Stebel ear cannon horn

[Toolman Tom]

Has anyone installed the 139 db Stebel Ear Cannon horn on their bike?  If so, where did you mount it.  This horn is considered the loudest you can put on a bike (except a train horn).  TKS...Tom

[Bladedog]

Tom

Just installed the Stebel Nautilus "compact motorcycle air horn" chrome version, if that's what you mean.  It's also rated at 139 dB.  It was very easy, I installed it just in front of the petcock valve.  I haven't taken pics but I can post some (or if other folks have pics they can post them as well)  I made a 4" long bracket out of 1" angled aluminum and bolted it in place, then ran the hot lead through a relay to the headlight enclosure to pick up the switched 12V.  I left the stock horn installed so if I just want a quick beep I can get that, but if I lean on that button... look out!

[Rocketman]

If you're going for the Nautilus compact, and you have in I/S, try putting it in a pod.  Fits great.  It leaves me wanting one for the other side, too, though.  (:

[Disco]

Here's my Compact Nautilus on a two-piece aluminum angle bracket mounted to the sidestand bracket.  It is LOUD (and fun)!

[vanagon40]

[Mikey]

+1 ... not only is it loud enough to alert cars... it's also loud enough to scare the crap outta your passenger... sometimes resulting in a slap upside the head! i run 4, the previous owner did it, and I love it!

[John Schmidt]

Mine is right up front so I get full benefit. It's right there, see if you can spot it. 


It's inside that right side radiator pod.

[X Ring]

Thanks.  I was trying to figure out where I was going to mount mine and I didn't want to mount it up front.  Stebels are not the prettiest things and getting the chrome version makes it a little more attractive but not much.

Marty

[Redline +]

Mine is right up front so I get full benefit. It's right there, see if you can spot it. 


It's inside that right side radiator pod.

Are those Cobra lights?  ???  Nice 

Redline 

[T-Bird]

It's inside that right side radiator pod.

I would bet a dollar to a donut that it is chrome!!! 
Great looking bike John 

[John Schmidt]

No....and No!  The lights aren't Cobras(see picture), and the horn is the ugly black one. Figured since it was going to be hidden why pay the extra $$. When I first got the bike I was looking around and apalled at the prices they wanted for a light bar. So, I figured I was at least as smart as the commercial boys and made my own. Paid a couple bucks for a 1" dia. piece of aluminum bar stock, had a piece of 1/4" flat stock in my junk box, total cost (not counting the lights) was two six packs of Bud for the guy to weld the aluminum together, less than $50 to have it chromed. The kid that chromed it for me asked me to bring it over before lunch and pick up by 2:00pm same day. Seems his boss had a business meeting and he did for me while he was gone. The lights, both the turn/run ambers and the driving lights, I picked up for $40 a set. I saw the driving lights sitting on a friend's shelf all covered with dust, I knew they had been there at least five years so I cajoled him into selling them for $40 since "it's obvious you're never going to use them." Did the same thing on the Kury turn signals, got them from another guy I know....used the same tease and he just laughed and took the $40. You can't get either for that price new and these were still in their original wrappers....covered with dust. I converted the turns/run ambers to clear lens with amber LED's. The driving lights I changed to Adjure bulbs with HD trim rings so they match the appearance of the headlight. The driving lights are mounted on HD 1" risers turned upside down with a short piece of SS bolted to the riser and the light bolted to the other end. Works for me.

[Kaz]

I mounted the Stebel Nautilus horn I bought inside my right Pod.  My cruise control servo is in the left Pod.  Kinda balances the bike.

[GJS]

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

[John Schmidt]

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

You can get them at Harbor Freight, don't know if they handle the chrome ones though.

[GJS]

Found it.
http://www.aerostich.com/ear-cannon-air-horn.html

Any one seen the horn I mentioned in the previous post?

Cheers,

Glenn

[Ken Tarver]

i have a pair of the tm80 magnums.....this is my son's bike, i have the same on mine though, hid the wires better since these pictures.

[Bladedog]

Stebel Nautilus Chrome can be had at Amazon.

http://www.amazon.com/Stebel-Nautilus-Compact-Motorcycle-Air/dp/B000TK5TLG/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=sporting-goods&qid=1265607081&sr=8-2

It reminds me of the loud horns you hear from the European trains. 

[X Ring]

Yeah, it's definitely not that embarassing meep sound of the stock horn nor the honking geese sound of the Rivcos.

Marty

[Rocketman]

In  any event, where does one purchase the Stebel Ear cannon?

You can get them at Harbor Freight, don't know if they handle the chrome ones though.

Harbor Freight sells the Wolo Bad Boy chrome, which is effectively the same thing.  I've had one of those on my Valkyrie for 3 years or so.  Still loving it.

I was also trying to come up with a dual-level horn, so I could just blip the horn and not get a blast, but I could pound the button and get full volume.  It turns out the Wolo/Stebel can do that.  If you barely tap the button, real quick, it doesn't open the diaphragm all the way, and only gives you a little blip.  But, if you pound the button, which is natural in an emergency situation, it blasts you away.  Exactly what I wanted, and it came built in (by mistake, most likely, but it works.)

[GJS]

I ordered mine!
Went with the black, as I will likely hide under the bike or in the IS fairing.
The insides of my pods are  taken with Fog Lights and LEDs.

Cheers,

Glenn

[John U.]

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.

[Sodbuster]

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 ....

[Toolman Tom]

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

[Toolman Tom]

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

[vanagon40]

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.

[RLD]

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.

[G-Man]

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.   

[RLD]

Pictures of my setup. I drilled through the original horn mount and bolted the Stebel directly to it.

[PAVALKER]

Pictures of my setup. I drilled through the original horn mount and bolted the Stebel directly to it.

What is that thing to the left (in the picture) of your horn (to the right side of the bike).???

[X Ring]

It appears to be the Kury Deer Whistle.  http://www.kuryakyn.com/index.cfm/go/Home.ProductDetail/IMID/1064

Marty

[PAVALKER]

Wow.... it does appear to be that.  Never knew Kury had one,....   

[sugerbear]

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

[BigM]

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.

[RLD]

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

[Rocketman]

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.

[RLD]

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).