for me the sound of the bike is the music. i want hear the motor and my shifts. i want hear as much as i can of everything that is going on around me. if a car rolls up beside me, i want to hear it. i can always listen to music in my office or at home.

I agree and it is one reason I enjoy my earbuds because the sound is better when worn under a helmet.

I do though enjoy the silence of the open road for just let your thoughts flow and find the craving sometimes to bring music is the avoidance of my own thoughts.

think that a mounted radio's better but hard to hear at cruising speed