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Road Warrior
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From: G-burg, Penna
Looks damn good Aero. Well done using Bar/shield grills. Clean look and you painted cvo speakers pods. Nice. D.
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From: Indianapolis IN.
Aero....how did you wire this?
Be advised that if you wired these speakers in parallel you are running at 1ohm and the amp does not support that low of a load --- It will cook. I'd ask the local shop how they wired it, I'm hoping they wired it in series but that means you're not getting the full potential the amp can push or that the speakers can handle.
An easy option is to get a small amp in the bags and power the 5X7's. Even a small PPI 350.2 for 100 bucks would sound killer and more than double the output of your fairing and lowers. Here are some numbers:
At 2ohm to each speaker that amp pushes 220w.
At 4ohm it pushes 140.
You cannot wire 2 and 2 in parallel. You can do that with 4ohm speakers and that drops the total impedance to 2ohm and then you get 110w to each speaker. If you wire 2 ohm speakers in series the amp sees 4ohms or in this case 70w to each speaker. If you use a small second amp in your bags the speakers will get all 220w. Big difference between 220 and 70w. Your speakers will sound much better with the added headroom. That shop should've advised you of this.
Tweeters look great btw.
Be advised that if you wired these speakers in parallel you are running at 1ohm and the amp does not support that low of a load --- It will cook. I'd ask the local shop how they wired it, I'm hoping they wired it in series but that means you're not getting the full potential the amp can push or that the speakers can handle.
An easy option is to get a small amp in the bags and power the 5X7's. Even a small PPI 350.2 for 100 bucks would sound killer and more than double the output of your fairing and lowers. Here are some numbers:
At 2ohm to each speaker that amp pushes 220w.
At 4ohm it pushes 140.
You cannot wire 2 and 2 in parallel. You can do that with 4ohm speakers and that drops the total impedance to 2ohm and then you get 110w to each speaker. If you wire 2 ohm speakers in series the amp sees 4ohms or in this case 70w to each speaker. If you use a small second amp in your bags the speakers will get all 220w. Big difference between 220 and 70w. Your speakers will sound much better with the added headroom. That shop should've advised you of this.
Tweeters look great btw.
Road Warrior
Joined: Sep 2008
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From: G-burg, Penna
PAINTED INNER FAIRING...Mine too after the tall boy handlebars installed. Looks so clean and custom. Get alot of comments for the inner fairing and skull gauges. Nice job.
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