speaker up grade and sub

[smokinjoe187]

So it winter in cali
we have about two weeks of no riding season
so i have been planing a sound upgrade
i changed the front speakers to polk audio db 651 s from amazon
and to kick this shit up a notch
i installed a kenwood sub
model ksc-sw11 from amazon
i used the wiring from the kit
i adjusted it ,all i can say is money money...
took a day but i had it apart any way as i added a dual usb in the right side shelter
you do have to trim the top and side of these speaker for the cover to lock back in
but let me say its way worth the 200 dollars i spent
flame on!!
btw i love my heli bars and ultimate seat plus my bluetooth aux in,i can just ride for miles and miles

[Dirtstiff's F6B]

Cool way to add a sub with it's own amp.
I'll bet it compliments your new speakers nicely

Thanks Joe, for posting the pics and diagram.
Jim

[smokinjoe187]

Cool way to add a sub with it's own amp.
I'll bet it compliments your new speakers nicely

Thanks Joe, for posting the pics and diagram.
Jim

My pleasure
btw the amp is on a molex plug so it can be removed with 2 screws...
simple clean,and yes its a very clean sound
and with avc it stays constant

[smokinjoe187]

My pleasure
btw the amp is on a molex plug so it can be removed with 2 screws...
simple clean,and yes its a very clean sound
and with avc it stays constant

there was 1 other small issue though
i had to vent the bags at the top
the bags are sealed so well sound barely comes out a sub needs air but i solved this using uni air box vents

[motoman]

Very good info, Thanks!

Just to confirm, did you use the stock OEM Honda F6B amp for the front speakers? Do you feel it has enough power?

[CoCoKola]

according to this artice (OLD!) the amp on a goldwing only puts out 9-11 watts per channel at 4ohms a .5% thd.

New amp & new speakers = easy improvement if that is still the case..

[Jimmytee]

according to this artice (OLD!) the amp on a goldwing only puts out 9-11 watts per channel at 4ohms a .5% thd.

New amp & new speakers = easy improvement if that is still the case..

That was for the older GL1800 audio system. The one we have in our F6B is substantially better, but still not what you can buy with a fairly modest expenditure. I am adding an amp to my bike. I have dug into the factory harness and pulled the pre out signals from the OEM Audio Unit/Head unit . The difference is substantial. I measured the difference in another thread.

[smokinjoe187]

That was for the older GL1800 audio system. The one we have in our F6B is substantially better, but still not what you can buy with a fairly modest expenditure. I am adding an amp to my bike. I have dug into the factory harness and pulled the pre out signals from the OEM Audio Unit/Head unit . The difference is substantial. I measured the difference in another thread.

yes i used the oem amp just used the speaker leads for input
the sub came with a trick little cable to convert it to rca
i remembered there was a thread with the amp location and wiring
buy frankly thats not a me project
my goal was simple,add a sub simpley and it does that
the 651s are far superior to stock
it is smallis and i dont loose my whole bag and after I
adjust the cross over to say 70 xhz it helps clean up mid and the sub adds a lillte bump
and i think i had a good garage day,and spent less tham 200 bucks

[Jimmytee]

yes i used the oem amp just used the speaker leads for input
the sub came with a trick little cable to convert it to rca
i remembered there was a thread with the amp location and wiring
buy frankly thats not a me project
my goal was simple,add a sub simpley and it does that
the 651s are far superior to stock
it is smallis and i dont loose my whole bag and after I
adjust the cross over to say 70 xhz it helps clean up mid and the sub adds a lillte bump
and i think i had a good garage day,and spent less tham 200 bucks

So you just got one sub? How does it sound going down the road? I read reviews of several of those compact self powered subs , and with that and having heard some in person, I didn't think that they would be adequate to add any real low end. I didn't have any success in trying to convert the speaker level power to line level power. Lot's of distortion as if the inputs were being overdriven. The adapters were rated to 50 watts and I don't see the OEM amp over driving that. Maybe. I ended up tapping into the wiring harness to use the pre out signals from the OEM head unit. Maybe you're not hearing it because of the low pass filter in the sub.

[Dirtstiff's F6B]

My pleasure
btw the amp is on a molex plug so it can be removed with 2 screws...
simple clean,and yes its a very clean sound
and with avc it stays constant

Perfect, for the times storage space out does great tunes..or when my wife's stuff over flows into my side..
Thanks again,Joe.
One last winter mod....