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Old Apr 1, 2012 | 09:15 AM
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I was sitting here this morning listening to my son's siris/ Bose radio setup. sounds great as bose speakers usually do. Anybody ever try Bose in a touring bike? I've been running Hog Tunes, but always looking for something different. Bose, without an amp? Sounds different. I hit their website...nothing interesting for a bike.
 
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Old Apr 1, 2012 | 09:31 AM
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I love their speakers! Sounds (no pun intended) like that would be an awesome sounding speaker system if it were possible to put them in.
 
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Old Apr 1, 2012 | 09:36 AM
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Audiophiles always rip on Bose. I agree that they do sound good. Not necessarily really loud but good sound quality.
 
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Old Apr 1, 2012 | 10:53 AM
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It might be tough to duplicate that sound with no walls to bounce it off of?
 
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Old Apr 1, 2012 | 10:59 AM
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My wife's Escalade has the Bose speakers. The system sounds great to me. A lot of bass for a stock system
 
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Old Apr 17, 2012 | 09:35 PM
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I was looking on E-bay for speakers and ran across these http://www.ebay.com/itm/BOSE-SPEAKER...item3cbe150033
 
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Old Apr 17, 2012 | 10:18 PM
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Depending on the cone and surround material it could be possible. but the car stuff will absorb water and you really don't want that.
 
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Old Apr 3, 2015 | 01:47 PM
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HI guys - thanks very much for posting this info.
 
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I was looking for them the other day actually bc the sound quality on Bose is crazy good. I couldn't really find any that were for a motorcycle. I also looked for Boston Acoustics bc I have them in my 300 and they are also great. Neither one really had anything for bikes.
 
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They are very specific to their proprietary enclosure(s). You just can't bolt a raw speaker into your faring or saddlebag and expect good sound.
 
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