How water proof are the speakers?

[Powerfulone]

My bikes going to spend the night outside unfortunately, how well do they keep the water out? It's been a beautiful day now its raining cats and dogs!

[wjduke]

I rode home 2 weekends ago in a steady rain. One thing I noticed was that the shield and fairing create a vacuum and sucked the water right onto the dash and my lap. The speakers are fine from that and they got very wet.

[Patch]

The speakers that come with the bike are only semi-weatherproof at best. Honda installed them for use in the bike behind a set of grilles that disperses splashed water decently and the grilles do a good job of keeping moisture away from the cones but I would suggest getting some tape or saran wrap and covering the grilles up if it's going to sit out in a storm. I doubt a night out would hurt but why take chances. I have yet to find any specifications that call out the speakers are IP or NEMA compliant for waterproofing of any kind (ingress, submersion, splash, etc)

[Powerfulone]

The speakers that come with the bike are only semi-weatherproof at best. Honda installed them for use in the bike behind a set of grilles that disperses splashed water decently and the grilles do a good job of keeping moisture away from the cones but I would suggest getting some tape or saran wrap and covering the grilles up if it's going to sit out in a storm. I doubt a night out would hurt but why take chances. I have yet to find any specifications that call out the speakers are IP or NEMA compliant for waterproofing of any kind (ingress, submersion, splash, etc)

I hope its a rare occasion.

[seadog]

F6B1911 and I were in a steady rain for most part of a day and my speaker are fine and still play without a whimper. It took me a week to clean the bike up the day was a total disaster. The rain never let up and on the way home the next day I got washed down again for about a 120miles so if they were going to fail from rain mine would have been gone already.

[gregj]

My 6 is my daily commuter. We have had over 2 weeks of rain, almost every day. Bike sits out in the open during the day at work, and in the garage at night. I listen to tune on my commute, no issues so far. I have noticed the rain tends to form a film over the speaker grates, not sure how much actually gets in.

[seadog]

I have had leaves blow into the speaker housing so if the leaves can get in from the front I am sure that the rain is getting to them also, I find it hard to believe that Honda would put a non-waterproof set of speaker into a touring bike that is definitely going to be in the rain from time to time.

[wjduke]

The lower part of each speaker cover has a dirt like residue showing now. I've wiped it and it seems to be on the inside, but when you think of it, I wouldn't see it if it was on the inside. Hope it's not permanent...have to check it out someday.

[bob109]

My 6 is three years old with 48K on the clock and I've never had any issues with the speakers. For those who would like to add some "peace of mind" and are worried about moisture and the speakers, I would suggest giving a few treatments with CRC Industrial Strength Silicon. Misting it on in several light coats, it dries quickly and will repel any water which comes in contact with the cones. Wouldn't hurt to treat the back sides also

[seadog]

The lower part of each speaker cover has a dirt like residue showing now. I've wiped it and it seems to be on the inside, but when you think of it, I wouldn't see it if it was on the inside. Hope it's not permanent...have to check it out someday.

That whole panel pops off cause I had to remove mine to get the leaves out of the speaker housing so you can get to the inside if you really need too.