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« Reply #20 on: February 08, 2010, 02:37:16 PM » |
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If it matters to anyone, the Stebel Nautilus is Italian made, the Wolo is from China. I have one of each but haven't used them long enough for a longevity comparison.
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« Reply #21 on: February 08, 2010, 07:14:22 PM » |
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Anyway.... My question is.... What does this horn sound like?
Glenn
If you go to youtube and type in "Stebel Nautilus" you should get several results .... |
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« Reply #22 on: February 08, 2010, 07:36:15 PM » |
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Did you have to make a special bracket for the ear cannon to mount in front of the petcock. I have a chrome cover over the trans. so the horn is going to be tight. I'd rather put it there than under the bike. Did you connect it to the factory horn. Any photos as you went along? TKS...Tom |
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« Reply #23 on: February 08, 2010, 07:45:18 PM » |
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You can get the real McCoy from Aerostich. Tom So I get that 136db is incredibly loud (jet engines come in at 120db or so), and the Decibel scale is logarithmic, so 136db is about 8 times louder than standing behind a jet engine at takeoff! Wow! Anyway.... My question is.... What does this horn sound like? Is this a truck horn sound? I'm looking for that 60's big American car sound, very clear, very big. Definitely not 'beep'. (Ya gotta wonder about corporate process and marketing, was it the engineers that made a big gorgeous bike and then said, yeah 'Beep' is good? I think not.  ) I remember some really good looking horns on eBay once. There were two mounted behind a small frame and the unit was mounted below the triple tree and above the front fender. The small aluminum frame/cover had the Maiden head carved out of it. In any event, where does one purchase the Stebel Ear cannon? Best regards, Glenn |
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« Reply #24 on: February 09, 2010, 06:46:47 AM » |
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Did you have to make a special bracket for the ear cannon to mount in front of the petcock. I have a chrome cover over the trans. so the horn is going to be tight. I'd rather put it there than under the bike. Did you connect it to the factory horn. Any photos as you went along? TKS...Tom
Tom, If you look at my original photo, you can barely see the bracket. I used a piece of steel bar stock, maybe 2" to 3" long, 1" wide, and maybe 1/8" thick (these are approximate dimensions). A hole drilled in each end, painted black. There was an existing hole in the frame where the horn is mounted, that was drilled slightly larger and tapped. The photo below is a little blurry due to being enlarged. As for wiring, I removed the existing horn and rerouted the horn wires back to the battery box (I had to add extensions to each wire). I used the existing horn wires to trigger the relay for the new horn.  |
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« Reply #25 on: February 09, 2010, 12:42:11 PM » |
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I removed the stock horn and with a little mod, mounted the stebel right there; out front, loud and proud. I used the original, when they're ugly, why draw attention with more chrome? Ran the original wires up to a relay in the fairing and then right back down to the horn. I'll post a picture next week.
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« Reply #26 on: February 09, 2010, 01:16:22 PM » |
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I remember some really good looking horns on eBay once. There were two mounted behind a small frame and the unit was mounted below the triple tree and above the front fender. The small aluminum frame/cover had the Maiden head carved out of it. I have this settup. Hit a big pothole on the highway and it dented the top of my fender.  |
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« Reply #27 on: February 15, 2010, 04:13:21 PM » |
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PAVALKER
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« Reply #28 on: February 15, 2010, 09:38:57 PM » |
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What is that thing to the left (in the picture) of your horn (to the right side of the bike).  |
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« Reply #29 on: February 15, 2010, 10:25:42 PM » |
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« Reply #30 on: February 16, 2010, 09:06:22 AM » |
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Wow.... it does appear to be that. Never knew Kury had one,....  |
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« Reply #31 on: February 16, 2010, 09:25:37 AM » |
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according to this website the jet engine is 140 db @ 100 ft. i believe the horns are measured at 1 ft or 3ft something like that. and, i believe the sound is 1/4 for each doubling of distance. BUT, i could be wrong. if thats the case the stebiel would be WAAAAY below the jet engine, at the same distance. http://www.gcaudio.com/resources/howtos/loudness.html |
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« Reply #32 on: February 16, 2010, 10:03:17 AM » |
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I tried mounting mine in the pods but it was to big. Mounted it at the hangers as others have shown. Not much room of a place to mount one. It is loud. Took the air horn rig off.
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« Reply #33 on: February 16, 2010, 10:06:45 AM » |
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What is that thing to the left (in the picture) of your horn (to the right side of the bike). Hornet deer whistle http://www.xp3hornet.com/index.shtml |
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« Reply #34 on: February 17, 2010, 06:04:06 AM » |
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I tried mounting mine in the pods but it was to big. Mounted it at the hangers as others have shown. Not much room of a place to mount one. It is loud. Took the air horn rig off.
If you have the Stebel Nautilus, or an equivalent, it will fit in the pod. Takes a little wiggling, and you have to be holding your tongue just right in order to fit it in, but it will fit. |
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« Reply #35 on: February 17, 2010, 07:58:44 AM » |
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I've never had the guts to mount anything in the pods after holding my hands over the outlets while going down the highway, there is a LOT of heat coming out of them. Not saying it doesn't work, as many people have done it, I just prefer not to block that airflow, (or to potentially melt anything installed).
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