Questions about the Kickers (tour pack) for any folks that have them in their Tour Packs:

It looks like the Harley grills will fit....did you use the Harley or Kicker grills? I don't like the "naked tweeter" look.

Also, I plan to take GLW Mike's advice and pre-spray the speaker fabric - do you have any pictures of the completed installation? I can't find any using the search function.

 

I had the kickers in my tour pak and swapped them out for Polk mm651..I like the polka better,however their grilles are fugly

 

Thanks, Olowrider1. Did you use the HD or the Kicker grill? How'd they fair, weatherwise?

 

Actually I used a focal grilles I had.The Polk so far are doing great,and they have been wet..I did use the kicker grilles for the kickers.you need to drill new mounting holes.

 

If the Kickers don't last I'll upgrade to the Polks. Did you waterproof the kickers or ride them as is?

 

I used them as is..they sounded o.k. the polks sounded better to me

 

Initial Experience - haven't ridden with rears installed yet:

1. Set up is stock 6.5 Boom HU, 1 BT355 with RCA Y adapters to allow 4 ch operation without fade, PN4.1000d amp, Kappa 62Ix's in the Fairing, Kicker 44KSC6704's in the TP
2. Kappas mounted inside of speaker pod, tweeter buttons "out", Kickers mounted using HD Grills, no hole modifications
3. Tuned by ear with neutral bass and treble, 75% volume (3 volume bars remaining) - should fading be centered?
4. Front channels - HP filter, X-over slightly higher than first indication mark (not sure how to select a precise frequency), gain slightly less than half travel
5. Rear channels - Same HP filter and Xover, gain a tad more than half (is this due to higher impedance over the Kappas?)
6. Gains ramped up to first sign of distortion, then backed off from their highest, no distortion levels to prep for "engine on tuning"
7. Sound quality and volume are way higher than stock Boom - with the bike on "acc" and using the trickle charger - I really like the TP speakers - not sure if it's higher impedance, location, or what - they really add to the sound party. The Kappas sound really good too - the Kickers seem to have more bass than the Kappas.
8. Next steps: review pre-engine tuning and adjust settings based on you experts' input to my bold comments, then start it up and fine tune everything, button up the bike and get it out onto the highway.

 

You'll need to allow 2-3hrs of break in time before you can give a real assessment on the Kappas.

 

Thanks. What are your thoughts on fader position for this setup and adjusting the crossovers?