Music in your helmet?

**Skyryder** · 8th June 2006, 18:25

If I want to listen to music I like to listen where there are no other distractions. Problem today, we have lost the art of how to stay alert.

to our surroundings

Skyryder

**RiderInBlack** · 8th June 2006, 20:39

What makes me laugh is you dudes that get louder pipes for ya bikes (cause they are soooo cool) then put ear plugs in cause you don't want to damage ya own hearing:slap:
I never wear ear plugs riding "Roxanne". My KBC helmet is not too wind noisy. I have the ear speakers off a damaged headphone fitted inside the ear sponge inserts of my helmet (so no earplugs getting in the way as I put my helmet on and off). I find that even with my output on my el cheapy DSE MP3 player on full noise, I can still hear "Roxanne" purr. She only drowns out the music when I am thrashing her in which case my attention is totally on her and the road not the music.

PS: I need Rammstein ta try and keep with TL Rider

**APPLE** · 8th June 2006, 21:10

no music for me man?i let my yoshies do the talking...............

**Scorpygirl** · 8th June 2006, 21:20

Rhino and I have the headsets in the helmets for the Wing. The Wing has onboard radio, cassette and intercom. But Rhino has the control.... Scorpygirl has

**bell** · 8th June 2006, 21:32

check these out
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/List...px?id=59189708

I haven't had a pair made up yet, but plan to. 3.5mm plug fits almost everything made in the last century.

I'm pretty deaf (since birth) but know how important it is to preserve what hearing I do have. I'm hoping that the "earplug" function of these things means that I'll not have to play the music any louder than normal for me in order to get some decent sound when on long highway rides.

Keen to know if anyone else has used these?

**NSR-Dan** · 8th June 2006, 23:00

im thinking of fitting 2 x 10" sups to my subframe. and bolt a headdeck to the tank.

**ZeroIndex** · 8th June 2006, 23:11

Originally Posted by NSR-Dan

im thinking of fitting 2 x 10" sups to my subframe. and bolt a headdeck to the tank.

i saw a similar thing at new year 05 (whangamata), one of those low-rider chrome bye-see-kills.. guy had 2 6x9's, a car battery, and a mp3 player ..stupid f**kwit..

**Shadows** · 8th June 2006, 23:33

Sweet V-Twin music

**Magua** · 8th June 2006, 23:38

The music of a two stroke.

Tried using a discman once, was nice while idling at the lights, but I was barely able to hear it over the engine or wind noise while riding.

**NSR-Dan** · 8th June 2006, 23:42

hahahahahaha

i was kidding by the way. some people have crazu ideas. like my mate that recons he could beat an NSR on manfield with a busa.

**inlinefour** · 9th June 2006, 00:22

Listen to music, are you mad? Nothing quite like listening to the motor being rung out hard on the back roads during a bit of fun riding. I tried earplugs once, but could not get used to things in my ears, so I'll happily listen to the music of the engine instead.

**Gremlin** · 9th June 2006, 01:32

Originally Posted by RiderInBlack

What makes me laugh is you dudes that get louder pipes for ya bikes (cause they are soooo cool) then put ear plugs in cause you don't want to damage ya own hearing:slap:

ok, that sounds amusing... it does, but how about the fact that everyone should actually use plugs, as the noise from wind can make you go deaf? So maybe we take this into account, so get louder pipes so we can still hear them?

hehehe

I think you all need some facts about decibels. Take a look through there... some of it may surprise you as to how bad it is... mates reckon my pipe is around 115db... which gives me... fuck all exposure time.

Yes... I used to ride it without plugs, but after the family got annoyed at me coming home yelling, I figured I was making myself deaf, so bought plugs. Began to think they weren't doing anything, and took em off for a short ride. Yikes, is all I could really say.

I think I need to add some silicone to the ends, to increase their power, but maybe to the less protective filters. Lou at AMPS has alpine ones for $50. How much do guys rate your hearing at??

Oh, I would never ever ride with music, I know I would get into the mood, and do even more crazy stuff...

**ZeroIndex** · 9th June 2006, 07:16

Originally Posted by Gremlin

ok, that sounds amusing... it does, but how about the fact that everyone should actually use plugs, as the noise from wind can make you go deaf? So maybe we take this into account, so get louder pipes so we can still hear them?

hehehe

I think you all need some facts about decibels. Take a look through there... some of it may surprise you as to how bad it is... mates reckon my pipe is around 115db... which gives me... fuck all exposure time.

Yes... I used to ride it without plugs, but after the family got annoyed at me coming home yelling, I figured I was making myself deaf, so bought plugs. Began to think they weren't doing anything, and took em off for a short ride. Yikes, is all I could really say.

I think I need to add some silicone to the ends, to increase their power, but maybe to the less protective filters. Lou at AMPS has alpine ones for $50. How much do guys rate your hearing at??

Oh, I would never ever ride with music, I know I would get into the mood, and do even more crazy stuff...

I only use my ear plugs when going on longish trips (anything with 100km/h in it, like to pukekohe or wherever..), I'm using the Rocket earplugs a(purple/green -26dB),from nzsafety, which were $5.. I understand your 'buy expensive plugs for your hearing', but it is possible to get good quality, budget items still

**RiderInBlack** · 9th June 2006, 13:52

Originally Posted by Gremlin

ok, that sounds amusing... it does, but how about the fact that everyone should actually use plugs, as the noise from wind can make you go deaf? So maybe we take this into account, so get louder pipes so we can still hear them?

hehehe

No the amusement for me is that people can be so concerned for their hearing that they wear ear plugs on their bike but have no concern for other people's hearing having increased the noise output of their bikes

It's like going to Stock car racing wearing earplugs and then complaining that the racing is having noise restrictions put on them. Bit incongruent don't ya think

LOL

**ZeroIndex** · 9th June 2006, 15:08

Originally Posted by RiderInBlack

No the amusement for me is that people can be so concerned for their hearing that they wear ear plugs on their bike but have no concern for other people's hearing having increased the noise output of their bikes

It's like going to Stock car racing wearing earplugs and then complaining that the racing is having noise restrictions put on them. Bit incongruent don't ya think

LOL

when riding around town (without earplugs), when i get next to a group of people (even if it's just two), i'll blip the throttle (on a big bike, you would accelerate, on my bike, it just gets louder

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