Stebel air horn

**Idaho** · 09-09-2007, 04:44 PM

I had a stebel air horn lying around on my work bench that I took off of my Volusia when I traded it in and decided to see about mounting in on the Nomad. Turned out to be a piece of cake. The Nomad horn bracket comes off with one bolt then the leads pull right off of the spade lugs on the horn. Took a voltmeter to figure out what was what with the leads and horn button. As it turned out one lead is hot all the time from battery positive when the ignition switch is on and the other lead supplies a ground through the horn button. If you pull these leads off the horn DO NOT allow either one to come into contact with each other or anything else when the key is on or you will blow a fuse. I just had to plug the hot lead onto the positive spade on the steebel horn and the ground lead onto the negative spade, turned on the key and hit the button. Sounds like a freakin Mack truck. Mounting was a snap. Had a Kuryakyn P clamp that fit right over the case guard. I did have to do a little searching in a hardware store last year when I mounted the Steebel on the Volusia for a longer bolt to replace the short one that came with the horn to accomodate the P clamp. Other than getting a P clamp and chasing down a longer bolt this was a 5 minute job. Now they can hear me!!!!!!
IDaho

dogdoc · 09-09-2007, 04:50 PM

so was you able to mount the stebel to the original horn bracket? or since you used a p-clamp did you mount it to the frame rail left side? Is it really just a 2 wire hook up? Thx

Doc

unwind2 · 09-09-2007, 04:53 PM

Good info.....I've got a chrome stebel air horn sitting around waiting on a 'honey dew' job. ...............still waiting :'(

**Idaho** · 09-09-2007, 05:22 PM

Doc, yes it was just a two wire hook up. The Kuryakyn P clamp goes around the highway bar so that the mounting hole hangs straight down and the horn bolt goes through it. I will try to get a picture up but be patient. I'm new to Photobucket.
IDaho

beezer · 09-09-2007, 05:26 PM

marked for future reference

**Idaho** · 09-09-2007, 10:26 PM

On the way home from dinner tonight I was enjoying my new 80/100 watt light bulb when I spotted a kitten run into the road in front of me and sat right in the way. I mashed the horn button and that little sucker went straight in the air swapped ends and hit the ground running with hair all fused up. He is probably in Montana by now.

Great horn.
IDaho

dano · 09-10-2007, 05:56 AM

You didn't use a relay ??? The Stebel pulls 17 amps and needs to
be used with a relay. If not you burn out your horn switch.
Ride safe,
Dano

dogdoc · 09-10-2007, 08:29 AM

I did read that ome place about needing a relay Dan. Good point.

ccmjr77 · 09-10-2007, 11:21 AM

I think the stock horn was very loud on my Nomad. I had a suzuki c50 that sounded like a kiddie horn and it needed the stebel, but the Nomad is very loud.

**Idaho** · 09-10-2007, 10:04 PM

I'm ashamed of myself. Dano is correct and I knew better. So, tonight I added an interpose relay to the circuit. Plugged the original horn connections onto the coil leads on the relay and ran a fused hot lead from the battery to one side of the open contact on the relay. Other side of the open relay contact went to the postive lead on the horn, then ran a ground wire to the frame from the negative post on the horn. When I mashed the horn button it came through LOUD AND CLEAR. Wife complains that her ears still hurt (She was in the garage at the time). Ooops. :) I will say that there must be some resistance in the horn button circuit because the horn is about twice the volume with the interpose relay than plugged directly into the two original horn leads. My thanks to Dano for calling me on the carpet. I was being lazy and I knew it. I took pictures of the installation but now I have to figure out how to get them loaded at the bottom of my message.
And with all due respect from my point of view the stock horn is anemic.
IDaho

**Idaho** · 09-10-2007, 10:14 PM

**Idaho** · 09-10-2007, 10:19 PM

Hey, I did it. Top picture shows the horn with the original leads plugged into the bottom of it. Those now go to an interpose relay and the wires are ran in a way that you can hardly see them. Bottom pic shows the Kuryakyn "P" clamp that holds the horn, I needed to get a longer bolt than what came with the horn to make that work.

