[c_dub]

Motorcyclist just tested the Big Ear BE-1C ($299.95) in their latest issue and loved them. They're expensive but seem well worth it.

http://www.bigearinc.com/Products/catalog.aspx

And I agree with many others here in that they have to be noise-cancelling. What's the point otherwise? If you're serious about your hearing, make sure they're noise cancelling.

 

[Sinner73]

I found an old pair of skull candy earbuds and tried them out today. They wound up pulling out of me ear in the helmet and lodged between my ear and the ear pad (very very uncomfortable). I gotta get some of those helmet speakers.

really ? the suction ones ? i never had that issue .

 

[mcjasonb]

i like to hear things around me, like my engine, and other cars horns or sirens. but i also like to have a little music in the background. so i chose to install speakers in my helmet. i tried using ear buds on one quick ride and it just seemed very strange not being able to hear anything. also it is illegal in most states to have ear buds in both ears while riding. so this way i can have stereo music and still be legal doing it.

 

[MrDude_1]

i like to hear things around me, like my engine, and other cars horns or sirens. but i also like to have a little music in the background. so i chose to install speakers in my helmet. i tried using ear buds on one quick ride and it just seemed very strange not being able to hear anything. also it is illegal in most states to have ear buds in both ears while riding. so this way i can have stereo music and still be legal doing it.

other nice thing is that you dont have to mess with the headphones constantly when the helmet comes on and off..
just put the helmet on, tuck the cord and go.

 

[Big-Pete]

bought earbuds for a PSP from Toys'R'Us for $10 and they are the best cheap earbud I have ever used. Not only for riding but I use them all the Time for work with Granite installation and fabrication!!
http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3025607

 

[mcjasonb]

other nice thing is that you dont have to mess with the headphones constantly when the helmet comes on and off..
just put the helmet on, tuck the cord and go.

yessir!

 

[crf69]

i listen to music all the time while riding........it's legal in ohio........what i did was.......take a regular pair of headphones junky ones from radio shack and cut the ear phones off the headband,......then i industrial strenghth velcroed them to the inside of my helmet in the area where it's open ........i have them hooked to a 512mb apple ipod shuffle........the size of a pack of gum........holds 120 songs depending on lenghth.....awesome setup

 

[mcjasonb]

i listen to music all the time while riding........it's legal in ohio........what i did was.......take a regular pair of headphones junky ones from radio shack and cut the ear phones off the headband,......then i industrial strenghth velcroed them to the inside of my helmet in the area where it's open ........i have them hooked to a 512mb apple ipod shuffle........the size of a pack of gum........holds 120 songs depending on lenghth.....awesome setup

yup i did that in my old hjc helmet. tried it in my scorpion helmet and they were to thick. so i got the real helmet speakers that are really thin.

 

[joecivic]

I use the skull candy earbuds also. I'm a fan... great bang for the buck.

 

[vt954]

For you guys using the Etymotic buds, you should look into these:http://www.etymotic.com/ephp/erme.aspx

They are custom molded to your ears. Both my girlfriend and I have a set. They work great as earplugs, or if you plug the ER6 into them, they are great ear bugs. You can get an adapter from Etymotic to make them work. I think it is only ER6 not the i model though.

Just find a local hearing aid place that sells Etymotic. I think they were about $125. You can probably even just have a hearing aid place take the molds and send them in yourself I would guess.

 

[KTMsupermotoman]

Honestly I think listening to music or smoking on bike is kinda lame...there is a time and a place for everything,and those things just don't go with bikes...just my 2 penny's.

 

[pimprezawrx]

Saying earphones are not safe is like saying you will quit riding tomorrow if you wake up deaf. They should not affect your riding because you still have your vision and mirrors which are most important.

 

[KTMsupermotoman]

Not totally true man...when your listening to your music and a emergancy vehicle hits you because you didn't hear the siren...it will be to late for you to hear the next song!!!

 

[LilMoney]

sinner73... change your avatar

 

[vt954]

I just posted about my ear plugs, but I'll note that I don't use the speakers with them while riding. I use them only as plus to keep the wind noise down. I tried with music once, but rode a lot more like a jackass than I generally like to. So no more music for me!

 

[crf69]

lilmoney had it first........

 

[ADG]

listen to what your bike is doing and enjoy the sound of your bike.

I'll be the first one to call you a slow, miserable, unsafe cunt if you feel the need to have any more external influences.

 

[chrishillwashere]

listen to what your bike is doing and enjoy the sound of your bike.

I'll be the first one to call you a slow, miserable, unsafe cunt if you feel the need to have any more external influences.

yea, cruising my DRZ at 70mph for an hour on highway gets boring

 

[reddeth]

yea, cruising my DRZ at 70mph for an hour on highway gets boring

I agree, the only time I ever listen to music is when commuting, and even then only one earbud is in with the volume down as low as possible.

It's not the safest, but for long straight roads it's damned boring. I haven't noticed a difference in riding ability, but if I ever noticed it affecting me inadvertently I'd stop, safety is more important than music.

 

[Hobie Sailor]

I use a 60gb iPod with a RF remote velcro'd to the top fork clamps. The iPod just stays in my pocket on random. I rode from Minnesota to Tennessee on a gixxer 750, and I don't think I would have made it with out tunes.

Sony has a great sounding set of earbuds that do a good job of acting as an earplug for about $20, They're small and don't get pinched in a helmet.