Intercoms / Music

[emaN]

just listened to their 'demo lap around Donnington'...
that's exactly what it's like... two way chat as normal.
mates would call me while i was out riding, not knowing a thing until i asked 'em about it afterwards...
so yeah, pretty stoked with it all.

[Holy Roller]

Yes I have a Pinfold unit. Dont often bother with the rider - pillion bit. I use it mostly to interface to the Radar detector. That seems more important that talking to Mrs Warr! So I havent been through a set of batteries as yet and owned it ~ 18months. But it does work well. He stands behind his product and it will easily interface to a CB radio if you want to do Bike - Bike communications as well.

My Pinfold unit (the old style headset) with a $30 digitalk prf radio (from supercheap) works well. I have a second unit that I use for the rider to pillion. These headsets are cheaper than the new model but does not have the walkman/detector interface. I will upgrade to the new model sometime but for now I'm happy with what I have.

[Hitcher]

Have been looking at (and thinking about) intercomms so I can talk to Mrs Highlander (or whom ever else is on the back) and or other bikes while cruising down the road. The systems on here (http://www.amalgamate2000.com/sales/...unications.htm ) look to fit the bill. Being a self professed cheap skate I'd like to hear from someone who uses them before parting with the dosh.

Any thoughts?

Mrs H and I have been persisting with the Pinfolds system (Amalgamate2000) for a couple of years now. God knows how many full looms we've swapped and push-to-talk buttons replaced. I guess this is an example of getting what you pay for. When they work, they're brilliant. But they'll go flakey and then fail when you least expect it. At least our latest bunch of kit survived a Grand Challenge and most of our subsequent Northland/Coromandel trip. But Mrs H's loom has got a fault that stops her PTT switch working, and her headset has had only one operating earpiece for many months. The Uniden walkie talkies we use are brilliant. Never miss a beat and the batteries last for ages on "low".

There has got to be a halfway house between the CAN Pinfolds system and the ludicrously expensive Bauer rig. Come on you geeks out there -- build one!

[zeRax]

active 7 smart sounds sweet, pity its no good me getting one if noone else has one :/

[Slingshot]

But Mrs H's loom has got a fault that stops her PTT switch working, and her headset has had only one operating earpiece for many months. Come on you geeks out there -- build one!

The one earpiece problem could be the similar to the problem I had. It may just be that the plug socket has started to come away from the board. To fix it I just opened up the box and resoldered the joints.

I have built a few prototypes, none of them actually worked

The idea was to build a simple 2 channel amp, one channel for the rider and one for the pillion (the pinfolds one uses one channel) and I was trying to build a bandpass filter into the system to cut out any sounds above 3000hz and below 300hz which would (in theory) just let the frequency for normal voice through. The idea was to filter the signal before it was amplified so the amplifier received a fairly clean signal to work with.
I might pull it out again and see if I can get it working.

[Lou Girardin]

Mrs H and I have been persisting with the Pinfolds system (Amalgamate2000) for a couple of years now. God knows how many full looms we've swapped and push-to-talk buttons replaced. I guess this is an example of getting what you pay for. When they work, they're brilliant. But they'll go flakey and then fail when you least expect it. At least our latest bunch of kit survived a Grand Challenge and most of our subsequent Northland/Coromandel trip. But Mrs H's loom has got a fault that stops her PTT switch working, and her headset has had only one operating earpiece for many months. The Uniden walkie talkies we use are brilliant. Never miss a beat and the batteries last for ages on "low".

There has got to be a halfway house between the CAN Pinfolds system and the ludicrously expensive Bauer rig. Come on you geeks out there -- build one!

Baehr's start at $575.00, not bad for something reliable.

[Hitcher]

Baehr's start at $575.00, not bad for something reliable.

Add to that the cost of getting a bike to (west) Auckland [shudders, visibly], getting the kit installed and then getting it home again. And I seem to remember they either butcher your helmet or you have to buy one of theirs (Man with large head doesn't want to go there...).

[Lou Girardin]

Add to that the cost of getting a bike to (west) Auckland [shudders, visibly], getting the kit installed and then getting it home again. And I seem to remember they either butcher your helmet or you have to buy one of theirs (Man with large head doesn't want to go there...).

It's all do-able by even the slightly mechanically inclined. The intercom is a 2 wire connection and you just have to route the headset leads. Fitting the head set is a piece of wees too. (admittedly some helmets are trickier than others)
I've fitted several Harley headsets to different helmets and they're a bit more difficult than Baehr.
The most you may have to do is make space for the speakers.

[Hitcher]

Shame you're not in Wellington, Lou. Or I'd call in for a chat and a demo.

[Edbear]

HAs anyone heard about the hollow tube type? Like a firm rubber tube. I've wondered if something so simple actually works?