Stebel horn installed; in place of OEM horn

That Mickey mouse horn just had to go!

After failing to get the Risers installed on my Rocket, since I already had the "pull back" handlebars on my Classic (and the cables turned out to be too short with the new Rivco risers) I decided to tackle the second project for my new Rocket.

I had a Stebel horn mounted on my VTX; it is the deluxe one that has a nice cover of chrome in the front (and frikken pricey too $149.00). I wanted to mount this horn on front of the lower triple tree of the Rocket, but knew that I had to do a little "Yankee Engineering" to make it work.

I ended up removing both the chrome cover in front of the OEM horn, and the OEM horn itself. I bent the horn mounting bracket in such a way that it would hold the Stebel in the correct position; used some star washer to help the grip of the nuts/bolts since the Stebel is heavy; and wired in a relay and tucked everything (wires) under the tank.

Below are some pic's of the finished project. I feel a lot better now having a horn that will "sound off" with a lot more decibels (139db) than the OEM (102db)







Kindest regards,

-Will

Nice job will.
I put mine in the same place,
but I opted for the cheaper fast black one. :lol:

Thats a mod no one should be without. Really gets their attention.

xhdskip said:

Nice job will.
I put mine in the same place,
but I opted for the cheaper fast black one. :lol:

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:lol: Thank you!

I already had this "expensive" sucker on the VTX but didn't like the "unchromed" area behind the horn, so figured that it would be perfect in the spot that I chose for the Rocket.

I had ordered a "chromed" "Bad Boy" horn which is a copy of the Stebel and re-mounted it on my VTX to replace the Deluxe one that I just stuck on the Rocket.

The Bad Boy is cheaper than the Stebel. Both are rated at 139db.

I would've gotten the faster "black one" :lol: but felt that it would stick out like a tick on 'da forehead of 'da Rocket.

:wink:

Kindest regards,


-Willl

Nice job Will, now how about some full size shots so I can see the bars and cables? And what year is your Classic?

Hi Scott,

It's a 2008

Here's some full shots:

http://www.vtxoa.com/forums/picture.php ... reid=11525

http://www.vtxoa.com/forums/picture.php ... reid=11521


Kindest regards,


-Will