Bike Sound System

[Eklipse]

I velcroed my MP3 player to my fairing and I wear some earphones under my helmet. The type that fit over your ears, but with no band.

I knew one guy who mounted a speaker above the front fender of his bike, and put a small amp in the underseat storage area. It sounded good, you could hear him roll by on the street, or when he was near you on the highway.

It wasn't a GS, it was one of those honda VTwin sportbikes, but if he did it I'm sure there's a way to do it on a GS.

[Narcissus]

I can't wait to see what you come up with Dave, and if it something that works we'll have to work out some shipping details  :mrgreen:

[My Name Is Dave]

I tried both of our mini systems, and they are each the same width, so no go there. But I am thinking that it could easily be mounted on or behind the rear grab handle. I'll work on it this week and see if anything comes of it.

Dave  

[aevans17]

Dave good luck with the mounting. All you would need after that is some sort of wire harness to connect to an MP3 player, and possibly connect some headphones. You could also build a small circuit in the wire harness that would connect the MP3 player to the battery since most MP3 players use 1 or 2 AAA's this won't drain too much juice.
Does anyone have one of these/listened to one:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=7049838&type=product&productCategoryId=pcmcat10200050002&id=1108124680270
This comes with a clock, radio, speakers, and headphone jack. If this is small enough to mount on the inside of the windescreen, then this could be the answer. I've never listened to one though so I can't vouch for sound quality.
Dimensions are 2-3/8"x7-1/4"x2-1/8"

[Saviori]

I know not everyone does, but I occasionally wear a backpack for carrying stuff around. I just bought a $90 (On sale for $40) backpack from JC Pennys that allows you to put your mp3 player in one of the bottom side pockets, hook it up to a headphone jack extender inside that pocket, then plug your headphones right into one of the shoulder straps for the backpack. It works wonders for me. The backpack is made by Jansport if anyone is interested. The lack of being able to skip songs is a bit bothersome but it's a good thing I have great taste in music.  

[GSJames]

Sell the GS and buy a scooter... you can stick a huge subwoofer in the underseat storage area.  BOOM-BOOM! :lol:

Keep the GS, and pack it all into a sidecar, I say  :lol:

[davipu]

tank bag with cd player in the map pocket with 50mm drivers in the lid. I also have a amfm radio that I pack in the tank bag.