SuzukiSavage.com - Cruising to tunes

Kirk Junior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 89 Atlanta, GA Gender:	Re: Cruising to tunes Reply #15 - 08/26/08 at 05:52:22 Thanks for the insight everyone. I got some great ideas from this thread and will give a couple of them a try to see what works best for me. Thanks for the links too Jack
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Rogue_Cheddar Serious Thumper Offline Hang up the phone and drive! Posts: 725 Haverhill, Massachusetts Gender:	Re: Cruising to tunes Reply #16 - 08/26/08 at 09:51:24 The only tunes I listen to, are from my 30" fishtail muffler! BBBRRRRAAAAAPPPPPPUUUUUURRRRRRRR!
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Re: Cruising to tunes
Reply #17 - 08/26/08 at 15:24:58

I use Skull Candy too. They were cheap (like $12 at WalMart, I think) and they work well. They've got the little rubbery buds on the end so the quality is good even at higher speeds. Be careful with this because if you crank the tunes then you won't be able to hear the traffic.
Here's a pic of my iphone attachment. The Skull Candy headphones come with a cool little case so I've always got them with me. All I have to do is plug in. Also nice to always have GPS with me (built into iphone).
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http://www.bikepics.com/pictures/1376731/
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Re: Cruising to tunes
Reply #18 - 08/26/08 at 17:52:24

Hate to get preachy, but the reason it's illegal in many states to ride/drive with headphones on is because it's pretty unsafe, particularly on a bike. If your attention is divided and you're compromising your ability to hear traffic noise, you're eventually gonna get run over. Isn't being totally immersed in the riding experience, "separating your hazards in space and time", as they say in the MSF safety courses, part of what makes this fun? Tunes might pass the time on the Interstate, but I can't imagine listening to music on a two-laner or in city traffic.

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Reply #19 - 08/26/08 at 17:59:53

Well,you would think d#@$* cell phones then would be illegal in all states,not only are you listening but talking also Roll Eyes

(Can you see the steam coming out of my ears....LOL.

(Just screamed twice,now I feel much better Wink

Actually I enjoyed listening to music when riding with the ex....I swear it made me more aware of everything around me Wink

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Bugaboo YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 12 Birmingham, Alabama Gender:	Re: Cruising to tunes Reply #20 - 08/26/08 at 19:06:06 Good point. You're not going to kill anyone else by riding with earphones on, but you might be more likely to get squashed by someone in an SUV talking on a cell phone.
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FreeSpirit Serious Thumper Offline Joy is my Compass ! Posts: 3823 North Georgia Gender:	Re: Cruising to tunes Reply #21 - 08/26/08 at 19:14:29 Not exactly my point More of a self expression.
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Re: Cruising to tunes
Reply #22 - 08/26/08 at 20:05:49

Bugaboo wrote on 08/26/08 at 17:52:24:

Hate to get preachy, but the reason it's illegal in many states to ride/drive with headphones on is because it's pretty unsafe, particularly on a bike. If your attention is divided and you're compromising your ability to hear traffic noise, you're eventually gonna get run over. Isn't being totally immersed in the riding experience, "separating your hazards in space and time", as they say in the MSF safety courses, part of what makes this fun? Tunes might pass the time on the Interstate, but I can't imagine listening to music on a two-laner or in city traffic.

That's why I had to quit listening to the lectures on archeology, philosophy, and history. The bike was too distracting. Grin

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doc5446 Senior Member Offline Into the night... Posts: 307 Randolph, Ohio Gender:	Re: Cruising to tunes Reply #23 - 08/26/08 at 20:57:59 http://www.jcwhitney.com/CYCLE-SOUND-MP3-SATELLITE-SOUND-SYSTEM/GP_2018566_N_... I was thinking of something like this but I want to put a portable Sirius satellite radio (kinda like an Ipod) on it. Love my Sirius radio esp. my Outlaw country...no fences, no badges, no stinkin' commercials!
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