@asoe, I’m excited for you dude. It’s been really cool to see you come on here and go from pre-CBT, to CBT, to getting all the gear ready, and then you’ll get your bike! SWEET!!!
I have a HJC, I don’t find it too noisy, but I have quite thick hair covering my ears inside my lid anyway. Also, someone told me that going at 50mph for 1-2hrs is equivalent to the maximum noise your ears can take in a day. Is that right? Ear plugs.
Like everything you get now, you’ll move on from it eventually, and you’ll end up with a £600 Shoei :w00t: or something eventually.
I always wear earplugs (except when I forget to put them back in after fuelling up.
Not exactly a scientific test but if the guys at work were making as much noise drilling as my Nolan helmet makes at 60mph + I’d expect them to wear earplugs. http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg362.pdf
got any recommendation regarding ear plugs?
There was a thread earlier this year about custom fitting ear plugs if that’s what you’re after…
http://londonbikers.com/forums/834056/Ear-plugs
K, went with those zen earplugs from that thread, red ones for 20 quid incl. delivery. Shall see how they work out.
I have very rigorous requirements - I only use the ones I can get free from work 
I prefer disposable foam ones anyway: I can carry a spare pair, chuck 'em when they get dirty and it doesn’t matter when I drop one down the front of the fairing. I got a little keyring tube thing to hold them in which helps remind me to put them in.
