Sweet & Sour Andy
AndyPandy Motovlogs
So, I commute daily to and from work, I travel about 14kms each way and ride on a HWY 90% of the way at 100 km/h. I was always of the opinion that unless you are going on long rides or have an open faced helmet that there wasn't any real need for plugs or any other form of hearing protection as the helmet cut out the majority of noise that would cause any real harm.
Well, after I bit the bullet and got some, (for the just in-case I want to jump on and ride for a while one day) I am completely and utterly converted to the ways of hearing protection. Yes yes, the plugs hurt after a while or they are a pain in the arse and keep falling out..... well get some that fit properly then and all those shit excuses wont have a leg to stand on.
After having them in for a 3 hour ride around town cruising at hwy speeds and going slowly around the roads I can honestly say that I have put them in every time I have gotten on the bike since. The main reason IMHO is the amount of extra concentration it gives you. Just the simple drone of the wind rushing past the helmet is enough for your brain to switch part of itself off to block out the noise, so you need to ask yourself, "are you riding as safely as you can be right now? with part of your brain blocking out sensory aspects and having a lack of concentration because of that?"
OK, OK, speech time is over. You have my thoughts on it, what are yours? do you wear plugs or not and what are your reasons for doing so.
Please don't flame at people that have other views or values different to yours, everybody is entitled to their own.
Well, after I bit the bullet and got some, (for the just in-case I want to jump on and ride for a while one day) I am completely and utterly converted to the ways of hearing protection. Yes yes, the plugs hurt after a while or they are a pain in the arse and keep falling out..... well get some that fit properly then and all those shit excuses wont have a leg to stand on.
After having them in for a 3 hour ride around town cruising at hwy speeds and going slowly around the roads I can honestly say that I have put them in every time I have gotten on the bike since. The main reason IMHO is the amount of extra concentration it gives you. Just the simple drone of the wind rushing past the helmet is enough for your brain to switch part of itself off to block out the noise, so you need to ask yourself, "are you riding as safely as you can be right now? with part of your brain blocking out sensory aspects and having a lack of concentration because of that?"
OK, OK, speech time is over. You have my thoughts on it, what are yours? do you wear plugs or not and what are your reasons for doing so.
Please don't flame at people that have other views or values different to yours, everybody is entitled to their own.
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