Looking forward to your full review when you can get more rides in.

 

Was a weird day today, peaked at 64 early morning, but then by the time I got to the dealership it was 43. Go figure.

I'll be out & about tomorrow, supposed to be low 60's again.

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I doubt that I'll be buying a set of $500 speakers but I'm interested in hearing your opinions on them

 

WTF and it’s only money……. I stopped counting what’s been spent on mine a long time ago…..

 

I also took a couple pics of the 250W RMS Stage III vs. 100W RMS Hertz SX-165NEO's. The RF Stage III are 3-way speakers and Hertz are 2-way. The reason this Hertz is "shiny" is I "treated" (waterproofed 🌨) it because they have paper cones. They say they are already treated new, but a little extra treatment never "hertz".



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I also took a couple pics of the 250W RMS Stage III vs. 100W RMS Hertz SX-165NEO's. The RF Stage III are 3-way speakers and Hertz are 2-way. The reason this Hertz is "shiny" is I "treated" (waterproofed 🌨) it because they have paper cones. They say they are already treated new, but a little extra treatment never "hertz".



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What did you "treat" the Hertz with? I picked up a new set to replace my old Arc Moto's. Is it really necessary to treat speakers?

 

65° in Denver today - we've had a run of great riding days!

Got 100+ miles in today so here's my take on the new Stage III fairing speakers:

Overall they sound great, and they "penetrate" at serious highway speeds (the best word I can think of). The fidelity & clarity sounds the same as the Stage II speakers, there's not much difference there, but they take noticeably less of the volume control to get "loud" at highway speeds. Meaning there's even more volume in reserve for higher speeds. I had no problems hearing them up to 100MPH in the wind today, none. Cruising at 80 wasn't pushing them at all. We had so much wind around town today it wasn't worth trying to record video, I'll do that some other time.

I am pleased. Just wish they had these when I put my Stage II+ system together - could've saved some $$$ and bypassed the Stage II & Hertz "experiments" altogether.

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That's with the RF 500 watt amp? Obviously louder than the Hertz but are they double the cost louder?

 

Are these only available through Harley ? Do they fit pre 2024 Road glides ?

 

Only available from Harley. Go to the harley website and enter your year bike and it should tell you if they will fit. Either way, the dealer is just ordered them from said they are on backorder til April

 

I hear much better highs with both the RF Stage 2 & 3 speakers. Probably because they are 3-way versus the Hertz which are only 2-way.

The Hertz sounded "flat" to me, even though they were a touch louder than the Stage 2's.

The 3's really hit the bullseye on both fidelity and loudness at speed.

And the latest update no doubt re-calibrated the Automatic Volume Control. The AVC is perfect for my levels of listening while riding. Set it and go.

What speakers do the CVO's come with for 2025? 2, or 3?

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What speakers do the CVO's come with for 2025? 2, or 3?

To answer my own question - for 2025 the RG CVO still comes with the Stage II front and Stage II rear (5X7) speakers. It's another $1,200 to upgrade 4 speakers.

That's hard to take at $50K+

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You guys are trouble haha. Joking aside, with my bike sitting all covered up was not planning to do any other work on it, but based on the good discussion I read here, called up one of the local dealers and they had the stage 3 fairing speakers in stock, so pulled the trigger on this and the amp.

Install was straightforward, but the new software update has been a PITA. Testing the speakers in the garage, they do sound much better than stock, even without the new sw upgrade.

Might have the dealer do the sw update when I go for my 1k service

 

Make sure you adjust your EQ!

I run mine in "Custom" mode

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Do these come with grills or do the fit with the Rushmore grills?

 

According to the dealer I ordered the stage 3 from they do

 

I presently have the poor excuse of a sound system stage l. Hoping the Stage III can be heard above 60 mph. That seems like it is. Thank you.

 

at that price range they are pushing other premium brands

 

I can hear my stage 3 at 70mph no problem. But, I have stock pipes and good windshield. Had stage 2 on my last CVO. Stage 3 was a huge improvement. New 2024 offers great EQ adjustments.

 

I just put the Stage III fairing speakers in my 24 RG. Got about 30 seconds of sound at 25%. Volume bar would not go any higher. Now I cannot get any sound at all. The musical note at the bottom of the volume bar has a red slash in it. Control buttons have no affect. Have removed all bluetooth devices from the list. I can hear the beeps when I change menus. I can hear the white noise whenever I go into sound setup. I cannot do the amp settings since I am still running the stock amp. Sound routing is through the speakers. Only thing i have noticed out of the ordinary (other than no sound) is that the Media volume keeps resetting to 0. I will set it to 17 (max), push the button to select, back out of the menu, but when I come back it is still zero.
Have tried the ignition on, pull the fuse, ignition off, reinsert fuse. No luck there. Going to leave the fuse out overnight.

Happening on USB, FM, and AM.
Most recent software update done on the 10th

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

 

Stage 3 speakers require the 500W amp which is stock on a CVO model, I think the issue is the stock amp.

