Yes when riding both Goldwing and RK, especially when wearing half helmet, (wear full face while on freeway). Makes the stereo easier to hear when on the Goldie, weird but true.
I do most of the time. I usually ride with a full face helmet and drive a Roadglide Ultra. If I wear a 3/4 helmet (fulmer) I don't need them as much. It is funny I hear the stereo better with the earplugs and my motor does not make all those strange noises LOL.
I wear em all the time riding. I have a half and (soft extension) 3/4 helmet and cannot deal with the wind noise. The pipes sound beautiful. The other day I took off and forgot the earplugs and thought hmmm pipes don't sound as nice... a little too loud. Cant win.
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When I ride nope. We have a helmet law in MI. However, my wife wears them from about November til April when I'm bitching about the weather up here in this #$%%^^&&&*& tundra, lol.