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Old Apr 24, 2024 | 10:30 AM
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Hey all, I have a question about speakers for the front fairing. I recently replaced all speakers with Kicker. However, you cannot use the factory grills front or back. When placing the front enclosures back on the bike I noticed the factory grills would not allow the enclosure to mount all the way seated. I took them back out, removed the factory grills and used the grills that cam with the Kicker speakers. I still could not get the enclosures to screw all the way down. I didn't figure it would be too big of a deal as they were still secure and I had no fear of them being loose. Well, when putting the front half of the fairing back on the bike, you guessed it, I cannot get it to seal all the way around because of the speaker enclosures sticking out a little bit. I looked to see if there was any way to get around this and there does not appear to be. My question is, what speakers might be suggested to solve this issue? Something that will work with the factory grills or maybe they have their own grills that are slimmer than the Kicker ones? I had to remove the factory speakers because they are absolute trash and sound horrible. I do not plan on adding any amps to the bike, I just want better sound from the speakers but I also don't want a gap between the inner and outer fairing. Any suggestions?
 
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CHull, use this ROKKER kit, the speakers are very efficient, will improve the sound you are hearing now and if you do decide to add an amp at a later time, the ROKKERs will ROKK even more ,, https://jmcorp.com/JMC-ROKKER-658-Fa...de_p_1405.html
 
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