Saddle bags at speed
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From: Mi
I guess when I get on the road trying to hear music in full stereo above 70 mph doesn't do it for me. I do know a lot of guys that blow there speakers trying to hear there music loud and clear above 60-70 mph, most of them have had a drink or two also. Above 80 it's time to turn headset music on.
Meh, mine is a little loud. Hell at 70mph the group I ride with listen to what I listen to. LOL
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Last edited by Juice; May 23, 2019 at 09:54 PM.
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Originally Posted by arlington
I guess you guys are playing your rear stage for your passenger, who needs to hear there saddlebags over 50 mph if your front stage is solid? The majority of time I'm one up so I guess that's why I'm not understanding.
Thus bags for my riding strategy are not all that important.
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I don't have big bass speakers in my bags, just 6x9s in the lids and 6.5s in the rear pods. I can hear them fine at high speeds but I guess that's because they are pointing at me instead of the rear wheel.
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I only tried this to see exactly where the bags fall off, some kept repeating thoughts with no testing done of bags going away at "X" MPH..
So I literally only had the bags turned on for the test, they are band passed somewhere between 60hz and 1800hz with a few peaks and valleys in between.
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Originally Posted by Juice
I only tried this to see exactly where the bags fall off, some kept repeating thoughts with no testing done of bags going away at "X" MPH..
So I literally only had the bags turned on for the test, they are band passed somewhere between 60hz and 1800hz with a few peaks and valleys in between.
Juice
So I literally only had the bags turned on for the test, they are band passed somewhere between 60hz and 1800hz with a few peaks and valleys in between.
Juice
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8's crossed higher can be heard. I have mine crossed at 75 - 8k, and I can hear them, especially if faded to the rear a bit, but then again my bike is a little different than most.
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I've tried a similar experiment with my bags at highway speeds. Crossed from 70-2500 while riding. On the JL dsp I can switch on the fly. What I'll say is that between 50-70 I can't "hear" what's going on with the bags, but when I switch them on vs off, I do detect a bit more a full sound. So I suppose you can say I hear them, but what I feel like it does it give me that surround effect and fills in the blanks of the lower freqs. When riding with my 8" lid tour pack, it's irrelevant what the bags do because that drowns out bags as those are crossed from 90-6k and That's all I can hear coming from behind my head. I do agree with T that 8's crossed low in the bags go Casper real quick. But I could definitely see the benefit of playing higher freqs at speed from 8's or 10's in the bags for more of a midbass / Mid-Range sound to add even more fullness to your setup while riding.