Earplugs?

Originally Posted by sv_dan

horrid syndrome missuswhingingintus!

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Check this out.......http://www.earplugs.gb.com/index.html
Got myself a pack of the soft FX, found them very effective

I've got ear plugs but to be honest I have never once had my ears ringing after riding without them where as I get it all the time from night clubs or when pubs have loud music playing. I can't see that the noise in the helmet can be anywhere near club/pub levels.

Some helmets are worse than others I guess and it depends how long you travel at high speed.

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Originally Posted by Toypop

I can't see that the noise in the helmet can be anywhere near club/pub levels.

Perhaps you are not riding fast enough


I wear them all the time - there again all my rides are over 25 miles. I find I am less tired for wearing them

Originally Posted by Toypop

I've got ear plugs but to be honest I have never once had my ears ringing after riding without them where as I get it all the time from night clubs or when pubs have loud music playing. I can't see that the noise in the helmet can be anywhere near club/pub levels.

I have after being on my SV for about 45 minutes. My ears were ringing as if I had been clubbing all night. I now wear ear plugs.

I did have a rather loud exhaust, I had a full Hindle racing exhaust system on the SV.

Reckon it might be your exhaust system or helmet?

I was doing between 60 and 100 miles at a time over the winter on national speed limit roads so a couple of hours at a time and never had any ear ringing. My helmet wasn't the best as I couldn't hear the engine at 60mph but I have an old Shark helmet that is a lot worse and is quite painful at 50mph and probably would give me ringing ears.

I couldn't wear the Shark over the winter though as it was just too cold due to so much air coming up into it.

I would say both. I had an Arai helmet that was very well ventilated so I could hear alot. The exhaust was so loud it would set off car alarms. Damn that was a lovely sound. *sigh*

An interesting line this. Looking at it from a work persective (That very interesting subject of health and safety) You would be forced to wear them by law as the bike and wind will exceed 90db (new regs come into force so that's 80db). But that's a work persective.

Personally the thought of being kept awake at night with tinitus, and to have hearing that will degrade over time will always have me wearing them.
I do miss the sound from the exhaust though

Watch out for the type you use though. I got a new type from work - totally unlike any I've used before: Instead of squeezing them up and then puting them in so they expand to the contours of you middle ear these ones have a soft out layer and a solid foam inner layer and you push them in - painfull! That and 'caus of them I'm having my ears syringed tomorrow (it's going to be sooo good to be able to hear properly) My Doctor wasn't best pleased with them when I showed her....

I need them, otherwise riding can sometimes be unbearable!