Wolo Bad Boy air horn!

[Bighead]

I bought one of these horns to upgrade my 97 standards horn. Only problem was I couldn't find a spot to mount it that I liked and where I thought it looked good,so I decided to put it on my Interstate. Same problem you say? No sez I I pulled the right side radiator pod off and made a small bracket and mounted it onto the radiator bracket wired it up and put the pod back over the top of it
You can see a bit of chrome through the holes on the side but have to be looking for it. Works like a charm just thought I would share that tidbit.
Also if anyone has one mounted on a standard/tourer or even an IS could you put a picture up of where you placed it? Please. As I still would like to put one on my Standard.

[fordmano]

A little long but I grabbed this from my old thread... A bit more than you requested but sorry I am too lazy to edit it anymore than I already have..... Enjoy.

I was able to get my Stebel horn cleaned up/spruced up a bit and remounted even cleaned up the mounting bracket I had made when I originally installed it,, the mount was a hack job and I was in a hurry so it is what it is.

Here is how the mount and the horn looked like when I started out this morning.


And with the help of my trusty dremel tool set and a little can of Spray paint it cleand up ok in my eyes. NO it does not come out Like Chrome, more like a semi polished Aluminum, but it is cheap and easy and is WAY better looking than chips and the undercoat black plastic showing in sparse places.


And here is the finished product.

Well like most days, I did NOT get much accomplished today.
So here is what was taken care of.

I had to relocate just a little bit my 12volt socket, it was (and still is) located under the tank next to my Stebel air horn.
Here is what it looked like before.

Your going to have to imagine this just a little bit here, this is exactly the mounting location of the Stebel on the next step when I re-do the wires for the stebel I found a way I like the look of better than what I had started with on this project list.

You can see the bracket for the stebel still in place.

And here are a couple pictures of what I did to freshen up the 12volt weather proof socket and move it down a littel bit hidden back in a little farther and then bent the bracket to tilt it a little bit to make it a little easier to access.

[Bighead]

Thanks that is an idea.
Anyone else got it in a different location?

[BonS]

Same idea as Fordmano but with a twist. This is my IS:


On my Standard I stuffed one underneath the seat in front of my battery just behind the center cover. You can't see it at all and it's been fine there for years.

[Hoser]

When I got rid of my oem petcock, I put one here.  Hoser

 

[Jess from VA]

My Stebil Nautilus (same as Wolo I believe) was mounted to a steel plate, then turned upside down and secured to the swingarm underneath the bike with two long radiator clamps around the steel plate (completely hidden).  It was behind and did not interfere with the lift adapter.  It ate too much road dirt and died, so the next time I turned it around with the horn facing to the rear.  It again died from road crud two years later, so I took it off and mounted a loud electric car horn that won't eat dirt.  I only use my horn once every five years or in tunnels, and to pass my annual State inspections.  I have used horns so little in 40+ years of riding that I cannot find the button without looking for it, which is bad business in an emergency.

When someone does something stupid, I am getting out of the way, not hitting the horn and holding my ground.  I think 85% of horn use is for punishment AFTER the stupid thing has already happened.  I use a finger, war face,  and bad language for that.

[R J]

I sure does hope ya'll that are adding these horns, actually any horn for that matter, you are sending the power through a relay.

I have a 24 Chevy OOH-GA horn, 6 volt, that has been on several vehicles since I got it out the car in a junk yard about 68 years ago that still is going strong.  All I have ever done is pull the cap off, air hose the dirt and crap out of it, then add a couple of drops of oil on the little armature.    Several years ago I took a hacksaw blade to clean out the armature grooves, changed the brushes.   It got more rev's and sounded way better.    Couldn't get a bruch to actually fit, so bout 2 sets in case I firked one up.   Ground them down on the grinder and put them in.    That was like 40+ years ago.

I used to run it 12 volt, since I converted it to 6 volt power many moons ago it gets more attention on 6 volt.  I honked it at a Police Cruiser here in town one afternoon, he was over the lane painted line about 8 to 10", he looked up, grabbed the wheel and got into his lane and then waved at me.    As I passed him he came over the PA and said, "love your horn, it will wake ya up". 

It will even get most 18 wheelers to move or quit their farting around trying to read a map and running in at least 3 lanes.

[salty1]

My version! LOL. 

[BradValk48237]

I put one in each pod......

 

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[BF]

Like alot of others, this is where I put my Stebel.....

[Bighead]

I put one in each pod......

 

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I had that in mind also put a brown streak in someone's undies when ya hit it. Question though did you run a hot line for each off of one inline fuse or split and run two fuses?


And with all the other posts thanks . I guess I wasn't the only one able to find a good place for it

[da prez]

 I fabricated an aluminum bracket to bolt to the headlight bracket base (tourer) and pointed the wolo down to keep out the rain and bugs. 
  I now have the wolo trumpets with special brackets mounted under the headlight . They lead the way . I couldn't see having them so far back. I want the cage drivers (aimers) to know I am there.

                                  da prez

[BradValk48237]

I ran a hot line for each and a relay for each... then I just had to run the trigger from the original horn line.


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