I stole this idea (the speakers) from Paul, he mentioned that he was doing this as a convenience. I thought about it and decided it would be a nice addition. Parked on the ramp or camping, to be able to listen to music or the tower without using the headsets. Nice. Paul found these speakers on Amazon, they were small and looked to be perfect for the task. I followed suit, now where to mount them?
I decided to put them in the windshield head rack bracket which was already built. I tried to drill 2" holes in the bracket. It didn't go well and I messed it up. The right hole in the pic ended up too big. I used the messed up bracket to determine exactly where the speaker needed to be mounted for the next bracket.
There are a couple of issues with this install, the large tube at the top of the head rack pushes the speaker up to the top of the bracket which is bent limiting where it can be mounted. This requires very precise hole placement which I did not get right on the first go around.
So, off to the metal depot to retrieve another piece of 6061-T6 aluminum and another try. I was able to duplicate the basic outline of the original piece and before bending it, I set up the drill press and got the holes drilled correctly. After drilling the holes I mounted the speakers in the flat sheet and then proceeded to bend the piece to final shape. One last task was to trim the excess and file/sand to finished shape.
Of course, nothing goes easily. My Harbor Freight brake decided to act up and not bend the bracket. I had to spend some quality time re adjusting it to work correctly. I finally got the bracket bent correctly. They're ready to be wired.
I received the black plug for the Yamaha voltage regulator today from Ian Bang. Chris wired it up with 10 gauge wire. I need to remove the coolant tank to install it.
