im a dual combo - i use Alpine Moto Safe Pro earplugs and in helmet comms / speakers. I run the black "Tour" earplugs which are the lower level earplug whichgive a 17 dB attenuation (compared to the red "race" ones which do 20db). If i wear the red you can tell the few DB difference mainly in having a convo when stopped etc. This dulls the wind noise and all noise but still allows you to hear comms / music and can leave them in even when stopping for lunch and still have convos. As you mentioned i then need music on full volume to get a decent listen but i find overall it works well as protecting ears and reducing those "helmet headaches" from the noise while still allowing comms and conversation.
im using racing version now and no regrets, give me all silencing in the world, the more the better lol ; i can still hear sirens etc, but for longer than 3min stops i take them out. You can have convo with them in ears, but only without helmet. Plugs+helmet and u almost deaf for convo purposes ; So for like refueling at gas station just taking helmet off work well enough for me . They do kinda get loose with time, so every 2-3hours i need to take them out and in again, but i always have break in that time anyway to take them out so no big issue. theres always big 'relief' feeling after longer ride when i take them out, like getting back to reality and having hearing back ;
OHHH a resounding YES on the earbuds. Got my music going and if on a long slab run google maps going for the speed trap warnings. Nothing like riding motorcycles and jamming to AC/DC. Just an American viewpoint, each to their own. 😂🏍
I started wearing foam earbuds because at speed the speakers built into my helmet had to be turned up full, which is awfully loud at a red light. Earbuds actually made it a better experience blocking out wind noise whilst still hearing the music. I used to only use the speakers on a boring highway ride but now I don't use them at all. Just me and the bike once the helmet goes on. I can't imagine talking to people while riding, but that's just me.
Great topic. I don't use ear buds, I prefer to focus on the adventure. Plus, I have never liked anything sticking in my ear. So, when needed, I use over the ear head sets. Adding speakers in your helmet is just asking for hearing damage.
John, i thought the same, the first time I wore them, within half an hour, i totally forgot I had them in and they cut out all the droning from the wind on the highway and I could still hear everything else.... I have bad tinnitus and really need to wear ear protection, I should have been doing it years ago. Speakers in your helmet will only damage your hearing if they are too loud, being as close to your ears as they are, they don't need to be loud, you can still hear the music with ear protection in as well, I know this because I'm a musician that worked live for years, that's how I got tinnitus in the first place, no ear protection. I always assumed i wouldn't be able to hear the guitar properly, I was wrong.....
i use dedicated alpine moto ear plug racing version and im pretty happy with them other than they a little too big for my ear, they should have different sizes, but they silence wind and other low frequency noises very well. I cant imagine listening to music during ride, especially offroad when im 100% mentally focused. Maybe on some boring road travel when theres no traffic and its mostly straight roads id be fine but still, never practiced that. But if someone can do it and still be very focused on road it doesnt bother me.
Custom moulded earplugs are fantastic. Very comfortable, block out wind noise and offer great sound reproduction for music or speech. I found with in he,met speakers you had to crank the volume super high to hear them over wind noise causing both distortion and likely damage to your ears over the long term, where as with moulded ear plugs you can have the volume at normal levels and hear everything perfectly. I use Noiseguard, an Aussie. Fans, but I’m sure there are many more.
I use to run samsung ear buds but as you said got sick of the treasure hunt every time you take your helmet off so after I dropped one in to a puddle 🙄 I went and bought a set of Sony WI-C100 in ear head phones and they are really good they have a cable between left and right so theres safety string and the bits that go in to your ears a very small profile so easier getting your helmet on/off, sound and battery is really good too.
It depends on what I'm doing but I like the Oxford filterbuds ear plugs when running around town and short runs down the highway. They take away a huge amount of wind noise and they don't stop the good sounds of my bike. Long trips I'll just throw in my blue tooth buds but lately it's mostly just been the Oxfords .
I have a Cardo packtalk Edge, in a Shoei Hornet adv helmet and I run Earpeace Moto Pro Adventure series earplugs. This combination is absolute perfection in my opinion. I can hear the bike, whatever’s coming through my speakers, but I get very little wind noise all the way up to 80-90mph. Highly recommend Earpeace ear plugs. Super impressed with how well they filter noise and sounds you want to hear.
I use a cardo with ear plugs. Plugs have a small tube through the middle. Blocks out the wind noise and lets you hear the sound from the speakers in the helmet loud and clear.
