Ear plugs - do you?

[hornetrider]

I obviously have loads of earplugs for my bike. Popped a pair in today for a 100 mile roof down motorway blast - awesome. Was in the higher reaches of leptonia and had no wind noise whatsoever!

It's like... they tune out the high pitched noise and the rest remains - ie the Bose was pumping the tunes and it sounded pretty good - if missing some of the treble.

[mrmr96]

Pah, and they say these cars are only driven by pansies, eh?!

[GravelBen]

Standard Mk1 I never bothered but the turbo one I often do on long trips, helps with the sanity as its pretty loud.

[Riknos]

I didn't even bother with ear plugs for my bike; I'm that hardcore

[MX-5 Lazza]

Good God no! I've spent a lot of money on my exhaust and supercharger so I want to make sure I do hear it!

Seriously though, no, I really don't find the road/wind noise annoying at all. I've driven home from Livingston to Wokingham with the top down with only one fuel stop without a problem!

[Mellow Matt]

Yep, I use my earplugs and find I can still hear the stereo. In fact I can probably hear it better with the plugs in as the wind noise doesn't drown it out.

[beeblebrox]

Yep, for motorway trips when alone I stick some plugs in and crank the stereo. Cuts out all of the wind noise and the drone of the exhaust. Never bother when blasting up and down A- and B-roads though, the rasp of the exhaust is half of the fun

[Rocketman105]

I think I should start using them! I had a hearing test for a job medical recently and was told I have slight noise induced deafness in my left ear - the only thing I can pin it to is the battering my left side gets from the wind whipping over and around the windscreen and side windows!

[LukeBird]

Nope, never used them.

[towelie]

yer i use them on the motorway.. sitting at 80 with the roof down.. gets very tiring after a bit without! plus im pretty sure im starting to go a bit deaf!

[iantek]

I haven't had my Mk1 for long but i am definately going to invest in some ear plugs for the motorway commute. I can tolerate the noise but if you don't need to, why would you?

[skinny]

i put the windows up

[garrykiller]

no need! come on! man up!

[Gizmo!]

I don't wear earplugs but I do wear these, which have the same effect http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B001EZYMF4/

Means I can hoof it along with the roof down, listening to my tunes in much better quality than Mazda intended. You can still hear what's going on around you, they just cut out the white noise.

Because each of them has a little rubber flange.

[Chapppers]

PARDON?

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I used to in mine when I had a 125 mile journey to do twice a weekend. Far too much wind noise not to. Funnily enough I found it made me drive faster actually. Note: I had earplugs already from motorbiking, I don't think I'd have purposefully gone out to get some. When I sold it, a crazy Swedish person drove it back to Sweden 1400 miles, and I don't think he used earplugs. Hardcore.

[B3njamin]

Longer stints on the motorway, as in over an hour, yes.

[tonym911]

Same here, plugs for both bike and MX-5. Gives you just enough noise, makes the journey far more relaxing and takes away the earache. What's not to like. There's no enjoyment in wind noise.

[MX-5 Lazza]

And I thought all the gay hairdresser comments were unfounded, seems I was wrong! Ear-plugs, unable to close the roof from the drivers seat, honestly, sometimes it feels like I'm the only real man on here!

[tonym911]

Hee hee, I think I was responsible for both of them failings! I am cracking on a bit, in my defence

[Chapppers]

shouldn't this thread be called "doing it in the ear" or something?