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While browsing this thread my wife saw teds pic and wondered if / why I was looking at sex toys
Anyway I allways take a big bumper bag of cheap ones for the same reason as above.....they hide themselves away some how? But they do turn up later when I shake out the tent and sleeping bags. 100' s of them ! Great for sleeping in noisey places too. I have had the odd time when its been a bit of a task to remove them. Also the odd time when I have been ashamed of how dirty they have got on one use. I reckon wearing earplugs adds several hundred miles to a daily ride, by reduced fatigue. Frankly if you do more than 50mph on a bike I think its a must.
For people who dont wear earplugs: FRANKLY IF YOU DO MORE THAN 50MPH ON A BIKE ITS A MUST.
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While browsing this thread my wife saw teds pic and wondered if / why I was looking at sex toys
Not sure if that says more about your wife's expectations or the size of Ted's ears

Even without the hearing loss issue I'm an ear plug advocate because they give me both another 10mph on my cruising speed and a sense of wellbeing as I ride along because I can't hear the mechanical torture going on in the engine. It works particularly well on a small engined bike like a 125 where you have to hammer it to get anywhere.

However I've had so much trouble (= takes so long) getting the foam plugs to seat properly in my ear canals that I've often wondered whether I'd save time overall by dumping the plugs and riding slower. Most of the time the things are one shot because they only compress and stay compressed long enough to fit when they're cold. Once they warm up with the heat from your fingers they rebound too quickly to fit easily - in my ears anyway.

Whether the expensive custom fit ones have the same problem or not I've not ventured to find out but I'd be somewhat annoyed to find I'd spent the money and still had to spend 10 mins fitting them.
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Whether the expensive custom fit ones have the same problem or not I've not ventured to find out but I'd be somewhat annoyed to find I'd spent the money and still had to spend 10 mins fitting them.
I have a pair of custom made plugs. Whilst they take a little fiddling, it's only around 30 seconds until I'm good to go. Great inestement, and have probably paid for themselves in the three years I've been using them.
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