View Poll Results: How often do you use ears plugs when riding?
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Ear Plugs
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Road Warrior
Joined: Feb 2008
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From: Arizona
Ear Plugs
Motrcycling and the noise that comes with it (both engine and wind noise) easily damages your hearing, PERMANENTLY!
I was wondering how many riders use ear plugs and how often do they use them. I hope most riders use hearing protection every time they ride but let's find out.
Please answer the following poll question:
I wear ear plugs when riding
A. Never
B. Only on longer rides
C. Whenever I remember
D. Always
Thanks and remember "Dirty side down."
I was wondering how many riders use ear plugs and how often do they use them. I hope most riders use hearing protection every time they ride but let's find out.
Please answer the following poll question:
I wear ear plugs when riding
A. Never
B. Only on longer rides
C. Whenever I remember
D. Always
Thanks and remember "Dirty side down."
Last edited by Danny D; Sep 21, 2012 at 01:00 PM.
Road Captain
Joined: May 2007
Posts: 573
Likes: 7
From: Florida
Thought about them for years & years !
Pulled up at a rally few year ago in front of on of those custom plug vender's
Cant ride without em any more and no fatigue .
Better yet , as I found a fix for my Woods cam's
Hindsight is a wonderful thing .
Pulled up at a rally few year ago in front of on of those custom plug vender's
Cant ride without em any more and no fatigue .
Better yet , as I found a fix for my Woods cam's
Hindsight is a wonderful thing .
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Joined: Jun 2011
Posts: 3,832
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From: Coastal Carolina
It's not the noise of the pipes, it's the damage that the wind causes. If you want to keep your hearing and not have a constant ringing (tinnitus), you'll wear them. Ask any of us old farts.
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Road Captain
Joined: Jan 2009
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From: St. Louis
I started wearing them 37 years ago when I hired on doing assembly line work and still wear them religiously. (I'm now retired) I can actually hear the radio better with them in. As stated above, they cut out the higher pitched noises, especially the wind noise. The pipes sound better, too. I even wear them when I cut the grass. Overkill....I don't think so. I can hear a LOT better than the vast majority of my friends who were in the same line of work.
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Road Warrior
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 1,584
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From: Here and there
This. My bike sounds awesome. It's the wind noise that sucks.
Tourer
Joined: Mar 2008
Posts: 413
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From: Oklahoma
As a flight line mechanic, they are always preacing hearing protection....but I wear them all the time, riding, mowing, weedeating, chainsaw....it does allow me to turn tha radio down a bit and still hear it and no wind noise alows me actually hear cars and other noises...