| Posted: 21 Jun 2009 18:02 | [?] |
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I have always liked loud and deep horns, but up until now I couldn't fined a suitable location to mount one on the bike without compromising the looks of the bike. As some of you may know I recently cut out the letters (Buell) on my outer air box and this gives me a direct view of the air box when I ride. I noticed that the air filter is off center in the air box, so on the right side of the air box I have a good view of the air filter, but on the left side all I see is a giant void. So I thought a air horn would help even things out. I started with a compact air horn from Stebel, which produces 139db @ 300Hz. Installation was simple, just follow the instructions. I had to separate the air cylinder from the horn and reconnect them using a piece of tubing to get it to fit like I wanted, but that step is not necessary if your only objective is to make it fit.
Well, here are the pic's 
It is LOUD  and @ 300Hz it sounds like a Big rig horn.
Well that's it, just thought I would share. |
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| Posted: 21 Jun 2009 18:49 | [?] |
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That's nice. I'll be looking to do the samething. Nice post  
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| Posted: 21 Jun 2009 19:06 Last Edited By: Midnight82 | [?] |
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| That's awesome!!! do you ears bleed when you rip that thing while riding? Your head is like right over it. ;-) | |
| Posted: 21 Jun 2009 19:09 | [?] |
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| good point midnight | |
| Posted: 21 Jun 2009 19:16 | [?] |
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Quote: 300Hz  coooool,
nice Airboxcover-Mod... |
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| Posted: 21 Jun 2009 20:23 | [?] |
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That's awesome!!! do you ears bleed when you rip that thing while riding? Your head is like right over it. ;-) I dont have much experience with it yet, but I can tell you that you would not want to lay on it for extended periods of time. |
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| Posted: 21 Jun 2009 20:29 | [?] |
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SWEET! That's friggin cool mod man.
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| Posted: 21 Jun 2009 23:56 | [?] |
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| Is this their motorcycle horn or some other horn? How much did it cost you? Now I want to do this too! | |
| Posted: 22 Jun 2009 00:12 | [?] |
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Found it on Amazon.
$36, and it's a motorcycle horn. AWESOME. Motorcycle Air Horn |
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| Posted: 22 Jun 2009 00:43 Last Edited By: nitto12ss | [?] |
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Your close midnight82, but that is not the one I bought.
I bought the (12V Stebel Nautilus Compact Truck Horn)Both will work, I just like the tone of the truck horn. At 300Hz my horn is the lowest and deepest horn stebel offers in a compact configuration. This is the horn and who I got it from. He is a good guy and this is the second horn I have bought from him. You can negotiate with price a little to, what I usually do is offer to give him the "Buy it Now" price and he will include the wiring kit and fuse kit for free. He also has a link to his website so you can listen to sound clips of what the horn sounds like. horn link |
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| Posted: 22 Jun 2009 01:53 | [?] |
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| Video with audio? | |
| Posted: 22 Jun 2009 02:01 | [?] |
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Video with audio? On the site it is just audio, but I might make a video if requested. I just dont know if I have a camera with a mic good enough to do the horn justice. |
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| Posted: 23 Jun 2009 15:02 | [?] |
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I think the echo of the sound of the horn will head toward to your ears thru the holes of the airbox?
Am i wrong?? |
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| Posted: 23 Jun 2009 16:42 | [?] |
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I think the echo of the sound of the horn will head toward to your ears thru the holes of the airbox? Am i wrong?? How is that any different than the stock setup behind the fly screen? I may have a front row seat, but the horn is loud enough to be clearly heard in all directions. |
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| Posted: 02 Sep 2009 05:31 | [?] |
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| This is a def thought I'm going look into. | |
| Posted: 02 Sep 2009 17:41 | [?] |
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| Have you noticed any type of electrical drain when you hit the horn? ie, dimming head-lights or dash lights? I had a buddy that had a train horn installed in his car which was good for a lot of laughs! | |
| Posted: 02 Sep 2009 18:12 | [?] |
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Have you noticed any type of electrical drain when you hit the horn? ie, dimming head-lights or dash lights? I had a buddy that had a train horn installed in his car which was good for a lot of laughs! None what so ever. |
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| Posted: 02 Sep 2009 20:23 | [?] |
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| Another frivolous item I want! | |
| Posted: 11 Sep 2009 15:40 | [?] |
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Slightly off-topic, but you don't happen to have build pics of the Buell cutouts on the airbox cover, do you?