Shure aonic 215 with shures cable (tye Bluetooth moduels are too big to comfortably fit under a helmet. Shure claim 37db passive attenation from the foam tips. Way quieter than any ANC!!! And as good as most foam ear plugs. Shure quality music right in your ears with wind noise blocked out! The cable wraps up over the ears and really helps keep them in place. The buds as so small it’s easy enough to get the helmet on and off, don’t fall on the ground when removing your helmet. Comfortable enough for all day use. Don’t have to worry about flat batteries cause your anc to not work. The 3.5mm plug just plugs into the 3.5mm jack on my Cardo packtalk bold. By far the best solution I’ve tried in over 20th are if adv riding!
The laws are stupid and antiquated. Whilst the manufacturers are adding more sound deadening to vehicles, more distracting screens, and amphitheater levels of stereo systems inside vehicles, they don't accommodate how loud wind can be while on a motorcycle at speed, that 90% of the noise is only a hindrance and not a help for situational awareness, also easily compounds fatigue and inattention over time.
I do have a Cardo set up, but it is pretty old and I have to connect it in a set sequence or it doesn't work, if I stall the bike it turns off. But I do have similar Ear Buds to yours, Samsung, I might give them a go.
I use earbuds one ear bud in one ear in the other just ear protection the other earbud is charging and after a stop an hour or two I switch so I can still hear everything that's going on around me with the ear that doesn't have an ear bud and the music in the other ear ... so like that i can ride a whole day and not worry about the battery on the buds ...
Just got a cardo neo, haven’t ridden with it yet but gave it a test sounds wikid and I can control the music, phone via the switch block on the 450mt 👍🏻
As pointed out in the video, earbuds are great with noisy motorcycles / helmets. I use earbuds on my Aprilia Tuareg but a helmet with speakers when I ride my Honda Goldwing. In both cases, it is nice to listen to music or books while driving.
@@onthebackwheel Loudspeakers on a motorcycle are a joke, what do you need them for, incomprehensible to me. It also has a million buttons for radio and other things on it that I don't use…..but a great machine for long trips on tarmac.
@@leiflindqvist9095 I meant in helmet my mat. I agree though, I used the speakers on my brother's HD and couldn't hear them on the highway if they weren't at full blast 😂
I always wear earplugs just to protect my hearing. My helmet has Bluetooth speakers and when I'm cruising on the pavement I'll listen to music more often than not. When I am in the dirt I just focus on the riding as I'm not great at riding off-road.
Google pixel buds have been my favourite for riding. Slim fit. ANC makes music so much better to listen to. If the ANC is not too good, i just turn it off then on again. With ANC, it feels like ur in a car on the mwy. Hard to justify Cardo's or similar when its only for a single use case, when the wireless earbuds are more flexible and come with ANC.
Ooofff, I have used enough to know the best. I'm currently using Jabra elite 7's and I like them. I wouldn't say they are mind blowing though. The wired bluetooth ones I used and liked were the Sony wi c100, good for the price
Wind noise in my Airoh Commander riding my Honda CRF300 Rally. Stock exhaust is WAY too noisy for in helmet mounted speakers. In ear buds cause little sores to form in my ear canal and get sweaty. It’s a bother. Earplugs and regular stops to air out.
Use comms when riding with a mate, otherwise at all times just use ear buds for noise protection and very very rarely play music as I just prefer peace and quiet.
@@onthebackwheel being a helicopter pilot, that’s what I fly with as well. Has a special filter built in that takes away 80% of the noise and still allows the comms to come through. Just need to turn up the volume slightly.
I have constant ringing in my left ear. So, just ear plugs for me. At the GL Rally Lexin installed a comm unit for $100 in my helmet. It worked well with the earplugs but I never used it and it made the helmet a bit snug, I took it out.
Yeah, I agree with how you wear them, sort of. I actually wear Beeswax earplugs, and listen to music via my Comms device, through the plugs, You need to have it cranked up, but it works. Have the music on, on the transport sections, off when you're in the bush, just to remove any distraction they may provide, you need to be concentrating 100%, watching for that earbud wearing motorcyclist coming the other way, riding too fast listening to their favourite song. 😂. I think L and P platers should ride for a few more years without them, after they get their license, while they're still green . Comms is always good for giving heads up or making travel decisions on the fly, both on and off road. 👍
No earbuds... I have samsung ones but they always catch on the helmet as you pointed out. I do wear earplugs. Besides I'm addicted to the sound of my street triple. ;-)
My personal opinion is that a rider needs to be very alert in traffic and therefore wearing AirPods listening to music can lead to day dreaming and distraction which could cause a rider to miss reading the traffic and could result in a crash.
not for me, never used em never will. no such thing as a bike being too loud.. wont listen to anything when im riding except the wind, the bike and the voices in my head lol..
