Earplug usage with loud pipes.
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I started to use earplugs toprotect my hearing, because of my loud pipes. It has made a huge difference in the pleasure of the ride experience. The exhaust volume is muted to a more pleasant sound, but that is only part of the reason.
The other day it sounded so good, I thought it couldn't be that much of a difference, so I pulled over and removed my earplugs. What I found out was, it wasn't the sound volume that bothered me as much asthe pulsing between the pipes.The pulsing was hitting my ear drums more like a feel or vibration,than a sound. It was like a jackhammer.
With the earplugs in, without giving it any thought,I bring it up a lot higher in RPMs before I shift and the bike seems to even handle better in tight turns,etc.
Has anyone else noticed that much of an improvement by just using ear plugs or am I just having some kind of psychotic experience.
Tom
The other day it sounded so good, I thought it couldn't be that much of a difference, so I pulled over and removed my earplugs. What I found out was, it wasn't the sound volume that bothered me as much asthe pulsing between the pipes.The pulsing was hitting my ear drums more like a feel or vibration,than a sound. It was like a jackhammer.
With the earplugs in, without giving it any thought,I bring it up a lot higher in RPMs before I shift and the bike seems to even handle better in tight turns,etc.
Has anyone else noticed that much of an improvement by just using ear plugs or am I just having some kind of psychotic experience.
Tom
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Loud pipes or not, ear plugs will save your hearing on a bike. The wind noise will do enough damage by itself. Loud pipes just add to it. I've got the test results to prove it. My right ear is significantly worse than the left one; drag and other open pipes for nearly 34 years.
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Loud pipes or not, ear plugs will save your hearing on a bike. The wind noise will do enough damage by itself. Loud pipes just add to it. I've got the test results to prove it. My right ear is significantly worse than the left one; drag and other open pipes for nearly 34 years.
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Imagine how the public feels.
Imagine how the public feels.
Tom
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ORIGINAL: New2Harley
Imagine how the public feels.
Imagine how the public feels.
Oh I hope they do hear me LOUD and clear as we already know that they are blind so im just helping the hearing impaired drivers out there[:@]
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I use earplugs, not because the volume of my pipes, but because wind noise is brutally bad for my hearing!
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yep, I wear them all the time. My commute is an hour each way and between the wind noise and SEII pipes it's fatiguing and I'm sure hard as hell on the ears over time.