Motorcycle to Car Communications

[txspike]

Hi Guys,

I confess, I don't own a 'Busa; I'm a ZX-14 rider. Hopefully, though, that won't stop you from giving me a little advice lease:

I'm going to be taking a trip with my wife. She'll be driving her car and I'll be riding my bike to our destination. We'll always be within a mile or so of each other while we travel. I need a good communications solution.

I wear a full-face helmet, usually with earplugs. The ideal solution would probably involve a pair of wireless headsets where at least one pair had noise cancellation.

What's the best thing you can suggest? I'm willing to pay a couple hundred bucks (but hope I don't have to!) for something that meets my requirements.

Thanks!

[fishhook]

Chatterbox to one of the many cheap frs radios works well! Oh and at least your riding, I am on a Concours 14 now.

[PandaNin]

Definitely chatterbox for you and handheld for her.

So where ya going and where ya going from?

[thrasherfox]

Chatterbox to one of the many cheap frs radios works well! Oh and at least your riding, I am on a Concours 14 now.

Welcome to the board TXSPIKE!!



Yeah what he said.

I have done it before, works perfect.

Just get any GMRS radio (home depot, radio shack just about anywhere)


Here is the link to chatterbox

MSRP:$229.95

ChatterBoxUSA XBi2 Open Face Kit

GMRS Radios


$29.00 each

http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc...splay?langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053

[TruWrecks]

Definitely a Chatterbox for you, and I would suggest a Cobra FRS handheld. The Cobra is cheap and has great range.

Get the Chatterbox X1 and a GMRS radio and you can still talk up to 4 or 5 miles apart.

[Flicka]

Hi Guys,

I confess, I don't own a 'Busa; I'm a ZX-14 rider.

Ok, I'm kidding. Kinda.


Chatterbox is the way to go. I say get two of them and make the wife wear a helmet while she drives.

If she doesn't like that idea, then you could always get a Chatterbox model that has Bluetooth and just talk to her on a cellphone.

Oh yeah, to the .oRg

Hang around and be converted!

[majestic12]

I have been kicking this idea of getting a throat mic system. Some even plug into the cobra micro talk
Fire Fox Technologies Fox Talk Intercom System

and you are on two wheels. In the end that is all that counts.

[MC MUSTANG]

Autocom with cell phone to her cellphone works well -

[txspike]

Thanks guys for all the tips and the welcome, especially since I'm from the dark side

I don't think though the chatterbox system is what I want/need. From what I can understand from their website, you have to install speakers in your helmet. Well, I have a couple of different helmets so if I went with chatterbox I would have to stick with one helmet. Also, I need to block out the wind noise as well. If I have to listen to speakers I can't wear my earplugs...

In an ideal world, I would be able to find a headset with microphone that had an earbud for each ear (similar to Etymotic Research, Inc. - ER•6i Isolator Earphones) that blocks out the wind noise. Such a device would be linked (perhaps via bluetooth) to a handheld radio in my backpack...

Does anything like this exist or am I dreaming?

Our first trip will probably be a relatively short one - from here (Allen, TX) to Louisiana or the Texas hill country. This one will be a trial run for something more adventurous...like from here to the Grand Canyon. My wife loves to go places, but I hate being stuck in the car so this is an attempt an an amicable solution.

[omslaw]

Autocom with cell phone to her cellphone works well -

+1

And you can also use FRS/GMRS radios with Autocom...very flexible.

[Ezduzit]

aboard even though u ride the 14 j/king