Motorcycle Ear Plugs
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From: Mount Holly, NC
I just use disposable foam plugs I buy in 100 count boxes, but I would eventually like to get a custom-molded pair.
But I definitely recommend all riders wear some sort of hearing protection. As others have said, it's really the wind noise that gets you. And even though I've been wearing earplugs and a full face helmet for 15 years, I've never felt like they blocked out so much sound that I couldn't hear something I needed to. I think of them more as "filters" than "plugs."
But I definitely recommend all riders wear some sort of hearing protection. As others have said, it's really the wind noise that gets you. And even though I've been wearing earplugs and a full face helmet for 15 years, I've never felt like they blocked out so much sound that I couldn't hear something I needed to. I think of them more as "filters" than "plugs."
i use the cheap foam ones too. on long rides i get off the bike and take the things out when they become irritating. i dont worry about losing them because ive got a whole box of em.
theres no way in hell i'm going to pay that much for "custom" ear plugs (and the on-running costs of biannual maintenance). puritans are crazy... always, they distil trivialities to costly solutions. no common sense.
Cruiser
Joined: Aug 2008
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From: Edgefield, SC
I bought the Alpines and keep getting them stuck in my ear. Anyone else have that problem? If I just put them in where they won't get stuck it seems they don't block out the noise as well. Lately I have gone back to the foam yellow.
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From: Oroville,Washington.
i use the cheap foam ones too. on long rides i get off the bike and take the things out when they become irritating. i dont worry about losing them because ive got a whole box of em.
theres no way in hell i'm going to pay that much for "custom" ear plugs (and the on-running costs of biannual maintenance). puritans are crazy... always, they distil trivialities to costly solutions. no common sense.
theres no way in hell i'm going to pay that much for "custom" ear plugs (and the on-running costs of biannual maintenance). puritans are crazy... always, they distil trivialities to costly solutions. no common sense.
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Wanna' repeat that in coherent English? There are all kinds of cheap *** ways to get around sensible hearing protection.No thanks. E.A.R. full shell digitals are a good investment.I wear them for riding,shooting, anytime my hearing is at risk from loud noise.I can hear all normal sounds,but high decibels are diminished,up to complete suppression.Only 1800 bucks.I'm worth it.
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Jasus you must be shoving them right in to get stuck -
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From: Arizona
i use the cheap foam ones too. on long rides i get off the bike and take the things out when they become irritating. i dont worry about losing them because ive got a whole box of em.
theres no way in hell i'm going to pay that much for "custom" ear plugs (and the on-running costs of biannual maintenance). puritans are crazy... always, they distil trivialities to costly solutions. no common sense.
theres no way in hell i'm going to pay that much for "custom" ear plugs (and the on-running costs of biannual maintenance). puritans are crazy... always, they distil trivialities to costly solutions. no common sense.
There is an inexpensive way to get to custom molded ear plugs....
http://www.radians.com/main/p-282-ra...-earplugs.aspx
OR you could pay a "specialist" $300 to use the same stuff and make them for you. I have seen these in the hearing protection isle at a local gun shop. I ordered mine online. No way to get a better fit than custom molded ear plugs.
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Last edited by Tech23; Jul 12, 2012 at 01:17 PM.
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There is an inexpensive way to get to custom molded ear plugs....
http://www.radians.com/main/p-282-ra...-earplugs.aspx
OR you could pay a "specialist" $300 to use the same stuff and make them for you.
Tech23
http://www.radians.com/main/p-282-ra...-earplugs.aspx
OR you could pay a "specialist" $300 to use the same stuff and make them for you.
Tech23
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From: New England
Years ago I was going for a ride with my neighbor; me on my Sportster, Chrome Werks 2-2 pipes and a shorty helmet, no windshield...him on a BMW 800 with a modular helmet...at our destination he not only removed his helemet, but also ear plugs...I felt like I was squandering my sense of hearing if he was going to that length on an already quiet bike...I now use skull screws under a 3/4 or modular; what a difference...and I may be able to hear futher into my old age, too!
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From: Puerto Rico
I use ear plugs everyday at work, also at shooting range... so i have tried a bunch. Sounds to me like yur problem is fit, for some reason they are not fitting yur canal. can't help yu becuz I don't know anything about Alpines but I just ordered a set.