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@big_daddy_wayne
Mick - of course it's less safe, you are depriving yourself of one more source of information that will inform your riding, however wearing fifteen rubber rings, a full set of leathers and having thirty mirrors and a siren on your bike will also provide extra degrees of safety - it's where your'e comfortable with the risk/reward ratio that matters - personally I don't think the advantage of listening to music on the bike outweighs the extra information I receive about my surroundings and other traffic