Do you talk in your helmet when riding?

[Sparky]

I was out yesterday giving it a bit of stick and came round a corner really well and controlled and accelerated on up the straight.

i then realised i was talking to myself! coming up to corner ("woah, steady......now!) out the corner (then racebike noices going through the gears", "woohoo im f*ckin on it"!) down the straight.

its a weird sound its like when you put you head under the water in the bath when you were a kid and talked coz it sounded different or tapped the side of the bath.

i also noticed then when i came back through town i was muttering at people to myself "tosser" "move move, f*ck sake! idiot move over" "what the f*cks he wearing" etc

It dawned on me how much i do it when in a silly mood. I think i just get excited to be back out on the bike.

so just wondered do i need pills or does anyone else mutter in there lids or are you deadly silent?

Sparky
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[Groove]

I hope its ok.

I talk, sing, whistle and occasionaly dance (well, bob my head in tune to the tune i have in my head).


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[yambabe]

Yup, you are not alone!

I talk myself through manouvres, shout at other motorists, scream at the weather (occasionally! ) and sing to myself.

Lucky my bike is quite loud and no-one else can hear me huh?
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[DucatiEVO]

I don't need my lid to talk to myself!
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[landy.s11a]

Its the only bit of intelligent conversation I ever have
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[quacker_boy]

Bah you guys are all amateurs, cruise along at about 80 KMH, throttle sticks there for some time for some reason . Got my i pod plugged in blasting out trivium and i'm doing full on air drumming down the road ...
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[Method]

Talk? Well...

I normally have a good old singsong while im riding, thats good fun.

Although i think it was saturday evening, i had a full on debate and in depth discussion with myself on the 6 mile ride to my g/f's. My mate was ahead of me, and i started of by commenting on his riding - "Oh, he took that nicely", "yeah, yeah that wasnt bad" i replied..."Think hell get this next turn?", "nah dont think hell get it as perfect as before..." "ohhh, ooooh, oooooh, Nice!", "He did it" , "yeah, nicely too".

That went on for a mile or two, and then it turned to me, and how track racing ... how i was going to make the most of this season, and what bikes im going to ride, etc...

By the end of the ride, i had talked myself through my entire collection of motorcycles, my entire collection of racing kit, all my freinds that own motorcycles, and some of my more amusing pairs of socks...

I got off the bike still nattering away, turned round and goes...

"Stop talking to yourself, your confusing me"...

"Its that pair of wallice and gromit socks, that are baffling me the most mate..."

Ahhh the amusements of riding when mentally unstable
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[Dan 4RR]

I often talk to myself whilst riding. Just passes the time really...

[Skunkcap Freddie]

lol, i find myself making bike noise's when i'm on a long straight home and bored.

i also make jaw movements when i'm going onto a slippy corner the chin goes out lol .

[danzai66]

i think (mr degree in experimental psycholgy here) that the act of riding is a balance between the 'fight and flight' centres of your brain. its fear controlled by aggression.

your brain probably finds it easier to process the environment by utilising its various functions. talking abuot what you are seeing is also a feeback system - you internalise the external, and then vica versa confirming, and labelling, what you are seeing.

experienced riders will use 'perceptual chunking',somewhat in the same way as you don't have to read every letter of a word to understand the words meaning, to ignore safe areas of the environment and only concerntrate on what may be a hazard.

hence skill through experience.


just my two p's worth.


and i tend to sing morrissey songs in my hemet..ooh the shame...
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[Leggy_Girl]

I do talk to myself, and i also occasionally let out a girly scream when i'm caught off guard

I do however sing constantly! I dont know why i do it? I think it's to stop myself chewing my bottom lip... any body else do that or am i just weird
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[quacker_boy]

[Leggy_Girl]

I only chew my lip when i'm riding, and i think it's because i'm concentrating maybe?

[vfr800]

Nothing wrong with shouting expletives at cagers!
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[Simple]

I too talk in my helmet, sing (badly) bop my head on occasion, also tap my fingers and feet on pegs/bars/tank.

I'm a great fan of screaming profanities at oblivious tw@s on the road/pavement.

more so when I have a dark visor on though.


Great stress relief
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[NSR-Rulez]

Allegedly speaking yourself through manouvers is a good way to improve your riding, they used to make you talk through what you were doing when you took the advanced car test.

It shows that you are concentrating on what you are doing.

And yes i do talk and sing to myself in my helmet. (hell everyone else is weird it's not me really)


NSR-Rulez
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[The Tot]

Yes,

amongst the things i say are

"I am Lord Kifi of Solomon Pongo" whatever the FUCK that means. I usually do this whilst battering my chest in a vain attempt of a war cry, pretending to be some polynesian chief. It's quite funny and all my mates have to agree that it's amongst one of the most random things they've ever heard me say, but even funnier when you see a crazed guy do it whilst riding

Also, when i was filtering through traffic today in london, i couldn't help shout "Ovarian Dandilion" at passers by or cars that tried to cut me up!

Usually on country roads i mutter to myself along the lines of these

Bend approaching, 11 o clock, slow right down. Boom 4th, Bang 3rd, carry the revs, keep left/right. watch the vanishing point. Steady, brake, lean, chase the vanishing point. Power power, wheee! - usually helps with the rush even if it's only a 30 mph bend.

But if you're dead bored, just try saying some imaginative things. I betcha there is not one soul on this planet that will ever think about conjuring up Lord Kifi of Solomon Pongo when riding their bike!
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[swanny]

when i overtake i say

" sacrimannnnnga mr (insert car type here )..

also when filtering i tend to say " dont you darrrre even think of moving across!"

i also sing to the music on th'ipod and ocassionally use the speedos as a ini drum set when im waiting at lights...
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[NSR125-Kid-UK]

I do tend to find myself talking a lot in my lid, mostly to the bike. "Corner's comin fella, we're gonna really go for it " etc .

Mostly though, I'm laughing in my lid .
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[spinglass]

Maybe my problem is even bigger I not only talk to my self, especially when I am overexcited, I even talk to my bike and many times apologies to “her” when I do something stupid.

Doctor is it serious???????????

[Fastgut]

[Bullet]

i talk to myself, shout, sing, dance, hum, gesture abusivly, and i chew my lip too so your not that weird clearly leggy girl (or im weird too one or the other!) for some reason 'always look on the bright side of life' is the most common song i sing to myself.... its got a nice sort of weavy rythem to it so i make the bike dance aswell (only when its safe to weave about obviously officer)
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[feef]

I talk most of the time..

but with an autocom wired to my gf who's pillion it's not quite as insance as it sounds

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[Steve - RS125]

got to say this has to be the funniest thread I have read in a long time.

I didnt realise it, but reading all your posts has made me think how much I talk, sing, bop around, and make a general fool out of myself whilst on a bike!

My bad habit has to be riding past my mates slapping the rear seat as if it was me thrashing a horse to go faster!

Another one is when riding on a massively long road and passing cars, removing my hands off the throttle / handle bars and looking at the cars im passing (With my jet black visor on) and pretending to row past them in a canoe.

Either that or sitting on my pillion seat or tank and genrally riding like and idiot to pass the time.

I am a sucker for huming the top gun theme tune whilst absolutly giving it all my bike has to offer round corners on straights etc etc.

Why i hear you ask?? gawd knows.

I think I am in need of mental help to say the least!!
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[Simple]