Tweaking the completed system

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Mar 13, 2018 | 05:00 PM

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I went flat on the Motos and its great

Same here Mike thanks. I guess if I really pushed them I might benefit from setting high pass and tweaking but it's about to blow my helmet off at half volume now and it will go full.

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I'd like to see how you fit the amp in. I guess an outer fairing off pic would suffice. I know install pics are kinda seen one seen em all but I like them.

Sure thing Marshal I know what you mean. These pics here are specific to the scenario of the stock head unit using the low level inputs with RCA jacks. I had to get creative because I did not want to bend or cut the fairing frame rails of my bike.

Here is one from the front at completion:

Here is a shot at it from the upper left:

And from the upper right:

Here are some shots of the amp mounted on the bracket. Ignore the big wire ties I didn't need them in the end. I used good Velcro to hold it down but it still had a tiny bit of wiggle so I grilled a couple of extra holes and ran wire ties through the ears of the amp pulling it downwards. It's tight as a tick now.

Left side:

Right side:

As we may have mentioned you will need to trim some of the plastic off of the bottom of the speedo and tach housings to get the amp to slide back far enough. When it is in place it should be touching the rubber bumpers at the back of the radio. Some of the controls of the amp and inputs will be behind the frame rails as seen here:

I just nibbled the plastic strain reliefs off of one end of my RCA patch cable and re-soldered them at a right angle and then covered them in silicone:

Now if you are going to use speaker level inputs then you don't have to worry about any of the RCA clearance issues.

Let me know if you need any more. One of these days I plan to make a thread on all of this before I forget it. Maybe others can chime in with tricks they've learned to make it a go to repository for this great little amp.