Originally Posted by Frankie Boy
Helmets are bulky and mess up my greasy, slicked back hair. I like to hear my bike and the wind. Something about that long stroke roar and the steady hissing of the wind in my ears that gets me excited. I know when I had a Jap bike I wasn't too incredibly happy with how it sounded, so I can understand earplugs. Short stroke engines just don't do it for me.
well i wear ear plugs for the wind noise not the sound quality. really i have always loved the sound of a high strung sport bike and race cars like F1 and the old cart days.. to me a Harley makes me cringe the same way a straight pipe mud truck does.... just really off key to me. kinda like when someone hits an wrong key while playing a song or something.
but anyways that wasn't my point at all. your killing your ears man, and from years of car systems and to much time spent at drag strips as a kid. I've done hearing tests and I'm not a 100% anymore. hell i work around jets everyday and fucking hate it because its so fucking loud, I'm never without some kinda hearing protection. no way you'd ever see me on some loud ass bike with no helmet.
you will care one day when there's a ringing in your ears that won't go away.
you really care that much about your hair??? thats kinda gay isn't it.