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Chatter Box???
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 12:23 am
by rearro
I am tring to find out from all of you riders what is a good device for communicating with your passenger and listening to music! ( I-pod) I am tempted to buy a chatterbox but Wanted some feed back before doing so!
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 8:33 am
by R4R&R
I've heard mixed reveiws of the Chatterbox. If you want to integrate music with rider/rider conversation then an Autocom may be the way to go. Plus you can later add bike/bike comm, and other things like cell phone, radar detector, etc.
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 9:53 am
by drevil
i have had pretty good luck with my cheapy chatterbox units, and they already do bike to bike and integrate music fine. i would at least get the ones with the PTT button on them though. the corded push to talk button is a pain, so i just manually control the vox to go on or off. they work great at lower speeds with the vox, but over 50 mph with a 3/4 helmet it is tough unless you control manually. BTW, chatterbox has an awesome unit coming out with all kinds of integration for radar/stereo and BLUETOOTH HEADSETS. should be out in a month or two they say. you can see it on the riderswarehouse/aerostich site....
http://www.aerostich.com/catalog/US/Blu ... 17538.html
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 9:57 am
by drevil
BTW, autocomm is ok, but it is basically just a wiring harness and vox control. it does not include radios or anything. i would get a j&m unit before autocomm.
Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2006 1:17 am
by rearro
Thanks for all the feed back I come to terms that its NOT CHEAP!!
I'll keep looking for a good deal!
Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2006 9:31 am
by drevil
the chatterbox helmet mounts are like 200$. a passenger headset is less than 50.
Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 1:27 am
by rearro
I went to south sound Bmw in tacoma and found an autocom easi 7 that normaly sells for $199.97 and got it for half price it came with the box with extentions for rider and passenger, headphones , boom mic. a cable for my I-pod and a cable for my cell phone. Talk about a Kick ASS deal!! $ 100.00 bucks
I think I scored Big!
Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 4:09 pm
by drevil
yeah, they are blowing them out. rumour is that they are clearing out for a new model that is bluetooth ready. not sure if that means bluetooth headset or phone. hopefully headset. problem i had with the autocomm is you still had to buy the radio and where to put it seemed a problem. i hear they are nice in terms of audio quality. basically just a big audio connector/vox system for a bike...
Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 6:40 pm
by duke
anyone thought of the good old earplugs? I wear mine all the time - no noise, nobody to talk to (not that I have a pillion). Just you, the bike and some fantastic road with bends and hills!
Just kidding you know!
Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 9:59 pm
by rearro
Duke, I have tried riding with just me and the road but..... With out my music i just get bored when I'm riding and have tunes playing it's like I just enjoy it 10 fold I can't explain it I just get lost in the music and the raod!
Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 6:37 am
by duke
rearro wrote:Duke, I have tried riding with just me and the road but..... With out my music i just get bored when I'm riding and have tunes playing it's like I just enjoy it 10 fold I can't explain it I just get lost in the music and the raod!
London traffic + ipod = A&E or Undertaker, bare minimum isurance loss and broken limbs/ribs/fingers/toes/collarbones/insert_your_favourite_body_part_here
Mind you - I love driving car and listening to music, but listening to Vivaldi or Bach does not go well with riding a bike!
Seriosly speaking - I am to get some voice system - but have no idea what to go for - probably something bluetooth, with rider to passenger communication + audio inputs for GPS and MP3 - I would listen to MP3 on a motorway (but not in town).
Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 11:03 am
by rearro
duke I live in the what I call the country lots of open roads and alot less traffic ! It sounds much safer than london traffic!
I think I scored Big!