@@MickH60 51 yrs old and my hearing is fine.. personally i think any other noise or cancelling out noise on a motorbike is a distraction. i want to hear my bike and whats going on around me, for my own safety...!!!
im a dual combo - i use Alpine Moto Safe Pro earplugs and in helmet comms / speakers. I run the black "Tour" earplugs which are the lower level earplug whichgive a 17 dB attenuation (compared to the red "race" ones which do 20db). If i wear the red you can tell the few DB difference mainly in having a convo when stopped etc. This dulls the wind noise and all noise but still allows you to hear comms / music and can leave them in even when stopping for lunch and still have convos. As you mentioned i then need music on full volume to get a decent listen but i find overall it works well as protecting ears and reducing those "helmet headaches" from the noise while still allowing comms and conversation.
Same setup here and i find that in long trips the difference in tiredness levels is huge
im using racing version now and no regrets, give me all silencing in the world, the more the better lol ; i can still hear sirens etc, but for longer than 3min stops i take them out.
You can have convo with them in ears, but only without helmet. Plugs+helmet and u almost deaf for convo purposes ;
So for like refueling at gas station just taking helmet off work well enough for me .
They do kinda get loose with time, so every 2-3hours i need to take them out and in again, but i always have break in that time anyway to take them out so no big issue.
theres always big 'relief' feeling after longer ride when i take them out, like getting back to reality and having hearing back ;
OHHH a resounding YES on the earbuds. Got my music going and if on a long slab run google maps going for the speed trap warnings. Nothing like riding motorcycles and jamming to AC/DC. Just an American viewpoint, each to their own. 😂🏍
Speed cameras, now that's a good idea 🤘
Tried all sorts but always revert back to foam earplugs 🍻
Tried and true 👊
I started wearing foam earbuds because at speed the speakers built into my helmet had to be turned up full, which is awfully loud at a red light. Earbuds actually made it a better experience blocking out wind noise whilst still hearing the music. I used to only use the speakers on a boring highway ride but now I don't use them at all. Just me and the bike once the helmet goes on. I can't imagine talking to people while riding, but that's just me.
Fair enough mate, it is a bit strange at first and I've only done it twice!
No, only earplugs for protection as I suffer tinnitus and I want to hear the sound of my bike
Fair enough!
I ride a husqvarna, great bike but I don't want to hear it. It sounds like a can of bolts on a washboard road.
Great topic. I don't use ear buds, I prefer to focus on the adventure. Plus, I have never liked anything sticking in my ear. So, when needed, I use over the ear head sets. Adding speakers in your helmet is just asking for hearing damage.
Fair enough mate. I can see the appeal of speakers on a bigger tourer with a nice quiet helmet, useless to me 😂
John, i thought the same, the first time I wore them, within half an hour, i totally forgot I had them in and they cut out all the droning from the wind on the highway and I could still hear everything else.... I have bad tinnitus and really need to wear ear protection, I should have been doing it years ago. Speakers in your helmet will only damage your hearing if they are too loud, being as close to your ears as they are, they don't need to be loud, you can still hear the music with ear protection in as well, I know this because I'm a musician that worked live for years, that's how I got tinnitus in the first place, no ear protection. I always assumed i wouldn't be able to hear the guitar properly, I was wrong.....
i use dedicated alpine moto ear plug racing version and im pretty happy with them other than they a little too big for my ear, they should have different sizes, but they silence wind and other low frequency noises very well.
I cant imagine listening to music during ride, especially offroad when im 100% mentally focused. Maybe on some boring road travel when theres no traffic and its mostly straight roads id be fine but still, never practiced that. But if someone can do it and still be very focused on road it doesnt bother me.
A fair few people have mentioned the Alpine Moto now, I might check them out
Custom moulded earplugs are fantastic. Very comfortable, block out wind noise and offer great sound reproduction for music or speech. I found with in he,met speakers you had to crank the volume super high to hear them over wind noise causing both distortion and likely damage to your ears over the long term, where as with moulded ear plugs you can have the volume at normal levels and hear everything perfectly. I use Noiseguard, an Aussie. Fans, but I’m sure there are many more.
