Earplug usage with loud pipes.
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RE: Earplug usage with loud pipes.
This is a very weird discussion. I wear either ear plugs (to cut down wind noise and wind in the ears)or MP3 phone plugs (to hear my tunes and cut down wind). My pipes (SE II slip-ons) don't bother me.... IF they did, I'd sure as heck change them.. the idea that the pipes would be too loud for me, but what the heck, other folks don't mind is kind of ludicrous.
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RE: Earplug usage with loud pipes.
I've been wanting to try wearing them, but have this thought in the back of my head like....what if someone honks and I don't hear? or what about sirens? I've had to wear ear plugs at work before, and I know they don't eliminate hearing...I just know that on a bike, one can't be too careful.
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RE: Earplug usage with loud pipes.
ORIGINAL: harleyjammer1200
I've been wanting to try wearing them, but have this thought in the back of my head like....what if someone honks and I don't hear? or what about sirens? I've had to wear ear plugs at work before, and I know they don't eliminate hearing...I just know that on a bike, one can't be too careful.
I've been wanting to try wearing them, but have this thought in the back of my head like....what if someone honks and I don't hear? or what about sirens? I've had to wear ear plugs at work before, and I know they don't eliminate hearing...I just know that on a bike, one can't be too careful.
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RE: Earplug usage with loud pipes.
If your own pipes are the cause of your hearing problems, either you are sitting around the garage too long with the motor running, or you have some serious issues with your pipes! 
The thing that affects your hearing most while riding (as several others have pointed out) is the wind rushing by your head/ears. At 60mph + you shouldn't be hearing much from your own pipes (the guy in front of you might be a different story!)
The thing that affects your hearing most while riding (as several others have pointed out) is the wind rushing by your head/ears. At 60mph + you shouldn't be hearing much from your own pipes (the guy in front of you might be a different story!)
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RE: Earplug usage with loud pipes.
ORIGINAL: Clammy
I use earplugs, not because the volume of my pipes, but because wind noise is brutally bad for my hearing!
I use earplugs, not because the volume of my pipes, but because wind noise is brutally bad for my hearing!
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RE: Earplug usage with loud pipes.
i like to go for rides with my ipod , the earbuds keep the wind out of my ears and i can actually hear the bike better on the highway without the wind. . . and its nice to have a soundtrack while out riding. i can hear sirens and my pipes still with the music up.
