Riding to music

[jcupit69]

Just wondering how many other riders ride with music on, and what other riders think about it?

Personally ever since i started riding iv always listened to a cd player or mp3 or something, and most of the people iv riden with are the same. I figure on my bike i cant here much over the engine and wind so it doesnt make much difference??? Although sometimes i like to jus take out my music and here that 2stroke scream Some cage drivers have there music up so loud i can still here more than them anyway.

Also wondering if anyone knows if there is a law around this??? I'v never had a policeman say anything, but wondered if anyones ever been pulled over for it or anything???

[Wiki Drifter]

Plug in the 'ol mp3 around town, but any ride >30 min I wear ear plugs.

[beyond]

Couple of points.
In a standard helmet at 100kmh the decibel rating is 90-95db. After 15 minutes of that you are suffering hearing loss. To hear music over that combined with that wind noise you are damaging your hearing how much more quickly?

I now ride with ear plugs as every 10kmh over 100kmh has a logarithmic progression on hearing loss. It took several weeks to get used to riding with earplugs and now I feel really weird when riding without them.

It sounds like I'm flogging the living daylights out of my bike without them in.

Having said that, any other noise now bcomes a distraction and when riding I like to concentrate 100%.

[Mully]

Trouble with it is, anything louder than ~80db for 15 minutes will damage your hearing. Most lids at 100km/h are louder that 80db, so earplugs are a good idea.

Music, not so much. You'd have to have it so loud to hear over the wind noise, you'd be likely to damage your hearing.

[UberRhys]

When riding longer distances I plug in ye olde ipod and listen to some good tunes to get me where I'm going in good spirits.

Today I even fitted a RAM mount to hold the ipod safe and sound and keeping it accessible while on the road. Combined with some hook-type earphones it becomes quite bullet-proof.

Round town it's just not worth the hassle as you may not be able to hear dirty cagers sneaking up on you or any other noise which may help you survive.

[UberRhys]

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[James Deuce]

If you MUST do it, spend proper money on decent noise canceling ear buds.

[Big Dave]

I always ride with music.

[skidMark]

I used to....

But it was a distraction, made me ride like shit.

wrong lyrics at wrong times etc...

ie....

linkin park hit the floor

"everytime you hit the flooooorr!!!!"

As i'm going round a 65 at 120 with the arse of the bike drifting....going.....ah fuck.

i use earplugs now.

i do love riding with music. but it is very distracting.

and can make me ride way to fast, gets me too pumped up on the bike.

i just found i was changing song way too much because there were some i ddnt like.

when i had my ipod it was good because i could set up playlists. that was okay. still when something goes wrong, last thing you need is music in your ear. Always had way more oh fuck moments when listening to music.

[Jiminy]

Using headphones while driving/riding is forbidden in some countries. The main rationale is that you don't hear the environment as much (traffic, emergency vehicles, etc), so it's dangerous.

I have never done it because I don't want anything to distract me out there on the road, especially music.

I didn't realise the risk of hearing loss without ear plugs. I will have to think about that, but I'm still concerned that it might cover important noises that I want to hear.

Did anyone experiment with different types of helmets and has some idea about which ones are the most sound-proof?

[Big Dave]

I used to....

But it was a distraction, made me ride like shit.

....tempting..............nah..........I'll let it slide.

[skidMark]

....tempting..............nah..........I'll let it slide.

Faster than you old fella.

**takes the bait**

[skidMark]

Using headphones while driving/riding is forbidden in some countries. The main rationale is that you don't hear the environment as much (traffic, emergency vehicles, etc), so it's dangerous.

I have never done it because I don't want anything to distract me out there on the road, especially music.

I didn't realise the risk of hearing loss without ear plugs. I will have to think about that, but I'm still concerned that it might cover important noises that I want to hear.

Did anyone experiment with different types of helmets and has some idea about which ones are the most sound-proof?

Over time helmets gets loose though anyways. well for me they do...must be all the g forces **tui**

ear plugs let you hear the bike and everything...cut out wind noise....makes you ride alot better with them.

wind is a major put off for me...with plugs in....

find some nice twistys.....and let her rip.

means you can concentrate on what the bikes doing alot more.

[Mikkel]

Ear plugs are good for you...

Trust me, a noticable hearing loss at 27 is NOT that fun.

Having to ask: excuse me? What? You were saying? every 5 minutes at the pub isn't that fun to be quite fucking honest (TBQFH)!

[skidMark]

Ear plugs are good for you...

Trust me, a noticable hearing loss at 27 is NOT that fun.

Having to ask: excuse me? What? You were saying? every 5 minutes at the pub isn't that fun to be quite fucking honest (TBQFH)!

Yeah had that happening too thusi got earplus...my bike is stupidly loud though. Running a ZX9R racecan, it's blardy loud.

Since ive been off a bike for ages, it has come back a bit. find myself not saying "whatttttt!?!?!?" every 5 mins.