Supporting Member Popular Post texscottyd Posted November 26, 2020 Supporting Member Popular Post Share Posted November 26, 2020 Happy Thanksgiving / Ungrateful Peasants Day to all! The lone benefit of this pandemic is that it became the perfect excuse to NOT invite the family over for a big meal and endlessly mind-numbing conversation. Instead, my wife decided to sleep in this morning, and I hit the road for some selfish holiday me time down along the Texas gulf coast. Beautiful day so far, at the mid-ride taco break: -Scott 9 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporting Member betoney Posted November 26, 2020 Supporting Member Share Posted November 26, 2020 27 minutes ago, texscottyd said: Happy Thanksgiving / Ungrateful Peasants Day to all! The lone benefit of this pandemic is that it became the perfect excuse to NOT invite the family over for a big meal and endlessly mind-numbing conversation. Instead, my wife decided to sleep in this morning, and I hit the road for some selfish holiday me time down along the Texas gulf coast. Beautiful day so far, at the mid-ride taco break: I could absolutely go for some South Texas taco's on Thanksgiving (drool). No riding for me today, just being lazy and watching football, tomorrow will be cold (low - mid 40's) but dry so I have a day-long ride to Oregon planned. 2 ***2015 Candy Red FJ-09*** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteinpa Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 We did our Thanksgiving this past Sunday so I was out riding too! Got to 64F. Forgot to take pics.☹ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporting Member texscottyd Posted November 26, 2020 Author Supporting Member Share Posted November 26, 2020 I tried out my new high-tech navigation system on today’s ride. It works as advertised... 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporting Member texscottyd Posted November 27, 2020 Author Supporting Member Share Posted November 27, 2020 Spectacular day. Free-style exploring is truly great for the soul... 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporting Member betoney Posted November 27, 2020 Supporting Member Share Posted November 27, 2020 1 minute ago, texscottyd said: Spectacular day. Free-style exploring is truly great for the soul... That view right there sums up my ideal riding scenario; curvy road, scenery, zero traffic, decent weather... peace and solitude. Truly "2-wheeled therapy" after a long work week. 😎👍 2 2 ***2015 Candy Red FJ-09*** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporting Member texscottyd Posted November 27, 2020 Author Supporting Member Share Posted November 27, 2020 13 hours ago, betoney said: peace and solitude. Truly "2-wheeled therapy" after a long work week. I haven’t swapped the Sena over to my new helmet yet, so the last couple of rides have been just me & my thoughts. Honestly, it’s been so relaxing that I may not go back to playing music on a regular basis. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporting Member betoney Posted November 27, 2020 Supporting Member Share Posted November 27, 2020 12 minutes ago, texscottyd said: I haven’t swapped the Sena over to my new helmet yet, so the last couple of rides have been just me & my thoughts. Honestly, it’s been so relaxing that I may not go back to playing music on a regular basis. Exactly. On occasion I ride with guys with comms units for music or making calls and I ride to escape all of of that - (too distracting to me). Even on my 10-day trip to Utah and Colorado last year, the only distraction I had was the epic scenery. 👍 1 ***2015 Candy Red FJ-09*** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporting Member texscottyd Posted November 27, 2020 Author Supporting Member Share Posted November 27, 2020 1 hour ago, betoney said: Exactly. On occasion I ride with guys with comms units for music or making calls and I ride to escape all of of that - (too distracting to me). Even on my 10-day trip to Utah and Colorado last year, the only distraction I had was the epic scenery. 👍 I’ll typically pause the music when I’m riding with any enthusiasm, since I also find it to be a bit distracting when I need to be 100% focused. But even on the boring straight-line droning over the last couple of weeks, I haven’t missed the music at all. I do like the audio alerts from Waze, so I will still go ahead and swap the Sena system over. But I’ll likely keep the music off by default moving forward... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBB Posted November 27, 2020 Share Posted November 27, 2020 32 minutes ago, texscottyd said: I’ll typically pause the music when I’m riding with any enthusiasm, since I also find it to be a bit distracting when I need to be 100% focused. But even on the boring straight-line droning over the last couple of weeks, I haven’t missed the music at all. I do like the audio alerts from Waze, so I will still go ahead and swap the Sena system over. But I’ll likely keep the music off by default moving forward... I’m the same: technical/high concentration bits are without music, but I like pootling around with tunes as well. I have a remote control on the left grip that makes muting and track bumping very easy. 2 Red 2015 Tracer, UK spec (well, it was until I started messing with it...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ride365 Posted November 27, 2020 Share Posted November 27, 2020 (edited) I'm typically jamming some Metallica, Gojira, Megadeth, or Testament in the technical stuff!! LOL Edited November 27, 2020 by Ride365 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member 2and3cylinders Posted November 28, 2020 Premium Member Share Posted November 28, 2020 I need to download some different Tunes to my phone but also turn off the music in technical bits, as well as flip up my inner sun visor sometimes too. I have enough trouble walking and chewing gum at the same time. I also like to have Waze on for the warnings but I ignore the directions most of the time. I have a Scala Rider Packtalk which is voice activated, I also have a much older Q3 that you have to push the buttons on but it's still pretty simple. Though taking your hands off the bars is never a great idea. I run the Uclear Pulse speakers though, and have mounts for all my helmets. In one of my 3 flip fronts I have MEE Audio M6 Pro noise cancelling ear bud "monitors" which are also very good but more of PITA. Classic rock "road music" sometimes brings it all together, especially on a warm early evening ride with a the visual and olfactory stimuli!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteinpa Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 Back when I had my V65 Sabre I installed a Rifle Sport fairing and a killer stereo with power amp in it. I promptly found out I didn't like music while riding. Love it in cars, not the bike. No stereo or headphones for me while riding since. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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