Bandit Alley
GENERAL MOTORCYCLE FORUMS => GENERAL MECHANICAL & TECHNICAL => Topic started by: Warren on October 23, 2005, 09:52:47 PM
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Does anyone know an inexpensive way to communicate by radio to another bike or to a passenger? Is it possible to use those 2 way GMRS radios from Radio Shack? How would I monitor inside my helmet ( I usually ride with ear plugs)? In September I went on a 3 day trip with another rider and it was a great trip but would have been better if we could have communicated other than by hand signals and horn. Does anyone have any ideas?
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I don't know what is inexpensive to you, but there are products like IMC Motorcom's headsets (http://www.imc-motorcom.com/content/products.php?catalog=1_1_1_02&language=en)
Whithorse Press (http://www.whitehorsepress.com/product_info.php?products_id=5273) offers them for US$59.99.
Wind noise can be a problem at freeway speeds - but that seems to be something even some of the dedicated systems suffer from.
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I tried a few radios on the Bandit, and didnt' have much luck.
Wind noise is a problem, both hearing it, and picking up on the mike.
You can get aftermarket helmet headsets that will work with a common FRS radio. That's probably the cheapest route to go. Buy one at walmart.
Autocomm? Motocomm? Something like that.
https://www.rflimited.com/Site.asp?CID=3