I have cobra slip ons. They sound really nice. I just changed my front speakers to Rockford fosgate punch 152 speakers and added a set of shark motorcycle speakers to the back. Haven't been able to ride it yet to see how it sounds on the road, but in my garage it rocks. If it doesn't sound good enough I'll add an amp. I'll post a pic if I can figure out how.
Hey do you know anything about adjusting the rear suspension the air shocks on the voyager. If so any helpful hint. Me and my wife are not huge people but we aren't small people either. Just trying to figure where I should set it at.
No. I've not messed with them. They ride good by myself and with a passenger so I haven't touched them. If it seems to set too low when you have a passenger just turn them up a bit. The owners manual tells you how to adjust them. You'll probably have to take off the bags to do it.
Update on the speakers: Don't bother with the Shark speakers. I fried them in the first 10 minutes of riding. I just got the Kawasaki rear speakers yesterday. I'm installing them this evening. If they don't perform well enough I'll move the Rockford Fosgates from the front to the back and order some Polk Audio for the front. It's hard to find anything in a 5.25" speaker that doesn't sound like it's clipping when the bass hits.
Definitely need an amp. The radio is made to push the stock speakers. The fosgates didn't sound much different than stock until I added the amp. I just finished installing the rear speakers and they really made a difference. They Sound 10 times better than the sharks did. I got a 4 channel Soundstream amp for around $100. it will put out more than the speakers are rated for so I turned it down some.
Yea I found a kenwood amp that if I bridge it. It will meet the speakers specs exactly. Starting with the speakers then the amp. Then rear speakers eventually. How much did you find the rear speakers for and are the plug and play
I got the Kawasaki rear speakers. They are plug and play. The connectors are under the seat. You have to drill holes in the trunk to mount them but they look really nice. They're not cheap...$380 everywhere I looked, so I went with one where I didn't have to pay tax or shipping.
Can you post a pic of the bike with the rear speakers. Also have you had any issues with your air shocks not holding air. And do you know anything or anybody that has done airride on the back of a voyager or vaquero
Here are the speakers on the bike. I don't have any pics of the amp mounted, but I removed the fairing and put the amp on top of the radio. It made it inconvenient to adjust, but hopefully I won't have to adjust it any more. I've had no problems at all with it, but I've not used it a whole lot. Between weather and work I've not been able to ride much lately.
So I got the soubdstream amp that met the specs of the speakers exactly. First time out I turned up the radio and one of the speakers popped. And the amp was only turned up to about 60% of max. What the heck. I am not sure what to do. On top of they were louder but not any clearer then the stock speakers once I made them loud enough to hear at 60mph. Any suggestions. All help is appreciated.
I couldn't get a good clear sound loud enough to hear at highway speed out of my front ones alone, even after putting the Rockford Fosgates in. Once I sprung for the Kawasaki rear speakers it made things a lot better. I don't have to go as loud with them so they don't distort. Another thing I had to do is keep the bass set on 1, mid on 3 or 4, and treble all the way up. My amp has the high and low pass filters and I set them to stop the bass that was too much for the speakers.
Yea I set mine for no bass from the AMP and got my radio set about the same. Looks like I got to bite the bullet on the speakers sooner then later. Lol
Did you put after market in the rear also or leave the stock speakers for now
Stock right now. They seem to be handling the amp pretty well, although I had the low pass filter set higher for the rear than the front because of those little shark speakers. As a result they sometimes cut out. I need to pull my fairing off and do some adjusting. I'd like to find some adapters and put 6-1/2" in the front and move the Rockford Fosgates to the back.
I found them. They're $85 and says they're out of stock. I saw where a guy added Pioneer 6.5" speakers to his fairing without using any adapters and they fit so he still has the factory grilles on it.
This post has a link to the adapters and the post where the guy installed the Pioneers Vaquero Speaker Adapters - Page 2 - Kawasaki Vulcan Forum : Vulcan Forums
The one with the red bike is the adapters that are $85. The ther is a guy named Rick and he has 4 pics of how he installed the speakers without adapters.
Not sure if I'll try it or not. I wish I had an old 6.5" so I could play with it and see how I could mount them before I spend the money. I may go to the flea market and see if I can find a cheap set to play with
Can you get aftermarket and still have the handlebar controls? I've not yes there is some box you buy and hook resistors in line and it will allow them to work with aftermarket stereo. I watched a YouTube video on it the other day. I will find it and share the link
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