how hard is it to hook up the factory h/u to an amp? and amp the factory speakers? i think my 4ch amp has the speaker wire inputs (the plug thing) and i would just amp the front speakers to get the most out of them, and then run the amp in 3ch mode and run a 8" sub to complete the "system"
how do i go about doing this?

and ya, i know i had a after market h/u, speakers and stuff, but im selling all that to pay bills and i need to take my bike in for service soon and need the money. so i thought i would get the most out of my factory stuff.

 

It would be simple to set up an amp for the stock front speakers, but I don't know where you'd mount it. You could snip the wires, wire the HU to the inputs on the amp, and wire the speakers to the output. I would not amp the stock front speakers, they're fine with the HU, all you're asking for is to blow them out. They may sound better but it wouldn't be worth it. If you want to do it go for it. It would be advantageous to have an 8" sub.

 

the main reason for the amp would to be able to tune it a bit better, the settings would be a bit higher than stock but with less bass in the speakers.
instead of cutting the factory wiring harnesss up could i in a sense, cut a factory harness of a junk truck, and get the adapter like i would use on an aftermarket h/u and connect it that way (factory plug-----aftermarket--factory) and just run a "loop" from the first factory plug to the amp, and then the speaker out put wires back up to the aftermarket plug?

if that makes any sense to yal.

the amp i have is 40wx4ohm are the factory 4ohm or 8ohm spekaers?

 

I wouldn't go through all of the trouble with the harness setup that you're talking about. I would just cut the factory one, and if you need to put it back to stock later it wouldn't be hard. You can mount the amp anywhere and just run the speaker wires in and out; it'll take some fooling around but is simple.

Using the amp to 'tune' the speakers isn't going to do much, other than a possible high-pass crossover which would stop the harmful low frequencies going to the 6x8's, which would be an advantage.

I don't know what the impedence of the stock speakers is, but i'm pretty sure it's 4ohm. I don't know the power of the stock HU either, but i'm guessing its lower than 20w RMS since all stock HU's are usually just over the 20w RMS x 4. If your amp is 40w RMS x4 that's overkill unless you take it really easy.

 

ya, i just want to get rid of the distortion when the bass hits and be able to give a little cleaner sound. i think i am going to takle this project tomorrow. i need to find a place to mount the amp tho, and find the plug for my amp.. if i even have one :(
my amp is about 1" too wide and 1/4" too tall to fit under my seats. so thats a bummer ha.

anyone reccomend an 8" sub.. under 200w.. i think when i run my amp in a 3ch mode it will put out 140w or 170w... not positive on the output. but 100-200w should be good.