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Jun 13, 2013 | 10:27 AM

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UltraNutZ

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thinking outside the box... Love it man...

Jun 13, 2013 | 03:53 PM

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Nice and innovative !!

Jun 13, 2013 | 03:59 PM

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Thanks Guys! I guess this old mans brain still functions at times.

Jun 13, 2013 | 04:06 PM

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i took a trip to the local HD stealership to see how the new bikes have the head units installed. I sure hope they are waterproof. I can only imagine what the combination of water and voltage could do to the electronics. I had an installer at a local car stereo place say the install aftermarket head units with no rain shields. I asked him how many returns they have on the units. He didn't give me a straight answer. I ride in the rain. I ride in thunderstorms. I need a rainshield. I have fried stereos on my boat even with a marine cover on it. Water just seems to have a way of creeping into electronic equipment.

Jun 14, 2013 | 08:10 PM

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I took a ride today after reinstalling the fairing. It took a while to figure out all the functions of the Sony. Too much stuff for one radio!. It sounds way better than the stock system. There s one problem I ran into. I need better speakers! I knew this was gonna happen. Now what the heck am I gonna do? Infinity or Alpine? 6.5 or 7.1? Can I even put 7.1 in the stock 97 fairing? Dammit!

Jun 15, 2013 | 06:53 AM

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yes you can.. BT7P1 fits 96 and up fairings.

Jun 15, 2013 | 12:04 PM

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yes you can.. BT7P1 fits 96 and up fairings.

In your humble opinion, what would be the best bang for the buck for speakers in my 97 with the Sony DSX‐S300BTX headunit without amplification. I may add an amp later funds allow. I have always been partial to Infinity, but that is in cars or trucks.

Jun 15, 2013 | 04:03 PM

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There's a plethora of speakers out there in 6.5" size and unfortunately I'm not in a position to test them all. The speakers that I'm very familiar with are the Focal CA & PC series, BT/HAT Titan II 6.5", BT/HAT Titan II 7.1", Polk MM651, Polk DB651, Polk MM6501.

Out of all of these, the BT7P1 are the best bang for the buck in a 2 speaker setup IMO. Nice crisp high, good mid bass, and pretty darn good bass too. If you've got fairing mounted mirrors these speakers will certainly render them useless or at least give your corneas a good workout...