Do you listen to music when on the bike, what sort and does it change your riding style?                                                                                                                                                                             

Yes,a 3 cylinder symphony...and the carburettor ones make the best soundtrack..👍
Now we're drifting into the realms of ...why?I thought that was the delight of riding a bike, it's intrinsic self-gratification,listening to the engine note change (not very often on some marques,admittedly).. i do sing to myself,although when directed at car drivers,the songs do take on a certain football terrace flavour..and nothing,sadly,could change my riding style,short of an Exocet missile..:)> ""OO""

And don't get me started on satnavs or mobile phone usage on bikes...jackets or tankbags have ample room for a map to be stuffed into,and NOTHING is that important that you can't wait for the next services or layby...:)>
Captain Luddite signing off...lol

It's a no from me , I don't use phone unless I'm stationery , I have USB to charge phone under seat , I sometimes write down the A and B roads before I go on a journey                                                                                                                                                                             

I used to listen to hubby's whistling 😂 😂 else... I'd rather listen to the awesome engine sound and the wind blowing round my ears... Nothing nicer....                                                                                                                                                                             

I'm with Jinx on the sat navs and phones. I have my phone on charge in my tank bag for use if and when I'm stopped. My travelling tank bag has a map holder and I have a shelf full of OS maps so a couple of main roads on a bit of paper for the long distance bit and then local map to stop and explore with. I have sat nav built in to my car and it just makes me lazy and I remember less of the roads as I don't have to think about where I am going.

As for the V twin sound track, it's good but not worth going deaf for so I wear ear plugs for all but the shortest journeys.

Listening to music is a separate thing altogether as I'm quite into Hifi but that's for a different thread....

Confession, I quite enjoy some music on an early morning ride our when roads are relatively empty. Yes, some AC/DC, Tina Turner, even a burst of Elton John. However, the soundtrack of the Heritage Softail is always a good place to start and finish.                                                                                                                                                                             

Absolutely I do- (music- never a phone; Jinx is right; life is seriously too short for that) it helps when I am commuting in the dark winter mornings, threading through the London traffic in the cold and the rain avoiding the visually and intellect challenged car drivers either unable or unwilling to notice me. It keeps me calm when the voices start in my head...the voices telling me to kill and maim...oh, the voices, the voices...

Sorry, just had to take another pill there, I'm fine again now.

Music yes, phones no.
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Absolutely I do- (music- never a phone; Jinx is right; life is seriously too short for that) it helps when I am commuting in the dark winter mornings, threading through the London traffic in the cold ...
                                                                                                                                                                             

I'm fine now. The doctor told me so....                                                                                                                                                                             

I couldn't hear music over the sound of the carbon ovals on my Duke or the rattling clutch 😂😂👍                                                                                                                                                                             

NOW we're talking!!..Or at least when your tinitus dies down,748col...👍👍👍                                                                                                                                                                             

Ha ha jinx yes I have tinnitus it's a mix of load motorcycles loud music and over 30 years of engineering 🙈                                                                                                                                                                             

No technology on my Sportster to hook up anything electrical, so I enjoy a sing a long. Twenty of your favourite hits not available in the shops.
Usually something topical from Easyriders or Woodstock.

As for Satnavs it's mostly in my head, due to truck driver pre Satnav days. When then it was Satnav head, for major route and atlas plus A-Z to finish off destination.

So.. I'd like to listen to Paloma faith, Anne Lennox, Heart ,David Bowie, Faithless, linkin park, guns and Rose's. But instead a put up with an induction noise from hell its self and a exhaust tone from the other place.🙂                                                                                                                                                                             

As they now have HUD(heads up display) in helmets for pilots,perhaps someone could do a bike version,lyrics from all your favourite songs scrolling past...vocal range may be a limiting factor...Electric Worry by Clutch could be fun on a twisty road....hmmm :(> ""OO""

A motorbike rock station as you go for all road riders 🤔                                                                                                                                                                             

Planet Rock has a lot of adverts,but keeps me sane in the bus,if i forget cds or iPod..                                                                                                                                                                             

I am thinking to use my mobile as a satnav google maps are great I use in my campervan, also thinking to play planet rock on my mobile while on my trike or put some nice music on my mobile                                                                                                                                                                             

I listen to music through my Bluetooth headset, I also use it to talk to my riding buddy.