mp3

[havespacesuit]

Anyone have any thoughts about riding with an mp3 player? I'm tempted, but I'm also afraid I might not hear something I might need to. But then I ride with earplugs anyway, so I'm not sure there's much difference.

Adam

[Kendo]

Sometimes I ride with my Ipod ... I just keep the volume down to where I can still hear traffic......

[SS929]

I ride with my mp3 player all the time. Just leave the volume down so you can hear, about the same amount as if you were wearing ear plugs.

[Repsol a095]

I use my MP3 through my chatterbox; that way I can control the volume at all times. Additionally, if you get yanked by the cops while listening to your MP3, it's a big ticket. With the chatterbox, you can shut everything down immediately, and the cop won't know if you have a MP3 or not.

[dallas]

I also use my mp3 through the Chatterbox.

I think that is funny how you can have a two way communication device, but you can't listen to music. Music keeps me way more focused than listening to my wife bitch about how fast we are going!!!!

[Mista Black]

i've tried it and personally can't stand it... it distracts me too much. a lot of the people i ride with use them and dont seem distracted by it so it's really just me and my opinion.

[vdubguy2k]

I ride with mine quite often. I have a speaker "mounted" in the right side of my helmet so I dont actually have anything in my ear. On the cord coming down about 8 inches from the speaker is a volume control piece that I can use while I'm riding to adjust the volume or turn it off completely. I just have my mp3 player in my jacket pocket and let it shuffle thru songs.....using the outside volume control as needed. If I pull my helment off the speaker stays in but I have to unplug from the mp3 player.

[DiddysR6]

On another note, there was a kid named Justin that rode a white 03 r1 that had a XM kit mounted in his trunk area, and had wireless headphones installed in his helmet.

[Mel]

I tried riding with my ipod once (while on a stright long ride to Ft. Collins) and didn't really like it. While the music was better than the drone of the bike at speed, I found that the music didn't drown out the wind noise the way that ear plugs do, it just fought to see which was louder. I pretty much always ride with ear plugs now, and find that it takes down the "drone" of wind and allows me to focus a little more on the bike itself.