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Old Jun 4, 2014 | 11:52 PM
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Anyone else listen to music while riding? I always do. If so, what's in your play list?
 
Old Jun 5, 2014 | 12:06 AM
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The sound of my exhaust on repeat.

Don't know how you listen to music while riding unless you're talking about speakers on the bike? Headphone speakers it would distract and annoy me. I feel more alert with a quiet head.
 
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There's so much background noise, hard to hear anything on a bike. I too wear molded plugs to kill the noise.
If I had a playlist, Steppenwolf Magic Carpet Ride and Born to be Wild come to mind.
 
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I wear ear plugs to block the wind and nothing else, so no music except what's in my hear. Besides, music to me is distracting and I sure don't need that.
 
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Never have until last year. Now I do all the time. CCR is number one on the play list.
 
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I'll show my age here. I only listen to the Ventures. So since they generally keep their trap shut, I hear tunes. Not yelling. Therefore not distracting.
 
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I listen to a Classic Rock radio station. I find it does not distract me at all, I listen to the same station in my cars. I have a 2013 EGC, so I have external speakers that automatically compensate for external road noise to stay at a constant perceived volume.
 

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Yes, I wear Bose ear buds which are not noise canceling and I can still hear my bike easily, plus I have a full face helmet and that allows me to keep the volume down too. Never been distracted listening to music and having Fishbone, Operation Ivy and Dropkick Murphys makes me happy
 
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Old Country is my first choice -- then 70 to 80's Fleetwood Mac, Pat Benetar, Air Supply, Boz Scaggs, Kim Carnes

been listening to music for a long time
 
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