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sore ears and rattled head...
Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2001 9:26 pm
by tori645@yahoo.com
howdy..
did a lil 150 mile ride for lunch today, around Lake O.. beautiful
day.. only slight problem, ended up with sore ears and vibrated sore
head.. i have one of clearviews extended windshields.. think it's the
7 or 9".. wear a fullface Aria Signet helmet.. seems at 60 or above,
the wind noise and vibration start.. if i duck as low as the
windshield, everything is wonderful.. cept i'd need to be about 10"
shorter.. would ear plugs help with the wind noise? any ideas about
the head vibration?
thanks
sore ears and rattled head...
Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2001 10:25 pm
by KLR650@houston.rr.com
I wear earplugs on trips longer than my daily commute and I removed
the clear windscreen. Smooth, quiet air...
Gerret
A15
--- In DSN_klr650@y..., tori645@y... wrote:
> howdy..
>
> did a lil 150 mile ride for lunch today, around Lake O.. beautiful
> day.. only slight problem, ended up with sore ears and vibrated
sore
> head.. i have one of clearviews extended windshields.. think it's
the
> 7 or 9".. wear a fullface Aria Signet helmet.. seems at 60 or
above,
> the wind noise and vibration start.. if i duck as low as the
> windshield, everything is wonderful.. cept i'd need to be about 10"
> shorter.. would ear plugs help with the wind noise? any ideas about
> the head vibration?
>
> thanks
sore ears and rattled head...
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2001 12:56 am
by Steve Viertell
I've had my '01 for a couple of months and I like it (at least in this 95 degree weather we've been having) with the windshield off...With the stock windshield, it puts the buffeting right at my face...If I did a lot of long distance highway stuff on it, I think I would get a really tall windshield, just below eye level, that I could take on and off easily. Try it with no windshield...
Steve Viertell, Chico, CA
'01 Concours, "Smurfie"
'01 EX250, "Ninjita"
'01 KLR650 "Thumper"
COG 4274 IBA 6049 WA6ZGK
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>>> 10/01/01 07:26PM >>>
howdy..
did a lil 150 mile ride for lunch today, around Lake O.. beautiful
day.. only slight problem, ended up with sore ears and vibrated sore
head.. i have one of clearviews extended windshields.. think it's the
7 or 9".. wear a fullface Aria Signet helmet.. seems at 60 or above,
the wind noise and vibration start.. if i duck as low as the
windshield, everything is wonderful.. cept i'd need to be about 10"
shorter.. would ear plugs help with the wind noise? any ideas about
the head vibration?
thanks
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sore ears and rattled head...
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2001 8:47 am
by Mark St.Hilaire, Sr
> windshield, everything is wonderful.. cept i'd need to be about 10"
> shorter.. would ear plugs help with the wind noise? any ideas about
> the head vibration?
Ear plugs would cut down the noise to almost nothing, but there is a down
side to using them. On a trip a couple weekends ago I was following a friend
who was wearing earplugs, (little orange foam ones; Max from Howard Leight),
and wanted to stop to take a look at a monument we had passed in a park. I
was pressing my horn button for all I was worth, and got no response from
him. Finally, the flashing headlight caught his attention, and we went back.
I thought about it, and when we got back to the bikes to ride again I asked
if he had an extra pair of the plugs, which he did. The KLR horn may not be
the loudest thing in the world, but it's successfully alerted a couple
idiots in cars to my presence, so it does work. With the earplugs in my ears
I found I couldn't hear my OWN horn, no wonder he didn't respond! So,
although I know a lot of people wear them, I'd rather put up with the noise
than not be able to hear.
For the ClearView, if you haven't taken off the protective plastic, they'll
let you send it back to exchange for another one if the size you ordered
doesn't work for you. I guess you'd want a shorter one to put the wind
spill-over lower, or a taller one to put the wind over your head; flip a
coin, I guess.
Mark St.Hilaire, Sr
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sore ears and rattled head...
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2001 9:49 am
by MERK
>I guess you'd want a shorter one to put the wind
> spill-over lower, or a taller one to put the wind over your head; flip
a
> coin, I guess.
But....How tall a shield is necessary? I`m in the same boat with this
question.
Stock shield flows rough air into the bottom of my helm and rattles my
helmet shield at freeway speeds.
If I remove the the shield, air is smoother and hits me about upper
chest/shoulder height...great for summer, but would be nice to have more
protection in the late fall/early spring (Canada,eh!).
A list brother has offered the Kawasaki higher shield, but a couple
other guys have said not to waste the dough, cuz` it won`t be high
enough to get the wind over my head. I`m 6,1. Any advice
appreciated......:0)
MERK!.........Deeds Speak!!
merk26@...
sore ears and rattled head...
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2001 9:59 am
by k650dsn@aol.com
--- In DSN_klr650@y..., "Walter Lesnowich" wrote:
> > although I know a lot of people wear them, I'd rather put up with
the
> noise
> > than not be able to hear.
> >
> > Mark St.Hilaire, Sr
> >
>
> But if you continue to put up with the noise
> eventually you wont be able to hear much at all.
