tech iii

[dooden]

Ok... but did you smile ? Dooden

--- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, dahlheim2@a... wrote: > ALL flip-up style helmets are noisier than full-face. it's one of the > compromises you make with that kind of helmet. my current one is a flip-up > style. the etymotics work great in it nonetheless. they are expensive, but if > you look at the statistics, they work better than the others out there. about > 25 db external noise reduction (without a powered noise-cancellation device, > and still better than others with such a device), and great frequency response. > > Dont get a AGV RC-5 if your looking for a helmet that reduces noise.. > > you will be disappointed.. its kinda loud.. but again.. its a MX type > > helmet... > > > > I am thinking about one of these: > > > > http://www.webbikeworld.com/Reviewed-motorcycle-products/user-reports/zeus.htm > > > > Its a Zeus Flip-up Helmet (model 508) Can get heated shields, dual > > pane shields, mirrored shields, breath mask thingy for the cold. > > > > Around $90~$100 and its DOT of course.. > > > > Look at the Trax Motorsports hyperlink on the review page, they seem > > to have good info. > > > > > > Cheers.... > > > > Dooden > > > > (if you are reading this.. smile, then get somebody else to smile) > > > > > > --- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "S. B. Lawrence " > > wrote: > > > Assuming you were using earphones/buds right in your ears, and didn't > > > just strap something with a speaker on the handlebars, "sounds" to me > > > like you need a helmet that cuts down on wind noise a lot better than > > > whatever you're wearing now (you are wearing one, right?) > > > > > > --- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, Douglas Dick wrote: > > > > I have a question to ask of the collective. When long range > > > touring on the KLR650, what sorts of solutions are out there for road > > > > tunes. I used to use a Sony Walkman but found that wind noise > > > drowned out the music. > > > > > > > > Douglas Dick > > > > Winnipeg, MB CA > > > > mailto:ddick2@s... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > List sponsored by Dual Sport News at www.dualsportnews.com. List FAQ courtesy of > > Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html > > Unsubscribe by sending a blank message to: > > DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com . > > > > > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > >

[Bobb Todd]

have a question to ask of the collective. When long range touring on the KLR650, what sorts of solutions are out there for road ..................................... I just got a Sony Minidisc for Christmas. Tapes were too short and CD player skipped. 5 hours per disc, easy to burn on it, rerecordable, and better compression than MP3. Good volume, very compact, and it doesn't skip even if you shake it hard. If you're rich you could go for an Archos Jukebox but I prefer changing tunes. Bobb Todd '97 ST 1100 '95 DR650 IB # 125

[Dirk Koenig]

I'd like to add my vote to this one. These Koss "The Plug" earphones work wonders. Replace the crappy foam pads that come with it with real expanding earplugs with a hole melted through them. Then just insert the plugs the way you normally would and don your helmet. With the earplugs drowning out most of the road noise, and the music being piped directly to your inner ear, the volume needed to hear the music goes way down, sound quality goes way up, and battery life goes way up. I went from having to blast my MiniDisc player at full volume to hear ANYTHING through the earplugs and road noise, to using just slightly more volume than I would in a quiet room and I could make out lyrics and musical nuances that I knew were there, but couldn't hear using Bass Monster speakers mounted in the helmet and blasting it. I wore earplugs to drown out noise while using the helmet speakers, which increased sound quality a bit, but the Koss headphones are the ticket, in my opinion, since they pipe the sound right where it needs to go and the foam plugs block out the unwanted noise. The only downside to "The Plug" is that they are a little fragile, take care when removing the helmet not to crush the earplug, and they have an in-line mute button which caused no end of trouble until I cut it out of the circuit. Dirk

> Koss makes an in ear earbud. > > http://www.buy.com/retail/electronics/product.asp?sku=90104002&loc=111 > > You can find them at Radio Shack, Best Buy, etc. These also double > as your noise reducing ear plugs. > > I substitute real ear plug material for the foam that comes with it. > I buy Earoes or some other quality plug at a drug store, cut to the > proper length, and then melt a hole in the center with a heated paper > clip. It's comfortable, kills a lot of outside noise, and works. > >

[Harry Seifert]

from the desk of Buddy Seifert

> [Original Message] > From: Harry Seifert > To: Tony Cornett ; Stu Mumford

; RM Richard May ; Michael Wheely ; Mark Barbee ; Mark Bakarich ; George Basinet ; DSN_klr650 DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com>; Chris Krok ; Bob Hancock

> Date: 1/26/03 12:18:31 PM > Subject: Tech III > > > > > from the KLR of Buddy Seifert > > It looks like, and it shall be, the 29th of March for Tech III....As

usual, I'll have a smattering of tools, the wonderfully deficient books (vol 1 & 2), open shop space,

> a modified J47 shop heater, shop towels, AIR TOOLS, etc. available. > > I also have a partial shim kit, RM is bringing filters, I have Castrol

20/50 on hand.....may get in a case of a MC specific oil.

> > I'll be touching base about 10 days before to firm everything up. > > >

[bkowalca]

Has anyone tried the Sony ear-bud version called the Sony MDR-EX70LP Fontopia? A few more bucks but they might have a better sound? Bryan K A14

--- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "Dirk Koenig" wrote: > I'd like to add my vote to this one. These Koss "The Plug" earphones work > wonders. Replace the crappy foam pads that come with it with real expanding > earplugs with a hole melted through them. Then just insert the plugs the way > you normally would and don your helmet. With the earplugs drowning out most > of the road noise, and the music being piped directly to your inner ear, the > volume needed to hear the music goes way down, sound quality goes way up, > and battery life goes way up. I went from having to blast my MiniDisc player > at full volume to hear ANYTHING through the earplugs and road noise, to > using just slightly more volume than I would in a quiet room and I could > make out lyrics and musical nuances that I knew were there, but couldn't > hear using Bass Monster speakers mounted in the helmet and blasting it. > > I wore earplugs to drown out noise while using the helmet speakers, which > increased sound quality a bit, but the Koss headphones are the ticket, in my > opinion, since they pipe the sound right where it needs to go and the foam > plugs block out the unwanted noise. The only downside to "The Plug" is that > they are a little fragile, take care when removing the helmet not to crush > the earplug, and they have an in-line mute button which caused no end of > trouble until I cut it out of the circuit. > > Dirk > > > > Koss makes an in ear earbud. > > > > http://www.buy.com/retail/electronics/product.asp? sku=90104002&loc=111 > > > > You can find them at Radio Shack, Best Buy, etc. These also double > > as your noise reducing ear plugs. > > > > I substitute real ear plug material for the foam that comes with it. > > I buy Earoes or some other quality plug at a drug store, cut to the > > proper length, and then melt a hole in the center with a heated paper > > clip. It's comfortable, kills a lot of outside noise, and works. > > > >