Harley Audio Builds

Workshop builds, demo bikes and customer installs.

Every build is different. Here you'll find systems we've built and installed ourselves, the demo bikes we develop and test on, and builds our customers have fitted themselves using equipment we supplied, configured and supported.

Some are large, multi-stage systems. Others are two speakers and a head unit. Both are here on purpose — the right system is the one that suits the bike, the rider and what they want from it, not the one with the most boxes in it.

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

Blue 2017 Harley-Davidson Road Glide Special with a completed Cicada and Soundstream audio install, three-quarter front viewBuild

Customer Install: Chris's 2017 Road Glide Special

A 2017 Road Glide Special fitted at home with the Cicada 14FLXCX-4X2, Soundstream HDHU.V2 and Maestro RR — plus the owner's own install tips. Photos inside.

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Soundstream WHD.9813 Reserve splash screen in the factory gauge cluster of a 2008 Harley-Davidson FLHT Electra Glide StandardBuild

Customer Install: Craig's 2008 Electra Glide Standard

2008 FLHT Electra Glide upgraded with a Soundstream WHD.9813 and Hogtunes 352F-AA fronts — no external amp. 

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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 if we built it again.

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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 are set across five processed output zones from the first note.

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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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