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Here is an odd-ball question that I thought y'all would have some fun helping me on. I have a buddy who is both a DJ and a hardcore motorcyclist. He wants to upgrade the stereo system on his Harley Roadking to include more sound and (the main point of this post) subs. He's adding a fairing as well which will provide the space to mount these speakers. He intends to have an active crossover and seperate amp to power the subs.
Right now he has two Uniq Cycle speaker pods. I believe each pod is basically a headlight case with a 5" Pioneer coaxial drivers in it. Right now the intent is to keep these as the mains and to create some sort of arrangement to add the bass. The two fairings he's looking at are a Kevin Evans fairing (with spots for two 6"x9" drivers) or a Wide Open Custom fairing with four holes for 5" speakers or two holes for 6.5" speakers. Alternatively two 6" drivers could be mounted in a 7" headlight housing and attached to the freeway bars (bars by the legs). He told me tourpack and saddlebag mounts are off the table as he still needs space for his stuff.
Driver selection is tough as these are relatively small sizes, small enclosures and they will be open to the elements. I assume anything with a rubber surround, PPM cone and no phase cone should work okay. I've been looking at the Tang Band W69-1436 (which I can't get to model well) and the Mpyre 65X (which doesn't seem to be available in this country).
Does anyone have thoughts / experience on these drivers? Does anyone have ideas that I haven't thought of?
Right now he has two Uniq Cycle speaker pods. I believe each pod is basically a headlight case with a 5" Pioneer coaxial drivers in it. Right now the intent is to keep these as the mains and to create some sort of arrangement to add the bass. The two fairings he's looking at are a Kevin Evans fairing (with spots for two 6"x9" drivers) or a Wide Open Custom fairing with four holes for 5" speakers or two holes for 6.5" speakers. Alternatively two 6" drivers could be mounted in a 7" headlight housing and attached to the freeway bars (bars by the legs). He told me tourpack and saddlebag mounts are off the table as he still needs space for his stuff.
Driver selection is tough as these are relatively small sizes, small enclosures and they will be open to the elements. I assume anything with a rubber surround, PPM cone and no phase cone should work okay. I've been looking at the Tang Band W69-1436 (which I can't get to model well) and the Mpyre 65X (which doesn't seem to be available in this country).
Does anyone have thoughts / experience on these drivers? Does anyone have ideas that I haven't thought of?