Harley Bagger Audio for Bell Gardens

We are not in Bell Gardens. AMS Pods is the Harley bagger-audio side of Audio MotorSports, 22025 S Avalon Blvd Ste A, CA 90745. From Bell Gardens take Florence or Gage west toward Alameda and then south, or the 710 south — 11.3 miles, about twenty-five minutes. Street Glide, Road Glide and Road King. Ask for Nick.

Bell Gardens is 11.3 miles from the Avalon pin. Florence Avenue or Gage Avenue west toward Alameda, then south toward Avalon — or the 710 south when the freight corridor allows. About twenty-five minutes on a bagger. The alternate is Eastern Avenue south toward the 105. On a bike the surface streets are frequently the more pleasant option here. Ride in or trailer in. Maps pin 22025 S Avalon Blvd Ste A, CA 90745.

The 710 is the defining ride out of Bell Gardens and it is the loudest freeway corridor in the county. Truck density, grooved concrete and constant lane changes mean a bagger on the 710 is working in the worst acoustic conditions Southern California offers. Riders here also use the river corridors and Eastern Avenue for shorter runs, but the 710 is the one that determines whether the audio on the bike is worth having at all.

AMS Pods start at $649 a pair. Chrome or gloss, crash-bar bracket and screws included, built to order in-house, about three weeks. They mount at an angle on the crash bar, aimed at the rider. No invented package dollars beyond $649 a pair. A full bagger build is usually up to about ten business days, confirmed once the bike has been seen.

Richard builds the pods in Carson, in-house since 2003. Hertz Neo goes inside — small neodymium magnet, weatherproof, clear when genuinely loud. On a Street Glide or Road Glide the build is a fairing amplifier and a tank pull. On a Road King the pods do the work and the amplifier lives in a bag on a carpeted board with an AMS quick disconnect. Bag bass is available: cut lids, concave drilling, carpeted spacers, inverted speakers and soldered quick disconnects.

Street Glide, Road Glide and Road King. Bring the bike rather than photographs — the fairing plans differ between the Glides and the year matters on both. Harley radios in the shop are Diamond Audio, plus Sony and Soundstream. At twenty-five minutes away it is easy to come down and have the conversation in person, which on a bagger build is usually quicker than doing it by phone.

On the 710 the temptation is to solve a loud environment with a louder speaker, and it does not work. The fairing fires across you and the 710's noise is broadband and constant, so you end up with a system that is uncomfortable at the volume it needs to be to compete. Pods solve it by reducing the distance the sound has to travel and by aiming it at your helmet, which means the same music arrives intelligibly at a level that is not painful.

Audio that survives a 710 run with a full-face helmet on, at a volume that is not punishing. Weatherproof pods for a bike that lives outside. Bags that still come off in seconds. Wiring run under the tank rather than tied to the frame. And a bike that looks finished rather than added to.

Florence or Gage west to Alameda and south, or the 710 when it is moving — 11.3 miles, about twenty-five minutes. AMS Pods from $649 a pair, about three weeks built to order. Hertz Neo inside. Full bagger usually up to about ten business days.

Same bay for the cage and the work truck. Car audio is LA Car Beats at lacarbeats.com — hands-free first in a trade truck. Window tint is LA Car Tint at lacartint.com — 3M Authorized Dealer. Vehicle security is LA Car Alarm at lacaralarm.com — a bagger and a tool-laden work truck in the same driveway is a sensible conversation.

Monday through Saturday, 9:30 AM to 6:00 PM. Sunday closed. Pods are about three weeks built to order, so the first visit is a measurement and a conversation rather than a fitting. Call ahead and Nick will say whether to bring the bike. A Payment Plan is at the counter once the bike is quoted. Google shows 4.8 from 654 reviews.

If you ride the 710 out of Bell Gardens, you are working in the worst acoustic conditions in the county — and a louder fairing speaker is not the answer. Call or text (310) 513-8800 and ask for Nick. 22025 S Avalon Blvd Ste A, CA 90745.