Music while riding?

[Mschvs]

My headphone also alleviate most if not all wind noise. which is great!~

[Mikkel]

Shouldn't that be Rum??

No, good rum deserves only good company - and if good company isn't around I am willing to compromise and settle for good music (or even the very quiet air in the mountains at night).

[jim.cox]

SO, do you listen to music out there?
and if so ...what do you like to listen to out there?

Contis and Delortos

[Taz]

Lafranconi's and delorto's for me.....

[Stirts]

I listen to the sweet sweet music that is



exhaust from my ER6N

[Dirty_Harri]

Nothing like some Disturbed or Pantera to rock n' ride to!

[Highlander]

Plugz4lugz http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/member.php?u=8783
The "wired" plugs these guys do is my best bit of biking kit.
I use them on most rides I do of more than about 1/2 an hour.
To hit the questions / comments quoted below, they work better than standard ear plugs when the music is off, they allow me to have the volume on my iPod turned down to almost the minimum it will do, they block out wind noise to similar to what the car sounds like with the windows up, I can hear the sound of my bike and the vehicles around me even with the music playing. I have tried a variety of other headphone setups and these are easily the best I have tried.

Yes, but really quietly. I still NEED to be able to hear the revs of the engine and LIKE to be able to hear traffic around me if it's there. The wind noise in the helmet is pretty frickin loud tho!!

What's the best set up for sounds in your helmet?? Preferably with speakers rather than earphones as I find them uncomfortable and would like to keep wearing ear plugs for the road noise.

Don't mean to hi jack this thread so PM me with recommendations if you wish.

Andy.

- I'd like to hear some people's opinions on that too. Can't afford a helmet with built in audio so I use sennheiser 'in-ear' headphones. I took off the little rubber ends they come with and replaced them with my earplugs( the yellow ones you use to cut out noise) cut to fit over the phones. They are way clearer with the spongy earplugs and really comfortable under the helmet.

Too much loud music and plant rooms have given me low level Tinitus.
Unless its just across town I wear earplugs.
I do wonder how loud you would need an Ipod to hear over the wind noise?
So thats a no....I just enjoy the ride.

[maraudingkiwi]

Just out of interest, how many of you listen to music through headphones or in-helmet speakers while riding using your smartphone or ipod (I.e. not a proper bike comm system)? I'm just as interested to hear if you don't listen to anything or just use earplugs.

The reason I ask is to get a sense of if there would be much interest in a mobile app specifically for motorcyclists along these lines.

Please note I'm not asking whether you think listening to music while riding is a good idea or not, if it's distracting, etc., although that is an interesting discussion, it looks like it has been done to death in other threads.

[SMOKEU]

No time for music, the radar detector going off in my ear is far more important.

[BigAl]

No time for music, the radar detector going off in my ear is far more important.

+1

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[Flip]

I have a blue ant brand bluetooth helm set up. Music on my phone, radar detector and Ham radio can all go to the headset.

I will talk over the UHF Ham repeaters but I usually just pick up the mic and key that as I can hear the speaker right up to 110 kph. Why do I have a ham radio on the bike? Well for one I can listen to the rozza repeater frequencies and work out if there are orificers working in the area around me.

[russd7]

i listen to music while riding, use mp3 and ear phones

[Berries]

The reason I ask is to get a sense of if there would be much interest in a mobile app specifically for motorcyclists along these lines.

I am struggling to understand why a standard music playing app isn't suitable for a motorcyclist?

[Erelyes]

The standard one on my Android phone has bloody tiny buttons for skipping tracks etc. Tho I suppose one would have to have the phone in a waterproof case (and turn off auto-lock) before changing tracks on the go anyway.

Erm, but I never have and doubt I ever will, listen to music while riding.

[pete376403]

One of these http://burtonaudexradiofrequencyrfic...y-rf-ipod.html works great with my Ipod Classic. Made for skiers so water resistant. Buttons are large enough to be operated with gloves on. Velcro to the left handlebar switch block or similar (with a tether for safety)

Because its RF operated it doesn't need line-of -sight between receiver and transmitter, so Ipod can be located inside my jacket.

Cost me $US16 on Ebay http://www.ebay.com/itm/BURTON-AUDEX...item3cca007bb5