Tsukayu speakers

[pancho]

I put a Tsukayu audio faring on my bike a few years ago and have been happy with it. The Philips stereo that came with it was just barley able to be heard at speed as I have Cobra pipes with short baffles. The stereo stopped playing CD's so I removed it to check it out.



I found that one of the silicone bladders that are used as shock absorbers had burst and silicone oil and grease had gotten everywhere,



Including the objective lens on the pickup assembly and had damaged the coatings of the lens.



Alright, I bought  another stereo and an amp as this stereo is not quite as powerful as the Philips supplied with the fairing. Before I install the amp, I would like to know If anyone has put an amp on these 6X9 speakers that Tsukayu installed in their audio fairings?



Now if I believe the label, they will be just fine, but I have some doubts about what the label is claiming. I'd like to hear from anyone with experience or knowledge of these speakers.

[Jims99]

I know nothing about that brand. A higher powered amp will be fine. They distort more after half volume, so more power would be less volume. That should give you a cleaner sound with less distortion. 150 rms should handle a pretty good amount.

[pancho]

That' the problem... I don't trust that these speakers are really rated to handle 150 watts RMS as they claim. I don't know if they will handle 30 watts RMS.  I mean these Kenwood 888D speakers with a 15 inch woofer are rated at 150 watts RMS max. Hoping someone has put an amp on one of these fairings, and how it worked out.  Went riding this morning with the new stereo and it actually is acceptable without the amp, but you know,, more power.

[pancho]

https://tsukayu.com/Speaker.html

I emailed  Tsukayu and questioned them about their claims on the power handling of their speakers. Haven't heard back yet, but I don't think they will say anything other than what they claim. I will install the amp when I get a chance. As Jims pointed out, even if I only feed it at the same wattage as the head unit puts out, it will sound better as there will be much more headroom and less distortion. The amp dimensions are 2.16 x 6.57 x 5.59 in. and class D switching amp, so there will be much less heat than typical amps. SO, i'm going to try to mount it in the fairing so I don't need to make wiring harnesses with multiple connectors as I will need if it has to be mounted in a saddlebag. We will see.

[pancho]

I heard from Tsukayu and they advised me that the speakers should be fine with an amplifier rated at half of what the speakers claim..? OK, is's always modify at your own risk any way you look at it. After many tries I came to the conclusion that the amp will not fit in the fairing and needed to go into a saddlebag. This complicates thingsas I will need wiring harness with quick disconnects so both the fairing and saddlebag can be removed easily.





So I make harness, mount the amp and run the new wiring.





It took me more hours than I expected, but the results are worth it to me. The bike has Cobra pipes with short baffles, and the sound system was always marginal, if not useless, at speed. This seems to have remedied that. Went riding in Oklahoma yesterday where the traffic moves at 90mph on secondary roads and noticed my clutch getting softer.... now I cant stop! Prayed to the Lord to bring me home and made it with no major incidents, although I did need to creep along a couple of times at stops. Pulled in with Dire Straits announcing my coming from a block away. Probably have a clutch slave that needs attention, although I looked and there is no leaking on the clutch cover. We'll see.. maybe tomorrow.