Good to meet you today, nice to put a face to a vlogger 👍 My Dad was a speedway rider and from when I was very young, about 8, he made me wear all the gear and earplugs, now 60 biking years later (only missed 12 months in that time), having never ridden without ear protection, my hearing is still excellent, I think the damage was done in the 70's & 80's when helmets offered very little protection from wind noise and hardly anybody wore earplugs. As we spoke about today, small bikes make much more sense if you do lots of miles, just nice to have one big bike for when you want a 'blast'. Fav memory food, Birds blancmange & Jelly made in layers, so sweet !! 😄
Don't know if you Know, But completely motorbikes group went into administration today, that's old Skellerns Worcester, 3 thunder roads, old woods of Abergele and 7 others, apparently, they had a bad summer and banks withdrew support, so now gone, but some are being offered for sale as going concerns (probably just the profitable ones), getting a bit dire for bike shops at the mo ☹, and when visiting Kiddy to the SVR and footplate trains, last week, I popped into Bewdley and got the last 4 pieces of bread pudding they had, lovely 🙂👍
Sad news about the Food Stop, I go there a fair bit too, so I guess we have to find a new place to meet. The Danery pub, just down the road are very keen to encourage bikers to go there. wow ! not many there that day, no wonder they are closing it.
I have moderate tinnitus. I find it's the wind noise riding a bike that is the worst problem, not the engine. I wear a Schuberth helmet, which cuts out some of the noise, but I also wear earplugs. Having tried out one or two types, including the custom fitted, I find that the humble cotton wool ball works as well as anything. Take a single 1" cotton wool ball (you can buy a bag of them from Boots or similar), tear it in half and push one half gently into each ear. They are comfortable and very effective, and cheap. When they get a bit mucky just dispose and use a new ball.
I will be very sorry to see this place close, I will certainly miss it. Many thanks for your filming of the Biker Cafe (Food Stop Cafe) , I would like to make a suggestion, it would be wonderful if you could film the inside with it's various features; seating, view from the front window, pictures that hang inside, notice board and even the rack of Magazines...because once it's gone....it gone and it would be great to look back on it with fond memories and a lot of us, I am sure will.
I worked in an EMS call center. Early headsets had no noise canceling tech. Without exaggeration I took thousands of high volume calls for service. At the same time I did target shooting as well as rode my motorcycles. Tinnitus has been an issue for decades. I don't think earplugs make it worse but I often become more aware after a ride with my most effective earplugs. Regarding childhood food fav's.....homemade chocolate cream pie or pumpkin pie.
Sorry to hear the Food Stop is closing. The Danery Pub looks like a cool place to bike. Since I'm in the US I use Google maps to look up all these place you mention. It's not quite like I'm there but it's the next best thing and fun to browse around the areas.
Hi David , I am 62 riding since I was an egg 45 years have bad tinnitus ( was subject to loud bangs here in N.I.) when I was young. I find the ear plugs help when riding and settle the Tinnitus I can hear better with my Cardo also as my ear doesnt crackle . Regards Robert
I have Tinnitus and wouldn't ride without ear plugs,and I ride between 17k and 20k miles per year. My experience with ear plugs and Tinnitus is that they cut out the harmful high pitched sounds which is the frequency range that cause the damage to your hearing. Tinnitus is a constant high pitched ringing in the ears which is why when the ear plugs have cut out all the external high pitched sound your hearing is left with the low pitched bass sounds ,which is why you hear the low exhaust note that you don't without plugs.Now when wearing ear plugs you're left with low external sounds and the high pitch Tinnitus this makes the Tinntus sound worse but really it isn't it's unmasked just replacing the external high pitched sounds that would make your Tinnitus worse. I use the cheap Oxford foam ones which I find great for riding I wash and reuse and reuse them, though washing them does reduce there effectiveness after some ten washes.Recently I was in a Screwfix shop and bought some green coloured Uvex foam plugs which I found stopped almost all sound when riding but I was left with my Tinnitus high frequency sound,I concluded the Uvex ones might be better for long motorway journeys where hearing is less important than keen eyesight observation. Disclaimer:- I'm no expert or professional in any way shape or form,I'm just relaying my experience with Tinnitus,motorcycling and earplugs. My tinnitus was not caused motorcycling but by percussion drilling in confines of coal mining tunneling work. Enjoying the channel BTW,thanks
Hi. Just subscibed.. I live local to you in Bromsgrove.. Angel Delight.. You can still get it. Got a couple of sachets in the cupboard.. Homemade Rice Pudding, and bread and butter pudding.. Chocolate Concrete with custard... (got me on a roll lol). Shame about the Food Stop.. I think it's been going 30 years altogether? But not sure.. Looking forward to the next video..
