Helmet to Helmet Intercom?

[Trumps]

I use starcom advanced - great quality comms.
I reckon the trick with them all is getting the helmet speakers in the right position to give clear comms.
You can have bike to pillion, bike to bike, bluetooth mobile phone, mp3 player - pretty much anything. The only disadvantage is it's a hard wired system and that is minor - some of the new bluetooth helmet to helmet systems look real interesting but not sure if you can add music to those?

 

[Trumps]

Here is the UK link
http://www.tecstar.co.uk/comms/starcom1.htm

 

[Billythebiker]

Whe wireless bluetooth helmets will take what ever bluetooth device you link them with 8)

 

[rubber2burn]

I have the autocom , but can never seem to get it set up right . :?

 

[rubber2burn]

Thats what I have been told , but never quite found the sweet spot :lol:
Set it up at home and its ok up to 70 mph ish , but above that seems to lose it

Try , try and try again , or give up :shock:

 

[harbo]

Yep, I use Autocom too. I've not tried others.
Make sure you have enough room in your helmet ear recesses to fit the speakers. Some helmets are very shallow, e.g. Schuberth S1.

 

[Trumps]

Sully said

[ Thats what I have been told , but never quite found the sweet spot ]

We are still talking about intercoms and not intercourse?

How very dare you.............................

 

[Stormrider]

Thats what I have been told , but never quite found the sweet spot :lol:
Set it up at home and its ok up to 70 mph ish , but above that seems to lose it

Try , try and try again , or give up :shock:

I have been using Autocomm for the last 3 years (chatterbox before that was complete junk).

The thing to keep in mind is that if your helmet is going to let in a lot of noise, that is going to affect your sound system. The quieter the helmet, the better the system can perform. I find Autocomm the best out there.

 

[Captain Rich]

I've used the Chatterbox system for a couple years and it's worked well enough for me. It's a relatively inexpensive system if you don't couple it with bike-to-bike capability...it connects phone, music, and pillion. http://www.cyclegadgets.com/Products/product.asp?Item=CB-50 I've never tried or seen the Autocom system so I can't comment on the differences to Chatterbox.

My model is bike-to-bike, but the basics should be the same between models. I'm looking at the Nolan N-Com system now that I have the Garmin Zumo (which is Bluetooth) but haven't decided to pull the trigger on that yet...seems like alot of $$$ when you add it all up.

 

[garan]

I've got an Autocom setup that I use for pillion, bike to bike, GPS, MP3 and phone in partnership with a Zumo 550 GPS on the handlebars.

The Active Rider Autocom that I've got fits nicely behind the battery box under the seat. There's not a lot of room but I can coil up the spare cables that I'm not using (e.g. the pillion cable if I'm on my own) in the same space behind the battery, pulling the rubber battery strap over the top to keep everything in place.

I've wired the Active Rider in permanently using the accessory plugs that are meant for the optional accessory socket. I was careful to wire the Zumo to the same +ive and -ive connection to avoid ground loop isolation issues that some of my friends have had with car installations.

My helmet is an Arai Astro in which I've fitted the speakers behind the fabric in the ear recesses. As others have said, getting the positioning of the ear pieces is very important. It took a while for me to find the sweetspots but now I'm able to ride along listening to music at 70 mph with the visor open a little bit to let air in and able to listen to the music whilst wearing foam ear plugs.

The one thing that I will say is that it can quickly get expensive! Autocom charge an arm and a leg for the accessory leads.