Anyone have a nice sounding music system set up on your bike? Any reviews of good earplug type speakers or handle bar mounted speakers? Would like to hear from everybody that has a nice music set up.:tour

I too would like some kinda tunes on my bike. I always figured thats for when ya'r riding a dresser, but I find myself jammin out to nothing. I bet I'd really be rockin with tunes blastin somehow.

I am very leary of just iPodding it or really any in ear kind. I wanna hear the outside too man...

I use an MP3 player with a built in FM radio. KOSS makes soft foam ear buds that go in your ear like an ear plug. Works great with a windshield and still works okay without.

for short rides they are a pain sometimes, I usually only use them on rides 100 miles or more. But anything less than that I don't need to worry about boredom anyway.

Nice thing is for less than $100 you have your music and the bike you love without an ugly radio.

I keep my tunes up in my head.

Yeah that works too, cheaper too!

Check out this review I posted a few months back... I've got a pair of these in my Shoei RF900 helmet, connected to an XM radio.

http://xlforum.net/vbportal/forums/showthread.php?t=3815&highlight=edsets

I sing, really loud!:roflblack

my screamin eagle pipes are all the music I want to hear

I'm surprised someone hasn't come up with a faring for a Sportster with a radio/CD. I've seen an aftermarket one for a Road King.

JB

Well you can try out the Shure ear phone kinda pricey (499 for the top of the line and 99 for the bottom) however they creat a seal in the ear that shuts out noise and they have a noise cancleation sensor built in. hook them to and Ipod ish contraption with a headphone booster and you are scooting. I set up my FF with speakers in the helment fro long hauls and they work ok. (Dont like my FF, HD 50% off deal wind flies up it loud as heck). But it will keep you from hearing the outside world.

Anyone have a nice sounding music system set up on your bike?
Cycle Shack slip-ons :laugh

Cycle Shack slip-ons :laugh
That was'nt quite the kind i was talking about but have to admit it's some sweet music!

I have an MP3 player hooked to my Motocomm unit (which also allows me to talk to my hubby on his bike via 2-way radios also hooked to the Motocomm). The MP3 player automatically mutes when he talks to me and when I talk to him. The speakers hook inside my helmet and not into my ear which allows me to also still hear stuff around me.

This wasn't a cheap set up though, but it works well. The Motocomm unit was $150 and the MP3 player I got was about $100.

Before getting this, I was thinking about getting Rumble Road speakers in chrome which hook onto the bars or anywhere else for that matter. You can do a search for them online. They aren't cheap either, but they are cool in that you just plug your MP3 player or portable radio directly into them as they are self amplified and you have music for all to hear ;) lol

I use an MP3 player with a built in FM radio. KOSS makes soft foam ear buds that go in your ear like an ear plug. Works great with a windshield and still works okay without.

for short rides they are a pain sometimes, I usually only use them on rides 100 miles or more. But anything less than that I don't need to worry about boredom anyway.

Nice thing is for less than $100 you have your music and the bike you love without an ugly radio.
Cadiero what brand of mp3 player with a built in fm radio do you have and about how much did it cost? I just bought a pair of radio shack noise reducing in ear collapsible stereo earplugs that seal out external noises. They only cost about $20.00, they sound pretty good and cut out most of the outside noises but you can still hear things like car horns. There no shure brothers like skippyray was talking about but they sound pretty good. I tried them out with a $5.00 drug store radio, but i would like to get a system that has a bass boost. Anybody know of a small good sounding fm, fm/mp3, or fm/am?

I have an MP3 player hooked to my Motocomm unit (which also allows me to talk to my hubby on his bike via 2-way radios also hooked to the Motocomm). The MP3 player automatically mutes when he talks to me and when I talk to him. The speakers hook inside my helmet and not into my ear which allows me to also still hear stuff around me.

This wasn't a cheap set up though, but it works well. The Motocomm unit was $150 and the MP3 player I got was about $100.

Before getting this, I was thinking about getting Rumble Road speakers in chrome which hook onto the bars or anywhere else for that matter. You can do a search for them online. They aren't cheap either, but they are cool in that you just plug your MP3 player or portable radio directly into them as they are self amplified and you have music for all to hear ;) lol
Kath sounds like a cool set up you have there. Looks like i'll be doing a small fm/mp3 with earplug type headset but it would be nice to "rumble road it". There's just something about being able to just turn a knob and jam! without having to hook up all that small stuff. Yeah if you had the right set up those 4" rumble road chrome speakers would'nt look to bad, yeah that and about $400 bucks.:D

I was thinking of just getting those Oakley 'Thump' sunglasses and fitting them with a clear lense. I wonder if you can get that rubber stuff put on a pair too, to keep out wind. When riding with normal sunglasses, I always find that the air gets inside of the frames way too easily! Anyway, I think those thump ones might be a good way to get sound - I bet you could just flip one of the speakers UP when riding around town so that you could still hear the outside world. When on the highway you could flip it down and JAM out. I gotta get some tunes tho, and I am about to research Kath's two suggestions. Thanks dudes.

