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Aug 30, 2016 | 01:08 AM

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Bertk

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Originally Posted by Outkast6991

Man I REALLY appreciate the help. Gann is the one that suggested the setup and to bridge it. As far as the speakers I was under the impression they would mount on the outside but the tweeter makes contact with the plastic inside the grill. I'm guessing that would be an issue when the speaker is really working.

If Gann suggested it then you should be good but 300w is to much. 200w is more like it. Touch base with Gann on which speaker outputs to set the voltage.

These grills will give you more room.

Last edited by Bertk; Aug 30, 2016 at 11:44 AM. Reason: Corrected miss information

Aug 30, 2016 | 06:01 AM

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haze324

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Do not give those speakers 300watts. Yes - bridge the amp but that doesn't mean to give the speakers the full amount from the amp! 200w is much more realistic.

Aug 30, 2016 | 07:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Outkast6991

I'm in the middle of installing a cvb54 ( bridged) to a set of hertz hcx on my 2016 sgs. I have a lot of questions as this seems way different than my install on my 2012

1) do I have feed from the bt355 to both inputs on the amp because I'm bridged? I only have one LL so if so I'm assuming I have to find a splitter to input both sides of the amp

2) do I need to hook up the remote wire? My old setup didn't use one, I believe it was due to high level inputs

3) what position should the switches on the amp be in. 2/4 channel? Turn on?

Thanks for any help

I found that if you use splitters and feed both sides of the amp and set the switch to 4 it sounds better, like it's in stereo.
The hcx are a tight fit behind the fairing. I mounted mine outside the pods like factory but put a couple washers on the bolts between the pods and inner fairing to get more clearance.

Aug 30, 2016 | 11:12 AM

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Springerfan

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Originally Posted by Outkast6991

I have these on my SGS and they will work mounted on the outside of the pods but you need the boom II grills or the ones from CS. I also drilled 6 half inch ports in the each of the pods and a light (not packed) fill of fiberfill.

Aug 30, 2016 | 11:36 AM

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Bertk

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Originally Posted by haze324

Do not give those speakers 300watts. Yes - bridge the amp but that doesn't mean to give the speakers the full amount from the amp! 200w is much more realistic.

Thanks for clearing that up haze!

Aug 31, 2016 | 07:50 AM

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Outkast6991

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Well just wanted to thank everyone for all the help that was given. Finished up the install last night and everything works as designed. The hertz ended up inside the pods due to the tweeter/grill issue. I'm not sure what I did wrong but the results are less than stellar for sure. Volume is the same or possibly slightly less than the stock stuff. Sound is also not noticeably any better. The amp is bridged, switched to 2 channel input. I set the gain using a dmm to 28volts with the bike running on a 1000hz test tone. Not sure what else to do

Aug 31, 2016 | 08:23 AM

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Are you positive the amp is turning on? You've got something amiss here for sure.

Aug 31, 2016 | 08:41 AM

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Outkast6991

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Are you positive the amp is turning on? You've got something amiss here for sure.

The power light comes on and I set the gain using the dmm. As I turned up the gain the voltage climbed so I believe it is working. Unless I'm setting the gain wrong I have no idea what else it could be. Fwiw the gain ended up between 10-11 o'clock front and back