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...horn upgrade suggestions?
Written by davidfuller17 on 4/28/2010 at 11:35 am

I've got TWO Stebel Nautilus horns: one on my car, and one sitting on my
workbench waiting for the day I mount it on my PC.

I can tell you that the one on my car works really well. Very loud, and easy
enough to wire in. When I use it people pay attention. I just hope I can get the
other one mounted on the PC before I actually need it ;-).

One reason I'm procrastinating is that my horn switch is intermittent. I know,
take it apart, clean the contacts, etc, or just buy a new one. Its just that
I've got this procrastination gene. . .

--- In ipcrc@yahoogroups.com, "douglasvanb" <douglas.vanbossuyt@...> wrote:
>
> There are two options that I know of that are both relatively painless. They
both do require a tiny bit of work though.
>
> 1) Add a low-tone horn to the empty mounting bracket. Somewhere in the files
or links there is a description of how to do it and the part number to order (or
maybe that was a recent post here...)
>
> 2) Buy a Stebel Nautilus Compact Motorcycle Airhorn (amazon link:
http://www.amazon.com/Stebel-Nautilus-Compact-Motorcycle-Horn/dp/B000NPRTII )
and install it either in parallel or as the only horn for your bike. There is a
PDF in the files section with a good install guide.
>
> I just installed a Stebel horn on my bike over the weekend. My first "victim"
came along just as I was cleaning up my tools. One of the guys that lives in my
house asked me what I was doing. I told him to push the horn button to find
out. He nearly jumped out of his skin when that little air horn sounded. I
suppose that prank is a modification on the age-old "pull my finger" prank.
>
> The low tone horn is the easier installation (less wires) but I don't think it
will get as much attention as the more complex (you have to run a few wires and
such. Not that hard if I can do it though!) and very LOUD Stebel option.
>
> Now if only our bikes had more power, I'd put some trumpets off of a semi
truck on my bike. :-)
>
>
> Does anyone know of other options? I'd love to get together a list of
possibilities for my links page.
>
> --- In ipcrc@yahoogroups.com, "attitudehats" <MarkoSterling@> wrote:
> >
> >
> > today I had a close call in rush hour traffic, when this lady just decided
to merge into my lane. I quickly decided to avoid everything, and safely backed
off also pulling to the side away from her.
> >
> > so, for the rest of the commute, I pondered this PC's anemic wheezy oem
horn.
> >
> > so I have to ask the group brain trust here for suggestions with upgrading
the horn. I'd prefer something that is pretty much a drop in replacement if
possible.
> >
> > any better alternatives/upgrades out there?
> >
> > thanks
> >
> > Mark 89PC/34k
> > "the Flying Nun"
> >
>