Now, go ahead, pull out in front of me.
IDaho

**scion0** · 09-11-2007, 08:29 AM

Good job!

socwkbiker · 09-11-2007, 08:43 AM

Holy cow! That's one big horn! I would love to see the look on the face of the person who jumps in front of you!

**scion0** · 09-11-2007, 01:35 PM

Quote:

Holy cow! That's one big horn! I would love to see the look on the face of the person who jumps in front of you!

Almost looks too big though... have you ever kicked it with your foot?

09-09-2007, 04:44 PM	#1
Idaho Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Pocatello, Idaho Posts: 5,241	Stebel air horn I had a stebel air horn lying around on my work bench that I took off of my Volusia when I traded it in and decided to see about mounting in on the Nomad. Turned out to be a piece of cake. The Nomad horn bracket comes off with one bolt then the leads pull right off of the spade lugs on the horn. Took a voltmeter to figure out what was what with the leads and horn button. As it turned out one lead is hot all the time from battery positive when the ignition switch is on and the other lead supplies a ground through the horn button. If you pull these leads off the horn DO NOT allow either one to come into contact with each other or anything else when the key is on or you will blow a fuse. I just had to plug the hot lead onto the positive spade on the steebel horn and the ground lead onto the negative spade, turned on the key and hit the button. Sounds like a freakin Mack truck. Mounting was a snap. Had a Kuryakyn P clamp that fit right over the case guard. I did have to do a little searching in a hardware store last year when I mounted the Steebel on the Volusia for a longer bolt to replace the short one that came with the horn to accomodate the P clamp. Other than getting a P clamp and chasing down a longer bolt this was a 5 minute job. Now they can hear me!!!!!! IDaho __________________ Idaho (aka Curmudgeon) Blue Knights Idaho III VBA #110 VROC #24864 IBA #49753 2007 Nomad 86,000 miles Bud Smalley Pocatello, Idaho Idaho Jack Adapter Login or Register to Remove Ads
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09-09-2007, 04:50 PM	#2
dogdoc Top Contributor Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 5,263	Stebel air horn so was you able to mount the stebel to the original horn bracket? or since you used a p-clamp did you mount it to the frame rail left side? Is it really just a 2 wire hook up? Thx Doc
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09-09-2007, 04:53 PM	#3
unwind2 Sr. Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Dyersburg TN Posts: 2,858	Stebel air horn Good info.....I've got a chrome stebel air horn sitting around waiting on a 'honey dew' job. ...............still waiting :'( __________________ Nancy '05 Nomad Blue/Silver Kawanow Member #23 Hubbie-Ken '10 Metalic Black Goldwing
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09-09-2007, 05:22 PM	#4
Idaho Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Pocatello, Idaho Posts: 5,241	Stebel air horn Doc, yes it was just a two wire hook up. The Kuryakyn P clamp goes around the highway bar so that the mounting hole hangs straight down and the horn bolt goes through it. I will try to get a picture up but be patient. I'm new to Photobucket. IDaho __________________ Idaho (aka Curmudgeon) Blue Knights Idaho III VBA #110 VROC #24864 IBA #49753 2007 Nomad 86,000 miles Bud Smalley Pocatello, Idaho Idaho Jack Adapter
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09-09-2007, 05:26 PM	#5
beezer Top Contributor Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: The VooDoo Lounge Posts: 5,779	Stebel air horn marked for future reference __________________ 2012 FLHTK Login or Register to Remove Ads
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09-09-2007, 10:26 PM	#6
Idaho Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Pocatello, Idaho Posts: 5,241	Stebel air horn On the way home from dinner tonight I was enjoying my new 80/100 watt light bulb when I spotted a kitten run into the road in front of me and sat right in the way. I mashed the horn button and that little sucker went straight in the air swapped ends and hit the ground running with hair all fused up. He is probably in Montana by now. Great horn. IDaho __________________ Idaho (aka Curmudgeon) Blue Knights Idaho III VBA #110 VROC #24864 IBA #49753 2007 Nomad 86,000 miles Bud Smalley Pocatello, Idaho Idaho Jack Adapter
