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Old Sep 25, 2013 | 08:47 PM
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Is there anything to this? I saw on the 14's the rear pod speaker is ported to tourpack. Will this really make more bass?
 
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Old Sep 26, 2013 | 12:15 AM
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That's funny.....The factory speakers need more help than a hole in the tourpack !!
 
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Old Sep 26, 2013 | 12:22 AM
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Had 'em on our last bike, barely noticeable improvement. Would not recommend.
 
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Originally Posted by GLACIERPEARL
That's funny.....The factory speakers need more help than a hole in the tourpack !!
That was what I was thinking, but just had to ask.
 
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waste of time and money. not to mention in addition you have to pay HD techs to turn on some retarded feature within the stock head unit to supposedly take advantage of it. I'm assuming it's some sort of loudness control.

Regardless.. porting a shitty speaker that requires less than .60 cu ft of total air-space to make it perform at it's optimal level (what a joke) into an almost 4 cu ft box (tourpak) is the most asinine thing I've ever heard of. Just goes to show how much influence idiot HD engineers have over such a high-end and respected company as H/K. I know damn well H/K engineers didn't come up with that sales ploy!
 
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Old Sep 26, 2013 | 08:48 AM
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I guess the follow-up to the question would be; would the porting kit help with aftermarket speakers?
 
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i've not found it to help at all regardless of speaker. Matter of fact I've had to block it off when installing aftermarket speakers to get them to tame down. The best thing for rear pods and lower fairing pods is take a thin layer of polyfil and line the inside of the pod before you put the speaker in. Thin as in a single layer
 
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