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From: kehoe@reed.UUCP (Dave Kehoe)
Newsgroups: net.cycle
Subject: Re: bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz  (noise)
Message-ID: <1938@reed.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 28-Sep-85 20:55:17 EDT
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Posted: Sat Sep 28 20:55:17 1985
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Reply-To: kehoe@reed.UUCP (Dave Kehoe)
Organization: Reed College, Portland, Oregon
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Foam earplugs!  How can anyone live without them?
Buy them 6 for a dollar at any safety store (such as
Sanderson Safety Supply here in Portland).  They're
comfortable and real quiet (rated at 29 dB).  I wore
them everyday when I was working on a marketing
contract with the local bus company and was riding
buses 10, 12, 14 hours a day.  Buses are much louder
than my motorcycle.  I tried "headphone" ear protectors
(like they wear on jet runways); they're quiet, but not
as comfortable.

Anyway, I bought my Bell Star LTD helmet in part because
it is much quieter than any other helmet I've worn.
After 200 miles, I've had a *slight* roar in my ears, but
only slight. That's without wearing earplugs -- I once
tried wearing earplugs with the Star LTD and found I
couldn't hear anything -- total silence.  I felt very
strange driving in traffic.  It was like watching a movie
with the sound off.  It may not be so strange for long-
distance freeway driving.

Now for the important question: what kind of ear protection
should I get for my sleeping housemates when I start my
CB450 in the driveway at 7:00 in the morning?  Please, don't
suggest a new motorcycle.
-- 
"Why my thoughts are my own, when they are in, but when they are out
they are another's."  -- Susanna Martin, executed for witchcraft.
Dave Kehoe   tektronix!reed!kehoe   (503) 230-9454