Looking For Tips: Eliminate / Reduce Wind Noise

Kilo Delta

Wannabie Member
Apr 23, 2016
34
19
8
Northern Virginia, USA
I ride a
Suzuki Gladius; Honda Grom
So, what are you all doing to get rid of wind noise?

I have tried a few things. But, I can tell from several others' videos that I am not doing enough.
 

BurntRuber

Burnt Rubber TV
Apr 8, 2016
776
143
43
35
Florida
I ride a
DRZ400SM and random stuff people let me ride
Some people use fake fur over the mic. I just use the foam thing over the mic that came on it.
 

RoadSprock

Original Vlogs
Mar 7, 2016
878
174
43
United Kingdom
I ride a
KTM 690 Supermoto/ Triumph Speed Triple 1050
I got a rear GoPro dead cat and extra foam on the internal mic, looking to wrap that with false fur soon.
 

Marbro_za

Dan's princess
Mar 13, 2014
2,193
951
113
40
I ride a
Yamaha fz6
In the cheek pad, with a foam cover,

Maybe close your mouth vent or look at getting a chin curtain?
 

Lurch

Administrator
May 5, 2014
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2,067
113
Yorkshire
I ride a
2016 Street Triple R and a 1999 Honda NT650V Deauville
Check the sticky post in this forum section, some great info there for you.
 
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Mousez

It's a KLR kinda thing.
Apr 30, 2016
21
2
1
35
I ride a
2013 KLR 650
I just added some super cheap foam covers from ebay. Works great to me.
 

DRAY

West Coast is Best Coast!
May 18, 2016
45
10
8
Perth, Land Up-Over
I ride a
Kawasaki Versys 650 - 2016 and Yamaha SR250
You guys are having more luck that me, I've got the foam, the chin cover/curtain, vents closed, the deadcat. As soon as I get going my voice (unshaved pussy right in the mouth) disappears and all I hear is wind and engine. FML!
Next step is to ditch the $2 mic as soon as I get this Sena 20s mic coming in the mail.
That said. shouldn't there be some kind of software noise reduction coming into play? it has my mind in twists.
 

RoadSprock

Original Vlogs
Mar 7, 2016
878
174
43
United Kingdom
I ride a
KTM 690 Supermoto/ Triumph Speed Triple 1050
You guys are having more luck that me, I've got the foam, the chin cover/curtain, vents closed, the deadcat. As soon as I get going my voice (unshaved pussy right in the mouth) disappears and all I hear is wind and engine. FML!
Next step is to ditch the $2 mic as soon as I get this Sena 20s mic coming in the mail.
That said. shouldn't there be some kind of software noise reduction coming into play? it has my mind in twists.

Yeah, but didn't work well for me - you lose a lot of engine noise with the wind frequencies.
 

Hypertard

Life, the Universe and Bikes...
May 25, 2016
122
52
28
49
Oxfordshire
I ride a
BMW F800R, Husqvarna 900R
+1 for chin curtain
Make sure the mic has a foam covering or dead cat.
Play around with your noise reduction settings; if any.
 

JBH

Wannabie Member
Jul 29, 2015
72
49
18
36
I ride a
Kawasaki Z750
Make sure the mic isn't placed right in front of a vent or air inlet. I lost the foam piece that covered my mic but I barely have any windnoise. Unless you're going at 60+ mph ofcourse ...
 

SwissMotard

The Swiss Motard
Sep 19, 2014
3,282
917
113
I ride a
Triumph Street Triple
90% of wind noise is to do with the fairing on your bike. Other than that most fixes can only correct minor issues.
 

JonJeoprdy

Wanderer...
May 16, 2016
109
38
28
Colorado
I ride a
F800GS
Just keep moving your mic around your helmet, and you should be able to find some place that works for you. some people can get away with having it front and center. For me it's sitting inside my right cheek pad. I don't have any foam or anything around it and it's not an expensive mic either. good luck!
 

SalvageSV

Hopes he doesn't crash this month
Feb 18, 2016
643
278
43
Birmingham, AL
I ride a
Salvaged SV1000S
Yes, move the mic. If it's in the wind you will get wind noise. You have to get it completely out of the wind, not just try to filter the wind out. In the majority of cases no fur or foam will block 60 mph wind directly on the mic.
 

mykb93

Do the math!
Jun 27, 2012
330
155
43
USA
I ride a
2007 Triumph Daytona 675
Or just take your kids (if you have them) or wife/gf/bf winter wool gloves and cut the fingers off like I did and zip time them to the mic.
 

KruznW/Kev

Wannabie Member
Apr 10, 2016
17
3
1
30
I ride a
Suzuki GSXR 600
Don't cheap out on a microphone. get a decent mic and take care of it. I put my mic ontop of my chin curtain and it works well. Also, it depends what ur wearing for gear (or lack of gear). jackets made for riding will have a high neck collar and will help with reducing wind up through your helmet. If ur gearless or have a low collar, wind is more likely to funnel up into your helmet.
 

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