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Ear plugs & bikes and our waterfall ride guide gets put through its paces

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Arthur F
August 14, 2023

Need to know this week…

  1. This week’s 🛞🛞 Two Wheel Tuesday is back at Bar Veloce

  2. Bikes & Breakfast is at Bogota and Cold Spring this Sunday 🥚 🥓 🥐 

  3. Wicked Wednesdays 💀 is at Gold Coast Motorsports this Wednesday

  4. Yamaha's 🏍️ New Tracer 9 GT+ might be smarter 💡 than you

  5. Zero Motorcycles has got to be the Pontiac of the electric 🔋 🌎️ bike world; it’s fine but everything else is better

  6. While we’re on the topic of electric bikes, look ▶️ at what Ewan McGregor did on his

  7. Ride 2️⃣ bikes from 2️⃣ different manufacturers in Cross Country’s HEAD 2 HEAD event next Saturday

Can you hear 🦻 me now? Prob not.

Most of you probably don’t wear them and you end up getting yelled at by your group at stops because you can’t hear shit after a ride.

I remember the first time I put in ear plugs on the bike. I was on the track at the California Superbike School event last year and saw most of the riders using them. So I figured why not try it and I grabbed a pair of the cheap foam ear plugs they had at the event.

You know how sometimes a buddy of yours gets some stupid expensive piece of kit for their bike (like Rotobox CF wheels for example) and then swears up and down that it has transformed the bike? Well maybe it has but prob not considering the bike has never seen above 80mph and a lean angle of over 5 degrees. I digress.

Ear plugs really do make a difference and might make you a better rider. Putting them on actually helped me focus by cancelling out a lot of the drone of the engine and wind noise. Everything important still gets through; the vibrations, the actual sound of the motor, car horns, city sounds, etc.

Ear plugs are awesome for highway miles and the track (though get a session or two in without the plugs to get more acclimated to your bike on the track first).

I’ve asked our NYC MOTO Riders Group on Facebook what they use and here’s what we got:

I have a pair of these and they’re fine. I get a pretty good seal out of them but they don’t cut as much sound as the Loops. They come in a metal cylindrical container that’s easy to move around with you.

Loop Experience Plus Earplugs
These are what I used to use on the daily. I’ve seen guys wet them first (yeah, with your mouth) then put them in. They seal well but I’ve got them stuck in my ear twice and let me tell you, it sucks. Also, Ben loves them and we love Ben.

Eargasm High Fidelity Earplugs
These look fine and I’ve heard good reviews from riders but have not tried them myself yet.

Another suggestion from the NYC MOTO Riders FB Group are the PQ Wax Ear Plugs. Technically, they are ear plugs for sleep but curious to give them a try on the bike. Thanks for the suggestion, Eddie.

👉️ Honestly, you’d probably be fine with these foam plugs. They’re cheap, disposable and by the nature of the material they’re made with will probably have the best seal out of anything.

Also, Fortnine produced ▶️ a great video years ago comparing ear plugs and foamies won. So there’s that. But then there is this nightmare pic from one of the earplugs he recommended so I dunno:

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The Rewind ⏪️ 

Our Route 23A Waterfall Guide has been tested

Something really cool happened this weekend.

I published the Route 23A & Waterfall Guide last week and had not yet featured it in a newsletter.

That didn’t stop @santana_rides from finding it on the site and running with it. He took the trip with a few buddies, loved it, and posted tons of content. Truly amazing moment for me and I hope you guys enjoy his content & NYC MOTO guide.

Tour Route 23A and its waterfalls in Upstate NY

Through this route, you'll come across 2 waterfalls directly on the ride and a bunch of other options within 30 miles of the route.

email.nycmoto.co/p/tour-route-23a-and-its-waterfalls-in-upstate-ny

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