Harley Bagger Audio for Ladera Heights

We are not in Ladera Heights. AMS Pods is the Harley bagger-audio side of Audio MotorSports, 22025 S Avalon Blvd Ste A, CA 90745. From Ladera Heights take Slauson east toward La Cienega and the 405 south, then Avalon — 13 miles, about thirty minutes. Street Glide, Road Glide and Road King. Ask for Nick.

Ladera Heights is 13 miles from the Avalon pin. Slauson east toward La Cienega and the 405 south, then Avalon — or Centinela to Manchester and Avalon south if the freeway is unattractive on a bike. About thirty minutes. The alternate is La Cienega south to the 405. Ride in or trailer in. Maps pin 22025 S Avalon Blvd Ste A, CA 90745.

Ladera Heights riders head for the coast or over the hill, and the bikes here are generally kept to a high standard — clean, well maintained and stored properly. That puts the emphasis on finish alongside function. It is also a hillside neighbourhood with curving streets, which means a lot of low-speed riding on gradient before you get anywhere, and that is where a badly chosen system announces itself by being far too loud for the street you live on. The climb and descent on those curving streets is also constant low-speed work on the brakes and the throttle, which puts more cumulative movement through a mounting in a year of commuting than a flat city would.

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.

Richard makes them in Carson, in-house since 2003, which means the finish and the mounting angle can be chosen for 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 runs visibly along the frame. On a Road King the pods carry the job and the amplifier lives in a bag on a carpeted board with an AMS quick disconnect. Fasteners get torqued properly and the wiring gets lock-tied rather than tucked, because a bike that works up and down gradient every day loads a mounting repeatedly even when it never goes fast.

Street Glide, Road Glide and Road King. Harley radios in the shop are Diamond Audio, plus Sony and Soundstream. On a bike kept properly, the finish of the pods and the absence of visible wiring are part of the result rather than details, and both get settled during the build.

A lot of bagger systems are set up to be heard by other people, and on a hillside residential street at seven in the morning that is the opposite of what you want. Pods put the sound close to the rider, which means you can run a level that is perfectly clear to you and unremarkable to the neighbours. That is not a compromise — it is the direct consequence of the sound not having to travel far to reach you. The finish question is worth being direct about as well. A bike kept to this standard is usually let down by one visible compromise rather than by the whole job — a bracket in the wrong metal, a wire that shows on one side only, a pod at a slightly different angle from its pair. Those are build decisions, and they are free to get right if they are made before the work starts.

A system that is clear to you at a level that does not carry down the street. A finish chosen for the bike rather than accepted as supplied. Nothing visible along the frame. Weatherproof pods. And music that is still there once you get onto the 405 or over toward the coast. Fasteners torqued and wiring lock-tied for a bike that works gradient daily. No single visible compromise letting down an otherwise clean bike.

Slauson east to La Cienega and the 405 south, then Avalon — 13 miles, about thirty minutes, or Centinela to Manchester to avoid the freeway. AMS Pods from $649 a pair, made in-house so the finish suits the bike. About three weeks built to order.

Same bay. Car audio is LA Car Beats at lacarbeats.com — integration only, factory screen kept. Window tint is LA Car Tint at lacartint.com — 3M Authorized Dealer with Color Stable for light interiors. Vehicle security is LA Car Alarm at lacaralarm.com — quiet hill streets and keyless cars.

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. A Payment Plan is at the counter once the bike is quoted. Google shows 4.8 from 654 reviews.

If you leave from a hillside street in Ladera Heights at seven in the morning, you want a system that is clear to you and unremarkable to everyone else. Call or text (310) 513-8800 and ask for Nick. 22025 S Avalon Blvd Ste A, CA 90745.