MUSIC WAS MY FIRST LOVE

Harley-Davidson partners with Rockford Fosgate for audio systems

• New high-performance audio components for touring models
• Standard on CVO Street Glide and CVO Road Glide
• Can be retrofitted to numerous touring models

NEU-ISENBURG/VIENNA (May 25, 2021) – Americans have always been big players in the music scene: not only did they give the world rock ’n’ roll, they also invented all kinds of equipment that allows it to be reproduced in the highest quality.

While some US cars could already be ordered with a radio in the Charleston era, it took until the early 1980s for this to happen with two-wheelers. Harley-Davidson was one of the first manufacturers to offer this kind of mobile pick-me-up as an option. Six years later, in 1986, the radio became standard equipment in the Electra Glide Classic models.

Today, everyone is with Batwing or Sharknose fairing equipped touring models with a radio—or rather, with a complex Boom! box infotainment system capable of DAB reception, featuring a color touchscreen, navigation, hands-free calling, Bluetooth for cell phones, and numerous other features.

In 2021, the Motor Company is going one step further. Under the label Harley-Davidson Audio powered by Rockford Fosgate particularly advanced and powerful audio components are available. Speakers and amplifiers are sourced from the renowned US car audio supplier. Rockford Fosgate, were specially designed for demanding locations in Harley-Davidson motorcycles designed and offer outstanding sound quality.

The new, very compact amplifier with four times 100 watts per channel (RMS) at 2 ohms (RRP €648 (additional installation kit required)) supplies four speaker systems from a side case and can easily achieve high volume levels when required.

Its high-tech electronic systems, such as BME (Bass Management Enhancement) and M-DEQ (Motorcycle Dynamic EQ), ensure automatic sound control regardless of driving speed, wind, engine, and road noise, with powerful bass and brilliant treble in every driving situation.

Rockford Fosgate speaker systems, installed symmetrically on the left and right sides of the vehicle, ensure authentic and distortion-free sound wave reproduction. These systems feature robust die-cast baskets for the woofers and elaborately designed crossovers (RRP from $340 (additional installation kit required)).

They are available as two-way and three-way systems and, thanks to their dimensions, are the perfect replacement for the existing speakers, allowing the entire system to be integrated into the motorcycle without any visual changes. On request, two amplifiers and up to eight speaker systems can even be used.

The components of Harley-Davidson Audio powered by Rockford Fosgate are 2021 Standard on the CVO Street Glide and the CVO Road Glide installed and can be retrofitted to numerous touring models with Boom! Box infotainment systems from 2014 onwards.

For more information, visit www.Harley-Davidson.com or contact your nearest Harley-Davidson dealer. 

Text & image credits: Copyright Harley-Davidson

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