music on a sport bike

to be honest I just use a set of decent headphones (ultimate ears 700)with a bass boost amp (altoid tin) and im quite happy. it also helps with wind buffer on long rides :)

but i just got me a set of ultimate ears super fi 5 eb and they are what i would like to use but they kinda stick out too much and i cant get my helmet on..... oh well i guess i can try and find a way to get them in... maybe someone has done a recasing of sort for these headphones...

 

hope that help in some way..

 

:)

What kind of helmet are you wearing? I hope you're wearing a helmet. I ride with a full-face helmet, which isn't so great for using speakers. I've ridden with foam plugs and might consider IEMs, but haven't tried them yet.

I ride with a full face helmet and am considering something building in-helmet speakers as I really think IEMs aren't a great idea on a bike, you should be able to hear things.  It's illegal on a car to drive with headphones, law about "distractions".

Update: After a couple of hours of hard work, I've fitted a pair of KSC-75 into my HJC CL-MAX helmet! :)  All it took was breaking the back off the earphones and cutting off as much of the surrounding earphones.  Then it took about 40 minutes to properly fit them so the ear/face padding goes back in place and doesn't come off.  All in all, I think I'll need a portable amp to drive these loud enough to be used as mini-speakers but I'm happy with the initial results (listening with a helmet in my living room :p).  No photos as I REALLY don't want to take them apart again, it took long enough the first time.

 

Now I'm considering getting rid of the hanging wire and fitting a minijack on the helmet instead.  That'll probably be this weekend if I get the guts up to drilling the helmet (or more likely, I'll just leave a little inline jack hanging).

mount a pair of K1000 drivers into your helmet and drive it with a sonic-impact.....

 

sorry, couldn't help it.

and i will be one of those polices patrolling on that day ;)

just couldn't help it either...

yeah i use a full face helmet (shoei x1000) i dont think its illegal here in australia to ride with headphones in as people ride with earplugs in as well.... i can still here cars go past me, if someone uses there horn or sirens....

also here in australia you can use headphones in the car..... mostly to do with mobile phones and answering call, and in the case i use the normal earphones which apple provide :)  i dont need good headphones when i drive.... i got 2 X 12" subs and im happy with the bass that comes out of them 

when i have enough money i think ill try the sennheiser IE8 as they are ment to be quite bassy and they sit flush so i can wear my helmet over them 

just curious... what kinda bike you ride??

It's legal to wear earplugs on a motorcycle here, the law is about avoiding distractions, not blocking noise so it's really a gray area.  Personally, I just avoid IEMs when I ride/drive after a scary incident when I was skiing with IEMs last season and didn't notice that a snowmobile was fast approaching from behind until I saw headlights and he flew by me only 2 meters to the side.  Didn't really wear IEMs when doing sports outdoors since (well, I bike and rollerblade with IEMs but try to avoid heavy traffic areas).

 

I just got my first bike, 2009 Kawasaki Ninja 250R a few weeks ago and ride it every day for hours. :)

Update: Well, I built up the courage (or rather simply considered the alternative of a wire hanging down from the helmet all the time), drilled a little hole, installed a mini jack and closed everything back up.  Now it "almost looks like it should be there" according to my brother, so I think it's a good enough job.  Time for a test ride. :)

That is a really fun bike.  Now that you have the bug, though, you will be shopping for another one soon.  I started with a Ninja and now ride a Triumph Sprint 995 - it's a blast.

Yep, it's a blast to ride.  Now I just realized after an hour or so that I really have to blast it to cover the engine noise and when I do that, I almost max out the iPod volume and can't hear the cars around me (which isn't a bad thing).  More "testing" soon, going a little up north, some hill roads I found. :)

i ride with music all the time..... there is just something about having a good track going in the background while riding... it brings a new feeling to riding

and i ride a yamaha mt 01 

Just a note of advice. I rode bikes for years, and always wore a full-face helmet, usually equiped with

speakers. Now I have tinnitus. Not from the music, but from the noise of the air rushing past the helmet.

So, I would suggest that you use some cotton in each ear, whether you use speakers or not. It would seem

that IEM's would solve the problem (that's what racers use to communicate with their crew cheifs), but of

course on the street, that creates a whole new set of problems.

I find this an odd concept, not only due to the legal issues of riding with headphones but that you would want to add any distraction to sonic stimulation given by the bike.  Not hearing the cars around you IS a bad thing.