Bonneville America Forums Forums Off Topic Discussion Forums Lounge Do you listen to music when you ride?

Anther rainy day (with tornado sirens) so my curious mind wants to know . . . if you listen to music when you ride, what do you listen to?
I have an iPod, but I never seem to take it on rides. Maybe I will one day.

Sorry, but at the moment we are bathed in glorious sunshine and 27 (approx mid 80's).

I can't use my iPod with my full face helmets but today, I used a half helmet I bought in the States in '06.

Between working, I managed a couple of hours on the bike ... random from a few Hendrix albums going out, random mix of a couple of Kings of Leon riding home.

Difficult to say what 'I like' but my iPod has, I think, 15+ genres!
How's that work??
There's even one genre called mash up???

I like rock, classical, country, jazz, blues, 70's / 80's, bluegrass ..... ok, pretty much anyhting but fingerintheear folk.

I can see now I managed to get so many genres on there

Yes, I do. My MP3 player has about 1500 song on it. Most of it is 80's punk, new wave and Christian alternative.

Soren

I listen to my bubs.

I listen to the thumping of the pipes, the roar of the wind and the hum of the tires.

Just the music of the road.

I do. Mostly funk/blues/classic rock for me.

I always listen to a classic tune.
The 790 Rumble, by Steelheart and the Shorties.

Why?

The Sceptres sound great. To get away, its to get away from everything.

My IPOD has 11,500 songs on it, and I'm not done downloading my cd collection yet ( I still have plenty of room for a lot more ).

I don't listen to music on the bike. I may sound like a prude, but I think you need to listen for things happening around you, to be prepared to react to a potential hazard/emergency.

In order to hear anything over the wind noise inside my full face bucket, I'd have to turn the vol. up so high it would be harmful.....

Only music I listen to when I ride is the sound of my pipes....and the tune that runs through my head.

Just the sound of the bike and wind !~

I tried my I-Pod once, the volumne over my BUBs was enough to make my ears ring for half a day. So know I just enjoy the sounds of the Bonnie, and enjoy my music when I relax at the destination with my favorite adult beverage.
Heres to Harmony when you Ride.
HABU BOB

I alternate between listening to music and just enjoying the sounds of the road.

Favorite at the moment is Ramstein!

Yesterday Jimi Hendrix and The Donnas made me company on the road, we had fun

I broke the iPod out once for a ride and listened to a lot of 70s rock/southern rock. It was a really good ride. However I found myself constantly focusing on the music and never really had a chance to relax. Haven't grabbed the iPod and my helmet at the same time since. Maybe on a day+ trip I might, but anything shorter it needs to be the motor and the road.

BTW, Gooseman, it's nice to see someone else that has appreciation for The Donnas.

I do, most of the time.

And for all those who disagree I find it concentrates my mind. It may be my classical music and orchestral training, I dunno, as with that we have to be able to listen to about 4 things at once, look at the music and the conductor, and remember what my hands are supposed to be doing...all at the same time!

At the mo, I'm listening to the first INXS album with JD Fortune on it, but I've just downloaded the new Def Leppard album...so that'll be on on the way to work, and at work!

And even with my Davida Lid, it cuts enough noise out for me to not have the volume more than half volume, and I still hear the sirens of emergency vehicles. And the bike.

Never have. Never will.

My music is all over the place, Music and the rumble of the pipes on a long trip are fantastic.
Something about going down the road with Save a Horse Ride a Cowboy playing makes life near perfect

I find it to distracting

On motorways Creed, Nine, Inch Nails anythink rocky/punky. On the twisties nothing I need to concentrate on the road and whats happening around me. I would be wary on the roads that require a lot of work being distracted by anything. We use our 6 senses and reducing any one of them can be enough to cause problems.

Before any body comments we have 5 senses I firmly believe we have an inate 6th sense its not always accurate but how often have we all had that "feeling" and its turned out to be spot on and saved us some serious grief.

I agree with Gina. I have taken the ipod on my last 3 rides over 200 miles, and I find that it keeps me more alert to what is happening around me. I'll listen to jazz, country, bluegrass, folk, classic rock, some alternative.

Like some others that have posted....I listen to my surroundings. I do have a bike to bike / passenger device. I'll talk to my passenger or to the other bikers I ride with. When I am by myself....only listen to me, myself, and I.

However, I do have a cell connected to my communication device that I have used a few times. Mostly when I call my wife to le her know I'll be very late. Some days are just meant for riding!!!!

Ron

Well, I WOULD listen to music while I ride, but those voices in my head couldn't carry a friggin' tune even if they had a bucket to carry it in!!!

(...especially the one that sounds just like Gilbert Gottfried!!!)

Okay, sorry...no I don't.(listen to an Ipod, that is)

I, like a few others around here, feel it may be too much of a distraction.

Basically it's one of the few times I actually get to listen to music at the volume it's meant to be played rather than have the wife moan about all that "awful" heavy metal.

I think it really depends on if you are the kind of person who gets distracted by music, or the kind (like me) that finds it helps them concentrate. In school I HAD to have something playin, TV or music, to do my homework, or else my mind wandered too much. Probly some weird strain of ADD.

Also, anyone who finds they have to turn it up to loud should check out the thread in Riding Gear about earphones!

Quote:

---

Basically it's one of the few times I actually get to listen to music at the volume it's meant to be played rather than have the wife moan about all that "awful" heavy metal.

---

I'm lucky in that respect, we're both right into our metal
Not so much since the little fella's come along mind, thats kind of put a stop to much anything above 20 db...hence also a lot of music equipment unfortunately laying redundant at the moment.
Thinking MP3s and riding could be the way forward!

I would if I could. No ipod.

riding can be summed up in two words

(listening to music is simply another element in the matrix of)

Peripheral Management

I like to listen to a lot of techno when I ride. The fast beats and few words make it easy to concentrate.

Tim...you listen to techno?

I just put speakers in my bike. I do not know if it will be loud enough, but I am going to give it a try.

I was being derisive

I listen to either Rob Zombie, Godsmack or techno.