has anyone use this intercom, or have any suggestions for a good quality system for me and my friend to use when we go on long rides. it says for rider and passenger and doesnt have an operating range, so i dont know if it would work well for two people on differant bikes.
http://www.flyncycle.com/Motorcycle_Comunication_p/tarvox.htm
$20 bucks for a bike-to-bike system? I don't think so. Thats a wired setup just to go between rider and passenger. Decent bike-to-bike systems are usually $200-$500 for each bike (brands like Starcomm or Baehr).
If you aren't looking to spend a lot of money look at something like Chatterbox (http://www.jcwhitney.com/frs-multisport-2-mile-bike-to-bike-kits/p2020047.jcwx?skuId=528517&TID=8014524FT4&zmam=15972153&zmas=21&zmac=141&zmap=449869), they start around $150. Or you can roll your own with a set of earphones, a mic, an FRS radio and a push to talk button. Still probably looking at a least $100 each to roll your own.
That one should be fine for bike-to-bike.... As long as you don't mind the wire running between the two.
Why do you need to talk to other riders while you're riding?
Quote from: bubba zanetti on September 07, 2010, 03:10:50 PM
Why do you need to talk to other riders while you're riding?
I can't answer for the original poster, but I can say its very useful when touring.
Just wondering what use it'd be, I've never had a need to talk to others while riding. We just wait till the next place we stop.
Quote from: bubba zanetti on September 07, 2010, 08:17:31 PM
Just wondering what use it'd be, I've never had a need to talk to others while riding. We just wait till the next place we stop.
its not a neccesisty. its a convienience/want. much like you dont need your motorcycle. you just ride a bus, bike, walk, car, carpool, train, plain, automobile.
although thats not true for everyone. i for instance need at bare minimum a weekly dose of motorcycle riding. or else my goes into a state of motorcycle mouth sounds and i lay in bed revving the air until someone asks me if i wanna go ride. This has happened twice since the time i spun my bearing and now.
Quote from: Paulcet on September 07, 2010, 12:11:06 PM
That one should be fine for bike-to-bike.... As long as you don't mind the wire running between the two.
haha, hmmm. no i think we'd be alright with that. :icon_mrgreen: dang, i thought they were wireless.