Posts by Dknelson

The ballon stretched over the mic appeared to have very little affect on the clarity. Now I have never used them on the Sena mics as this will be my first set. My experience is with wired headsets used on motorcycles. It worked very well. I will try it when my Senas get here. All you have to lose is the cost of a couple of small balloons. I suppose the sensitivity of the mics would affect how well they work. One headset company, not sure but I think it may have been Airrider, actually sold something similar for their mics. There's was a neutral color and looked somewhat like a very small condom. The balloons did the same thing though. The ones they sold may have been thinner, I'm not sure.

I've been riding motorcycles for a long time and for the past 25 or so years, they have been touring bikes. I've used wired headsets of various brands and all have had some wind noise from time to time. One thing that you could try, and it has worked for us, is to remove the foam windsock on the mic, stretch a small balloon over the mic, put the windsock back on and over the balloon. It's an old trick that works very well in most cases.

Today I ordered the SPH10 units. I called Sena and spoke with a young lady who really didn't seem to know what she was talking about. She first claimed that the Expand was better because of the short mic. Claimed that it would pick up less wind noise. That is exactly the opposite of the reviews that I have read where they all say that the longer boom mic works best in windy situations. I also downloaded both user manuals from the Sena website and read what they had to say.

First of all, the SPH10 actually comes with two mics. The longer boom mic and also a short "stubby" mic. So even if she was correct, you could just switch to the shorter mic.

Anyway, right or wrong, here are my main reasons for going with the SPH10 units.

1. It actually comes with two mics that are interchangeable. One is the longer "boom" mic. The other is a short "stub" mic. The reviews that I read stated that the longer mic actually works better when there is a lot of noise as you can get it close to your mouth and it doesn't pick up as much ambient noise.

2. I like the fact that it has the aux input port. Don't know that we'll use it because we mostly stream Pandora or Apple Music but we do have an Ipod with a LOT of our old music on it that we enjoy listening to from time to time. The Expand does not have the aux port.

3. The biggest reason. The SPH10 allows you to toggle between push to talk on the intercom and "VOX" control. Push to talk may work better if there is a lot of wind at freeway speeds but the "VOX" would be great for those slower rides in the country. The Expand is push to talk only.

They should arrive on Friday and I'm anxious to try them out.

From what I can tell, the Tufftalk doesn’t support music sharing.

Well, at least you told me that you love what you have. That is some help.

Posted this on another forum but didn't find anybody who had compared both.

I am going to buy a set of headsets to use for intercom and music. Want to share the music between the two. I am looking for something to use without helmets.

I've read a lot of posts here about the SPH10 and a couple regarding the Expand but even searching on Google, I haven't found a comparison between the two models. They are close to the same in price. Can anybody here offer a comparison between the two models?

Want to get them ordered but don't want to order them and then find a reason why I should have gone with the others.

It appears that the Expand has a further range but that is not really important to me. Either should work for talking to the passenger right next to me. Most important to me is being able to talk to the passenger and music quality.

Thanks for all the comments. I'll take a closer look at the Baker Built but will probably just nix the entire idea. I do have a Bushtec trailer that I will pull so that should be enough.

Would like to add some luggage racks to my Slingshot. It looks like the only ones still available are the Baker Built. Reviews are mixed with issues of the pin not lining up on the gas tank side when it is loaded. Does anybody know if the reported issues have been resolved? I sent an email to Baker about a week ago but got no response.

Already have a hitch. It is a good hitch but swing arm mounted. I know that a lot of folks don't recommend this type but it will do fine for no more weight than I will pull. I got it from Carbon_One and I know that he does fantastic work as I've known him for many years through my venturerider forum. He has used the same design on his Slingshot since he bought if after they first came out.

The main thing is the wiring. I'm leaning towards ordering the one from Bushtec. I've used their's on other bikes and it seems to work very well.

I already have a Bushtec Roadstar trailer that I pull behind my motorcycle. I'm setting the Slingshot up to pull it also. I know that Slingmods offers a wiring kit and I see that Bushtec also offers one. Does anybody know if one is better in some way more preferable than the other?

Would love to make the Maggie Valley meet but I have an annual VentureRider gathering at my house in Oberlin, OH and the date was already set for it before buying the Slingshot. That is on June 2nd. Maybe next year.

Yes, I know Don and have met him. He makes a windshield for the Yamaha Royal Star Venture also and a lot of my Venturerider members use them. Great products.

Just went and picked it up. I'm glad it was only about 30 minutes away. 36 degrees outside and I about froze before I got home. I can tell you that a taller windshield will be my first purchase.

Hello all. Don and Eileen Nelson from Oberlin, OH. I turned 63 yesterday and have been riding since I bought my S90 Honda when I was 14 years old. Currently own a 2005 Royal Star Midnight Venture, 2012 Can Am RT Limited, and we bought a 2016 Slingshot Base (Black) yesterday. Pretty good deal with 4300 miles on it. Looking forward to exploring it and learning from all the good people here. Very familiar with forums as I own the Venturerider.org site which I founded about 12 or so years ago. Will be selling he Spyder. My wife likes it OK but my tall frame just couldn't get comfortable on it.

We live in Oberlin, OH. Love to ride. Look forward to meeting some of you in the future. Now I have to get busy making the Slingshot ours. Let the shopping begin.