Ducati Sporting Club UK > General > Idle Chat > Don't shout Im not deaf

[Fordie]

Or will you be in 10/20 years time . How many riders go out and ride the bike occasionally with out ear plugs. I admit I have done, so as not to "waste all that lovely noise". But just how much damage do we do to our ears. PLENTY believe me. OK so Im a little older than some on here and its a well known fact that as you get older your hearing slowly goes down hill. Its not only the hairs on your head that decrease but also the hair like structures (nerve endings)called the Organ of Corti within the Cochlea that can be damaged . Sound vibrations by the time there reach the inner ear are 20 times greater than when there began in the eardrum. Maybe now you can see where this is going.

Popping in ear defender's then makes sense and it will stop me having to shout when Its my turn to buy the beers in 4D

[butch890]

Thanks for that Pete,i'll make sure i take more care when i get to your age!

Poor old Monty must be deaf as a post at his age!!
Butch

[electricsheep]

mine is already going, but thats from the jet engines that used to run in the room next door.

earplugs are good, the important bit that they cut out is the higher frequences from wind noise.

[wilf]

must admit i've never used ear plugs, always considered them for touring or long journeys. I only ride on the road a few times a month and not for long trips.

Are the benefits going to be as much for short runs, track days for example??

[electricsheep]

Originally posted by wilf
must admit i've never used ear plugs, always considered them for touring or long journeys. I only ride on the road a few times a month and not for long trips.

Are the benefits going to be as much for short runs, track days for example??

yes the benefits are on short runs as well. hearing damage is cumlative, so six seperate ten min trips are the same as a one hour run. should really use them on every trip.
btw a quite bike with a loud helmet is probably worse that a loud bike with a quite lid

[Monty]

"Poor old Monty must be deaf as a post at his age!!
Butch"-it's got nothing to do with my age mate-more to do with following that baby 'R' of yours-112db indeed.........

John

[Davieravie]

Whats everybody saying................I cant hear a thing man!!!!!!:P

[fil2]

i like licking mine and sticking em in...................

how do you do yours..................!




[Edited on 3-10-2005 by fil2]

[rockhopper]

I have always worn ear plugs on the ST becasue i find it physically painful if i don't. However i find the monster quite hard to ride with them in becasue i can hardly hear the engine and it doesn't go fast enough for wind noise to be a problem.

[les996]

I did some minimoto racing (briefly) and the things were so loud that it became second nature with earplugs...

I have tried many times using them on the road, just cannot get on with them - must try again though!!!

must try harder