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- West Des Moines, IA
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- 2022 Kymco AK 550
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I know I have a bit of hearing loss due to working around jets in the Navy for 4 years and in the Air Guard for another 16, even with hearing protection on the job.
I use Flents foam ear plugs, 33 db attenuation. I buy a jar of 4 dozen pair from Wally World. The purple ones same as THESE. I use one pair for 6-8 weeks of riding and keep another pair handy and then switch them out always keeping a fresh pair as spare. My helmet is full face HJC IS-17 Intake with integrated sun shield. It has a pin-lock system and the main face shield with the pin-lock is 95% UV protection. I tried sunglasses but they were polarized and the face shield (on an earlier helmet) was also polarized so I couldn't see the dash meters since the dual polarization blanked that out. The integrated sun shield solved that problem since it was all designed to work together.
I also find that music and radio sounds SO much better with the ear plugs in than without with my BT Sena headset. The tinny sounds that are evident without ear plugs is gone when I put the plugs in and the base sounds come through better. :grin:
I use Flents foam ear plugs, 33 db attenuation. I buy a jar of 4 dozen pair from Wally World. The purple ones same as THESE. I use one pair for 6-8 weeks of riding and keep another pair handy and then switch them out always keeping a fresh pair as spare. My helmet is full face HJC IS-17 Intake with integrated sun shield. It has a pin-lock system and the main face shield with the pin-lock is 95% UV protection. I tried sunglasses but they were polarized and the face shield (on an earlier helmet) was also polarized so I couldn't see the dash meters since the dual polarization blanked that out. The integrated sun shield solved that problem since it was all designed to work together.
I also find that music and radio sounds SO much better with the ear plugs in than without with my BT Sena headset. The tinny sounds that are evident without ear plugs is gone when I put the plugs in and the base sounds come through better. :grin:
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