Bluetooth Helmets

I am buying a bluetooth GPS that will feed everything including calls to my helmet. The problem is I am not sure how to wire my helmet with the best accessories for this system. Does anyone have any suggestions.

I will agree with Chucktx. I have done the talk on the cell while riding along and it's way more trouble than it's worth!! Now, mine is on my side or in my windshield bag until I stop. Enjoy the ride and get your messages when it's parked!!

Well, you ain't gonna like my opinion either......I'm with Chuck and Hamshog. I ride my bike to get away from all the bullsh*t of my business and daily crap, not to answer phone calls and emails. Scrap that overpriced helmet and potential health hazard and ride, and leave your phone, office, etc in the saddle bag. We don't want to read about you splatted on the back of a cage cause you were taking an important business call.....

I'm also with everyone else. Ever get off a cell phone while driving and not remember that last several miles. Scary!!! Definatly a health hazard.

As I can appreciate what you all are saying, the reason that I need this is because of work. I am a real estate appraiser and spending over $1,000 a month on fuel costs. I am riding the bike to drastically cut that cost. I drive a truck now (diesel) and am getting about 15 mpg. The bike is getting me arounnd 40 mpg. Plus an instant saving of $0.50 a gallon of the top. I have been riding bikes my whole life and now I need to incorporate that into work so I need the bluetooth system that I mentioned earlier. Any suggestons.

Chucktx, Bikerputz and Voodochild are right on the money. If your job is going to be more efficient because you can answer a call while riding a motorcycle, you are not only putting yourself in massive danger, you can also kill or injure other people in the process. Pretty bad idea if you ask me.

I would rather enjoy the scenery, avoid the cages and get to my calls after I have safely ridden to my next destination.

Having said that, and moving over to the tech side of the question, bluetooth helmets are nothing but a pain, once you have made your phone discoverable and roaming at the same time, allows for other users to hear your conversations, it allows for hackers to steal your account details, without you knowing about it and the signal, regardles of how blue the sky may be that day is always crappy!

I am not seeing anything posistive about safety or bluetooth here, hmmm?

Regards,
German

i'm with everyone else on this one, you sound like a hard workin guy, but give yourself a break, and make sure you stay working. you drop that bike and MPG's won't mean much. comes a time when you got to say F it and live for yourself even if it's just a little ride between jobs:devil: . bikes just aren't meant to be work vechicles. like using a spark plug socket to break lug nuts loose. sooner or later and everybody told you so:injured: but what ever you do good luck

I bought these radios to be able to communicate with friends when we are riding. I also had custom ear plugs, similar to what racing drivers use and can fit under a full face helmet. The only thing missing is a built in microphone, so you can carry conversations.

Midland LXT420VP3 16-Mile 22-Channel Gmrs Radios. Small enough to fit and clamp to your jacket. Work well, but not many people are willing to fork over $250 plus to have custom ear plugs installed. You still need a handlebar mounted push to talk controller.

Regards,
German

I listen to music when I'm riding, but only on the open road..never around town (don't want to be distracted in Las Vegas traffic..that's for sure). I've also been looking into bluetooth helmet setup with GPS like the Garmin Zumo. Like music, I wouldn't be talking on the phone around town or traffic..just the open road and sparingly. I would be better to pull over to continue your conversation. In city traffic, the bluetooth setup would let you know you have a phone call and you could just pull over at your earliest convienence.

You can't easily obtain someone's bluetooth to listen in or make calls because you have to pair the listening device with the phone. If the phone isn't in pairing mode..you can't pair it to use it.

I have a couple of nice bluetooth stereo headphones that I use when jogging to listen to music. Set the phone on auto-answer and I can talk while jogging w/o touching anything..just goes back to music when the call is over.

Sorry guys, even with all that technology and convenience, I STILL think it is way to dangerous.....I wouldn't do it at all.

I miss the old days..My old man was in the trades, & he conducted all his business from the HOME PHONE....no cell phone, no green tooth...You need this for work & your gonna be on the phone while on the bike ? Geeze....One of the things I love about riding is I dont have to worry about calls (couldnt hear em anyway) We've gotten so bad that people bring work laptops & crap with them on vacation. Put down the phone & forget it for the short time you'll be on the road.