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Wife and I both ride motorcycles. Going on a long trip with a few dozen bikers who all have CB radios on their bikes and insist we need communication to make the trip more enjoyable.We don’t wear full faced helmets and her bike is not adaptable to putting a CB on it. Suggestions would be appreciated. Tried using a couple cheap hand held walkie talkies once but couldn’t hear a thing and awkward holding them while riding!