Thanks Philip , as a bike venue longer than 30 actually my friend was telling me how he used to lean his cafe racer against the wall in the mid 60's ! ...Appreciate you watching.
I won't miss the lousy parking area at the Food Stop and to be honest, the breakfast at Tony's cafe (opposite side of the road) is better. The Danery pub is also going to start doing breakfasts in the very near future. Both the Danery and Tony's have far superior parking..
I have some custom fit guards plugs. Find them very comfortable, They cut out wind noise without drowning out other noises like the bike engine or traffic. Wouldn’t ride without plugs now. Love angel delight, got my kids to try it recently they turned their noses up… kids these days… lol 😂
Earplugs shouldn’t make tinnitus worse. Worth trying some different ones to try them out. Earplugs will help to preserve your hearing and reduce risk of long term damage/tinnitus
Hi David. Good thought provoking vid as usual. I have had tinnitus for over 20 years and my doctor once said that it was probably from all the loud equipment i use to operate in my career of 30 years as a Fireman. It was a long time before health and safety got involved. Anyway i will not ride 1 inch without earplugs and as usual in life is you get what you pay for. Since they first come out i have religiously used the The Alpine ones that most of the GP & Superbike racers use. They are colour coded and i swear by the red ones and you get a tool to insert them. They have never affected my tinnitus one way or the other. I always get childhood memories for all the wrong reasons and mine is sprouts. All because my vile mother threw me all round the kitchen when i refused to eat them LOL A quick cure for this memory is get the Tiger out and ride til my mind is empty. For all the great subjects you keep coming up with and the great entertainment i have left something towards a set of Alpine's lol
@dalechamberlain7767 Thanks so much Dale ,I can tell you I really appreciate your kind words as recent events on YT have brought me to the edge of quiting . I think the ear plugs you mention might me the ones my mate Malc has that I mentioned on the video ...I think I will get some . I also hated sprouts but now love them ! ... I really appreciate the comment...needed some positivity just now 👍
I think the smaller capacity bikes will become more popular as the biker demographic gets older and prices continue to rise, especiall with the big ADV bikes now over 20k There's also the Quatt farm shop and cafe at 12:12 in your vid Dave though as it's at the end of a long straight on a NSL going into a 40 it could end up being another accident black spot on that road. I've tried loads of ear plugs over the years from the tube foam type, shaped foam ones, some silicone custom fitted ones through to the mushroom type. The silicone ones were good for keeping the sound out but put pressure on the fleshy bits of my ears as they then pressed against the speakers I have in my helmet for my intercom so if you go down that route make sure they're comfortable with your helmet on before you buy. The foam ones tend to come out as I ride as do the mushroom ones I've tried previously (maybe due to the shape of my ears) but currently I'm using Alpine Motosafe which are the silicone mushroom type but they have a handy little insertion tool you slip over the "stem" of the mushroom which really help get them in the correct position. Oh and I remember school custard, but not in a good way 🤣
Sad to hear the cafe is closing for good. I recall reading somewhere that there has been a cafe on that site for 70 years. The loss of it will see not only a cafe going but a meeting place for bikers and the loss of the social benefit it bought to so many.
Fellow tinnitus sufferer here. I always ride with earplugs. I find that if I don't, my tinnitus feels worse afterwards. I use the Howard Leight Laser Lites. Not sure about the effect on bigger bikes but I love my little CB500X. I'm not interested in a bigger adventure bike, even though I like bigger-engined bikes like my Z1000. I remember Angel Delight. Absolutely hated it but definitely a thing I remember.
Sunday tea with angel delight. I thought you were going to say Spam. Sad to hear the Food Stop is closing, I went past on Sunday afternoon and there were about a dozen bikes outside. Bought my old NC750X from Sutton Motorcycles, always had good service. Shame that they stopped selling clothing and helmets.
