Bike-to-bike intercoms

[JAS-1100]

found a cheap way to have a wireless radio/intercom you can buy a portable FM radio digital about 30 - 50 dallors and with the mic side you can buy a FM microphone transmitter about a size of a match box both can be built into the helmet both rider and pillon have the mic you tune the mic to the radio station so you can talk while you are listening to music and if you want to listen to a ipod or mp3 player you can buy a FM tranmitter but with this you can plug any audio device into it very cheap

[RentaTriumph]

Have a look at my BLUEANT INTERPHONE review

Can you play MP3 music through the Interphone system?.

[Badger8]

How long is the wire between bike to bike intercoms?

They use one of those curly ones like on the phone, stops it from collecting so many animals and small children from off the roadside

[Finn]

They use one of those curly ones like on the phone, stops it from collecting so many animals and small children from off the roadside

But they always get tangled. No thanks, not for me.

[Hitcher]

Can you play MP3 music through the Interphone system?.

No. Why would you want to? Buy a Goldwing or a car.

[JAS-1100]

The system i was taking about is competely wireless system no cables at all from listening to ipod to a mp3 player

[RentaTriumph]

No. Why would you want to? Buy a Goldwing or a car.

Maybe I would prefer to listen to music instead of being hooked up to a telephone.

[denill]

good thread, raises some interesting solutions, i have 2 nolan n102 helmets fitted with the nolan pillian to pillian system.
After lots of probs getting them to work properley, contacts etc. they worked fine for 6 months or so but now they are playing up again. the contacts are poor and seem to be the reason for not working , i have cleaned and proded them but they are still inconsistent. would be interseted to hear of any nolan ncom owners with similar problems.

Bluetooth or cable?

We are using the Nolan NCom with cable and so far VERY good.

No wind noise whatsoever on the ST1100 but a bit on the BMW 1200GS that we hired in Aus last month.

[fergie]

we are using cable, guess im a victim of murphys law, when they work they are great but just seem inconsistant.would love to be able to sort them out.

[BiK3RChiK]

Screw that! I like the solitary nature of biking. I would hate to hear yabbering in my ear as I'm concentrating on something! If I want to say something to my fellow biking companion, I pull over!

[jiashahood]

hey
why dont you try scalarider. I bought it at supercheap auto. It is basically a bluetooth connected to helmet. It is the bottom of the range one but it is excellent. it does the business, even in heavy traffic and at high speeds. I recommend it.

[mazz1972]

hey
why dont you try scalarider. I bought it at supercheap auto. It is basically a bluetooth connected to helmet. It is the bottom of the range one but it is excellent. it does the business, even in heavy traffic and at high speeds. I recommend it.

Scalarider is basically for mobile phones etc, not for 2-way comms between bikes?

[mazz1972]

Five of us bought the Pinfold headsets January last year.

On the negative side, two of the PTT buttons failed within a few months and were replaced free. We have since replaced one other and will probably need to replace another one soon too. But at $15 per replacement PTT it's a pretty cheap fix!

Recently my helmet seems to have only one speaker working. I haven't bothered to investigate yet as I can still hear everything ok. Will be washing my helmet shortly so will remove the speakers and mic and have a lookie then. One of the other riders now has a problem but I haven't asked what.

Anything with cables is going to fail somewhere eventually.

On the plus side, they were very cheap at $50 for the headset/PTT and it if you already have 2-way radios compatible with the headsets, then it's a bloody cheap way to have bike to bike comms. We have all been quite happy with them till now, and probably just need a few replacement components. Mike is very helpful and has great customer service so I'm sure this wont be a problem.

As for how good they are at high speeds, that definately depends on your bike/helmet. When we first got them we all had bikes with no screens and anything over about 70-80kmph was pretty much unaudible. Now all five of us have bikes with screens, therefore cutting down on the wind hitting our helmets, and can now all communicate easily at 100kmph.

Ideally a bluetooth system would be tidier without all the cables etc, but what is the range like? Our 2-way radios work up to a few kms away.....I bet most of the bluetooth ones don't which would be a big negative for us. Talked to some people a few months back who had a bluetooth system and they said it was very hit and miss - dunno what it was.

Has anyone tried the Oxford Bike2Bike system? Do you need to use their transceiver or can you use with other 2-way radios?. It's no longer on the Oxford UK website, so maybe they are discontinued?

If someone has a suggestion for something better than the Pinfold system that wouldn't bleed us dry, please post away!

I know the Baehr system is rated as the best, but is one hell of an investment and out of our budget.

[Hawkeye]

CNELL on TM is advertising a Bluetooth headset for $250 for 2 units. Don't know what make they are or if they are any good but at $250 for a pair rather than the $300+ per unit for the Blueant It is certainly worth looking at.

If anyone has tried this model and can give feedback that would be great.

[mazz1972]

CNELL on TM is advertising a Bluetooth headset for $250 for 2 units. Don't know what make they are or if they are any good but at $250 for a pair rather than the $300+ per unit for the Blueant It is certainly worth looking at.

If anyone has tried this model and can give feedback that would be great.

Range only 100m....pah