Harley Bagger Audio for Cypress

We are not in Cypress. AMS Pods is the Harley bagger-audio side of Audio MotorSports, 22025 S Avalon Blvd Ste A, CA 90745. From Cypress take Valley View or Katella to the 405 south, then Avalon — 13 miles, about thirty minutes. Street Glide, Road Glide and Road King. Ask for Nick.

Cypress is 13 miles from the Avalon pin. Valley View Street or Katella Avenue toward the 405 south, then Avalon. About thirty minutes on a bagger. The alternate is Lincoln Avenue to the 605 south. Cypress has three freeways within reach, which on a bike means you can usually pick one that is moving rather than sitting in whichever one is not. Ride in or trailer in. Maps pin 22025 S Avalon Blvd Ste A, CA 90745.

Cypress riders run the 405 and the 22 down to Seal Beach and PCH, which is the classic Orange County weekend: freeway to get there, coast road once you arrive. Both are sustained-speed environments rather than varied ones, which means the audio problem is constant rather than intermittent — it is not that the sound occasionally disappears, it is that it is never quite adequate for the whole ride.

AMS Pods start at $649 a pair. Chrome or gloss, crash-bar bracket and screws included, built to order in-house, about three weeks. Nothing gets invented beyond $649 a pair. A full bagger build is usually up to about ten business days in the shop, confirmed in person once the bike has been seen.

Richard makes them in Carson, in-house since 2003. Hertz Neo goes inside — small neodymium magnet, weatherproof, clear at volume. Street Glide and Road Glide take a fairing amplifier and a tank pull. On a Road King the pods carry the job and the amplifier sits in a bag on a carpeted board with an AMS quick disconnect. With a coastal run in the mix the connections get soldered and sealed as standard.

Street Glide, Road Glide and Road King. Bring the bike rather than photos — the Glides have different fairing plans and the year affects both. Harley radios in the shop are Diamond Audio, plus Sony and Soundstream. If the bags are going to do bass, that is cut lids, concave drilling, carpeted spacers, inverted speakers and soldered quick disconnects.

On a sustained-speed ride the temptation is to set the volume for the worst moment and live with it being too loud the rest of the time. That is what a fairing system forces you into, because its output at your helmet varies enormously with speed and wind angle. Pods are consistent, which means you can set a level once and leave it — and the level you need is lower because the sound is not being thrown away before it reaches you. Consistency also changes how the ride feels over an hour rather than over a mile. Constantly re-evaluating whether you can hear the music is a low-level demand on your attention, and removing it is a bigger improvement on a long coastal run than any change in the sound itself.

A level you set once at the start of a ride and do not touch again. Music that is adequate for the whole run rather than for part of it. Sealed connections for the coastal leg. Weatherproof pods. And a bike that looks finished rather than modified.

Valley View or Katella to the 405 south, then Avalon — 13 miles, about thirty minutes, with three freeways to choose from. AMS Pods from $649 a pair, about three weeks built to order. Hertz Neo inside. Soldered and sealed connections for coastal runs.

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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. At thirty minutes away that is an easy ride. A Payment Plan is at the counter once the bike is quoted. Google shows 4.8 from 654 reviews.

If you run the 405 and PCH out of Cypress, the fix is a level you can set once — which a fairing speaker will never give you. Call or text (310) 513-8800 and ask for Nick. 22025 S Avalon Blvd Ste A, CA 90745.