Any milk left in the fridge and I'll often whisk up a strawberry angel delight 58 and counting lol, yeah shame about the cafe,just up the road from home, been venturing to Shobdon airfield of late.
Here's a thing with the 400 cc or there abouts range of bixe. You could buy for instance a CF MOTO 450 MT for £5699 and a Triumph Speed 400 for £5195 as advertised at two dealers in Maidstone Kent area. that's less than the cost of one large capacity adventure bike or a road bike. You have the best of both worlds but on a smaller scale. Again the reality is the bigger the bike the better but where and how often can you use the power of a large road bike? Or how often will you embark on an adventure requiring the bigger bike of that ilk?
Yes that makes sense Simon ...so many reasons large bikes are making less sense these days .If Triumph get the Tiger 400 right that also will be a major contender.
I used go to the cafe as a child on our holidays to wales we would stop there , I would of been about 6 or 7 I'm now 57 and go there still on my motorcycle so it's been there a while
I asked them at the Food Stop Cafe yesterday. They've just had enough. The Danery will be having a cafe too. Got chucked out of the FSC at half two yesterday with a member of staff saying "we've got to close right now".
End of an era! I have known of the cafe for years, driving past on the way to Bridgenorth. Only started using in the last 18 months when i was doing my DAS and on gaining my licence.
Yes Simon a real shame ..I was talking to John after the video ended and he went there 1st in the 1960's .. I get a few stories together and do a video on the history.
@WyreForestBiker Look forward to the video. I've been to Poolehall and the cafe in Kinlett. Both good, personally hoping Poolehall will be new food stop. Decent sized car park and nice surroundings. Might piss the anglers off though
@@simoncrnfrth Yes it's a good call about Poolehall ... if you're there on a Monday morning and see me be sure to say hello. I have since got wind of a bike cafe beginning at the Danery just down the road ?
It depends on your definition of a large adventure bike. There seems to be a raft of new 800 - 900cc bikes from the chinese brands like Voge CFMoto as well as updated bikes from BMW, Triumph, Honda etc.I don't see BMW , Triumph, KTM dropping the big adventure bikes anytime soon. I personally have no need for a large heavy bike infact I'm closely looking at the CFMoto 450MT, RE Himalayan 450 etc for my next potential purchase. I have worn earplugs for nearly 30 years now and wouldn't ride without them. My adventure helmet (Bell mx9) is very noisy especially compared to my Schuberth C3 pro.
Think the new Triumph 400s are the biggest selling small capacity bikes. It's not surprising with the traffic levels, speed restrictions and cameras here in the UK. I have tinnitus, bought on working in an industrial environment before hearing protection there became encouraged. I personally don't wear hearing protection unless on a long motorway trip.
@Banditmanuk Thanks ,your one of the first to say you don't wear any ear protection so that's interesting , I must admit I'm not sure it helps my tinnitus or not? Although common sense says it should?
There is always room for a angel delight or a Texan bar if you can remember them gutted about the cafe though always stopped there for brekkie on the way too wales for a ride out
Oh yes a Texan bar ! ... I was a Curly Wurly man myself ... Im gutted about the cafe too , I'm hearing the Danery down the road may create a biker venue and become an option ?
I use Boots BioEars Silicone earplugs; £5. For that you get 3 pairs of re-usable earplugs which mold to your ear when inserted creating an effective seal. They are very effective at cutting down general motorcycle engine and wind noise while still allowing the use of a Cardo in-helmet speaker system. Additionally I don’t feel over isolated from my general surroundings while wearing them. I’ve also tried various cheap foam plugs but they are nowhere near as effective in my experience. Hope this helps.
I have tinitus probably from power tools, external sound masks it to some extent, so using ear protection can make tinitus more noticeable but I beleave it's protecting your ears from further damage
True , mind you that is from a UK perspective I don't know what the taxation classes are elsewhere , and maybe it's a case of the tax being set to gain revenue rather than the manufacturers building bikes to fit into tax classes . Thanks for watching .