Before getting this, I was thinking about getting Rumble Road speakers in chrome which hook onto the bars or anywhere else for that matter. You can do a search for them online. They aren't cheap either, but they are cool in that you just plug your MP3 player or portable radio directly into them as they are self amplified and you have music for all to hear ;) lol


Wow! Kath...I checked out these speakers and they are very cool! I Love the fact that you can just plug in and go. I'm a fairly new rider and I have been worried about trying to use my ipod with earbud and it interfering with me hearing my bike and what's going on around me. You're right...they are a little pricey, but I'm gonna check into these. Do you know anyone who actually has them?

I have a Sandisk 1g MP3 player with an FM tuner. Earbuds are what I use now, but they get uncomfortable after a while. I'm considering a pair of helmet speakers with a Mixit or Boostaroo.http://www.aerostich.com/home.php?cat=262&sort=orderby&sort_direction=0&page=1

My friends all have Road Glides and I must make amends...The Harmon Kardon system which comes on them, plays MP3's, is a reason enough to want one. But aside from the stereo, I don't really want one, yet...

On the V-TWIN forum people with the HK stereo are now upgrading their units because of all the glitches that come with new electronics. Seems the new units can 'read' a C-D and automatically updates the software. I've read quite a few complaints about the new systems......

My wife got me a Delphi portable XM radio 3 months ago and I use it all the time. It comes with all the hardware you need for using it at home, in the car, walking, or on the bike. Because of the antenna, I attached it to the W/S but the fit on the bracket was not tight enough and it fell off:wonderlan . But the damned thing still works even though its scratched up from hitting the pavement at 40 MPH. When I first tried to use it on the bike, the POS earbuds that came with the radio didn't work too well. At 60 MPH and above, the things would let in too much ambient noise. I was thinking of getting the Shure ear buds but didn't want to put out that much money....$99-400. So I went to Radio Shack and bought their foam earbuds for $20. They work real well. At 75 MPH + I can hear the radio and its not turned up all the way. The cord on the earbuds have a mute switch which comes in handy at stops. I put the radio in my W/S bag and that's the only part I don't like. The cord "floats" in fron of me as I ride. I have somewhat solved that problem by pinning the cord to my shirt and that helps.

Sometime soon I'm gonna "hardwire" the radio and run an extension for the earbud cord so I can bring it up from the seat and out of the way of my vision. This set up was an inexpensive way of getting tunes I want to hear while I ride.

Anyone have a nice sounding music system set up on your bike? Any reviews of good earplug type speakers or handle bar mounted speakers? Would like to hear from everybody that has a nice music set up.:tour

Hi,

I like music when I'm riding. Due to popular demand I've stopped singing.

I didn't want to mount a radio on my Sporty.

Back in the day I tried a little transistor radio in my shirt pocket: PITA.
Then I went with a Shock resistant CD/MP3 in my saddle bag: didn't work due to vibration even with my newer rubber mount Sporty.. Cool idea though, it worked fine when I settled in for the night, hundreds of mp3 s on a disk.

I recently bought some very small no name MP3-MP4 players from China, these work great! I have about 450 or so of my favorite songs converted to WMA files to loaded in a 1 gig player. I guess this works out to about 18 hours of music before a song repeats.

Anyway, I bought a pair of earphones from Radio Shack with the loop? or what ever it's called that goes over your ear and holds them on for about $10and they work great! No road noise to speak of and great jams. Total cost about $80. I think any kind of descent earphones will work great.

I just use my MP3 player and headphones. I can't stand not listening to music. People laugh when they see me jammin at the stoplights:) Since I started this I enjoy riding much more, (I didn't think that was possible!). I can still hear traffic and such and I still hear my Vance and Hines too.

Something to keep in mind. Depending on your state be aware of the laws regarding headphones while driving.

Here's Illinois' law:

(625 ILCS 5/12?610) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12?610)
Sec. 12?610. Headset receivers.
(a) Except as provided under Section 11?1403.3, no driver of a motor vehicle on the highways of this State shall wear headset receivers while driving.

Helmet intercoms are legal:

(625 ILCS 5/11‑1403.3) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1403.3)
Sec. 11‑1403.3. Intercom helmets. Any driver of a vehicle defined in Section 1‑145.001, 1‑147, or 1‑148.2 of this Code may use a helmet equipped with an electronic intercom system permitting 2‑way vocal communication with drivers of any such vehicles or passengers on such vehicles.
(Source: P.A. 90‑89, eff. 1‑1‑98.)

Best to check with local/state law enforcement BEFORE you see the red/blue lights in your rearview mirror, because then it's too late.

And "But Officer, I didn't know that was illegal" doesn't cut it as he/she is writing your citation.