Earplugs?
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From: Republic of Texas
RE: Earplugs?
Wear ear plugs or you will not be able to hear yourself passing gas on a wooden pew in church during silent prayer. The ability not to hear people talk is not that bad but the ringing isforever and thats irritating. I have hearing loss --to much noise playing and at work before it was an issue. I would have used hearing protection when I was younger if I had known.
Road Master
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From: Texas
RE: Earplugs?
Yes, on the highway. The wind noise is what causes the most hearing damage.
I have several kinds. The ones I like the most have a cord so I can hang them around my neck and they are contected to each other kind of like headphones. I like them because they are easy for me to take off or put one while wearing gloves. I got them at a welding supply company.
I have several kinds. The ones I like the most have a cord so I can hang them around my neck and they are contected to each other kind of like headphones. I like them because they are easy for me to take off or put one while wearing gloves. I got them at a welding supply company.
Road Master
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From: State of Confusion, SE PA
RE: Earplugs?
When riding my Dyna, I always use ear plugs. Its the wind noise that does the most damage not your pipes. The pipes are directed back or down and the noise stays mostly behind you. 45mph and up is very hard and very loud. It a few long trips to the mountains of the beach for me to learn the hard way. You have asked the right question and you just started.
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RE: Earplugs?
Always wear 'em. Otherwise the wind noise is deafening!
I use these ones:
On long trips, I like to listen to music, so I have a set of Shure E3C in-ear monitors, that are also noise isolating, plugged into my MP3 player. Because the E3Cs are noise-isolating, I don't have to have the volume cranked up, so I can ride all day without any discomfort or ringing in my ears.
Cheers!
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I use these ones:
On long trips, I like to listen to music, so I have a set of Shure E3C in-ear monitors, that are also noise isolating, plugged into my MP3 player. Because the E3Cs are noise-isolating, I don't have to have the volume cranked up, so I can ride all day without any discomfort or ringing in my ears.
Cheers!
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RE: Earplugs?
My neighbors? They party in their back yard into the night, plenty of music and laughing, then their buddy, the EMS guy, blips his siren as he leaves at 1am. You know which way my pipes are pointing when I warm up at 5:45am!
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I didnt even realize how loud the wind was untill going to Myrtle Beach.I live in NC so I have to wear a lid all the time.I still wear the one I bought with the bike,its a 3/4 so it muffles the wind pretty well.At Myrtle Beach I rode without the helmet for the first time after a 30 mile ride I could defently understand why I see people riding with earplugs.
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RE: Earplugs?
Started wearing earplugs just a couple weeks ago, now I wear them all the time. After just one year riding without them, I didn't want the constant eeeeee ringing sound to get any worse. Now I can hear the bike better at highway speeds, more comfortable without so much wind noise.