better HORN

[Mittzy]

Anyone ever mounted a horn where the stock one is under the headlight? seems like there's a good amount of room there for a larger unit. Not sure how the aesthetics would be, but it does resolve the placement issue?

I was going to modify the original headlight bracket to make more room to do this I've even got a couple of spare headlight brackets to mess with but at the end of the day I couldn't be bothered

 

[rjsjota]

Anyone ever mounted a horn where the stock one is under the headlight? seems like there's a good amount of room there for a larger unit. Not sure how the aesthetics would be, but it does resolve the placement issue?

Hi ThePhoinix, I'm not sure if this will work quite the same on a Touring, but I have the Twisted Throttle Denali SoundBomb Split Dual-Tone air horn on my Roadster.
DENALI SoundBomb Split Dual-Tone Air Horn | TwistedThrottle.com

I installed the horn part under the headlight, where the stock horn used to be. There wasn't enough room, and instead of moving the cover forward, I cut the cover

away to make room for the new horn. Because the Roadster's horn cover is matt black, the horn blends in quite well, looks a bit like a "nose" between the headlamp "eyes", accentuating the Rocket's "face".

The compressor sits behind the left side cover, where the evap canister used to be.

 

[Bob R]

Anyone ever mounted a horn where the stock one is under the headlight? seems like there's a good amount of room there for a larger unit. Not sure how the aesthetics would be, but it does resolve the placement issue?

I put a Stebel Nautilus under there, used the same mounting bracket. It has been there for 4 years now. The company says to mount the horn vertically or nearly vertical but I figured I would take a chance and mount it horizontally. I figured the horn was cheap enough if I got a couple of years out of it I would be happy. With all of the other chrome on the Touring it just kind of blends in. It is out where it doesn't have any of the sound muffled. I ran a piece of rubber tubing around the body of the horn so it wouldn't pick up water or other stuff in the air intake.



bob

 

[Corey]

Morning Folks! Just wondering what has been the REPLACEMENT horn of choice? I honked this thing, and I don't think it would scare a fly.

I installed a Chinese air horn, cost me $18 Canadian, same as stebel but cheaper. You must install a relay.

 

[Corey]

Morning Folks! Just wondering what has been the REPLACEMENT horn of choice? I honked this thing, and I don't think it would scare a fly.

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[mark1400]

I have a compact air horn under the headlight & 2 air horns on the right side & 1 air horn on the left.

 

[Old N' Grumpy]

I have a compact air horn under the headlight & 2 air horns on the right side & 1 air horn on the left.

You WILL be heard!

 

[ThePhoinix]

I put a Stebel Nautilus under there, used the same mounting bracket. It has been there for 4 years now. The company says to mount the horn vertically or nearly vertical but I figured I would take a chance and mount it horizontally. I figured the horn was cheap enough if I got a couple of years out of it I would be happy. With all of the other chrome on the Touring it just kind of blends in. It is out where it doesn't have any of the sound muffled. I ran a piece of rubber tubing around the body of the horn so it wouldn't pick up water or other stuff in the air intake.



bob

That looks great - exactly what I was thinking it should be. Thanks for the photo and the horn info.

 

[cr0ft]

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Anything from Alibaba is going to be some totally useless crap made out of chinesium. You get what you pay for.

 

[Idaho Red Rocket 3]

I left my stock horn connected in its place. Then tapped the wires and put the Strebel under the left side cover. 2 horns works great.