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Old 05-04-2004, 03:55 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Default Ear plugs/hearing protection

I recently got a bike with some loud drag pipes on it. Up til now everything I've ridden has had pretty quiet stock pipes. It seems like these pipes are bugging my hearing.

Does anyone here use ear plugs?
Are there any decible rating that you recommend?
Does anyone ride with loud pipes and no ear plug that doesn't seem to have any problems?

I don't understand why they are bothering my ears so much as the only time they are really loud is while I'm shifting up to highway speeds; when I get there of course it's not as loud. It's not like it's a constant noise like a machine shop or something.

Any recommendations will be appreciated.

Thanks,
JD