How odd, have you got the little padded ear bits properly velcroed in place? I took mine out when I did the DAS due to the earpiece, and found that once reinstalled there was a noticeable drop in noise. Anyway, the consensus seems to be that earplugs are a good idea, so I will now give it a try as I am sure my hearing (like certain other faculties) is beginning to desert me and I wouldn't want to exacerbate the situation. -- Dan L (Oldbloke) My Bike 2000 Honda CB500 M'boy's Bike 1990 Suzuki TS50X (Heavily fortified) BOTAFOT #140, DIAABTCOD #26
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You might try buying a pair of proper 'ear defenders'. I wear them when using the lawnmower or the chainsaw and for significant drilling into concrete. They cut the sound _much_ more than earplugs with the added advantage of being removable when you want to talk to someone.
It's OK, I'm not offended, must be the onset of senility for us ;-) -- Dave Remove my gerbil for email replies. Bike's are bosh, PC's are pointless, and the 1990's are nuts! Bikes are great, PCs are super, and the 1990s are the time to be! Save the apostrophe! Get 'em right! If in doubt, leave 'em out!!
Very wise. The received wisdom (sic) in my neck of the woods is that it's not the time you spend on the bike that matters, but the speed. This questionable wisdom says that above about 40 mph the noise in the helmet gets to dangerous levels. But most importantly, the damage is cumulative, and that is *not* received wisdom but a medical fact. A 20 minute bimble over 40 mph takes 20 minutes off the day when conversation in the pub gets hard, and your mate and children complain about the TV being up too loud. -- Dave Remove my gerbil for email replies. Bike's are bosh, PC's are pointless, and the 1990's are nuts! Bikes are great, PCs are super, and the 1990s are the time to be! Save the apostrophe! Get 'em right! If in doubt, leave 'em out!!
A police rider at 70mph receives the maximum legal daily noise exposure in 15 minutes (which is why one of them sued the Home Office).
platypus hehehe Somebody here must convert that into a little flash game, a la the Penguin punch. I could imagine it being a huge success.
