Do You Listen Music While Riding? - Motorcycle-Journal Forums

NomadTurk · 04-01-2004, 11:25 PM

Greetings...

I just wanted to get all of your's openions about listening music (with headphones) while riding.

Mike Burnham · 04-02-2004, 12:15 AM

I know if you have a full face helmet you can place the speakers behind your ears you not cut your hearing. I have never done this. There are too many radios availible to place on a bike, and specialy desined head sets that allow for outside noise. On a bike you need to be aware.
I pesonally tend to listen to the tunes rambling through my head. My ride time is the time for me to escape all the tippical things that stress me. Music is cool and all, but most walkmans will not pick up stations well enouph to make it realy worth it on a long haul. But then again if I use my brother rase car explanation, if you want music give it a little gas.

**Louis** · 04-02-2004, 06:24 AM

I agree with Mike, the only thing I'd be willing to listen to in my helmet would be the FRS radio allowing to communicate with fellow riders.

stevie c · 04-02-2004, 04:24 PM

Same answer for me too,I think you need to be aware of whats going on around you,too many muppets about.
Plus,the note of my pipe is music enough!

Stevie

**87gsxrnut** · 04-02-2004, 04:45 PM

No

GSXR louis · 04-03-2004, 04:02 PM

I never listen to music, but I often produce some very poetic descriptions for the mindless souls in their tin boxes around me.

TINMANSGLOCK40 · 04-04-2004, 01:43 PM

NO ... id rather concentrate on the motorists trying too speed to the red light

tlwisner · 04-20-2004, 10:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NomadTurk

Greetings...

I just wanted to get all of your's openions about listening music (with headphones) while riding.

Nope, unless somebody's car system is cranking up 1000 wats next to me.

**Uncle Bob** · 04-20-2004, 11:23 AM

No music for me, just doesn't seem to go together.

pitbull76 · 04-20-2004, 04:59 PM

I don't listen to music while riding. I'm rarely bored while riding anyway, so there's no need. Riding is fun by itself. Time flies and before I know it, half the day's gone.

stevie c · 04-20-2004, 06:08 PM

Pitbull,
I couldn't of put it better myself!

awd4g63 · 04-20-2004, 11:16 PM

I'm with Mike, I love the way driving around sounds. If I get on it a little bit and hear the engine rev away, that's music enough for me

DesertVenom · 04-25-2004, 08:21 PM

i have tryed to use them little ear phones that go into your ear. its kinda worked but i found it better without. Even with the music i could still hear everything around me clear as day, but music might not make you as aware as you would be without

saleemas · 04-26-2004, 07:55 AM

No music. Biking is either to get away from my daily stress and distractions or to push the envelope of experience. Both desreve my total concentration. If I want to put my mind in auto pilot, I drive.
Just my .002

SoCoGixxerGirl · 04-28-2004, 12:45 PM

all the time, my MP3 plugs into my chatterbox but i keep the volume low so i can hear what's going on around me. i also pay extra close attention to what's going on around me

04-29-2004, 08:50 AM

I tried music for the first time in 35 years of riding last Friday (400 mile day). I didn't like it. I used it on the ride out, and went without on the way back.

No, my scoot doesn't make the kind of music that a lot of these other guy's rides do, but just the same I like to listen to the world around me. I do like ear plugs, though. They keep my brains in (or what's left).

04-01-2004, 11:25 PM	#1 (permalink)
NomadTurk Seat Tester Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 63	Do You Listen Music While Riding? Greetings... I just wanted to get all of your's openions about listening music (with headphones) while riding. __________________ IN BIKERS' WORLD, LIFE STARTS AT 150 MPH!!!

04-02-2004, 12:15 AM	#2 (permalink)
Mike Burnham In Training Joined: Jan 2004 Location: Bel Air Maryland Posts: 115	Listening to music I know if you have a full face helmet you can place the speakers behind your ears you not cut your hearing. I have never done this. There are too many radios availible to place on a bike, and specialy desined head sets that allow for outside noise. On a bike you need to be aware. I pesonally tend to listen to the tunes rambling through my head. My ride time is the time for me to escape all the tippical things that stress me. Music is cool and all, but most walkmans will not pick up stations well enouph to make it realy worth it on a long haul. But then again if I use my brother rase car explanation, if you want music give it a little gas. __________________ VS800 Intuder Not the biggest bike on the street but the biggest one I have ever had. And I love it.

