Rear Speakers

[Jimmytee]

So I was investigating or putting together a possible audio solution for a friend. Coming up with an alternative to the conventional handlebar mounted stereo systems out there. SO I jumped the gun and bought these Kicker Marine enclosures. They were on Ebay for a buy it now price of $179 with a "Make an Offer" tab. I put in $100 and bam, they were mine. I thought man I should have offered less. SO I got the enclosures and found these JBL GTO 429 speakers that were $95 everywhere else, I got them for $56. My friend wasn't interested in the upgrading right now, so I figured what the hay.

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[Steve 0080]

Jimmy I like them and for sure you have enough power to push them... This is the second or third time the rear speakers have been added...You should have found a plug and play under the seat!!! At the last RTE, I was trying to get LaCoocheeBoy to add some..he has some power also !!!!!

Great mod, thanks for the pic's !!!

[ths61]

JimmyTee, what are you driving them with (the amp in the Clarion unit) ?

How do they sound ?

[Jimmytee]

JimmyTee, what are you driving them with (the amp in the Clarion unit) ?

How do they sound ?

Right now, they are being driven by the Clarion head unit,which actually drives them pretty well. The Clarion is rated at 20 watts RMS into 4 ohms. These are 3 ohm. These speakers are pretty efficient at 92 db. The best description I can give is " rear fill". The speakers round out the sound around me and give more of that sensation of being in the sound. More like sitting in a car. It's just a more full and rounded sound field. Kind of like a surround sound sensation.

I do have an amp on the way to power them with. I'm curious how they will sound with a little more power, but the main reason is I want the ability to manually shut down the amps and speakers. This is because I have a bluetooth transmitter that transmits any audio from the CLarion unit to my Sena headsets. You don't want both playing, because there is a delay created by the bluetooth that lags about a second from what plays over the speakers. Trust me,it ain't right. The amps are triggered on, so all it should take is a switch to interrupt that circuit.

[ths61]

Those are cool and you found a non-invasive way of mounting them. What did you make the mounts out of ?

I found this site that has a selection of sizes and shapes.

http://www.bulletlines.com/wakeboard...akers-s/36.htm

[Jimmytee]

This is the amp I've ordered for it. More than what I need, but the price is nice and it gets some great reviews.

http://www.amazon.com/Kenwood-KAC-M3..._detailpages00

[ths61]

This is the amp I've ordered for it. More than what I need, but the price is nice and it gets some great reviews.

http://www.amazon.com/Kenwood-KAC-M3..._detailpages00

4 channels, is there another pair of speakers on the way ?

[Jimmytee]

Those are cool and you found a non-invasive way of mounting them. What did you make the mounts out of ?

I found this site that has a selection of sizes and shapes.

http://www.bulletlines.com/wakeboard...akers-s/36.htm

These Kicker enclosures come with clamps and various rubber bushings to fit tubing as small as 7/8" round tubing and including some to fit square tubing.

I mounted them to the rear seat bolts via longer 130 mm length SS bolts and black anodized aluminum spacers. Works pretty well. And yes, no adulteration of the bags needed or any other F6B body parts. I can choose to remove them and it'll be like they were never there.

I'm thinking that next winter, I am going to paint my F6B. At that time, I'm going to fill in the antenna hole and I might decide to add a chopped tour pack. If I add the tour pack, I'm probably going to add speaker pods with at least 6.5" speakers.

[Jimmytee]

4 channels, is there another pair of speakers on the way ?

Not yet, that I'm planning. but there aren't a lot of 2 channel amps to choose from in the micro amp sizes.

I could have replaced the NVX 4 channel amp with a 5 channel , but this option is less expensive and if I decided I didn't want the added speakers I could remove the second amp and speakers to be utilized in some other project.

[ths61]

These Kicker enclosures come with clamps and various rubber bushings to fit tubing as small as 7/8" round tubing and including some to fit square tubing.

I mounted them to the rear seat bolts via longer 130 mm length SS bolts and black anodized aluminum spacers. Works pretty well. And yes, no adulteration of the bags needed or any other F6B body parts. I can choose to remove them and it'll be like they were never there.

I'm thinking that next winter, I am going to paint my F6B. At that time, I'm going to fill in the antenna hole and I might decide to add a chopped tour pack. If I add the tour pack, I'm probably going to add speaker pods with at least 6.5" speakers.

If you add speaker pods, check out June's Upholstery 6.5" pods. This is what Biketronics uses/resells. I think they make different versions for different styles of tour paks. The HogTunes pods are more expensive and won't work with 6.5" speakers.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Harley-David...-/301901054586