 

Missing stage 3 fairing option
I have a 24 cvo rg that came with the stage 2 package. I just did the newest software update in preparation for installing stage 3 speakers. But when I go into speaker configuration it only shows stage 1 & 2 as options for fairing. For the saddlebag speakers it gives the option for 1,2, and 3.
Any suggestions for what I need to do before installing stage 3 speakers in the fairing?
When I go into the system check it shows the latest software version 4125.
Thanks in advance!
KB

 

Yes, 4125 is the latest update, also check the software version of the amp it should be 1540. Did you update the 2 latest software updates available or… just one?

 

I'm still waiting for the stage 3 speakers to arrive because they are backordered but I had some time today to install the 500 watt amp. I can't believe how easy the outer fairing was to remove. Fairing removal, amp install and fairing install took a grand total of about 20 minutes lol. The bike recognized the new amp almost immediately without me doing anything and displayed the current amp software 1540. It even showed the production date of the amp as 11/24. After I got the amp and fairing back together I did the new skyline software update which also went smoothly without any hitches.

For shits and giggles because I still have the stock speakers and I don't care if they blow, I decided to experiment a little. With the 500 watt amp installed I set the speaker selection to stage 3 and blasted some music. I will say it is much louder even with the stock speakers lol. Don't know how long they'd last but I don't care. Being winter here still i don't think I'll be doing much riding before the stage 3 speakers get here anyway. I'm looking forward to getting the stage 3 installed

 

I'm still waiting for the stage 3 speakers to arrive because they are backordered but I had some time today to install the 500 watt amp. I can't believe how easy the outer fairing was to remove. Fairing removal, amp install and fairing install took a grand total of about 20 minutes lol. The bike recognized the new amp almost immediately without me doing anything and displayed the current amp software 1540. It even showed the production date of the amp as 11/24. After I got the amp and fairing back together I did the new skyline software update which also went smoothly without any hitches.

For shits and giggles because I still have the stock speakers and I don't care if they blow, I decided to experiment a little. With the 500 watt amp installed I set the speaker selection to stage 3 and blasted some music. I will say it is much louder even with the stock speakers lol. Don't know how long they'd last but I don't care. Being winter here still i don't think I'll be doing much riding before the stage 3 speakers get here anyway. I'm looking forward to getting the stage 3 installed

That's what I love about my 20 RG, that the fairing comes off so easily. Can't wait to do it on this one. The videos I have seen show a LOT less wires than the 20. LOL

 

Well, since I got the amp, I figured I may as well order the Stage III fairing speakers if I ever wanted to see them in my lifetime. Now they're backordered until June 11.

 

Do what I did and install the amp. The speakers only take 5 minutes to replace when/if they ever come off backorder status

 

Just went to my dealer and grabbed them plus the amp. I’ll install tomorrow. 😉

 

This did it for me! They’re sitting in my garage now.

 

You won't regret.

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Have you sold Stage II yet? I’m curious what they’re going for and how much it offsets that 600 price tag.

 

Sold my Stage II's for $280 and my Hertz SX-165NEO's for $190 - plus shipping on both.

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I was able to select Stage III. I didn’t do anything to the custom eq - I still have it on Harley. Is there a custom eq setting I should be using?

Congratulations!

As long as you have all the updates, and the amp update you're good. No flash required.

Were you able to select the Stage III front speakers?

Did you adjust your "Custom" settings on the EQ?

That Stage III with 500 Watt amp will eat a battery playing around in the garage. Even to the point the volume will drop to 25% when the bike goes into battery save mode. I leave it on the 5 Amp Battery Tender when I'm fooling around with it in accessory mode.

I use a Type C thumb drive with all my music on it - don't recall hearing any white noise, just loud tunes.

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I installed the new amp and stage 3 fairing speakers. The software says its up to date 1540. I have no option for the stage 3 speakers just 1 and 2. Any ideas?

 

There's some extra volume, power & punch in the Custom EQ setting I use.

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Those EQ settings at speed sound good. Volume 9 out of 17, Automatic Volume Control at 4. Luckily I don't have to fiddle with the volume control when I almost got caught in that groove at 100MPH. Probably would have taken me out at 40 or 50... Highways out here really suck lately. They've redirected funds for other stupid sanctuary bullshit.

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Alright so for us guys that have no clue about amps, watts or any other technical audio terms….what should we buy if we want to upgrade the stock 2024 RG stereo system So that we can hear it at speed?

Im tired of screwing with the Cardo in the helmet that will work sometimes

 

So I’ve been on the fence for a while between Rockford Fosgate and a Hertz system. When I saw the new stage three fairing speakers come out that definitely suede my thinking towards Rockford Fosgate and I just bought the stage three fairing speakers and the upgraded amp yesterday. I don’t know what the stage one or stage two speakers sound like but the stage three is definitely all I need. I might at some point down the road put the bag lid speakers in, but you’re not gonna really hear them going down the highway anyways.

 

Alright so for us guys that have no clue about amps, watts or any other technical audio terms….what should we buy if we want to upgrade the stock 2024 RG stereo system So that we can hear it at speed?

Im tired of screwing with the Cardo in the helmet that will work sometimes

Stage III speakers and amp.

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