Having a 400cc bike all the costs are basically half road tax is £117 for anything over 600cc. And will go up again next year. Mid bikes are now around £10k. I think a 400 just looks more like what a bike should cost.
Adventure bikes are foreclosures of a different kind. They can fake it just as well with a smaller adventure bike as a big one but you can pick up the smaller adventure bike if you drop it . Adventure bikes never go off-road anyway it's all the luck of the thing . The Harley guy try to look like outlaw bikers the crotch rocket guys try to look like race bike riders and the adventure five guys pretend to be around the world travelers when they are not. Sidewalk commandos on wheels😂.
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There is a Tinnitus helpline on the NHS, i tried it once, just kept ringing................. Angel delight, always had the Butterscotch one.
LOL brilliant Mike !! ... Butterscotch ..yes I loved that one too, don't think it was around when I was a kid in the 60's though ?
@@WyreForestBiker Plenty of it in Bristol in the 60s.
Now you are talking angel delight butterscotch and caramac eastereggs ❤ they were the days
Jesus and Mary in a side car, must you ?! 🙄.
Good to meet you today, nice to put a face to a vlogger 👍 My Dad was a speedway rider and from when I was very young, about 8, he made me wear all the gear and earplugs, now 60 biking years later (only missed 12 months in that time), having never ridden without ear protection, my hearing is still excellent, I think the damage was done in the 70's & 80's when helmets offered very little protection from wind noise and hardly anybody wore earplugs. As we spoke about today, small bikes make much more sense if you do lots of miles, just nice to have one big bike for when you want a 'blast'. Fav memory food, Birds blancmange & Jelly made in layers, so sweet !! 😄
Yes it was great to meet you today , glad you enjoyed the Bread Pudding !!
Don't know if you Know, But completely motorbikes group went into administration today, that's old Skellerns Worcester, 3 thunder roads, old woods of Abergele and 7 others, apparently, they had a bad summer and banks withdrew support, so now gone, but some are being offered for sale as going concerns (probably just the profitable ones), getting a bit dire for bike shops at the mo ☹, and when visiting Kiddy to the SVR and footplate trains, last week, I popped into Bewdley and got the last 4 pieces of bread pudding they had, lovely 🙂👍
Sad news about the Food Stop, I go there a fair bit too, so I guess we have to find a new place to meet. The Danery pub, just down the road are very keen to encourage bikers to go there. wow ! not many there that day, no wonder they are closing it.
I have moderate tinnitus. I find it's the wind noise riding a bike that is the worst problem, not the engine. I wear a Schuberth helmet, which cuts out some of the noise, but I also wear earplugs. Having tried out one or two types, including the custom fitted, I find that the humble cotton wool ball works as well as anything. Take a single 1" cotton wool ball (you can buy a bag of them from Boots or similar), tear it in half and push one half gently into each ear. They are comfortable and very effective, and cheap. When they get a bit mucky just dispose and use a new ball.
Its always sad when a biker cafe closes, hope someone takes it over, oh and mint cracknel and toffos would be top of the list 😁
I will be very sorry to see this place close, I will certainly miss it. Many thanks for your filming of the Biker Cafe (Food Stop Cafe) , I would like to make a suggestion, it would be wonderful if you could film the inside with it's various features; seating, view from the front window, pictures that hang inside, notice board and even the rack of Magazines...because once it's gone....it gone and it would be great to look back on it with fond memories and a lot of us, I am sure will.
That's a really great idea ... I will, with the permission of the owners of course .👍
I worked in an EMS call center. Early headsets had no noise canceling tech. Without exaggeration I took thousands of high volume calls for service. At the same time I did target shooting as well as rode my motorcycles. Tinnitus has been an issue for decades. I don't think earplugs make it worse but I often become more aware after a ride with my most effective earplugs.
Regarding childhood food fav's.....homemade chocolate cream pie or pumpkin pie.
@rodg2335 Same with me ,I seem to have it worst for a while after I take out the earplugs ... as for the homemade cooking they sound fantastic 😋
Sorry to hear the Food Stop is closing. The Danery Pub looks like a cool place to bike.
Since I'm in the US I use Google maps to look up all these place you mention. It's not quite like I'm there but it's the next best thing and fun to browse around the areas.
