Is motorcycling allowed?

[The Ouzo]

4 minutes ago, IceCreamMan said:

Ear plugs are a must.... its the high pitched whistle sounds that destroy your hearing. hence i now am relatively deaf. long rides with JEB helmets in the 80's completely tuned out certain frequencies for me these days. So folks, wear ear plugs and dont just buy the cheapy foam ones get proper stuffs.

But its not all bad news, my wife's voice is in those frequencies. 

This is why bikers always want louder exhausts, they're all wearing ear plugs or are already deaf.

 

On a related note,

My manager's son has cochlear implants, in order for them to work he wears bone conducting hearing aids. Problem is, he cant get his helmet on with the hearing aids on, so he is effectively riding deaf.

[IceCreamMan]

31 minutes ago, The Ouzo said:

This is why bikers always want louder exhausts, they're all wearing ear plugs or are already deaf.

 

On a related note,

My manager's son has cochlear implants, in order for them to work he wears bone conducting hearing aids. Problem is, he cant get his helmet on with the hearing aids on, so he is effectively riding deaf.

i bought my wife a set of bone conducting headphones for when she goes running, they work damn well. I think for motorcycling applications they would work superbly well, if one could get them under the helmet. That way one could still hear the traffic etc. 

 

[RocknRolla]

I have a freecom 2 system. Got it for the same reasons. Navigation and taking calls while moving between sites. Sometimes certain things are time sensitive, and missing loads of calls could be problematic.

I had 2 issues. 
1) the helmet I had was quite noisy, causing difficulty to hear some people.

2) the wires for the speaker plug deteriorated on both the original and the 2nd helmet mounting system I bought. This caused both to stop working. 
 

have not ridden with it for more than a year, as the cost of a 3rd “second helmet kit” wil surpass what I spent on the original system.

for your purpose, I would rather look at a set of JBL endurance run headphones. Will obv not work with earplugs. (Used these as well with success for navigation. No calls and can gooi tunes.) 

edit, we have not been crazy busy the last while, so missing calls not such an issue. I normally call back at my next stop. 

Edited August 5, 2023 by RocknRolla

[sawystertrance]

"good tunes". That made me laugh, thanks

[Hairy]

23 hours ago, RocknRolla said:

I have a freecom 2 system. Got it for the same reasons. Navigation and taking calls while moving between sites. Sometimes certain things are time sensitive, and missing loads of calls could be problematic.

I had 2 issues. 
1) the helmet I had was quite noisy, causing difficulty to hear some people.

2) the wires for the speaker plug deteriorated on both the original and the 2nd helmet mounting system I bought. This caused both to stop working. 
 

have not ridden with it for more than a year, as the cost of a 3rd “second helmet kit” wil surpass what I spent on the original system.

for your purpose, I would rather look at a set of JBL endurance run headphones. Will obv not work with earplugs. (Used these as well with success for navigation. No calls and can gooi tunes.) 

edit, we have not been crazy busy the last while, so missing calls not such an issue. I normally call back at my next stop. 

Tried in ear headphones before, and the pressure of them on my ears was not exactly a nice sensation.

[Duane_Bosch]

On 8/4/2023 at 3:31 PM, IceCreamMan said:

I read Triumph launching an enduro/mx bike 

This has been a while in the making.

They're racing in AMA supercross next year in the 250 class so they aren't messing about. Bobby Hewett (Ex Husky team boss) is managing the team. Young hotshot Evan Ferry Has been signed on a multi year deal so they're looking to make an impact.

BETA is also entering the AMA next year with Colt Nichols on the 450.

[Andymann]

F-it.  I tried really hard but eventually I couldn't ignore glaringly obvious things!

So off to the powder coaters for some stuff and another order placed with Yamaha for missing parts

It needs a good wash anyway - probably last had one 10 years ago.

[sawystertrance]

Haha you have my sympathy. It becomes almost obesssive after a while and if you don't attend to it, it gnaws away at you. I just waterpapered the scratches on my crash bars for the same reason. Not perfect but an improvement.

[Hairy]

3 hours ago, Andymann said:

F-it.  I tried really hard but eventually I couldn't ignore glaringly obvious things!

So off to the powder coaters for some stuff and another order placed with Yamaha for missing parts

It needs a good wash anyway - probably last had one 10 years ago.

I am all for you going completely OCD on the bike .. as long as you keep taking pics and keeping us in the loop please

[IceCreamMan]

Footage from recent 1000 bike show

 

 

[Andymann]

Nice bikes at 10:17and 10:32.  I wonder who they belong to 😉

 

And for those who were wondering what was the most valuable bike there - the bike at 10:03 is probably worth around R900k......

 

 

[IceCreamMan]

Had a meeting up north and finally a semblance of summer came along so bike it was and thankfully so as the traffic was a **** up. I hate the M25. 
 

on way back I thought I would take a small detour and ended up here. Shmaaaak the place. 
 

British bike night later. Think I will hang about after my tea. 

[Andymann]

While I'm waiting for Yamaha parts to arrive I turned my attention to this again - I did get it running but it was backfiring quite badly due to a leaking inlet manifold which as you can guess is discontinued.  So I'm making a new one out of Aluminium. 

I will say it's quite a scary ride when it gets going so not sure yet what I'm going to do - I might keep it just to clear out my head on the odd occasion.

[Hairy]

Did 210km riding between sites today on the bike, and figured I deserved a little something special for it.

[Hairy]

Is it just me, or should a helmet not just make you "feel Safe" vs actually keep you safe?

 

[IceCreamMan]

11 hours ago, Hairy said:

Is it just me, or should a helmet not just make you "feel Safe" vs actually keep you safe?

 

Never worn a piss pot and never will. Even on scooters I wear my full face helmet.