It's not really all about helmets in itself. It's about the way the wind hits your helmet too. For instance, I use the new Shoei Neotech which is touted as a rather quite helmet. But things are a lot noiser (and I mean a lot!!) on my Fazer than on my Bandit 1200 with the same helmet. So the type of helmet you have is only half the story. You see, my Bandit is modded with me sitting at a different angle to my Fazer. The double bubble screen and fairing are obviously different too. So these elements are making the wind hit my helmet with a noisier type of buffer on the Fazer than with the Bandit. Pure luck really. Even if I got one of those ultra quite Schuberts, I'd still be experiencing a lot of noise on my Fazer. In this case, I can thank God that i'm actually half deaf!! I think the easier and cheap option is those foam plugs. They are real soft now compared to long ago.
I've had a few occasions with the foam ones I knock them out when I put the lid on.
Quote from: FuZzBoM on 09 March 2013, 10:42:07 am I've had a few occasions with the foam ones I knock them out when I put the lid on.This is the main reason why I don't wear them. I used to get on the motorway, and normally one of the buggers was loose, creating havoc in one of my ears. I wasn't going to stop for the next 120 miles, and it was really annoying!!
If your ear plugs fall out you're doing it wrong They need to be rolled really tightly, the top of your ear pulled up and pushed in to the ear canal. They should not protrude from the profile of the ear at all. Just my 2p.
Quote from: simonm on 09 March 2013, 10:56:17 amIf your ear plugs fall out you're doing it wrong They need to be rolled really tightly, the top of your ear pulled up and pushed in to the ear canal. They should not protrude from the profile of the ear at all. Just my 2p.Yep, been wearing them at work for the past 20 odd years, but when I put my lid on, they work loose on me after a short while. I must have funny ears or something! Looking at the custom moulded ones to see if they stay in any better.