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The Domio Sport Bluetooth helmet system provides music without internal speakers and messy wires, but has now added a microphone system that has no internal or boom mic. The Canadian company launched a Kickstarter crowd-funding campaign to raise the funds to start production of their Domio Pro unit with the mic. Their Facebook page says they …
The Sultan of Swing, Mark Knopfler, is also the Sultan of Steel Horses in his latest music clip for Good On You Son, the first single from his upcoming ninth solo album Down the Road Forever. Knopfler rides The video features Knopfler riding what looks like an old pre-unit Triumph Bonneville along some country roads. …
Bluetooth helmet systems now allow riders on any type of motorcycle to listen to music while they ride, but are they safer or more distracted? Some riders say it helps them concentrate and quells the boredom of long spells in the saddle. Others say it causes a distraction. And then there are motorbike traditionalists who …
Playing AC/DC’s Thunderstruck while riding may be dangerous to some motorcyclists, according to psychologist and rider Sharon Ledger. In a previous article Sharon outlined how music can have good and bad effects on different riders. Read the article here. Even if you are the type of rider who benefits from music, the type of music …
Many riders are mixing their love of riding and music by wearing Bluetooth headsets in their helmets and now Bluetooth speakers are being added to bikes. While we love riding to our favourite tracks, we are not big fans of speakers on motorcycles. They tend to be inaudible above the wind noise at highway speeds …
The disdain many motorcyclists feel for ignorant and arrogant road users is perfectly summed up in this song by Texan singer-songwriter Joe Martin. Joe sent the above YouTube video to MotorBikeWriter this week and, although it won’t make our list of the top 10 motorcycle songs, we thought it was worth a listen just for the lyrics. …