amp and speaker upgrade

yes its the hawg wired base kit (direct connect) with 5 1/4" speakers. Didnt use the 5/14" speakers. The reason I went with this is because its a round package that I can possibly sell to someone else more easily when I decide to move on to multiple channel when I do lowers. It sounds great for what it is. The headunit is definitely the weak link in my opinion. A $150 Alpine, etc. would really wake it up but I like the stealth look to it. I do have a Cleansweep made by JL Audio thats still in the box Ive never got to use. That will wake this oem headunit up also. Dynamat and weatherstripping the speakers to separate front sound waves from the rear cone is just a force of habit from my car audio hobby back in the day. Guess thats the benifit of doing your own stuff, wasnt a hassle but more fun. Feeling that flimsy front nose is almost sacriligious not to put some in LOL. Didnt do before and after, just wanted her buttoned up again. I aint skeered no more about that front! O yeah the enclosure it the key to getting low response, anything you can do will help. A happy speaker will be a good sounding speaker

Aw man... had nightmares about that fairing after I bought the bike..handlebars, stereo everything points back to that fairing bawhahaha
youre right with the roadglide.org fearless behind me or should I say in front of me...no sweat next time around. NO expert but when I use to do local soundoffs back in the day when it was sound quality (RTA) and not db drags like now Alpine was the weapon of choice and any american made amp and german speakers were the ticket. But motorcycles is new to me and just learning brands/models for marine use. Ive talked to my buddy that runs a shop and he said that most/all of your speakers are somewhat better made now. Its the sun/mildew that kills speakers..hence the marine speakers for the boat. Hardly any defnition to this oem headunit in my humble opinon like most oem headunits. I have a Harmon Kardon in my M3 and same dilemna. I think Ill utilize the Cleansweep first since Ive bought it a few years ago and pair it up with a nice multiple channel amp for a winter project. Im trying to keep the oem look but sounds good,the wow factor..because MOCO deserves better LOL

thanks for the info Toby, yes I remember those shakers you would bolt them under your seat since bass is nondirectional its more or less felt in the cabin of a car. I can confirm on the capacity of those lil kickers. We used to have them in our doors running full range and throw bass cds in just for kicks and watch those throw I hear you about the midbass..Ive always appreciated my door hitting hard with snare drums, toms, etc.. with midbass rather the trunk shakin with non musical instruments, except for maybe synthesizers. Ive always used the subs for just fill. Im definitely excited about doing something with this kicker 6.5 and run it low, it would probably roll off on its own at around 50 hertz anycase right. Maybe cross them over 200 hz on down. I was looking into the alpine pdx amps, but still getting educated on motorcycle audio...correct me if Im wrong but dont you have to double your power per every 3 dbs gained once youre at certain level/loudness..thanks again