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- From: crowder@epcot.spdc.ti.com (Mark Crowder)
- Subject: Re: Loud pipes: get some perspective
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.194353.20031@spdc.ti.com>
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- Organization: TI Semiconductor Process and Design Center
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- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 19:43:53 GMT
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- >> In article <1992Nov12.195442.7180@spdc.ti.com>, crowder@epcot.spdc.ti.com (Mark Crowder) writes:
- >> ...For me, the best *safety* features of a helmet
- >> |> are the things it does to help keep me *out* of accidents. These
- >> |> include:
- >> |> Shedding wind, rain, rocks, bugs
- >> |> Reducing noise fatigue
- >
- >Ah, rethink the wind-noise issue. It's likely that most helmets
- >still admit enough noise to cause permanent hearing loss if you
- >ride over 30mph. Excellent article concerning this available.
- >(Thanks to a MN DoDer who sent it to me. I would be happy to
- >copy and forward it.)
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- I have an NOJ Quiet Rider on my RF108 Shoei. It makes a *big*
- difference. However, when I ride far and fast, I still wear
- ear plugs. The noise level makes a significant difference in how
- alert I feel after a few hours riding. I'd appreciate an e-mail
- of the article if you still have it.
- Thanks,
- Mark Crowder crowder@spdc.ti.com
- Dallas, Tx 88 BMW R100RS Texas Instruments, Inc.
- |Disclaimer: The advice/comments |"Dear Lord, give me chastity and self- |
- |expressed above may occasionally |restraint ... but not yet, O Lord, not |
- |be worth what you paid for them. |yet!" -- St Augustine, A.D. 354-430 |
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