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Thought I would post up Black Diamond's (Jeff's) audio upgrade and install pics. He's been struggling with his audio project for a while now as he couldn't find a good local installer. He took it to a guy who's work wasn't the greatest so he had the same guy return the system to stock. He go ahold of me and ultimately asked me if I could do the install. Rode the bike down and left it with me for a week.

It was interesting to hear (or not hear is probably more accurate ) the stock SESG2 system again. It really is pretty poor in terms of musical impact. Jeff has the following components:

Arc 125.2mini amp
Hertz HSK-165 components in the fairing
Hertz HCX-165 coax in lowers

Following are the pics of his install - hope you guys find them useful for reference. Let's start with the shot of the road grime when the bike got here. I couldn't resist capturing this as a tribute - a real "badge of honor" as it was ~300 miles down to me.  

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Adding poly-fill to the lowers.
This really helps with improving bass out of the speaker boxes.

I pack it with enough material so that it slighty compresses on install of the speaker.

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New 10ga power for the amp. I put a quick disconnect in line so that the power wire can be disconnect without having to remove the ring terminal from the battery.
Just in case it is ever needed.

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I got with Jeff on some ideas I had for mounting the HT25 tweeters. Sent him some mock up pics. He saw this and decided that is what he wanted. These are the OEM housings modified for matching gauge trim rings.

Shot one ...

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Tweeters wired to factory connector.
Easy "unplug" for removal in the future if needed.

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Shot of the new HT25s mounted versus the factory tweeter

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Wiring in the x-overs.
I cut everything to exact length and solder all spade connectors.
Zero chance of a crimp loosening up.

Unfortunately ... has to be done on the bike.
Keep some tall boxes around! 

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Everything done.

Arc amp was mounted to Scott Ezelle bracket and iPod moved to below the factory head unit.

It's important to note here that not a single factory wire was cut, tapped, or modified in any way.
Completey restorable to OEM system without too much effort.

Shot one ... left side

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Shot two ... right side

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Shot three ... center

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All done and ready for "delivery" 

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One more .... I think the tweeters came out great.

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And Jeff picking her up!
Vanessa all polished for the trip home.

She was a very good girl while she was here ... told me she liked my touch (lol). Due to time constraints Jeff and I only got a chance to ride together for a short scenic trip back to the Interstate ... still a lot of fun!

I'll let Jeff take it from here on how his impressions of the upgrade.

[captdave221]

I was wondering if you ever put anything on the inside of the outer fairing? J&M supplies some 1/4 inch foam like material with their 7.25 Rokker speaker kit that I put on but it sure makes installing the outer fairing a pain. It seems to me Harley's mold must be changing either for the inner or outer fairing as the outer used to fit over the inner and nowadays the outer seems like it just butts up against the rubber seal. Remember how they used to fit between 1996-2002 model years.

I had a work order on Monday to put J&M Rokkers F & R on a 2011 SE Ultra Glide with their 500 watt amp. Called J&M and they told me the fader is built into the stock amp and do not remove it and forget the 500 watt amp install. Bike has cams. compression, etc. and a ThunderHeader and he wants to hear the music at 80+ mph. LOL I advised either drive a car or at least a different exhaust.
Nice install you did. I admire your work and knowledge.

Capt. Dave
Doc's HD Kirkwood

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I have 1" thick (at the peaks) true acoustic "egg-crate" foam on mine - the kind used in studio's.
No issues at all with mounting the outer faring.

It can be purchased at mcmaster-carr and it's pretty cheap, you just need to buy a LOT of it. Then just cut and glue in place.

I'll let Jeff confirm, but should be no problems at all hearing this at 80+, even with a Thunderheader.