2017 RGS Speaker Upgrades
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Road Warrior
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2017 RGS Speaker Upgrades
Read so much on audio upgrades. I've got the stock RGS now. Will be adding tour pack pods. Can I move the fairing speakers to the TP pods with no pod mods? Would that be worth while to save a buck or would that sound like crap?
And for the fairing speaker upgrade, I've been looking at the MMATS601cx. But they are hard to come by these days. And, they require mods to the fairing pods. What other speakers would be similar in quality, around $200 a pair, and would drop into the fairing without any mods?
And for the fairing speaker upgrade, I've been looking at the MMATS601cx. But they are hard to come by these days. And, they require mods to the fairing pods. What other speakers would be similar in quality, around $200 a pair, and would drop into the fairing without any mods?
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Road Warrior
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Originally Posted by Fireball Jack
What amp are you using?
Last edited by scooper321; Apr 13, 2020 at 06:59 AM.
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Road Warrior
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Originally Posted by Fireball Jack
It is not worth doing one without the other. The stock Head Unit is 2 ohm and most after market speakers are 4 ohm.
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A few minutes with a heat gun on the pod where the MMats magnet touches and you're all set. Heat it up and push the speaker in to form the pod, 10 minutes per side tops!. As for moving the speakers down you'd be limiting yourself speaker wise as you would need to buy 2 ohm speakers to put in the fairing. A Massive TX48 will push 4 MMats in stereo like a champ! There may or may not be one in the classifieds
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Road Warrior
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Thanks. So are you just warming the pod to push it down and make the hole deeper? Is that all that's going on? Or, cutting an opening in it, to fit the magnet and then laying Dynamat behind the speaker and over the hole? Seal it with silicone, I assume? That doesn't sound too tough.
I don't know anything about the TX48 amp. Does it fit easily in the fairing?
I don't know anything about the TX48 amp. Does it fit easily in the fairing?
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Road Captain
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As Boosted said, the pod modifcations are not that difficult whatsover, just takes a little time, but the rewards with the Mmats will be appreciated. An amp is necessary for them. Many options out there. Look for something at least 100 watts at 4 ohms. That's a good starting point. You'll need a Biketronics line leveler to install between the head unit and the amp. At that point, you're good to go. Installing the stock speakers in the tour pack will work, but you'd have to have your bike flashed by a dealer to open up rear outputs, get the harness from harley to go from the 4 pin rear speaker output to run back to pods, and wire all that up. Only to find out it was a waste of time and money. Kicker sells a set of 6.5's, (KSC model line maybe) that will drop right in and run off a stinger amp and get you some better sound back there. They're relatively cheap at Best Buy or Crutchfield.
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