Now Where the HELL DO THE SPEAKERS GO????

Keske944

I know that I have been quite for awhile but most of that has to do with the fact that i have been in Baghdad, Iraq for the last three weeks. That siad I have a major problem with my newest vehicle (which i will pick up shen i get back to the world late June) WHERE THE HELL DO THE SPEAKERS GO on a 2004 Yamaha YZF R-1 (silver)????? I guess that I'll have to settle for something like a portable cd player and a good pair of headphones... or just a really wicked sounding exhaust system... So unless you guys have some sorta smartass way to put speakers on a bike i donno what im gonna do.... At times like this is just have to ask myself


WWVD???

What Would Vinny DO???

exalted512

the portable CD player and good headphones is the only thing you can do
and custom work would throw off the balance
-Cody

neomagus00

well... you could mount like a center channel in the... uh, center. as long as everything's light, low, and in the middle, you should be good. but you can't really put an amp on the outside, so it'd need an enclosure, and then heat would be a problem. you could do it, but it'd be hella expensive.

exalted512

but if you dont have a radio in it youd have to install that too...
-Cody

neomagus00

yeah. it'd require money, time, and ingenuity, and in copious amounts, but it could be done. actually, i've seen a harley somewhere that had a full system, sub and all, but he had the speakers mounted in custom enclosures that extended off the foot plates and stuff. there's a lot of room on those bikes for that kinda thing.

you'd lose a lot of the no-frills aspect of a true sportbike if you put speakers on it, tho. not to mention a noticeable performance drop, from electrical and aero. even mobile equipment itsn't meant to take the kind of force a bike like that can dish out.

in all, unless you're really really committed, i'd stick with nothing - cause to really use that bike, you should wear a helmet (duh) and body armor (cool looking, esp. when it matches the bike, life-saving if you fall, and aerodynamic to boot). and putting a cd player in body armor and headphones, even earbuds, in a helmet for a few hours hurts. in my experience.

Systems

Yeah well it was kinda joke post... But im sure you all figured that out. I am just looking forward to carving up some corners when i get back to the world.

neomagus00

man, you got me all psyched for a new problem... have fun with the bike tho

exalted512

i want a bike
id kill myself, but hey, id have fun doing it...
-Cody