Hi David , I am 62 riding since I was an egg 45 years have bad tinnitus ( was subject to loud bangs here in N.I.) when I was young. I find the ear plugs help when riding and settle the Tinnitus I can hear better with my Cardo also as my ear doesnt crackle . Regards Robert
@49googie Thanks Robert, I think the concensus seems to be I should try better earplugs and see how it goes ...thanks for watching 👍
@@WyreForestBiker for 25 years me and my wife have used moulded ear plugs they are perfect.
I have Tinnitus and wouldn't ride without ear plugs,and I ride between 17k and 20k miles per year.
My experience with ear plugs and Tinnitus is that they cut out the harmful high pitched sounds which is the frequency range that cause the damage to your hearing.
Tinnitus is a constant high pitched ringing in the ears which is why when the ear plugs have cut out all the external high pitched sound your hearing is left with the low pitched bass sounds ,which is why you hear the low exhaust note that you don't without plugs.Now when wearing ear plugs you're left with low external sounds and the high pitch Tinnitus this makes the Tinntus sound worse but really it isn't it's unmasked just replacing the external high pitched sounds that would make your Tinnitus worse.
I use the cheap Oxford foam ones which I find great for riding I wash and reuse and reuse them, though washing them does reduce there effectiveness after some ten washes.Recently I was in a Screwfix shop and bought some green coloured Uvex foam plugs which I found stopped almost all sound when riding but I was left with my Tinnitus high frequency sound,I concluded the Uvex ones might be better for long motorway journeys where hearing is less important than keen eyesight observation.
Disclaimer:- I'm no expert or professional in any way shape or form,I'm just relaying my experience with Tinnitus,motorcycling and earplugs.
My tinnitus was not caused motorcycling but by percussion drilling in confines of coal mining tunneling work.
Enjoying the channel BTW,thanks
Thanks John that's a great post , I think I'm going to get a few different kinds (including the one you mention) and try them all out 👍
Hi. Just subscibed.. I live local to you in Bromsgrove..
Angel Delight.. You can still get it. Got a couple of sachets in the cupboard..
Homemade Rice Pudding, and bread and butter pudding..
Chocolate Concrete with custard... (got me on a roll lol).
Shame about the Food Stop.. I think it's been going 30 years altogether? But not sure..
Looking forward to the next video..
Thanks Philip , as a bike venue longer than 30 actually my friend was telling me how he used to lean his cafe racer against the wall in the mid 60's ! ...Appreciate you watching.
I won't miss the lousy parking area at the Food Stop and to be honest, the breakfast at Tony's cafe (opposite side of the road) is better. The Danery pub is also going to start doing breakfasts in the very near future.
Both the Danery and Tony's have far superior parking..
Nice one DJ, tinned pineapple chunks and carnation milk, jam butties, malt loaf, angel delight, fish finger butties...😊
@henryhartley9993 ohhh ..fish finger butties !!! ...think I know what I'm having for tea later ...thanks Henry!
I have some custom fit guards plugs. Find them very comfortable, They cut out wind noise without drowning out other noises like the bike engine or traffic. Wouldn’t ride without plugs now. Love angel delight, got my kids to try it recently they turned their noses up… kids these days… lol 😂
Really ? ...how can you turn your nose up at such loveliness ?😂
Earplugs shouldn’t make tinnitus worse. Worth trying some different ones to try them out. Earplugs will help to preserve your hearing and reduce risk of long term damage/tinnitus
Hi David. Good thought provoking vid as usual. I have had tinnitus for over 20 years and my doctor once said that it was probably from all the loud equipment i use to operate in my career of 30 years as a Fireman. It was a long time before health and safety got involved. Anyway i will not ride 1 inch without earplugs and as usual in life is you get what you pay for. Since they first come out i have religiously used the The Alpine ones that most of the GP & Superbike racers use. They are colour coded and i swear by the red ones and you get a tool to insert them. They have never affected my tinnitus one way or the other.
I always get childhood memories for all the wrong reasons and mine is sprouts. All because my vile mother threw me all round the kitchen when i refused to eat them LOL A quick cure for this memory is get the Tiger out and ride til my mind is empty.