Sounds like a great set up. I'll have to check them out
I use to run samsung ear buds but as you said got sick of the treasure hunt every time you take your helmet off so after I dropped one in to a puddle 🙄 I went and bought a set of Sony WI-C100 in ear head phones and they are really good they have a cable between left and right so theres safety string and the bits that go in to your ears a very small profile so easier getting your helmet on/off, sound and battery is really good too.
Those are the exact ones I had mate, loved them and might have to get another set just for riding
It depends on what I'm doing but I like the Oxford filterbuds ear plugs when running around town and short runs down the highway. They take away a huge amount of wind noise and they don't stop the good sounds of my bike. Long trips I'll just throw in my blue tooth buds but lately it's mostly just been the Oxfords .
Never heard of the filter buds so I looked them up, they look good
I have a Cardo packtalk Edge, in a Shoei Hornet adv helmet and I run Earpeace Moto Pro Adventure series earplugs. This combination is absolute perfection in my opinion. I can hear the bike, whatever’s coming through my speakers, but I get very little wind noise all the way up to 80-90mph. Highly recommend Earpeace ear plugs. Super impressed with how well they filter noise and sounds you want to hear.
Sounds like a good set up
I use a cardo with ear plugs. Plugs have a small tube through the middle. Blocks out the wind noise and lets you hear the sound from the speakers in the helmet loud and clear.
That's bloody clever
Shure aonic 215 with shures cable (tye Bluetooth moduels are too big to comfortably fit under a helmet. Shure claim 37db passive attenation from the foam tips. Way quieter than any ANC!!! And as good as most foam ear plugs.
Shure quality music right in your ears with wind noise blocked out! The cable wraps up over the ears and really helps keep them in place. The buds as so small it’s easy enough to get the helmet on and off, don’t fall on the ground when removing your helmet. Comfortable enough for all day use. Don’t have to worry about flat batteries cause your anc to not work. The 3.5mm plug just plugs into the 3.5mm jack on my Cardo packtalk bold. By far the best solution I’ve tried in over 20th are if adv riding!
Now that sounds like a good option. Always rated Shure sound quality too
I dont care if it's illegal to wear foam ear plugs. What's left of my hearing is more valuable than a ticket
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The laws are stupid and antiquated.
Whilst the manufacturers are adding more sound deadening to vehicles, more distracting screens, and amphitheater levels of stereo systems inside vehicles, they don't accommodate how loud wind can be while on a motorcycle at speed, that 90% of the noise is only a hindrance and not a help for situational awareness, also easily compounds fatigue and inattention over time.
I've rode with ear buds for years. I love m. Can't be without. It's a vibe. I ride solo so no coms but I love some tunes.
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I do have a Cardo set up, but it is pretty old and I have to connect it in a set sequence or it doesn't work, if I stall the bike it turns off.
But I do have similar Ear Buds to yours, Samsung, I might give them a go.
I use earbuds one ear bud in one ear in the other just ear protection the other earbud is charging and after a stop an hour or two I switch
so I can still hear everything that's going on around me with the ear that doesn't have an ear bud and the music in the other ear ...
so like that i can ride a whole day and not worry about the battery on the buds ...
That's a good idea
Just got a cardo neo, haven’t ridden with it yet but gave it a test sounds wikid and I can control the music, phone via the switch block on the 450mt 👍🏻
Gee that's alright being able to control it
As pointed out in the video, earbuds are great with noisy motorcycles / helmets. I use earbuds on my Aprilia Tuareg but a helmet with speakers when I ride my Honda Goldwing. In both cases, it is nice to listen to music or books while driving.
Goldwing would be perfect with speakers 🎶
@@onthebackwheel
Loudspeakers on a motorcycle are a joke, what do you need them for, incomprehensible to me. It also has a million buttons for radio and other things on it that I don't use…..but a great machine for long trips on tarmac.
@@leiflindqvist9095 I meant in helmet my mat. I agree though, I used the speakers on my brother's HD and couldn't hear them on the highway if they weren't at full blast 😂
In Australia- can’t use coms or earbuds when on your L’s or P’s, well in NSW at least, I’m sure it’s the same in other states
Thanks mate, ood to know
abso-fetching-lutely I wear noise cancelling earbuds while riding. Tinnitus is bad enough, losing hearing all the way is worse.
I always wear earplugs just to protect my hearing. My helmet has Bluetooth speakers and when I'm cruising on the pavement I'll listen to music more often than not. When I am in the dirt I just focus on the riding as I'm not great at riding off-road.
I turn it off too mate, got to concentrate!
