Harley Bagger Audio for Beverly Hills

We are not in Beverly Hills. AMS Pods is the Harley bagger-audio side of Audio MotorSports, 22025 S Avalon Blvd Ste A, CA 90745. From Beverly Hills take Wilshire or Santa Monica Boulevard to the 405 south, then Avalon — 18.5 miles, thirty-five to forty minutes. Street Glide, Road Glide and Road King. Ask for Nick.

Beverly Hills is 18.5 miles from the Avalon pin. Wilshire Boulevard or Santa Monica Boulevard toward the 405 south, then Avalon. Thirty-five to forty minutes on a bagger. The alternate is La Cienega south to the 10 or the 405. The 405 south is the variable and on a bike it is worth going outside the peaks rather than filtering through it. Ride in or trailer in. Maps pin 22025 S Avalon Blvd Ste A, CA 90745.

There are fewer baggers per capita here than in most cities on this list, but the ones that exist are immaculate and they get ridden on genuinely good roads — Mulholland, the canyons and PCH north. That changes the brief in one specific way: appearance carries as much weight as performance. A pod that looks wrong on a bike this clean is not an acceptable result regardless of how it sounds, which is why the chrome-or-gloss choice and the angle on the crash bar get discussed properly rather than assumed.

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 in the shop, confirmed in person once Nick has seen the bike.

Richard builds them in Carson, in-house since 2003, which matters here because a pod that is made rather than bought in can be finished to suit the bike. Hertz Neo goes inside — small neodymium magnet, weatherproof, clear at volume. Street Glide and Road Glide take a fairing amplifier and a tank pull so nothing is visible along the frame. On a Road King the pods carry the job and the amplifier is in a bag on a carpeted board with an AMS quick disconnect.

Street Glide, Road Glide and Road King on these pages. Chrome tends to be the choice on the bikes that come from this city, and the angle on the crash bar is worth setting deliberately rather than by default because it affects how the bike reads standing still. Harley radios in the shop are Diamond Audio, plus Sony and Soundstream. Bring the bike — on a build where appearance matters, a photograph is not enough.

The concern on a bike kept to this standard is usually whether pods will look like an addition. They are made here, so the finish and the angle are chosen rather than accepted, and a set mounted properly on the crash bar reads as part of the bike rather than as hardware bolted to it. On the performance side the argument is the same everywhere: on PCH or Mulholland a fairing speaker fires across you and the wind takes it, and no amount of money spent on the fairing changes that geometry.

A bike that still looks right standing still and finally sounds right moving. Music that is present on PCH with a full-face helmet at the speeds those roads are actually ridden at. Weatherproof pods. Nothing visible running along the frame, because the wiring went under the tank. And a finish chosen to suit the bike rather than whatever was in a box.

Wilshire or Santa Monica to the 405 south, then Avalon — 18.5 miles, thirty-five to forty minutes, outside the peaks. AMS Pods from $649 a pair, chrome or gloss, made in-house so the finish and angle suit the bike. Hertz Neo inside. About three weeks built to order.

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Monday through Saturday, 9:30 AM to 6:00 PM. Sunday closed. Pods are about three weeks built to order, and on a bike where appearance matters the first visit is worth making with the bike so the finish and angle can be settled properly. A Payment Plan is at the counter once the bike is quoted. Google shows 4.8 from 654 reviews.

If you ride a bagger out of Beverly Hills, the pods have to look right standing still as well as work at PCH speed — and being made here is what makes that possible. Call or text (310) 513-8800 and ask for Nick. 22025 S Avalon Blvd Ste A, CA 90745.