Thu May 15 19:09:54 1997 - Message No. 826
From: Marcel_Sieling@d.maus.de (Marcel Sieling)

Subject: Intercoms: baehr is best.


Hi,

>I want to buy an intercom-set for communicating with my sozia and from
>bike to bike. It should also be possible to connect a walkman, or
>something like that to the headset simultaneously.
>
>I know some intercoms, which you place somwhere on the body, but I think
>it would be more preferable to mount it to the bike.
>
>Has anyone experiences with intercoms? (By the way - I am not looking
>for a 1000DM equipment :) )

And that is the problem. There is IMHO only one reasonable Intercom offered by
baehr in Vinningen (Germany), but it costs about 1100,-DM if you buy it with CB
radio option and intercom with sozia. But it offers all features you desire and
works really fine and even perfect on high speed. We bought it with a few
friends and had a lot of fun using it on several tours. I tested three
different devices before and was not satisfied. You always have problems with
either high speed (more than 80 km/h), I would never recommend a VOX operating
system (it opens at every little noise and rifing a bike makes lot of noise)
and a headset, which has ear plugs which have to be put inside the ears
(uncomfortable and hurting). Also I dislike big mounted devices at the side of
the helmet (police is aware). And of course all 49 MHz devices are illigeal at
least in Germany. 

The baehr stuff is the one and only professional Intercom solution for bikers.
It has no ear stickers, but perfectly fitting headsets, which are mounted in
the helmet. All stuff is mounted inside the bike and powered from the bike. All
that stuff is waterproof and modular, so that further expansions can be added
later on. There are very good and comfortable accessories available.
Performance is very good, it operates in CB band (27MHz FM 40 channels), which
is allowed all over Europe without any fee. It reaches several kilometers
distance and communication is OK up to the speed of around 150 km/h or even
more (depends on the type of windshield and helmet etc.).

If you are interested regardless of the price, I can ask a friend who's a
member of our local motorbiker's club, which can get the baehr stuff for a
little better money than usual (around 10%). But it will still be around
1000.-DM. For additional information ask baehr directly.

Supplier's Adress: 

    baehr GmbH & Co. KG
    Entwicklung und Herstellung
    Marktstr. 2
    D-66957 Vinningen
    Tel +49 6335 5004
    Fax +49 6335 5008

BTW: I'm not involved in baehr's business, I just am a satisfied customer. 

take care - Marcello (rrr#52, ATIC#9, 13,486% Squid, KotFBL - Africa Twin)


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