked up to the detector. as for phones, music, intercoms - why?
If you sing badly and no one can hear you, is it still bad?
Lou

Oh - I soooo agree.  I have the jaycar 10mm speaker - works a treat.

The last thing I would want is to be hanging off the side of the bike - and the phone to ring or my mate go - 'shit watch out!' through an intercom.  Surely you ride your bike to get away from shit like that??? 

The idea of riding a bike well is to REMOVE distraction - not increase it? 

If you want music, someone to talk to and a telephone - buy a car

 

[georgedubyabush]

Originally posted by Car Dodger
If I'm listening to Mettalica, I ride mean and dont give way to anyone.

If its Neil Dimond or Bob Seigar, then I trying to get home to see my lady.

If its Simon & Garfunkel then I give way to everybody

If its Backstreet boys then I need to be Shot.

You must have som fuckd up mix tapes man

[Redstar]

I bought a mini stereo FM radio from Dick smith for 10$ and thought this is the way to go I can wire myself for sound and bugger if the reception was not premo, but then in practice it cut in and out and drove me mad cause I couldnt tune in on the move so all that static made me sycho so i pulled it day one, and besides I can sing 15 songs fully and with such sweetness it even makes me cry. you should hear my"house of the rising sun" its a f**kin ledgend thou I do say my self

[k14]

Yeah, ditto redstar. Except my favourites include dirty deeds by ac/dc and enter sandman by metallica. Dont know if i could compete with you, but i keep myself happy

[wkid_one]

My on board dialogue consists of:

'fuckkkkkkkkkkkkkk corner, shit, ouch......brake......feck you over cooked that one......feck - that car wasn't there before' - no room for singing

If I do sing - I sing the Muppets theme song however.

[Car Dodger]

Originally posted by georgedubyabush
You must have som fuckd up mix tapes man

Nah, just a little radio that doesnt stay on channel properly. Besides there nothing wrong with a little diversity.

[Big Dog]

The only music I've ever been able to tolerate on a bike consists of cd's, Thorogood, for town riding, Aerosmith for cruising, house or Thrash, to thrash. The fact I don't own any house or thrash anymore may be because I drive a nana or it could be the other way around.


Reality is stopping to change channel or cd (tapes fick up feed back of the alternater unless you buy a sheilded walkman) when ever you change style is f*&cken annoying. Not to mention the ringing in your ears at the other end (confined noise causes tinitis at twice the normal rate).

[Rapt]

I heard about someone disconnecting the warning tone on their radar detector and installing an LED instead....If it's just an open/closed circuit then it shouldn't be a problem and the visual effect of the LED would make most people react quicker then an audio warning.....if u believe all the audio/visual response literature...

I believe the LED was mounted inside the helmet just above the forehead....from memory...at night the LED reflected off the visor but not enough to detract from the field of view etc...

Could be worth investigating....

[Lou Girardin]

I've got an LED as well. The problem is that it is hard to see in bright light and if I move it closer to my line of sight, it's annoying at night.
Lou