here's a couple of ideas for those of you that really want to push the limits of sound (and money!)..
check out
www.loudlids.com (or
www.streetstardesigns.com) - they make saddlebag covers that hold 6 1/2 " speakers without taking up much storage space. You can get the lids primed for $499, add paint for an additional $175 (one color) - or you can get an entire setup including covers, paint, speakers, amp, wiring harness with quick detach for $1525. I would think these things would rock!!
Now if you want to juice the entire bass response, check out the Blaupunkt THb 200A 70 watt powered 8" self-contained subwoofer. It is perfectly sized to fit in a tour pak.! even a chopped tour pak!! You could easily slide it into a saddle bag as well - maybe custom cut some stryofoam padding or something around it. The amp sells for $199.99 on crutchfield.com. Kenwood also make a self-contained powered sub, the KSC-SW10 for $249.99, but I doubt it sounds as good as the Blaupunkt....
I have a '01 FLTRSEI2 - pulling the motor and tranny as we speak - juicing the motor to over 100 HP over the winter, and adding a SE 6-speed tranny. While I have it all apart, I want to drop in a SONY in dash with a Biketronics wiring kit (
www.biketronics.com - so I can use my factory handlebar controls), run the Hawg-Wired speakers and amps, and add the blaupunkt sub. Pez at HOGTUNES made me a custom pair of rear speaker pods for my chopped tour pak and I currently have them loaded with the J&M speakers, but I'm not a fan of them. My stock radio can't be helping at all though. I'm not crazy about the HOGTUNES speakers either - but same story - maybe an after market radio will improve the performance of those... You can get Hertz speaker through Biketronics and I've heard that hey rival the Hawg-Wired stuff - serioiusly heavy duty magnets! maybe I'll try those..
BUT - my question is, do I have enough power to run all this stuff? I believe my bike only puts out 35 amps - newer bikes are 45?? right? anywa I can 'up'my bike to 45 amps while I haev it all apart?
any help on the electrical implications would be greatly appreciated...
thanks