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Feb 20, 2011 | 08:00 AM

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Q Hog

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I'm waiting to see a pic of the girlfriend!! LOL

Feb 20, 2011 | 08:53 AM

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DamifIknow

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Originally Posted by Q Hog

I'm waiting to see a pic of the girlfriend!! LOL

I'm waiting for that as well. Have you thought about a taller shield. My wife complained about hearing the radio on my bike until I put on a taller shield. I dont have rear speakers and now she sometimes asks me to turn it down. LRS has some nice inexpensive shields.

Feb 20, 2011 | 09:16 AM

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BamBamm

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My wife is wanting the same thing as well,let us know how it turns out,,

Feb 20, 2011 | 09:27 AM

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IAMSWUTIAMS

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Picture of the girlfriend would be helpful.

Feb 20, 2011 | 10:45 AM

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GLACIERPEARL

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From: OHIO......UGH !!

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Originally Posted by StanfordMan

. I'm not sold on the idea of changing the saddlebag lids so radically. Hard Ride Audio has a less radical speaker kit where you use your own lids; and the inside of the lid has a cover that hides the back of the speaker so you don't see it or damage it. Their kit comes with 6.5" speakers and a 150w 2ch amp. I have no idea what the perceptible difference is between a 7.25" and a 6.5" speaker. And since my current amp is 2ch, I'm still going to need another amp, unless I go the route that Carl describes. .

Well,.........less radical. no. You cut a BIG hole in your existing lids,.........as opposed to buying a new lids. It's the same result.

Your other choice, unless you want to add 6 X 9's in the saddlebags, is to put the lower fairing speakers in.

I guess to further help you,............. a lot depends on what is most important to you.

1. How much $$$$ doyou want to spend ??
2. How good of an upgrade do you want ??
3. How much saddle bag space are you willing to part with ??

Your answers to thise questions, will be a HUGE part of the equation to solve your problems.

PS. I didn't even mention the GF !!

Feb 20, 2011 | 10:17 PM

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Lawnboy

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I ordered the cyclesound lids from Drew on here, DrVtwin. Im waiting for my buddy to paint them.

I also bought lower fairings and I am putting some Hertz HCX 6.5 speakers in them.

I bought a JL Audio 100x4 amp to run the speakers. Similiar to the Alpine PDXF6 I was going to run, both are digital, the JL amp is smaller and cheaper.

Waiting for things to be painted, then I can give results....

Feb 20, 2011 | 10:20 PM

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DR. V-TWIN

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Bigzed put these on recently. He posted a video and they really rock!

Drew

Feb 20, 2011 | 10:23 PM

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Lawnboy

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Originally Posted by DR. V-TWIN

Bigzed put these on recently. He posted a video and they really rock!

Drew

Drew,
Do you have the link for the thread? I tried searching the user name, but it says its an invalid name.

Also, thanks for the super fast shipping on those lids, cant wait to hear them!