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Online JReazor

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Re: Your favorite riding gadget?
« Reply #30 on: November 18, 2013, 10:24:15 PM »
Sena/iPhone combo. The GPS is great but I don't use it nearly as often as I use the Sena.
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Offline Squareman357

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Re: Your favorite riding gadget?
« Reply #31 on: November 21, 2013, 12:30:11 PM »
I'd probably have to say my Sena as well.  Between listening to music, an occasional call on a long trip to ease the slabbing boredom, and routing my GPS audio, it's become indispensable. 
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Re: Your favorite riding gadget?
« Reply #32 on: November 21, 2013, 01:53:09 PM »
I would have to say my heated vest and/or grips. makes riding in the cold much more enjoyable and extends my riding season. I notice a lot of you enjoy music/phone while riding, I'm the opposite, riding is the one time in my day that I don't listen to anything. I find it makes the ride far more enjoyable to simply be alone with your motorcycle and your thoughts (or lack there of  ;))
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Re: Your favorite riding gadget?
« Reply #33 on: November 21, 2013, 01:59:25 PM »
I'd be on a clock tower with a rifle if I was left alone with my thoughts.

I don't listen to music though.  Just podcasts for me.  The mp3 player has ruined music for me.
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Offline Squareman357

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Re: Your favorite riding gadget?
« Reply #34 on: November 21, 2013, 02:03:39 PM »
Quote from: Black Hills on November 21, 2013, 01:53:09 PM
I notice a lot of you enjoy music/phone while riding, I'm the opposite, riding is the one time in my day that I don't listen to anything. I find it makes the ride far more enjoyable to simply be alone with your motorcycle and your thoughts (or lack there of  ;))
I can do a nice ride with no music, but I like to travel and there is no way I could cross the country riding a 1000 miles in a day without some tunes.

Quote from: Cablebandit on November 21, 2013, 01:59:25 PM
The mp3 player has ruined music for me.

Do tell?  How so?
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Re: Your favorite riding gadget?
« Reply #35 on: November 21, 2013, 02:05:59 PM »
The shuffle algorithm sucks.  I'd have thousands of songs and keep hearing the same shit come up.  It got so bad I could tell you the next song coming up on shuffle with pretty damn good accuracy.

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Offline Squareman357

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Re: Your favorite riding gadget?
« Reply #36 on: November 21, 2013, 02:09:41 PM »
Quote from: Cablebandit on November 21, 2013, 02:05:59 PM
The shuffle algorithm sucks.  I'd have thousands of songs and keep hearing the same shit come up.  It got so bad I could tell you the next song coming up on shuffle with pretty damn good accuracy.

That's strange.  The shuffle on my iPhone is pretty good. If I have a big enough selection of songs in the shuffle, I don't usually hear the same one twice, or in a discernible pattern.  I generally use playlists, so I only get the music I want to hear anyway.
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Re: Your favorite riding gadget?
« Reply #37 on: November 21, 2013, 02:44:01 PM »
Scala Q2 pro..

Pandora over it while on those long stretches is quite nice...
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Re: Your favorite riding gadget?
« Reply #38 on: November 21, 2013, 06:50:09 PM »
Quote from: Black Hills on November 21, 2013, 01:53:09 PM
... I notice a lot of you enjoy music/phone while riding, I'm the opposite, riding is the one time in my day that I don't listen to anything. I find it makes the ride far more enjoyable to simply be alone with your motorcycle and your thoughts (or lack there of  ;))

I'm exactly the same. :thumbsup:

I have all the Abba playlist firmly stored in my tiny brain anyway.  :o
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Re: Your favorite riding gadget?
« Reply #39 on: November 21, 2013, 10:07:13 PM »
Quote from: Cablebandit on November 21, 2013, 02:05:59 PM
The shuffle algorithm sucks.  I'd have thousands of songs and keep hearing the same shit come up.  It got so bad I could tell you the next song coming up on shuffle with pretty damn good accuracy.

Remove the first song on your playlist.  Make it go bye bye.  It changes the start of the algorithm.
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Re: Your favorite riding gadget?
« Reply #40 on: November 22, 2013, 06:26:56 AM »
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Re: Your favorite riding gadget?
« Reply #41 on: November 22, 2013, 02:42:34 PM »
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Re: Your favorite riding gadget?
« Reply #42 on: November 22, 2013, 03:46:55 PM »
Quote from: Squareman357 on November 21, 2013, 02:09:41 PM
That's strange.  The shuffle on my iPhone is pretty good. If I have a big enough selection of songs in the shuffle, I don't usually hear the same one twice, or in a discernible pattern.  I generally use playlists, so I only get the music I want to hear anyway.

+1. iTunes Smart Playlists are awesome. One of my favorites pulls any song rated 3 starts or higher that hasn't been played in more than 30 days. That does a pretty good job of keeping it fresh.
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Re: Your favorite riding gadget?
« Reply #43 on: November 22, 2013, 04:09:17 PM »
Meh...I don't really like music enough to care.
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Re: Your favorite riding gadget?
« Reply #44 on: November 25, 2013, 10:47:22 AM »
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