First of all I want to clarify...I am not concerned about the legal or safety issues of wearing sound isolating headphones. I don't wear them in town and I am doubtful about how unsafe it is, when riding at speed the wind is so loud that I can't hear my bike or my wife yelling, and my bike is very loud(V&H BS Staggered w/thundermonster baffles).
If I was concerned with safety or legal issues I wouldn't wear a half helmet that is not D.O.T. approved. Also, on long rides I often wear headphones or ear plugs to protect my ears. I quit wearing the Sony sound isolating headphones that I had because they did not reduce wind noise and I had to turn the volume up very loud to compensate.
So the question is this, will the Shure SE110 or SE 210 filter out wind noise at highway speeds while using a half helmet? Sandy V. Actually it sounds really good. A lot of people put lame pipes or drag pipes on their bikes to make them loud, but like you said, they sound like S***. Mine sound great. The crossover on the BSS staggers improves the tone and performance over others in the V&H line. The thunder monster baffles greatly increase the tone and performance over stock V & H Pipes, and eliminate the "popping and vibrations" associated with some other V & H Pipes.
In either case you missed the point, the issue is the wind not the sound of my pipes.
Your answer served no purpose other than to be an @$$. I use Etymotic ER-6I sound isolating earphones. I concur with the last dude that you have to seal the ear canal, and while these earphones are exceptional in both blocking out noise, and producing sound (the sound quality is phenomenal), I cannot recommend them, because the design of the plug is defective.
My original pair lasted about 18 months before failing, and even though they only had a 1 year warranty, etymotic replaced them. Since then, I've gone through about 5 pairs, each one suffering the same failure in 3-6 months. Every time Etymotic has replaced them for free, so good company in that respect.
The most recent pair has a different plug/jack design, so maybe these will hold out.
As far as the wind noise goes, I ride with both full and half helmets, and these earphones are so good, it's quiet up to 100, and comfortable beyond that.
I have gotten 2 tickets for wearing them, but I don't care. My hearing is to important. PUT THE STOCK PIPES ON. YOUR'S SOUND LIKE **** ANYWAY, DON'T THEY. COME ON YOU KNOW THEY DO. LEAVE YOUR ***** AT HOME, YOUR BIKE WILL GO FASTER. After many years working around airplanes, participating in shooting sports and riding motorcycles, my hearing is damaged to the point that I am doing everything I can to save what's left.
The only way to block wind noise is to completely seal the ear canal from the outside. That is best done with OSHA approved ear plugs. That's why I have a big box of foam rubber earplugs on my garage workbench, and I grab a handful and use them every time I go out for a ride.
It is possible that when wearing your half-helmet, your Sony ear phones were actually creating more wind noise due to the rush of the wind moving past the outer part of the headphone while in use. The Shure earphones don't look like they would be any better.
You might have better luck with a helmet that covers the outer part of your ear. I had a police style 1/2 helmet with a padded leather skirt that came down over my ears and the back of my neck. Even that little bit of streamlining over the outside of my ears did a lot to reduce wind noise, but now I wear a full-coverage helmet all the time. |
