I have narrowed down the reasons for the ringing in my ears. I am not around anything that is very loud until I ride... I am not positive this is the reason but it is the only thing I can think of that leaves my ears ringing. Not that the pipe is so loud, it is just the constant humm at highway speeds. At least that is what I think. I would not mind wearing ear plugs when I ride, but I dont want to be the idiot who does not pull over when an ambulance is coming up from behind me. I also would like to hear if other people are honking or yelling or whatever. Anyone else have or think they have this problem of ringing ears from riding? What are some solutions other then putting the stock can back on?

 

Edited to say Billythekid is right, I wrote this late last night after taking a large amount of Vicodin...

I dont know ****...dont listen to me. Tintinitis or whatever the hell it is...go get it checked.

 

redd... u have to be kidding me. I am a doctor and the cochlear nerve is situated in your brainstem in the cranial fossa - nothing to do with your vertebrae.There is nothing extra-cranial related to your vestibulocochlearsystem. I would speak to an ENT specialist. Probably it is just tinnitus but u need to have it checked.

 

Yep Tinnitus, there is a lot info on the net about the amount on wind noise that can be generated inside your helmet. At the very least get yourself some ear plugs. You will find that they still let you hear ok while your wearing them. There are some ear mould products around that are even better. I suffer from tinnutis, and its a pisser of a condition to have, some time sounds like a there is a mozzie flying around when I'm trying to sleep. (actually my wife thought I was going mental cos I kept putting the light on, to find the bugger) thats when I realised I 1st had it, Buzzzzzzzzzzzz. (she was right about me being mental as well). Protect your hearing, cos once its damaged...................................

 

+1 Billy,

Have it checked, and ride with ear plugs. I have some custom fitted onesby westone labs and etymotic and they are great. I have no trouble hearing sirens, but all the wind and engine noise is reduced to a comfortable level.

 

Ear plugs should be part of your safety gear - long term hearing loss will be a drag for both you and your grandkids.

If anything they will make you safer because it's alot more relaxing to ride without the constant wind noise. You'll be able to hear anything you need to. It's like driving a car with the windows up.

 

i dont hear much wind noise at all.

 

Well look at your helmet!

 

Dude i don't know what kind of helmet you wear,but I would buy a arai or sumy or a high end helmet. People say there is no difference are very wrong. I went from a 100 dollar noland to a 500 arai and wow the wind noise at high speeds was greatly reduced. Then if you are going to ride on the highway always wear plugs. they cut all that wind noise down so you can concentrate and you should be able to pay more attention to your mirrors and such. Plus how often do you hear sirens at high speeds anyway. Hell thats why they got the lights. Also run a double bubble windscreen to make you riders pocket bigger. My stock wind screen sucks the wind coming off it seems to catch the bottom of my helmet all the time to get out of it i got to get way low and that sucks for long trips.

 

I'll stick to copy and paste.

Vertebral subluxation complex, an often painless spinal distortion, can irritate or damage your spinal nerves, interfere with your brain-body connection and affect your spine, nerves, discs, muscles, organs and overall health.

The nerves along the upper spine (cervical and dorsal/thoracic) provide impulse and regulate the circulation to the sensory organs, including the ears. Pressure on these nerves can adversely influence hearing by distorting the sensory functions of the auditory nerves.