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| I thought it worked pretty well except when parking the bike in the rain. When it goes on the kickstand it exposed the amp. I found an easy fix to protect it with plexiglass, two sided tape and a heat gun. I cut a piece of plexiglass roughly 4" high and 12" long and molded it to fit the tank contour. I fit it to wedge under the fuel vent line and put a piece of two sided tape on the rear bottom to attach to the tank. It was very protected and unobtrusive. I hope this will help you. |
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| Sorry, this was in response to your post Jeff. Thanks for all that you do here!
Ditch - 2012-12-21 11:47 AM
I thought it worked pretty well except when parking the bike in the rain. When it goes on the kickstand it exposed the amp. I found an easy fix to protect it with plexiglass, two sided tape and a heat gun. I cut a piece of plexiglass roughly 4" high and 12" long and molded it to fit the tank contour. I fit it to wedge under the fuel vent line and put a piece of two sided tape on the rear bottom to attach to the tank. It was very protected and unobtrusive. I hope this will help you. |
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Davenport, IA | Just wondering, and considering an amp. I realize the purpose of the amp is to "amplify" or boost the power to the speakers. So, I'm sure the amp increases loudness of the speakers, but will an amp change the sound of the speakers? Will there be more clarity and will there be more mid-range or bass with an amp?
I have an 09 Vision Street Premium without the trunk, which means I only have the two speakers up front. However, I did replace the OEM speakers with the Kickers. Would this mean I would only need a 2 channel amp? |
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Peru, IN | It will clean up the sound some. More if you upgrade your speakers. |
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| Ditch - 2012-12-21 11:47 AM
I thought it worked pretty well except when parking the bike in the rain. When it goes on the kickstand it exposed the amp. I found an easy fix to protect it with plexiglass, two sided tape and a heat gun. I cut a piece of plexiglass roughly 4" high and 12" long and molded it to fit the tank contour. I fit it to wedge under the fuel vent line and put a piece of two sided tape on the rear bottom to attach to the tank. It was very protected and unobtrusive. I hope this will help you.
Thanks for sharing your wonderful experience of adding new speakers and amp. I do have plans of installing new speakers in my bike and your post will surely help a lot |
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| Well, here is the update:
I installed the Alpine PDX-F4
http://www.alpine-usa.com/product/view/pdx-f4/Specs
It is 100 Watts x 4 and sounds incredible but is too much for the Polk 5.25's. Yes, I knew that before I put it in but I am a more power is better guy....  .
Thanks Dain! I used alot of his information from his install to help out and it was a really good reference. I tried to avoid putting an amp in my saddlebag for several reasons but in the long run it will be worth the trade off. I put the CPU cooling fan in to draw cool air into the bag and I had to use the Line level convertor that Dain recommended.
Anyway, now my new mission in life is to get 6.5" speakers in the front....more to come
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Ruskin, Fl | Ditch, which Polk speakers are you running? I have the MM521s. Rated at 90W continuous, peak 200W. |
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| Cuaugh - 2013-03-25 4:37 AM
Ditch - 2012-12-21 11:47 AM
I thought speakers worked pretty well except when parking the bike in the rain. When it goes on the kickstand it exposed the amp. I found an easy fix to protect it with plexiglass, two sided tape and a heat gun. I cut a piece of plexiglass roughly 4" high and 12" long and molded it to fit the tank contour. I fit it to wedge under the fuel vent line and put a piece of two sided tape on the rear bottom to attach to the tank. It was very protected and unobtrusive. I hope this will help you.
Thanks for sharing your wonderful experience of adding new speakers and amp. I do have plans of installing new speakers in my bike and your post will surely help a lot
Nice to have updates. Thanks again
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Iron Butt
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| damn brother, that looks sweet! maybe you and Kevin X should set up Cam/Amp parties around the US. |
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Cruiser
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| LMAO!
Yes, with all of my spare time.... Looking forward to the ride next week brother!
Check out the 6 1/2 speakers thread!
I have to give alot of credit to Dain for leading the way on this one. I changed some things around but this is a version of his install. Nice work Dain!
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| cw1115 - 2013-03-25 11:58 AM
Ditch, which Polk speakers are you running? I have the MM521s. Rated at 90W continuous, peak 200W.
I had the DB521's in and just ordered polk DB6501's (6.5") they are rated at 100 watts continuous and 300 watts peak. These should stand up to the Alpine fora while at 100 watts per channel. I dont mind getting a years use out of speakers and chunkin them. The specs indicate that they need a 5" cutout. Guess what size our cutout is? Yep, 5" the best i can tell. I have already pulled the stock enclosures out and have 6.5" boom mat in the hole.
I will have to leave the 521's in the rear for now until i figure out how to expand my trunk for a 12" sub, a mono amp, another battery and bigger alternator!
J/k
If you havent seen the 6 1/2 speaker thread there is alot of info here too;
http://www.vision-riders.com/bb/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=13441&po...
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Ruskin, Fl | Looking good. I think when I update the alpine amp to something more powerful I will get much better performance out of the MM521s. I have a plan in mind for the RF PBR300. I too stuff my saddlebags to the bursting point. My idea is a plexi partition and a PC fan.
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Cruiser
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| Yep a plexi glass partition is on my list off to do's to maintain airspace and air flow. I am curious to see if I will also need an exhaust fan. My plan is to attach it to have about an inch of airspace around the amp. So I can still cram it full of crap and not kill my airflow.
Please keep us posted sir! |
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San Antonio, TX | Wow! What a audio setup!
Ride Safe |
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