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09-10-2007, 05:56 AM	#7
dano Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: East TN Posts: 282	Stebel air horn You didn't use a relay ??? The Stebel pulls 17 amps and needs to be used with a relay. If not you burn out your horn switch. Ride safe, Dano
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09-10-2007, 08:29 AM	#8
dogdoc Top Contributor Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 5,263	Stebel air horn I did read that ome place about needing a relay Dan. Good point.
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09-10-2007, 11:21 AM	#9
ccmjr77 Advanced Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Anthem, AZ Posts: 642	Stebel air horn I think the stock horn was very loud on my Nomad. I had a suzuki c50 that sounded like a kiddie horn and it needed the stebel, but the Nomad is very loud. __________________ ccmjr77 2007 Kawasaki Nomad 1600
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09-10-2007, 10:04 PM	#10
Idaho Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Pocatello, Idaho Posts: 5,241	Stebel air horn I'm ashamed of myself. Dano is correct and I knew better. So, tonight I added an interpose relay to the circuit. Plugged the original horn connections onto the coil leads on the relay and ran a fused hot lead from the battery to one side of the open contact on the relay. Other side of the open relay contact went to the postive lead on the horn, then ran a ground wire to the frame from the negative post on the horn. When I mashed the horn button it came through LOUD AND CLEAR. Wife complains that her ears still hurt (She was in the garage at the time). Ooops. :) I will say that there must be some resistance in the horn button circuit because the horn is about twice the volume with the interpose relay than plugged directly into the two original horn leads. My thanks to Dano for calling me on the carpet. I was being lazy and I knew it. I took pictures of the installation but now I have to figure out how to get them loaded at the bottom of my message. And with all due respect from my point of view the stock horn is anemic. IDaho __________________ Idaho (aka Curmudgeon) Blue Knights Idaho III VBA #110 VROC #24864 IBA #49753 2007 Nomad 86,000 miles Bud Smalley Pocatello, Idaho Idaho Jack Adapter
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09-10-2007, 10:14 PM	#11
Idaho Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Pocatello, Idaho Posts: 5,241	Stebel air horn __________________ Idaho (aka Curmudgeon) Blue Knights Idaho III VBA #110 VROC #24864 IBA #49753 2007 Nomad 86,000 miles Bud Smalley Pocatello, Idaho Idaho Jack Adapter
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09-10-2007, 10:19 PM	#12
Idaho Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Pocatello, Idaho Posts: 5,241	Stebel air horn Hey, I did it. Top picture shows the horn with the original leads plugged into the bottom of it. Those now go to an interpose relay and the wires are ran in a way that you can hardly see them. Bottom pic shows the Kuryakyn "P" clamp that holds the horn, I needed to get a longer bolt than what came with the horn to make that work. Now, go ahead, pull out in front of me. IDaho __________________ Idaho (aka Curmudgeon) Blue Knights Idaho III VBA #110 VROC #24864 IBA #49753 2007 Nomad 86,000 miles Bud Smalley Pocatello, Idaho Idaho Jack Adapter
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09-11-2007, 08:29 AM	#13
scion0 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Peoria, Illinois Posts: 1,507	Stebel air horn Good job! __________________ ___________________ Mike "Scion0" VBA#: 0097 Former VBA North Central Asst Regional Leader St Jude Rides Peoria to Memphis Rider Retired MSgt, USAF (1979 -99) "Don't sweat the small stuff, and it's all small stuff!" Current ride: 2012 H-D Ultra FLHTCU (Black) Past ride: 2007 Black Nomad
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09-11-2007, 08:43 AM	#14
socwkbiker Top Contributor Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Jefferson City, MO Posts: 6,272	Stebel air horn Holy cow! That's one big horn! I would love to see the look on the face of the person who jumps in front of you! __________________ Jeff Platz VBA #0002 VBA VP-Global B.A.C.A. Hoss 2005 "StrongBear" Black/Silver Todd and BD
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