For all the great subjects you keep coming up with and the great entertainment i have left something towards a set of Alpine's lol
@dalechamberlain7767 Thanks so much Dale ,I can tell you I really appreciate your kind words as recent events on YT have brought me to the edge of quiting . I think the ear plugs you mention might me the ones my mate Malc has that I mentioned on the video ...I think I will get some . I also hated sprouts but now love them ! ... I really appreciate the comment...needed some positivity just now 👍
The work place noise limits have not changed since 1993 as far as I know. Studies show that tinnitus most often are caused by listening to loud music.
@@fuglbird And your point is ? I was a fireman from 1983 for 30 years and we often didnt wear proper noise reduction equipment back then.
I think the smaller capacity bikes will become more popular as the biker demographic gets older and prices continue to rise, especiall with the big ADV bikes now over 20k There's also the Quatt farm shop and cafe at 12:12 in your vid Dave though as it's at the end of a long straight on a NSL going into a 40 it could end up being another accident black spot on that road. I've tried loads of ear plugs over the years from the tube foam type, shaped foam ones, some silicone custom fitted ones through to the mushroom type. The silicone ones were good for keeping the sound out but put pressure on the fleshy bits of my ears as they then pressed against the speakers I have in my helmet for my intercom so if you go down that route make sure they're comfortable with your helmet on before you buy.
The foam ones tend to come out as I ride as do the mushroom ones I've tried previously (maybe due to the shape of my ears) but currently I'm using Alpine Motosafe which are the silicone mushroom type but they have a handy little insertion tool you slip over the "stem" of the mushroom which really help get them in the correct position. Oh and I remember school custard, but not in a good way 🤣
Sad to hear the cafe is closing for good. I recall reading somewhere that there has been a cafe on that site for 70 years. The loss of it will see not only a cafe going but a meeting place for bikers and the loss of the social benefit it bought to so many.
100% Philip.. I can well believe 70 years ,I have a friend who went in the 60's ...
Gotta make room for "immigrants"
Thanks
Thank you so much ...Dave
Fellow tinnitus sufferer here. I always ride with earplugs. I find that if I don't, my tinnitus feels worse afterwards. I use the Howard Leight Laser Lites. Not sure about the effect on bigger bikes but I love my little CB500X. I'm not interested in a bigger adventure bike, even though I like bigger-engined bikes like my Z1000.
I remember Angel Delight. Absolutely hated it but definitely a thing I remember.
Sunday tea with angel delight. I thought you were going to say Spam. Sad to hear the Food Stop is closing, I went past on Sunday afternoon and there were about a dozen bikes outside. Bought my old NC750X from Sutton Motorcycles, always had good service. Shame that they stopped selling clothing and helmets.
Spam ..I always preferred corned beef myself . 😊
Any milk left in the fridge and I'll often whisk up a strawberry angel delight 58 and counting lol, yeah shame about the cafe,just up the road from home, been venturing to Shobdon airfield of late.
Why not ..I'm older and I'm buying some soon.
Here's a thing with the 400 cc or there abouts range of bixe. You could buy for instance a CF MOTO 450 MT for £5699 and a Triumph Speed 400 for £5195 as advertised at two dealers in Maidstone Kent area. that's less than the cost of one large capacity adventure bike or a road bike. You have the best of both worlds but on a smaller scale. Again the reality is the bigger the bike the better but where and how often can you use the power of a large road bike? Or how often will you embark on an adventure requiring the bigger bike of that ilk?
Yes that makes sense Simon ...so many reasons large bikes are making less sense these days .If Triumph get the Tiger 400 right that also will be a major contender.
I used go to the cafe as a child on our holidays to wales we would stop there , I would of been about 6 or 7 I'm now 57 and go there still on my motorcycle so it's been there a while
Thanks Mark ..so far I have traced the bikes being there since the mid 60's when my mate John used to go ...
I use the 3M style foam earplugs to try and retain what is left of my hearing.
@@GapBahnDirkYeah , I definitely think I'm getting some better ones to try ...thanks.👍
Heard the danery pub is going to start doing weekend breakfasts
I asked them at the Food Stop Cafe yesterday. They've just had enough. The Danery will be having a cafe too. Got chucked out of the FSC at half two yesterday with a member of staff saying "we've got to close right now".
