Saturday Ghost Ryder and I went out for a little shake down ride in hopeful preparation for some longer distance rides this summer. We got on the road a few minutes after 10am and returned home a few minutes after 6pm. Other than stopping for gas we only stopped twice. Once going up the mountain from Sherwood TN toward Sewanee to allow Ghost Ryder to check out some kind of plant she saw growing on the side of the mountain and then once @ the college in Sewanee for a pic at the church where my daughter was married.
All in all it was a good ride for a shake down. After 8hrs in the saddle I wasn't any more tired than I would have been riding in anything else. Definitely got REAL tired of the whistling created between the top and windscreen. Guess I'll get busy with the sun visors now! Audio system is fine below 60mph, above 60 it is useless. I wouldn't want it to be loud enough to overcome the wind noise at that point. I do want to retain what little hearing I have left! Guess I should once again take a serious look at the headsets and intercom systems.
Back in my younger days when I used to get to fly on a regular basis I got real used to wearing the headsets in the small planes I flew. They were comfortable enough to wear for extended flights and offered great audio quality for both the communications radio as well as music broadcast radio. My only concern in using a headset like that in the sling is the fact that they cut out so much ambient noise. It would be great to cut out the wind noise but there are other sounds that it is still important to hear.
Do any of you use a similar set up when riding in the sling?