Do You Ride With Tunes?

[Ironride]

I have a radio on my GS850G Suzuki and never use it. I have seen to meny riders damn near loose it while trying to fiddle around with the settings or get a tape in. Besides the sound of a perfectly running engine is in its self is a symphony.

[Pat Kelly]

Generally around town I don't have tunes (watching out for errant cages). For trips or relaxing rides (slow OR spirited) I do like tunes. I plug a CD player into my chatterbox.
I do plan to install a stereo in my Pacifico fairing someday, fairing speakers and a headphone jack (that cuts out the speakers). I don't like cars with the booming stereos so I don't want to be like them. (I'm waiting to see some Honda Civic booming down the street have a fender vibrate loose and fall off someday).

[Jdwags]

Pat,

I agree with you, the only thing worse is to have something fall off you your ride, while the vibration is coming from the next lane.. (i had a 78 datsun pickup that needed a sweeper behind it by the time i had 180K on it... spent part of its life in alaska.. never the same .. but didn't wanna give up either.)

BTW, nice meetin you at Deuce..

[xs11taz]

GOTTA have tunes. Just upgraded the tunes on TAZ to a Sony AM/FM cassette (xm compatable) $89 U.S. at Walmart and 100% water-proof speakers from West Marine $25 U.S. SWMBO and I would not have been witout them on our last trip.

[Wayne]

did you get the speakers at Walmart too? I am looking for a new set.

[rtucker5612]

Guess maybe I'm different, but I like the noise of the road and the wind around me while I'm riding. I haven't ridden any long rides, so maybe my opinion will change with time!

[Dragonrider]

Wow. Over 350 views of this thread, and only 38 votes? Talk about lurking . . . only 38 out of 350 have an opinion? . . .

Anyway, do these poll threads ever close and broadcast results? Or do they stay open indefinately?

[sixtysix]

They stay open forever, the results are broadcast to all voters. Once people stop repling it drops from sight.

[xs11taz]

Originally posted by Wayne
did you get the speakers at Walmart too? I am looking for a new set.

No I got them at West Marine, $25.00 US. They are 100% water-proof and fit quite nicely in a Vetter Cyclesound

[xjguy]

keep playing those tunes on the cycle and maybe you will here angels playing harps- save it for the great room and the easy chair- the real tunes come from the revs and the exhaust- or maybe you are talking about riding a lexus!
see if maybe you can 'splain this to me lucy!

[Dragonrider]

Well, I've got no angels playing harps in my MP3 collection . . . but I do have a chick with a fiddle . . . that close enough?

I can't see how the music could cause a problem, ambient noise is still clearly hearable over the music (I can hear cars and bike/road noises).

The only danger I can see is that some songs magically make the bike go faster . . . really!

"One Wild Night" by Bon Jovi will earn you tickets on a hot summer night . . . unless the LEO is also a music fan . . .

You have to love and be passionate/inspired by music to really want this . . . if you are, just try it . . . you'll like it.

[Wayne]

I agree with you Danny about certain songs making the XS go faster. The 'Ole Mule' just loves it when I play "Whisky River" by Wille and she also seems to like "Revolution" by the Beatles. Cant keep her under 85 when I play that song!

[xjguy]

damn- guess i'll have to try "born to be wild"-steppenwolf and just hold on

[JP]

Pretty much anything from the Dixie Dregs will do it too, Wayne.

[strom]

Originally posted by xjguy
damn- guess i'll have to try "born to be wild"-steppenwolf and just hold on

check out my music section on http://213.143.72.86 and download the cult version... I love it.

LP