Listen to radio/mp3 player while riding

Anyone put some ear phones in while riding? I was thinking about mounting something in my helment. Any good ideas.?

i know its cheap, but all i do is remove the earpads and duct tape a cheap set of earbuds in there. put the pads back in and run the wire to the player and off you go. the best part is that since the ear buds are not in your ears, you can still hear road noises and such while listening to the music.

All the time, MP3 player/Radio.. I just usually have one ear piece in on the right side to muffle the exhaust sound a little. That way everything else can still be heard. :-) Just makes the ride more interesting.

Yeah I put an ipod shuffle in mine.I mounted the ipod with velcro and hollowed out a little of the padding for the speakers.I can still hear traffic.

In most states its prohibited to use headphones of any kind while riding. Refer to your riders safety manual for when you took your written test to get your temps. Watch out for the smokies if you do use a listening device that covers your ears. It does impair your ability to hear everything that is going on around you. And a good "jam" might distract you. I personaly dont listen to anything while riding (most of the time im just cruising and not wearing my helmate anyway).

I always listen to mine. In my cage I got subs........not many places for those on the bike so...........I need to hear some good music at all times. I just use my retractable ear buds, I can still hear traffic and my favourite tunes.
LJ

i posted this same question on many a forum.. and your in luck cuz i found somthing!

http://www.autocomamerica.com/docs/home.cfm


there really expensive.. except the easi-7 is an old model and you can get them half price now.. there is a shop in town here that sells them for 80$ and they have 5 left. it comes with headphones that you can mount in your helmet, it has a mouth pice so you can talk on your cell phone. and the best part, for me anyway is you can listen to music and a radar detector and when the radar goes off it will mute the music. same thing if you want to hook up your cell instead of a detector. i haven't used it yet since the place i bought it from is also mounting the headphones for me.

Well if it means I will be breaking the law by doing it, then I am all for it! Yea i was thinking of just putting the ear phone in the helmet and not in my ears. Sounds like that works pretty well. I was hoping to get some sort of wireless headphones and rig them in the helmet then just put the mp3 player in my pocket. Not sure if they make small wireless ones though. So do you guys mount the mp3 player in or on the helmet or just run it down to your pocket?

Everyone that I know puts it in a pocket. Harder for Smokies to see you using it. Ears buds are the most common that I've seen used.

i listen to mine everytime i ride (few close calls too), usually i put one on the right ear, and wear a bandana to hold it in place..

I couldn't do it, for one i love the sound of the engine and two....i simply do not have a death wish.

LOL. Good answer.

dumb asses for even thinking about riding and listing to a mp3

Well i wasnt going to say it but i do have to agree with it not being a great idea. I love my music too but its not easy to drive my bike as well as every damn car around me at the same time. Know what i mean?

when i wear my shuffle i hang it off my neck and run the wires up then inside of my jacket into my helmet. also if you get speakers mounted inside your helmet i'm pretty sure its not illegal since you dont actualy have headphones in your ears. except for maybe in cali.. everything is illegal in cali. also listing to music when you ride is fine. first your not going to hear a car behind you over your engine and wind noise anyway. second you dont have to turn it up so loud that you cant hear anything. and three it makes riding that much more comfortable and enjoyable, and being comfortable is safe.

My brother slipped some headphones into little slots that were already inside of the padding in the helmet. I looked at mine and it has the same thing, They are bot HJC helmets.

Anyways he rewired the headphones with a female jack instead of a male and cut the wires short. Then he drilled a hole in the back of the helmet and siliconed the female end into place completely flush with the helmet. Then he made a seperate wire with two male ends to go inside the cd player and the female end on the headphones. Looks pretty good and sounds great. Real professional looking.

I want to do the same thing with mine but my helmet is brand spankin new and I dont really want to mess it up.
Probably will end up doing it anyways.

Daniel Thompson

Great idea.....except i'm not too sure about the whole "drilling into your helmet thing"...seems to me if droppin it can supposedly ruin it, drilling a hole in it might be....um, risky? lol

+1 for innovation though.

-Adam

Drilling or removing pads doesnt seem to be very safe.

+1 with the innovation

i have tried all sorts of speaker sizes and types and nothing fits comfortably in my helmet. i came across these and have not bought them yet althogh i am planning on it.

http://www.helmetaudio.com/item--Helmet-Speakers--AHA1014.html

i don't even go skiing on snowboarding with earphones on. N i'm a pretty damn good skier. I don't think i will ever listen to music n ride. Just doesn't feel safe....

I'd have to agree with ImmaSquashYou,

As nice as it would be to listen to some tunes while riding, I would think it could be kinda distracting. I personally want to be able to hear what's going on around me. Just MHO.

I think its pretty safe.

Personally I dont BLAST the music so I cant even hear the bike. I can still hear everything around me when I listen to music.
Only time I turn it up loud is when Im on the highway.

Daniel Thompson

i ride with my ipod on but i wear it on my hip right under my jacket so all i have to do is reach down and pause it if i need to but most of the time its up kinda loud cause i cant hear any thing but wind and exhaust when im going any way, i feel safe and not distracted but thats just me....

If you think that riding with music is not safe than riding a Honda Goldwing is one of the most unsafe bikes around. Personally, I believe that it is ok as long as you can hear the road conditions around you. From what is sound like having headphones attached to your helmet and not on your head is the way to go, just don't crank the volume.
What it comes down to really is "Do you feel comfotable riding with music playing?" If not than don't. There is a time and place for everything, usually I like to listen to music when going on a fairly distant/monatinous freeway ride, if I decide to go for a brisk ride through some twisties then NO, I just feel uncomfortable hence therefore unsafe for me.
Myself, I have the headphone in the right ear and the iPod in my front pocket. I was thinking of a way to put the iPod in the helmet so I don't have any wires coming into my jacket.

Agreed. Ride with music if you feel comfortable with it. Also, I'd say about 100% of auto drivers out there are either on the cell phone, listening and jaming to the radio, putting makeup on/doing hair, etc.. Riding with a little backround music is just fine as long as you are experienced enough to concentrate on the road and not get distracted with it.