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Does anyone know how many watts the clarion stereo puts out on a 99? I'm replacing the speakers and want to get the right ones. Also, is there a clarion/Kawasaki replacement stereo with cd player? If there is, where would you find one? Thanks a bunch!
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There is not a replacement for this bike. There are people on this board and ABBIKEBOARD that do the work on this stereo to have an MP3 player setup.
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Contact Pete, AKA suzib6sw on this site. his number is listed on profile
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If you can get the radio repaired, that is way better than trying to replace it with something else. Also, a CD player does not do well on a motorcycle. Possibly if you have a remote load type (multichanger) and mounted that is the trunk it might work. However, replacing with a standard marine or car radio you will lose several intercom and passenger functions.

I have replaced my radio. It IS an alternative. Again, you DO lose some functionality. There are also cosmetics to be aware of as a standard size radio does not fit side to side and you will have two holes to fill with something.

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I talked with tas electronic's and Im saving for a rockford fosgate R300-4 amp and 2 set of rockford fosgate p-142 4"speakers. Cost around $175. Im also thinking about changing my rear speakers and boxs to 5" or 6". Or i might add one bigger speaker or small woofer. From what i can tell the voyager has alot of highs and not any lows. Also not load enough for my 1980's rock-n-roll. I dont want to put alot of money out to take care of this. maybe $250. I thought about the gap by the seat and rear tote for a woffer but my wife said it better not thump her in the back. I know on my 1985 wing i just changed the speakers with fosgate punch speakers and it did not make a differance at all. I f you want better sound with deeper low and a little loader set up you need at least 300 more watts and a bigger speaker. as far as a cd player i will keep the stock radio and my helmet speaker set up. I have a fm mp3 thats all one unit and plugs into a 12v outlet that works great. just down load cd onto that. however i am looking into that bluetooth mp3 set up. Any idea's for bigger speaker box's and speakers that will mount in the same spot as my rear box's.
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1st thing that just came to my mind is "poor little alternator" it has a hard enough time keeping up with what's on it now. Add amps and subwoffers and she will be screaming. Just a thought. :hmm:
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I dont think 300 watt amp will hurt anything.
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An old style analog amp will draw a lot. A new digital 300w amp should draw very little.
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12 volts 300 watts = 25 amps :hmm:
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Approximate output from the power amp to the speakers is 10 Watts per channel into 4 ohm loads. The headset output is .5 per channel into 16 ohm loads.
At full tilt, the radio draws 1.2 amps and the power amp draws 5 amps..

Of course, there is a limit to the amount of bass from a 4" speaker with the back open to the atmosphere directly. Of you can build a resonance box for them, that would help of course.. Same goes for the rear speakers. A sub woofer will help of course..
What you MAY want to try is a faux rear channel.. Using a larger speaker, you can put one side of the speaker to the +ve of the rear right and the other side of the speaker to the +ve on the left rear..
What you get is the difference between the two channels from the "center" speaker..
If this has a large enough resonance box, it may be just enough for your needs without putting more load on your alternator..

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