Who else wears Earbuds?  By  domindart (Read 1,921 times)

I normally do but won't until the motor is broken in. Its good to hear the exhaust note for now...

you need to look at you state laws - they vary widely. That said, I use helmet speakers and wired my scoot up for satellite radio. Here's a good thread from the old site: scootdawg.proboards.com/thread/20749

Hi all my opinion is anything that blocks your senses is not good, one needs to hear as well as see whats happening around them to be safe.

Lots of folks actually wear ear plugs as the db level on most bikes with most helmets is above what is damaging to your ears. So what is worse nothing in your ears and failing hearing or sticking something in there to protect your ears from the constant white noise??

+1

For me, it is not just that it can block some sounds I might want to hear, it is the distraction.

This is my second year of riding, and the first year I was uber attentive and watching EVERYTHING. This year I was driving down the road with lots of cross streets and noticed I was not watching every car, I was far more relaxed and inattentive. I went back to the old way of watching every cross street and every car and what they were doing. Still relaxed, but hyper alert. Listening to music is going to dull some of that alertness.

I can rock out at home, on the street I just want to not get killed because I was playing Karoke with some Blink 182.

Ear plugs might block out, say some wind noise and protect my ears, but you don't turn earplugs up louder than the windnoise to hear music. Earplugs might dull some perception, does not need to be even louder than the noise you are trying to block out.

To each their own, but not for me.

I dont want anything in my ears that would distract me i dont believe it is safe to not be able to hear more important things you need to hear , like ambulance or police , or someone slamming on there brakes to avoid hitting you .

You can still hear all that with the plugs in unless the music is too loud.