...occurred today. I have never had bike-to-bike communication. I haven't had music since back before I got my NT in '10. I used an iPod for a couple of years, but decided it was more hassle than it was worth.
But that has changed. A friend bought a Cardo Packtalk Slim. Before he got around to installing it, his window of time to return it ran out. And then when he did try to install it, it turned out that a Packtalk Slim couldn't be mounted on his helmet. Since he couldn't return it he gave it to me. My Shoei Neotec 2 is not one of the helmets that Cardo says it will fit, we found a Youtube post that showed a guy in England mounting one to his Neotec 2. So today my friend came over and I helped...by watching while he did it. It didn't take too long. After he mounted it, we got it working and meshed it his with helmet's Cardo Packtalk Bold. It was amazing! It was like he was in my head.
We paired it to my phone and he called me and we could hear each other as well as we could when the helmets were meshed. I'll pair it with my GPS before I ride (still at least a week and half away since I'm waiting on my appointment to get all my wiring straightened out and my forks serviced.
I'm still not sure how much music I'll listen to, but I'll enjoy being able to talk to riding partners and make phone calls home while I'm riding. If the GPS gives me direction as often as my iPhone does when I'm using it for directions in my car, the GPS will be muted.
But that has changed. A friend bought a Cardo Packtalk Slim. Before he got around to installing it, his window of time to return it ran out. And then when he did try to install it, it turned out that a Packtalk Slim couldn't be mounted on his helmet. Since he couldn't return it he gave it to me. My Shoei Neotec 2 is not one of the helmets that Cardo says it will fit, we found a Youtube post that showed a guy in England mounting one to his Neotec 2. So today my friend came over and I helped...by watching while he did it. It didn't take too long. After he mounted it, we got it working and meshed it his with helmet's Cardo Packtalk Bold. It was amazing! It was like he was in my head.
We paired it to my phone and he called me and we could hear each other as well as we could when the helmets were meshed. I'll pair it with my GPS before I ride (still at least a week and half away since I'm waiting on my appointment to get all my wiring straightened out and my forks serviced.
I'm still not sure how much music I'll listen to, but I'll enjoy being able to talk to riding partners and make phone calls home while I'm riding. If the GPS gives me direction as often as my iPhone does when I'm using it for directions in my car, the GPS will be muted.