>
> Walt
> A14 "War Horse"
You can still hear with ear plugs. I can hear my motor, emergency
vehicles and things like that. Ear plugs just deaden the sound; take
the edge off. If you insist on a little more sound, go to any drug
store like Walgreen's and get RockHearos. They are earplugs with a
small plastic tube in them. Designed to be worn in loud concerts.
They come in wild colors too. My daughter uses them.
Gino
sore ears and rattled head...
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2001 10:27 am
by Devon Jarvis
There are a lot of different earplugs out there, try \ to find earplugs
that are comfortable but don't work as well, so to speak. I have tried
maybe 10 different types and have settles on the beige, soft Hear-Os as
my favorite. Most comfortable, good noise reduction but they still pass
enough sound to be safe. I put them in before I get going, and by the
time I've been riding 10 minutes my ears have sort of adjusted, and I
can hear suprisingly well. The only difference is that my ears don't
ring when I get home. The Hear-Os are the same shape as the Howard
Leight plugs (the yellow/purple speckled ones) but don't cut the sound
as completely. The Leight plugs were for sleeping, I thought.
You can also take a set of foam plugs that fit you well, and put a thin,
red-hot nail into the center so they don't block the noise completely. I
take the plugs out for off-roading, I;m never going fast enough for wind
noise and I need to completely hear the motor, the sound of rocks under
the tires etc.
Devon
"Mark St.Hilaire, Sr" wrote:
>
> > windshield, everything is wonderful.. cept i'd need to be about 10"
> > shorter.. would ear plugs help with the wind noise? any ideas about
> > the head vibration?
>
> Ear plugs would cut down the noise to almost nothing, but there is a down
> side to using them. On a trip a couple weekends ago I was following a friend
> who was wearing earplugs, (little orange foam ones; Max from Howard Leight),
> and wanted to stop to take a look at a monument we had passed in a park. I
> was pressing my horn button for all I was worth, and got no response from
> him. Finally, the flashing headlight caught his attention, and we went back.
> I thought about it, and when we got back to the bikes to ride again I asked
> if he had an extra pair of the plugs, which he did. The KLR horn may not be
> the loudest thing in the world, but it's successfully alerted a couple
> idiots in cars to my presence, so it does work. With the earplugs in my ears
> I found I couldn't hear my OWN horn, no wonder he didn't respond! So,
> although I know a lot of people wear them, I'd rather put up with the noise
> than not be able to hear.
>
> For the ClearView, if you haven't taken off the protective plastic, they'll
> let you send it back to exchange for another one if the size you ordered
> doesn't work for you. I guess you'd want a shorter one to put the wind
> spill-over lower, or a taller one to put the wind over your head; flip a
> coin, I guess.
>
>
> Mark St.Hilaire, Sr
> msaint@...
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sore ears and rattled head...
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2001 10:51 am
by marcclarke@unforgettable.com
I use the tallest Rifle windscreen. It not only cleans up all the helmet buffetting at legal freeway speeds (and above) it also fixes the handling instability at about 70mph. I ride comfortably with mine in 20F temperatures. I stand 6'2" tall, with most of my height in my torso (31" inseam").
-- Marc, Kawasaki KLR650 A12, Loveland, Colorado, USA
----Original Message-----
>From: "MERK"
>To: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com>
>Subject: Re: [DSN_klr650] sore ears and rattled head...
>Date: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 08:48
>
>>I guess you'd want a shorter one to put the wind
>> spill-over lower, or a taller one to put the wind over your head; flip
>a
>> coin, I guess.
>
>But....How tall a shield is necessary? I`m in the same boat with this
>question.
>
>Stock shield flows rough air into the bottom of my helm and rattles my
>helmet shield at freeway speeds.
> If I remove the the shield, air is smoother and hits me about upper
>chest/shoulder height...great for summer, but would be nice to have more
>protection in the late fall/early spring (Canada,eh!).
>
>A list brother has offered the Kawasaki higher shield, but a couple
>other guys have said not to waste the dough, cuz` it won`t be high
>enough to get the wind over my head. I`m 6,1. Any advice
>appreciated......:0)
>
>MERK!.........Deeds Speak!!
>merk26@...
sore ears and rattled head...
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2001 11:10 am
by Richard Ohnstad
> although I know a lot of people wear them, I'd rather put up with the
noise
> than not be able to hear.
Mark,
I realize there is a trade-off here, but over the long, you may not be able
to hear if you don't wear earplugs. You can always turn around for a
monument, but you can't get your hearing back once it's gone.
Richard in Tucson
94 KLR650
86 VFR750
insurance, bikes banned
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2001 11:29 am
by Rev.Chuck
I pay GMAC to insure my bikes, they are a big company, which gives me faith they will pay a claim, and they are stupid cheap.
I just added my third bike, a 78 CB400 "Hondamatic", the wife learning bike. GMAC refused to insure the bike at first "...because it was carring the CB designation" making it a super-sport-racer-go-fast.
After a full minute of laughing at their knowledge and speaking to a manager who had some mototcycle savy, they agreed to insure it: $14.00 annually.
I like this company.
--- AMA585601@...
==
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