Took me a while to update this thread, but nothing earth shattering here.
Pod removal & outer fairing wasn't as bad as I expected - but I credit this forum for the heads up on both (mental preparation is half the game)
Couple of minor tweaks I made....
I liked the look of the solid black stock front grills, but not the grills themselves.
This is the HD mesh grill
I took the stock grill and separated the 'cloth' from the backing
Added a piece of speaker cloth to the backer
Installed that backer to the mesh grills
And this is what it looks like with the speaker installed. Completely black - which is the look I was going for.
Everything installed under the hood
Can't say enough about the quality vs cost of these Krystal Kable RCA's
Made my own rear speaker connector adapters using a combination of .250, .187, & .110 male & female spade connectors.
If I ever need to return to stock, it's a matter of removing the heat shrink & unplugging my extensions.
Ordered the 18" X 32" Dynamat from Amazon for 26 bucks and went to work
Coming in a roll, it's REALLY wrinkled. Meh, it's under the hood. Yeah, I own a roller and rolled the bejesus out of it - but it's still wrinkled.
I totally see what everyone means by the 7.1's being 'bright'. Pretty impressed with the Moto 602's in the rear tourpack. Overall, I'm quite pleased and it's a vast improvement over the stock crap. I'm trying to not go unicorn hunting, but it's an easy trap to fall in. For now, I'm leaving well enough alone.
Big shout-out for all the tips & tricks I obtained by,,,
PS - Running 1.19.0 software and did the Biketronics factory reset found here - http://www.biketronics.com/content/Reset.pdf
I did lose some FM reception, but I'm OK with that as I installed the Sirius XM module
wow good job man, im not going to post the pics of my dynamat job after seeing yours haha mine looks ugly lol.. I was impatient as usual lol.
*** I updated the second post of this thread with 2 videos. ***
Bertk & Bunker - you guys are to blame! (or thank, I'm not sure which yet)
Posting your Rushmore videos and letting peons like me get all excited about good DYI audio. Easy pezy.
Haze - you started an (epic) thread stating details, details, details. It didn't go unnoticed, but details is what I come here to learn. And not just what major components to install.... Upgraded RCA's & Dynamat was part of it. Caulking backer rod to seal the BT brackets to the inner fairing and drilling the BT brackets to install spacers & bolts to stiffen up the inner fairing too. (red circles in photo) Even the placement of the equipment and how to attach it. Tips & tricks for removing pods/bolts and what to use in their place. The speaker connector sizes and even what the polarity is per speaker as they aren't the same. Hell, even my XM radio antenna placement came from HDforums. And for that - I give many thanks to the wealth of knowledge I've learned by coming here with an open mind willing to learn and leaving my ego at the door.
One more tip. Fill in where HD skimped on the windshield gasket to help prevent leaks. Pickup up a windshield gasket from HD or use something similar to fill in the empty space.
*** I updated the second post of this thread with 2 videos. ***
Bertk & Bunker - you guys are to blame! (or thank, I'm not sure which yet)
Posting your Rushmore videos and letting peons like me get all excited about good DYI audio. Easy pezy.
Haze - you started an (epic) thread stating details, details, details. It didn't go unnoticed, but details is what I come here to learn. And not just what major components to install.... Upgraded RCA's & Dynamat was part of it. Caulking backer rod to seal the BT brackets to the inner fairing and drilling the BT brackets to install spacers & bolts to stiffen up the inner fairing too. (red circles in photo) Even the placement of the equipment and how to attach it. Tips & tricks for removing pods/bolts and what to use in their place. The speaker connector sizes and even what the polarity is per speaker as they aren't the same. Hell, even my XM radio antenna placement came from HDforums. And for that - I give many thanks to the wealth of knowledge I've learned by coming here with an open mind willing to learn and leaving my ego at the door.
Hey brother, Super clean install! Would you mind pointing me to that epic thread? Thanks in advance.
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The Official 2014 Upgrade thread used to be a sticky, but most of the info in the first 200 pages is kinda outdated, so they dropped it as a sticky and let it fade into the depths of the pages.
A short thread which is Bertk's result of various speakers. He started with a Biketronics package (7.1 fairing speakers & Arc Moto 602's) which is what got me to bite on the same package. It's tried & true, but guys are always looking for more. https://www.hdforums.com/forum/audio...-speakers.html
Baseman1, in post #12 you mention caulking the backer rods to seal the BT brackets to the inner fairing. Is there a thread on this? I understand the spacers, Dynamat and using quality RCAs but that one I need more info on.
07-13-2016, 03:42 PM
