Harley Bagger Audio for Monrovia

We are not in Monrovia. AMS Pods is the Harley bagger-audio side of Audio MotorSports, 22025 S Avalon Blvd Ste A, CA 90745. From Monrovia take Myrtle Avenue or Huntington Drive to the 210 west, then the 605 and 710 south — 33.3 miles, forty-five to fifty-five minutes. Street Glide, Road Glide and Road King. Ask for Nick.

Monrovia is 33.3 miles from the Avalon pin. Myrtle Avenue or Huntington Drive toward the 210 west, then the 605 and 710 south toward Avalon. Forty-five to fifty-five minutes on a bagger. The alternate is Foothill Boulevard west to the 210 and 110 south. A long ride, so most people agree the build first. Ride in or trailer in. Maps pin 22025 S Avalon Blvd Ste A, CA 90745.

Monrovia has the Friday street fair on Myrtle, where bikes get parked among people looking at them for hours, and Angeles Crest and the Monrovia canyon roads immediately above town. That is the same two-part brief as a show car: the bike has to survive close inspection standing still and work properly on a serious canyon road. Most bagger audio manages one of those. The canyon roads above town are cool and shaded even in summer, so a bike that has been standing in sun on Myrtle all evening and then climbs the following morning goes through a wide temperature swing in a short space of time.

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, so the finish and the mounting angle are chosen for the bike rather than accepted. Hertz Neo goes inside. Street Glide and Road Glide take a fairing amplifier and a tank pull so nothing shows along the frame — which at a street fair is the detail people notice. 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. Soldered terminations and lock ties for the canyon. The aim on the crash bar is set with you seated, because the posture you hold climbing a canyon road is not the posture you hold sitting at a street fair, and the aim is set for the riding rather than for the display.

Street Glide, Road Glide and Road King. Harley radios in the shop are Diamond Audio, plus Sony and Soundstream. If the bags are doing bass, the work gets finished to be looked at as well as heard, because on a Friday evening people will be looking.

At a street fair the thing that undermines an otherwise good bike is visible wiring. A run tied along the frame is quick to do and impossible not to notice, and people who look at bikes notice it immediately. The tank pull exists so that does not happen, and it is the part of the job that costs time rather than parts — which is exactly why some shops skip it. The second thing that undermines a bike at a street fair is asymmetry, and it is almost always accidental. Pods mounted to brackets that were bent to fit rather than made to fit end up a few degrees apart, and while nobody measures it, people see it — a bike reads as slightly wrong without the viewer being able to say why.

A bike that stands up to an hour of people looking at it on Myrtle, and works properly on the Crest the following morning. Nothing visible along the frame. A finish chosen rather than accepted. Nothing loosened by canyon vibration. And weatherproof pods for mountain weather. Pods that read symmetrical because the brackets were made rather than bent to fit. Aim set for the canyon rather than for the display.

Myrtle or Huntington to the 210 west, then the 605 and 710 south — 33.3 miles, forty-five to fifty-five minutes, build agreed first. AMS Pods from $649 a pair, made in-house. Tank pull so nothing shows. Soldered terminations for the Crest.

Worth combining at this distance. Car audio is LA Car Beats at lacarbeats.com — on a show car the wiring is part of the display. Window tint is LA Car Tint at lacartint.com — 3M Authorized Dealer with Color Stable for a show interior. Vehicle security is LA Car Alarm at lacaralarm.com — a show car in a public lot during a street fair.

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

If your bike goes to Myrtle Avenue on a Friday, visible wiring along the frame is the detail that undermines everything else. Call or text (310) 513-8800 and ask for Nick. 22025 S Avalon Blvd Ste A, CA 90745.