ear protection

**Zed** · 26th April 2004, 19:56

Originally Posted by Kiwi

Hearing loss is preventable. If you ride for any length of time without ear protection, you will suffer irreversible hearing damage
Remember

If you damage your motorcycle, you can either have it mended or you can buy a new one.

If you damage your hearing, you can’t have it mended and you can’t buy a new pair of ears!

see ya

Kiwi

After riding with a number of you now on the road and the track and seeing many wearing ear plugs I decided to buy some. I purchased a special reuseable trial pack off the internet from The Ear Plug Super Store for US$16.90. I figured this was a bargain after seeing them for sale at Motomail for nearly $50 for one set!

This set arrived today and only took about 3-5 working days to arrive. Good value I reckon, and I can try each type to find out which ones suit me the best, then I can buy them individually in future.

http://store.yahoo.com/earplugstore/reustrialpac.html

Zed

**wkid_one** · 26th April 2004, 20:01

Christ - you coulda got custom made earplugs for that price.

**SPman** · 26th April 2004, 20:13

I use those Yellow ones joined together in the little EAR container in the pic. $5 from Mt Eden M/C's

**shandawg** · 26th April 2004, 20:17

Earplugs have helped me tremendously -

I was riding a bike I had just bought from Wellington back to Auckland, and my earplugs worked their way out just past bulls.

When I stopped on the roadside to put them back in, I noticed my new bike had pissed all it's oil out over the road and my back tyre.

Therefore not only did they save my ears, but also my a) engine and/or b) my life!

**Zed** · 26th April 2004, 20:39

Originally Posted by wkid_one

Christ - you coulda got custom made earplugs for that price.

Satan - no big deal to me! Maybe I will go customs one day?

**Quasievil** · 26th April 2004, 20:56

Ive ever worn them on a bike, the Ducati isnt the quietest machine around, particulary mine so I heard on the loop the other week from fellow riders

, so I probably should wear them.It would probably help alot with Fatigue also I guess on those long rides.
HEY Would it be a feesable excuse for not pulling over for a cop ??? would that wash in Court ? the ear plugs being a personal occupational health and safety measure you may have a case ? however on NZ roads that just might (in the eyes of the law) constitute a police chase

and you would just get run over and killed , shit so much to think about. :spudwhat:

**Holy Roller** · 26th April 2004, 21:12

Originally Posted by SPman

I use those Yellow ones joined together in the little EAR container in the pic. $5 from Mt Eden M/C's

Same
but I got mine from protector saftey not only use them on a trip but during the day when I'm tring to sleep after a night shift. they work very well in both situations.

**pete376403** · 26th April 2004, 21:55

It is pleasing for me that so many of you are hearing concious. I am totally deaf in one ear, and about 60-70% in the other. Believe me when I say it is no fun, you have no idea how much interaction with other people is aural, rather than visual (think - talking on the phone, talking in the dark). Despite playing with very noisy toys most of my life (go karts, bikes, guns, Cat tractors, mainframe computer printers) my hearing loss isn't noise related (not THAT related, either!) Like some else suggested it can't be fixed, only patched up at best. Keep using the ear plugs, guys, and if you're not, you should be.

**FROSTY:Me** · 26th April 2004, 22:03

arent the modern helmets soposed to reduce the noise you hear?
I know my lid seems pretty quiet anyways.

**Bleck K6** · 26th April 2004, 22:18

I wear them if I have any, or remember to take them with me.
must stock up on earplugs.

**yessum** · 26th April 2004, 22:27

for shorter trips i have $5 plugs. They're rubber so they're easy and quick to use. Longer trips i use the expandable foam type, $8 for 3 pairs (chemist).
Much quieter, and I reuse them only if there's not too much wax on 'em

**scumdog** · 27th April 2004, 00:02

Originally Posted by boris

I use blue Elvex brand from the hardware store.But i find i tend to sit at about 20kph faster, .

Boris

Your'e right on that one!! first time I wore ear plugs the Sporty seemed smoother, quieter and seemed to want to sit 20K faster than before.
I bought one of those "shorty style helmets when I was in the States a couple of years ago, great on a sweltering day but the noise of the wind rushing past the webbing straps was like a compressor hose had burst beside your ear! the plugs fixed that and now a wear then anytime I'm on the open road

**scumdog** · 27th April 2004, 00:04

Originally Posted by yessum

for shorter trips i have $5 plugs. They're rubber so they're easy and quick to use. Longer trips i use the expandable foam type, $8 for 3 pairs (chemist).
Much quieter, and I reuse them only if there's not too much wax on 'em

Throw them in the washing machine with the laundry, most of the foam type deals are suitable for cleaning like that.

**Firefight** · 27th April 2004, 05:45

[QUOTE=yessum,
Much quieter, and I reuse them only if there's not too much wax on 'em .

Yeah thanks mate, a little more info than we needed !

F/F

**wkid_one** · 27th April 2004, 07:23

Originally Posted by xjxjxj

arent the modern helmets soposed to reduce the noise you hear?
I know my lid seems pretty quiet anyways.

A study has shown the wind noise alone in a helmet is what will impair your hearing. Even the most expensive and supposedly quiet helmet will impair your hearing through the wind noise if you ride for anything over 30 mins.