End of an era! I have known of the cafe for years, driving past on the way to Bridgenorth. Only started using in the last 18 months when i was doing my DAS and on gaining my licence.
Yes Simon a real shame ..I was talking to John after the video ended and he went there 1st in the 1960's .. I get a few stories together and do a video on the history.
@WyreForestBiker Look forward to the video. I've been to Poolehall and the cafe in Kinlett. Both good, personally hoping Poolehall will be new food stop. Decent sized car park and nice surroundings. Might piss the anglers off though
@@simoncrnfrth Yes it's a good call about Poolehall ... if you're there on a Monday morning and see me be sure to say hello. I have since got wind of a bike cafe beginning at the Danery just down the road ?
It depends on your definition of a large adventure bike. There seems to be a raft of new 800 - 900cc bikes from the chinese brands like Voge CFMoto as well as updated bikes from BMW, Triumph, Honda etc.I don't see BMW , Triumph, KTM dropping the big adventure bikes anytime soon. I personally have no need for a large heavy bike infact I'm closely looking at the CFMoto 450MT, RE Himalayan 450 etc for my next potential purchase. I have worn earplugs for nearly 30 years now and wouldn't ride without them. My adventure helmet (Bell mx9) is very noisy especially compared to my Schuberth C3 pro.
I think you have something , maybe the future "big" Adventure bike will become the 800 class and the 1200/1300 ones will slowly fade away ?
Think the new Triumph 400s are the biggest selling small capacity bikes. It's not surprising with the traffic levels, speed restrictions and cameras here in the UK.
I have tinnitus, bought on working in an industrial environment before hearing protection there became encouraged. I personally don't wear hearing protection unless on a long motorway trip.
@Banditmanuk Thanks ,your one of the first to say you don't wear any ear protection so that's interesting , I must admit I'm not sure it helps my tinnitus or not? Although common sense says it should?
There is always room for a angel delight or a Texan bar if you can remember them gutted about the cafe though always stopped there for brekkie on the way too wales for a ride out
Oh yes a Texan bar ! ... I was a Curly Wurly man myself ... Im gutted about the cafe too , I'm hearing the Danery down the road may create a biker venue and become an option ?
I use Boots BioEars Silicone earplugs; £5. For that you get 3 pairs of re-usable earplugs which mold to your ear when inserted creating an effective seal. They are very effective at cutting down general motorcycle engine and wind noise while still allowing the use of a Cardo in-helmet speaker system. Additionally I don’t feel over isolated from my general surroundings while wearing them. I’ve also tried various cheap foam plugs but they are nowhere near as effective in my experience. Hope this helps.
Interesting Simon ..I will google them, Thanks .
I have tinitus probably from power tools, external sound masks it to some extent, so using ear protection can make tinitus more noticeable but I beleave it's protecting your ears from further damage
Good point Steven ... I seem to hear it worse for an hour or so after I have removed them
A lot of bikes are 650cc but anything over 600cc goes into a higher tax disc bracket. Why are the manufacturers making so many 650cc bikes anyway
True , mind you that is from a UK perspective I don't know what the taxation classes are elsewhere , and maybe it's a case of the tax being set to gain revenue rather than the manufacturers building bikes to fit into tax classes .
Thanks for watching .
Having a 400cc bike all the costs are basically half road tax is £117 for anything over 600cc. And will go up again next year. Mid bikes are now around £10k. I think a 400 just looks more like what a bike should cost.
@chrishart8548 I totally agree with that...im still stuck in 2009 when my brand new Street Triple was £5400...thanks Chris
Adventure bikes are foreclosures of a different kind. They can fake it just as well with a smaller adventure bike as a big one but you can pick up the smaller adventure bike if you drop it
. Adventure bikes never go off-road anyway it's all the luck of the thing
. The Harley guy try to look like outlaw bikers the crotch rocket guys try to look like race bike riders and the adventure five guys pretend to be around the world travelers when they are not. Sidewalk commandos on wheels😂.
Tinned fruit salad with carnation
@@thepipesmokingbeekeeper8917 was tinned strawberries and carnation on a Sunday at my grandparents
Carnation Milk ! ... that was the clotted cream for poor folk like us ! 😂
Lol
Indeed