Earplugs?
Road Captain
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From: A Boston Yankee in Surrey, England
RE: Earplugs?
I wear them all the time. They don't block out useful sounds we use for situational awareness as much as I thought they would but they take out the irritating background noise and makes it easier to hear some of the stuff that counts.
Road Captain
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From: Milwaukee, Wi....Land of the Free
RE: Earplugs?
ORIGINAL: GAGirl
I need to get some custom ones. The cheapy foam ones don't work very well. Any suggestions?
I need to get some custom ones. The cheapy foam ones don't work very well. Any suggestions?
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From: NJ
RE: Earplugs?
quote by georgia biker:
"Tinnitus...horrible! It crept up on me and I didn't realize it till it started getting bad. I started noticing it after being around loud noise, the ringing you would normally get for a bit lasted longer and longer and worse and worse".
If your story doesn'tget the attention of noise damage skeptics nothing will. Is there any hope that your tinnitus will ever go away. That sort of thing would drive me up the wall.
"Tinnitus...horrible! It crept up on me and I didn't realize it till it started getting bad. I started noticing it after being around loud noise, the ringing you would normally get for a bit lasted longer and longer and worse and worse".
If your story doesn'tget the attention of noise damage skeptics nothing will. Is there any hope that your tinnitus will ever go away. That sort of thing would drive me up the wall.
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From: Northwest Louisiana
RE: Earplugs?
I wear earplugs every time I ride. I get those soft foam ones in boxes of 50 or 100 at Lowes/Home Depot/Wal Mart, etc.pretty cheap.
I wear plugs with a full face helmet and I've never felt it hindered me from hearing anything I needed to on the road. Besidesdamaging your hearing, wind noise contributes to fatigue. So I feel they help me ride longer, and I feel better after the ride.
I wear plugs with a full face helmet and I've never felt it hindered me from hearing anything I needed to on the road. Besidesdamaging your hearing, wind noise contributes to fatigue. So I feel they help me ride longer, and I feel better after the ride.
Road Warrior
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From: 28°31'49.84"N , 82°30'8.56"W
RE: Earplugs?
I used to drive a car, with no A/C, and had never ending ear aches. On my Ultra, with a half/Helmit, I've never had any ear aches... I never even considered using them.... What article have you seen or read, making it a good idea... is it legal???
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From: Hollyweird,FL
RE: Earplugs?
Standing in front of a Marshall stack (guitar players know what I mean) night after night when I was younger has defintely taken it's toll....like Bob Seeger sang "Laying in bed with the amplifiers ringing in your ears"...I got tinitus in a major way..so yeah I wear plugs when riding any distance or length of time....