04-02-2004, 06:24 AM	#3 (permalink)
Louis Administrator Joined: Sep 2003 Bike: SV650S '05 (Blue) Location: Gatineau, QC, Canada Posts: 10,657	I agree with Mike, the only thing I'd be willing to listen to in my helmet would be the FRS radio allowing to communicate with fellow riders. __________________ Louis

04-02-2004, 04:24 PM	#4 (permalink)
stevie c Sit speling cheker Joined: Mar 2004 Bike: GSX-R 600 K1 Location: Northants,UK Posts: 1,631	Same answer for me too,I think you need to be aware of whats going on around you,too many muppets about. Plus,the note of my pipe is music enough! Stevie __________________ Stevie C '02 Gixer 600 K1,Yellow and Black (fastest colour!), always beats red ones!! Why put off until tomorrow what you can get someone else to do for you today.

04-03-2004, 04:02 PM	#6 (permalink)
GSXR louis Where Am I ? Joined: Jan 2004 Location: Gloucestershire UK Posts: 37	I never listen to music, but I often produce some very poetic descriptions for the mindless souls in their tin boxes around me. __________________ It's better to travel than to arrive.

04-02-2004, 04:45 PM	#5 (permalink)
87gsxrnut Ho Dog Joined: Dec 2003 Bike: 867-5309 Location: Terror Lake Posts: 4,209	No

04-04-2004, 01:43 PM	#7 (permalink)
TINMANSGLOCK40 Where Am I ? Joined: Mar 2004 Location: G TOWN Posts: 43	NO ... id rather concentrate on the motorists trying too speed to the red light __________________

04-20-2004, 11:23 AM	#9 (permalink)
Uncle Bob Site Admin & Squeegee Boy Joined: Dec 1969 Bike: 2003 Volusia SE Location: Montréal, Québec, Canada Posts: 107	No music for me, just doesn't seem to go together. __________________ Yadda yadda yadda, whatever, they ain't going to listen anyway.

04-20-2004, 04:59 PM	#10 (permalink)
pitbull76 Found second gear by accident Joined: Dec 2003 Location: Montgomery, IL Posts: 330	I don't listen to music while riding. I'm rarely bored while riding anyway, so there's no need. Riding is fun by itself. Time flies and before I know it, half the day's gone. __________________ 1994 Kawasaki ZX-6E

04-20-2004, 06:08 PM	#11 (permalink)
stevie c Sit speling cheker Joined: Mar 2004 Bike: GSX-R 600 K1 Location: Northants,UK Posts: 1,631	Pitbull, I couldn't of put it better myself! __________________ Stevie C '02 Gixer 600 K1,Yellow and Black (fastest colour!), always beats red ones!! Why put off until tomorrow what you can get someone else to do for you today.

04-20-2004, 11:16 PM	#12 (permalink)
awd4g63 Newbie Joined: Apr 2004 Location: Savannah, GA Posts: 9	I'm with Mike, I love the way driving around sounds. If I get on it a little bit and hear the engine rev away, that's music enough for me

04-25-2004, 08:21 PM	#13 (permalink)
DesertVenom Seat Tester Joined: Mar 2004 Bike: 83 GSX550, 84 RZ350 Location: Sault Ste Marie Ontario Canada Posts: 50	i have tryed to use them little ear phones that go into your ear. its kinda worked but i found it better without. Even with the music i could still hear everything around me clear as day, but music might not make you as aware as you would be without __________________ 2002 XR250R, 83' GS550es, RZ350 , 91' RM125, 77 &84 Husqvarna CR250 and WR390, 85' 1200 interstate goldwing "You only live once, so live it well" r.i.p perry

04-26-2004, 07:55 AM	#14 (permalink)
saleemas Kickstand Operator Joined: Nov 2003 Location: Philadelphia USA Posts: 273	No music. Biking is either to get away from my daily stress and distractions or to push the envelope of experience. Both desreve my total concentration. If I want to put my mind in auto pilot, I drive. Just my .002 __________________ Just tryin to get it off the kickstand

04-28-2004, 12:45 PM	#15 (permalink)
SoCoGixxerGirl Newbie Joined: Feb 2004 Location: Hollywood, CA Posts: 8	all the time, my MP3 plugs into my chatterbox but i keep the volume low so i can hear what's going on around me. i also pay extra close attention to what's going on around me __________________ They all LOOK hot until the helmet comes OFF...

04-29-2004, 08:50 AM	#16 (permalink)
Anonymous Guest Posts: n/a	I tried music for the first time in 35 years of riding last Friday (400 mile day). I didn't like it. I used it on the ride out, and went without on the way back. No, my scoot doesn't make the kind of music that a lot of these other guy's rides do, but just the same I like to listen to the world around me. I do like ear plugs, though. They keep my brains in (or what's left).

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