Who listens to music when they ride??

I will not listen to music.... My VFR Sounds to purdy to not listen to it....

However, Where I work there is a large contingent of Bike riders... Not all sport and not all harleys a good mix of all versions of 2 wheels.

We had a guy who I used to park next to all the time... He Started to show me his Speakers and I-Pod holder he had mounted... Even had a remote switches for hitting next and previous... I was polite and asked if he did not think playing with music while ridding was not such a hot idea....

2 weeks later another rider at work was telling me ho this co-worker was constantly complaining about all these close calls he has been getting into lately.....

3 weeeks later..... Coworker is in th hospital in a coma for 3 days.. He got very lucky... He woke up 3 days later with a monster headache, a broken wrist, a broken collar bone, a slipped disk in his neck, a broken ankle, and no memory of his crash...

He only rembers getting onto the highway and thinking the song playing was to mellow...... That is the ast he remebers.... Where he crashed is notorious for the highway "Checking up" and sudden slow downs... He rode his bike pat and side swipped an 18wheeler and according to witnesses was inches from gtting run over by the rear wheels of the 18 wheeler...

Luckily he wears leathers but he only wore a half helmet....

Was he fiddling with his music? He's not sure... Did the music distract him? I'm not really sure...

But I am sure I personally will never listen to music that will drown out the beutiful sound of my VFR.....

 

I love these urban stories, full of myth and conjecture. They leave me with a cold sweat and a chill down my spine. I will amend my ways, I am afraid. In fact I better stop riding my bike all together because it is dangerous. I definitely will not drive my car, that is dangerous as well, in fact I am going to stay inside and stay away from anything that may hurt me for the rest of my life...you get the point.

Just having fun, actually that is kinda why I ride.

See ya

 

It's a true story.....

Look everyone, do what you want and what you are comfortable with I could care less really... The question was asked would I or would I not and why and hence, my answer...

Take it or leave it...If you're comfortable riding with music more power to you... I solute anyone's superior 733T mad Skillz at ridding that obviously I do not have because I will not listen to music while I ride....

Hmmm Peeking outside...there is still 12" of snow on the grass and it's 50 degrees... I'm considering getting my bike into the Honda Dealor for my recal work.... and 6000 mile check-up...

Is it spring yet?

 

Hey JoelieC,
I think your story was one of the most important elements in this thread. I think there is a lot of food for thought there. Paying attention is required when riding or driving. We lost a woman and a baby a few years back here in Tucson cause the kid was changing a CD in his car and mowed them down as they walked 10 feet to the side of the road.

Alexi, I think, is just trying to stir the soup and get a laugh.

 

Dammit Nungboy worked me out! Am I that transparent?

Seriously though, I sometimes do listen to music when I ride, with my iPod on shuffle. I have found that the most important safety element is between my ears, it has nothing to do with my riding skill or my choice of listening to music or not. It is simply my ability to make a decision not to ride to fast for the conditions and to be aware of what the traffic is doing around me at all times. I create my own safety or not when I ride and this is my choice and I live or not by the consequences. Fate though plays a part, last year I hit a Kangaroo while doing the speed limit early one morning on the way back from work. It was not pretty, but I had on all the right gear and was lucky...or I wasn't that unlucky depending how you look at it.

Morale of the story, stuff happens. But I don't hide from life because of it.

There had my rant.

...and no, in case you were wondering, I was not listening to music at the time.

 

i spent all day riding and plugged into my zen.

i can listen to music for touring and on the open road. the silicon plugs of the philips noise cancelling earphones cuts the howling from my nolan 102 helmet

cant listen to music if i need to concentrate in the twisties

K

 

I'm still relatively new to sport-bikes, so I'll just concentrate on learning proper technique and safety precautions. I might sound like a party-pooper, but around here it's not if someone drops their new bike, it's when. I'm really trying not to be that guy. It's kind of a tasteless joke where I work, but people call motorcycles "donor-cycles." I don't know if you guys have ever heard that one...I hadn't before I got here. Anyway, just trying to shut the non-riders up by avoiding any mishaps.

 

music is for the open road

need to concentrate too much in town

re: donor cycle..yes heard that one.. also we have a term here..."temporary australian" for bikers

never mind.. you can really only discuss motorcycling with other bikers.. everyone else tells you, you are gonna die

K

 

Alexi---the soup is not any good unless it gets stirred sometimes! We all do our part...

"Donor-cycle" yes, the original oh-so-clever term for riders. And I agree...talk to other cyclists to have a real discussuion. Non-riders cannot quite "get it."

 

Hearing Loss is cumulative...

I always wear ear plugs but I also listen to my XM Radio. I can hear the music just fine with the ear plugs in. The plugs block out a different frequency, i.e. Wind Noise.

 

OT: Hey 'stuka, you ever ride around the Tierrasanta area? I swear I've seen you a few times. :biggrin:

 

I think we are all missing the inportant fact as I found out last weekend when Derstuka was picking my bike out of the Sand Lot ....

The added benefit to riding with MP3 player strapped to your fore arm makes a great forearm slider :brick: :clap2:

 

Hmm, you avy pic reminded me of a bike/rider I see every so often coming up Tierrasanta blvd. Then again, since Murphy Canyon has military housing, everyone and their mother rides a bike.

Eheh, if you see a VF500 missing the right mirror, that's me on mine :biggrin:

I actually live right across the street from the high school.

 

I usually don't pick fights, but Ghost - you hit one of my button combos...
US bases require(d?) motorcycles where an orange reflective construction vest when you ride on base, is that good for me too?

My point - Just because it is a policy does not mean it is a good one for everyone all the time.

---- side note ----
I've started shoving my old iPod down my pants when I ride for protection.... good thing I've never fallen for the iPod nano... I have ye olde bricke style.

 

that must have been a sight to see!

Jason nodding his head, Roxy Style, to the beat as he rode sitting straight up with the cruise control on.... "...peeling the label of his bottles of Bud..." doing American Sign Language to Cheryl Crow's song... and the traffic thinking,"why is that deaf guy so into his music?".

the other half of the trip Derstuka signed,"I'm so Ronery" by Kim Jong Il as his hands and fingers drifted softly through the breeze up Interstate 5. <--(I made this part up as a joke)

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