Google pixel buds have been my favourite for riding. Slim fit. ANC makes music so much better to listen to. If the ANC is not too good, i just turn it off then on again. With ANC, it feels like ur in a car on the mwy.
Hard to justify Cardo's or similar when its only for a single use case, when the wireless earbuds are more flexible and come with ANC.
That's where I'm at ATM too. Maybe when I get some more spare money I'll have a dedicated bike set
Cool. Looking to get a Cardo system soon to try.
I hear good things about them
What are the best ear buds for motorcycles? I’ve got expensive Sony earbuds but they are useless when on a motorcycle at anything above idle revs.
Ooofff, I have used enough to know the best. I'm currently using Jabra elite 7's and I like them. I wouldn't say they are mind blowing though. The wired bluetooth ones I used and liked were the Sony wi c100, good for the price
Wind noise in my Airoh Commander riding my Honda CRF300 Rally. Stock exhaust is WAY too noisy for in helmet mounted speakers. In ear buds cause little sores to form in my ear canal and get sweaty. It’s a bother. Earplugs and regular stops to air out.
Makes it tough. I see some of the others recommending certain earplugs and speakers and saying it works for them sound wise
@@onthebackwheel nothing to do but give some of them a try. Thanks!
@@rickyzoom8059 hey that's it. Got to do what works for you
Use comms when riding with a mate, otherwise at all times just use ear buds for noise protection and very very rarely play music as I just prefer peace and quiet.
Nothing wrong with that
In Canada its legal to wear plugs, earphones on a motorcycle as it is seen as hearing protection. This doesn't apply to cars.
Thanks for the info mate
Podcasts when traveling on freeway/city streets. Nothing while off roading - then I need to focus. So at most, helmet comms with other riders.
Perfect
Special molded earplugs and Sena comms. Cuts out the noise and can still hear the music or whatever you need from the speakers
Looks like I need to try this combo
@@onthebackwheel being a helicopter pilot, that’s what I fly with as well. Has a special filter built in that takes away 80% of the noise and still allows the comms to come through. Just need to turn up the volume slightly.
@@aviateur1618 that's great. What brand were they?
I have constant ringing in my left ear. So, just ear plugs for me.
At the GL Rally Lexin installed a comm unit for $100 in my helmet. It worked well with the earplugs but I never used it and it made the helmet a bit snug, I took it out.
Interesting, was that with a helmet that had speakers spots?
@@onthebackwheel Yeah an Arai XD4. I’m sure there are better systems with thinner speakers.
@@pinkiewerewolf I can't stand anything in that area of the helmet so I feel you
Yeah, I agree with how you wear them, sort of. I actually wear Beeswax earplugs, and listen to music via my Comms device, through the plugs, You need to have it cranked up, but it works. Have the music on, on the transport sections, off when you're in the bush, just to remove any distraction they may provide, you need to be concentrating 100%, watching for that earbud wearing motorcyclist coming the other way, riding too fast listening to their favourite song. 😂. I think L and P platers should ride for a few more years without them, after they get their license, while they're still green . Comms is always good for giving heads up or making travel decisions on the fly, both on and off road. 👍
Mate sounds like earplugs and comms are a popular choice. I suppose half the reason I put my earbuds in is to cut out some noise
No earbuds... I have samsung ones but they always catch on the helmet as you pointed out. I do wear earplugs. Besides I'm addicted to the sound of my street triple. ;-)
They do sound good!
i always found it distracting and would rather be with my thoughts... getting a phone call or blasting music is distracting...
Fair enough mate. Sometimes it's good to just disconnect
@@onthebackwheel Right on !
My personal opinion is that a rider needs to be very alert in traffic and therefore wearing AirPods listening to music can lead to day dreaming and distraction which could cause a rider to miss reading the traffic and could result in a crash.
Yep, if you can't pay attention with them, then you shouldn't be wearing them
Cardio blaring at all times, well, most times
They look like a good system. Happy with yours?
@@onthebackwheel Yeah runs for ages too
@@robhayes8295 I'll have to check them out
not for me, never used em never will. no such thing as a bike being too loud.. wont listen to anything when im riding except the wind, the bike and the voices in my head lol..
That's part of the reason I listen to music 😂
You won't have a choice, eventually you'll get tinnitus and you'll have noise forever...!!!
@@MickH60 51 yrs old and my hearing is fine.. personally i think any other noise or cancelling out noise on a motorbike is a distraction. i want to hear my bike and whats going on around me, for my own safety...!!!
Con - frying your grey matter with wireless tech
There is still the good old wired option!