First off, I'd actually want to know if it's legal to even wear headphones while riding a bike. Sometimes it gets monotonous on the road listening to the wind. I just want to see how many people wear headphones while riding on a daily basis.

 

i think its not exactly legal, but i do it probably 95% of the time...

 

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I don't think it is in NY.

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Ear plugs

 

i wear earplugs whenever i get on the freeway or do any kind of canyon or track ride. I am thinking about installing speakers inside my helmet and getting the 1Gb minidisc players. I will probably need an extra amp to pump the volume to a level that would be loud enough to hear over the wind noise without getting all distorted.

And no i don't think that it is legal to wear them while riding. It isn't legal to wear them when you are driving your car either. I don't understand why though...it isn't illegal for deaf people to operate motorvehicles is it?

 

I think it might be, they wouldnt be able to hear sirens, horns, people yelling to get out of the way.

 

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haha, I've never thought of it that way. I could bring that up in court if I ever do get a ticket for it though.

 

earplugs

 

+1 for earplugs.
However, I would like to run a mono headphone so I can hear the wench in my GPS when I take long trips.

 

Regardless if it was legal or not, I still would choose not to wear them.

Being exposed on a motorbike is dangerous already. Music can be distracting while trying to make quick and precise decisions.

I just don't like to get hurt so the more advantages I have, I'd like to keep it on my side.

 

len, is the "for sale" link in your sig correct?

 

never listened to music while i was on my bike ever. didnt even think about it actually.

 

+2 earplugs

 

I personally think that the sound from my Yoshimura RS5 exhaust is music to my ears. I don't need no stinkin' headphones. I also get a nice vibration from exhaust!

 

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Especially when it's inches from your @$$ !!!!

 

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You're gay!

 

lol

 

i remember reading about a product i think was called miniblasters??? anyone ever hear of them. they are slim headphones that go in yout helmet permanently. i've googled them but got nothing. anyone have any luck?

 

here's what i found:

http://www.bikeintercom.com/pr....html

http://www.ascycles.com/detail.aspx?ID=1626

 

I do it all the time. I have some koss earphones and they're ok. I want the small sony earbuds but they're $50

 

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I could be mistaken, but I think in SC ear plugs are illegal too.

 

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I could be mistaken, but I think in SC ear plugs are illegal too.</TD></TR></TABLE>
Ear plugs are legal in CA. i think that chatterboxes are actually illegal tho, but not too much enforcement on that law.

 

95% earplugs
5% boring road trips: in-ear headphones (not earbuds, they suck)

i rarely use anything when riding the SV, no fairing = almost NO wind noise, but now its too cold not to ride without a fairing.

 

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5% boring road trips: in-ear headphones (not earbuds, they suck)

i rarely use anything when riding the SV, no fairing = almost NO wind noise, but now its too cold not to ride without a fairing.

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I'm starting to get confused with all of your accounts

 

WTF do you all use earplugs for? It's illegal to ride in a car with earphones, so a bike would be no exception, unless you're only using 1 ear. That's how I listen, when I do, which is not often.

 

a lot of things that honda-tech members do on motorcycles is illegal. headphones is probably one of the safer ones.