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I am a relatively new NC700X rider. Like the bike - working out quirks/details/farkles.
Wind noise (not tire, gear whine, exhaust, etc.) is really bad with standard screen, a homemade one, and I hear/read also bad with almost all the aftermarket ones that aren't barn-door sized.
Strangely, the same helmet seems quieter on my XL350R?! Yes, standing up on either makes it equal. It's so bad I cannot hear anything else (traffic, horns, etc).
I've been fooling around with collars, neck gaiters, wind dams, earplugs (going to try custom ones soon - ordered), etc. BTW - earplugs seem to upset my equilibrium, but the noise seems to fatigue me beyond normal. A work in progress and no 'AHA' moment yet.
I prefer to kill the noise and/or keep it out of my ear so I can use headset to be able to hear GPS directions, music, incoming texts (handsfree mode) and phone calls, maybe a communicator when on a trip. Unfortunately must always be on call for my job/business. Yes, that sux, but kinda addicted to food and heat and clothes and gasoline...
Came across this helmet (Fiberglass Full Face Helmet - Quiet Ride Helmets) which mimics one of the options I envisioned - earcups like the David Clark headset I wear as a genav pilot integrated in the helmet with an airpump to tighten the seal (he's obviously brilliant since we think alike...). These are not active noise reduction, merely block sound/noise. The helmet is on DOT approved, not Snell. Doesn't mean it isn't good, just not tested/certified.
Question - from our very own no-agenda 'Consumer Reports' members - anybody have any experience on this helmet, Windjammer, etc? I already have tinnitus and do NOT need to make it worse.
Thanks in advance. Can you tell this is bugging me?! This has become an obsession...
Deaf Jim
Wind noise (not tire, gear whine, exhaust, etc.) is really bad with standard screen, a homemade one, and I hear/read also bad with almost all the aftermarket ones that aren't barn-door sized.
Strangely, the same helmet seems quieter on my XL350R?! Yes, standing up on either makes it equal. It's so bad I cannot hear anything else (traffic, horns, etc).
I've been fooling around with collars, neck gaiters, wind dams, earplugs (going to try custom ones soon - ordered), etc. BTW - earplugs seem to upset my equilibrium, but the noise seems to fatigue me beyond normal. A work in progress and no 'AHA' moment yet.
I prefer to kill the noise and/or keep it out of my ear so I can use headset to be able to hear GPS directions, music, incoming texts (handsfree mode) and phone calls, maybe a communicator when on a trip. Unfortunately must always be on call for my job/business. Yes, that sux, but kinda addicted to food and heat and clothes and gasoline...
Came across this helmet (Fiberglass Full Face Helmet - Quiet Ride Helmets) which mimics one of the options I envisioned - earcups like the David Clark headset I wear as a genav pilot integrated in the helmet with an airpump to tighten the seal (he's obviously brilliant since we think alike...). These are not active noise reduction, merely block sound/noise. The helmet is on DOT approved, not Snell. Doesn't mean it isn't good, just not tested/certified.
Question - from our very own no-agenda 'Consumer Reports' members - anybody have any experience on this helmet, Windjammer, etc? I already have tinnitus and do NOT need to make it worse.
Thanks in advance. Can you tell this is bugging me?! This has become an obsession...
Deaf Jim