Custom Builds

Every build is different. Here's some of ours.

Seven years of installs. Street Glides, Road Glides, tourers, customs — every bike that comes through the workshop gets a system designed around it, not around a parts list.

Browse through what we've built. If you see something close to what you're after, get in touch and we'll talk through your bike.

Alex's 2017 Harley Road Glide Special custom audio build parked outdoors, showing the fairing and saddlebag speaker installation.Build

What We Learned From Building Australia's Loudest Harley

What six months of real riding taught us about Alex's 159.9 dB Road Glide audio system, and what we would change...

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Overhead view of the V2 head unit, S8 DSP and dual SP4.900 amplifiers installed in the Road Glide fairingBuild

Inside the Install: How We Built Australia's Loudest Motorcycle

Inside the build of Australia's loudest motorcycle: teardown, fabrication and wiring, step by step.

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Cicada Audio FLX1400.4 four-channel amplifier, DSP412PRO processor and FLX1600.1 mono amplifier on a dark background, the signal and amplification chain for the Cicada Rebuild Stage 2 Harley Touring buildBuild

Cicada Rebuild Stage 2: Adding DSP for Time Alignment and Crossover Control

Cicada Rebuild Stage 2: fitting the DSP412PRO before the speakers go in, so crossovers, EQ and time alignment ar...

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Cicada Rebuild Stage 1: Why Our Demo Bike Is Running Two AmplifiersBuild

Cicada Rebuild Stage 1: Why Our Demo Bike Is Running Two Amplifiers

Cicada Rebuild Stage 1: why our demo Street Glide runs two amplifiers for headroom before DSP.

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Michael's 2018 Street Glide: From Factory Audio to a Four-Speaker Cicada SystemBuild

Michael's 2018 Street Glide: From Factory Audio to a Four-Speaker Cicada System

Michael's 2018 Street Glide: a four-speaker Cicada system with an FLX700.4PRO DSP amp and CHX65.2 horns.

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Mick's 2022 Road Glide Special — When the Demo Bike Does Its JobBuild

Mick's 2022 Road Glide Special — When the Demo Bike Does Its Job

Mick's 2022 Road Glide Special: a SoundStream HDHU.V2, Precision Power amp, MAS speakers and full SoundSkins.

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Neil's 2010 Ultra UpgradeBuild

Neil's 2010 Ultra Upgrade

Neil's 2010 Ultra: a SoundStream WHD.SG, an MAA4.400 amp and four MAS.654 speakers for real highway sound.

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Wayne's Ultra Audio Overhaul: Harley Davidson Touring Sound Upgrade with Soundstream V2Build

Wayne's Ultra Audio Overhaul: Harley-Davidson Touring Sound Upgrade with SoundStream V2

Wayne's 2022 Ultra Limited: a SoundStream HDHU.V2, Precision Power amp and matched speakers for the highway.

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SPL competition screen showing Alex's 159.9 dB resultBuild

Hertz Road Glide Audio Monster: Inside a Full DSP, Dual-Sub, Triple-Amp Build

Inside Alex's 2017 Road Glide: triple Hertz amps, a full S8 DSP and dual 10-inch subs at 159.9 dB.

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