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Old 12-21-2018, 09:51 AM
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Default Running speaker wires to lower fairings

For those who added lower fairings and speakers to them, how did you route the wires to the speakers and what did you use to conceal any exposed wiring?

l have some Techflex sleeve to encase the wires but l'm looking for some ideas. I did look at a new cvo just to see how the motor company does it.
 
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On one bike I drilled the crash bar and went internally, on my current bike I just used soft loom and zip tied it to the lower side of the crash bar
 
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I ran them across the top bar and under the cap on the lower. Wire was only visible for a few inches.
 
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I just wire tied mine to the bar. I drilled a small hole under the cap to get them into the speaker box. This HogTunes video might give you a rough idea:


This video here gives a better close up of where and how to drill the hole:

 

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I used carbon wire sleeve to make them look nice as I ddI all the wiring on my bike, tour pack, rca’s, power and ground to fairing etc.

The wire sleeve I ran straight down the neck so it can turn lock to lock without interfering with the wires, then I ziptied to the crash bar at the frame so they can’t be seen and just ran then tightly to the hole internally for the lowers. The wires are underneath and can’t be noticed unless you get down and look for them and if you see them, the sleeving makes for a very professional looking job that you don’t mind people seeing.

I get all all of my sleeving and heatshrink from a computer nerd shop called “primochill”. They e got every size and color of high quality sleeving you could want, reasonable pricing, and quick shipping. I love wiring, my second time through college was for robotics and automation so nerding our with quality wiring jobs when I have time makes me feel like I didn’t waste the money for all of that since I don’t actually do it for a career lol.
 
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