If not, how about a shot of the underside of the airbox cover? I have a first-year XB12S, and the tank logo looks, well, tacky. I've got a K&N on order, but if I cut my airbox lid, the only place to get air is from the original hole in the frame. Oh, and are there any problems riding in the rain? Threadjack over, sorry...
The horn location looks more deadly to the rider than to other people... Neat idea for sure, though... |
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| Posted: 11 Sep 2009 17:02 | [?] |
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Slightly off-topic, but you don't happen to have build pics of the Buell cutouts on the airbox cover, do you? If not, how about a shot of the underside of the airbox cover? I have a first-year XB12S, and the tank logo looks, well, tacky. I've got a K&N on order, but if I cut my airbox lid, the only place to get air is from the original hole in the frame. Oh, and are there any problems riding in the rain? Threadjack over, sorry... The horn location looks more deadly to the rider than to other people... Neat idea for sure, though... I did start a tread about it, but the details were not that great. I cut the bulk of the material with a dremel and finished the rest with a file and a razor. Then I masked the top of the airbox and used a can of duplicolor truck bed liner to spray the inner wall's of the cutout from the inside of the airbox. Then I superglued the mesh to the inside of the airbox. That's about it, here is the link. link Also when you remove the decals they will leave a outline of residue that you use as a guide. Do not rush this or the dremel will bite you big time. |
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| Posted: 27 Sep 2009 15:13 | [?] |
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| Sound clip wd. be Apprecaited here that site don`t have any? | |
| Posted: 27 Sep 2009 18:40 | [?] |
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| Being right below ur head dont you go about deaf when u use it lol | |
| Posted: 28 Sep 2009 04:11 | [?] |
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Here is a link to a video where I had to get on the horn cuz some kook in a Volvo decided it was a good idea to drive five miles a hour on a blind corner.
http://www.vholdr.com/node/33210 |
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| Posted: 09 Oct 2009 10:00 | [?] |
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| Gosh nitto, you should have not even slowed down, you had room between the gsxr and the car. That other bike passed you guys like you were standing still. | |
| Posted: 10 Oct 2009 02:00 | [?] |
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Gosh nitto, you should have not even slowed down, you had room between the gsxr and the car. That other bike passed you guys like you were standing still. The group I was riding with is not fond of passing over the double yellow so that is why we did not pass. The guy on the R1 who passed us was in our group at the end of it so all that speed you see was gained from the from a very short distance. That thing rips in a strait line, but I can get him in the corners. Proof http://www.vholdr.com/video/palomar-buell-vs-r1 |
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| Posted: 10 Oct 2009 19:24 | [?] |
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Good picture sequence from that video
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| Posted: 04 Nov 2009 19:55 | [?] |
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Hey Nitto. Great vid btw!
Question. How did you wire the horn to your horn button? Did you keep the stock horn as well? |
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| Posted: 04 Nov 2009 21:50 | [?] |
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Hey Nitto. Great vid btw! Question. How did you wire the horn to your horn button? Did you keep the stock horn as well? You disconnected the stock horn and plug in the new one. With this setup there are four wires that have to be run. The first two connect to the stock wires and the other two connect to the positive and negative battery terminals. If you buy the same horn as me it will come with instructions. |
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| Posted: 05 Nov 2009 02:20 | [?] |
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Thanks Nitto. Im gonna put mine in my front fairing some how.
Doing this mod for safety reasons! ... |
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| Posted: 05 Nov 2009 03:03 | [?] |
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Thanks Nitto. Im gonna put mine in my front fairing some how. Doing this mod for safety reasons! ... You should be OK, you have way more room to work with. |
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