« previous next »
  Go Down

Author Topic: Anybody using replacement horns on a C-10?  (Read 6812 times)

Offline ManWorkinghere

  • Full Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 204
  • Country: us
  • 2001 Kawasaki Concours ZG1000A
    • Avatar database
Anybody using replacement horns on a C-10?
« on: June 10, 2011, 02:16:08 PM »
Quote from: Flying Kaw on May 18, 2011, 07:13:46 PM
BMW 1150RT horns.  They require no special circuit or extreme volt/amps.  They are loud...like a car horn.

Over in the C-14 Forum, someone is asking about replacing horns.  One idea there is to use a 'Stebel Nautilus' air horn.  Another idea is to use BMW horns.

The BMW horns come in 'high' and 'low' tones.  Would you consider replacing both OEM horns with a high and a low?  Or can you get just one BMW horn to mix and match?

Other ideas or products you have tried, good or bad?
Logged
after 2012 Rallybefore 2012 RallyCOG#9292:-)

Offline gtr1000

  • Arena
  • Full Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 154
  • Country: gb
Re: Anybody using replacement horns on a C-10?
« Reply #1 on: June 11, 2011, 08:57:43 AM »
IIRC, the Nautilus compressor can be mounted relotely from the horn itself, thereby giving you some flexibility as to where to mount the two components.

Me, I'm still toying with the idea of mounting these, the TM80 Magnum http://www.stebel.it/stebel2009/products.asp?IDserie=3&uso=1&tipologia=auto but it's gonna be a winter project as it's means removing some (a lot?) of the fairing.

These horns are sold OTP by www.nippynormans as BMW horns. Think of a price on E-bay and double it, then call em BMW horns  :o
Logged
Paul OTP (near Windsor, GB).

06 C-10, 2009 to .....
A5 C-10, 2000 to 2009.

Offline connie_rider

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 1546
Re: Anybody using replacement horns on a C-10?
« Reply #2 on: June 11, 2011, 09:47:41 AM »
Not familiar with the C-14 Horn mount.
But a set of Fiamm Freeway Blasters was always listed as a good loud set on the C-10.
Available at most auto part stores and I think available at Harbour Freight.
I installed a set of louder horns on my first C-10.  Was not the Fiamms, but was well worth the effort.

Ride safe, Ted
Logged

Offline Nosmo

  • Full Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 254
  • Country: us
  • "We're all in this together." - Red Green
Re: Anybody using replacement horns on a C-10?
« Reply #3 on: June 11, 2011, 11:51:27 AM »
Way pay some exhorbitant price for BMW horns?  I have the FIAMM Freeway Blasters (Hi/Lo) set on both the Connie and the Wee-strom and they are real attention-getters.
Logged
A life undreamed is a waste.  A dream unlived is a sin.

Offline Pfloydgad

  • Full Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 356
  • Country: us
  • When I was a child, I caught a fleeting glimpse
Re: Anybody using replacement horns on a C-10?
« Reply #4 on: June 11, 2011, 12:53:07 PM »
I have my Fiams on the base of the tripple tree, facing down and forward. By firing straight out it really gets the drivers attention.
Hope it helps some.
Ride safe all.
Greg
Logged
Why did we have to run for cover with the promise of a brave new world unfold beneath the clear blue sky ?

Offline Nosmo

  • Full Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 254
  • Country: us
  • "We're all in this together." - Red Green
Re: Anybody using replacement horns on a C-10?
« Reply #5 on: June 11, 2011, 04:21:34 PM »
Pfloydgad:

I'm curious about meaning of the Martian language phrase in your sig line.  The only Martian I know is Michael Rennie's instructions to Patricia Neal in the movie "The Day the Earth Stood Still"?

"Klaatu barada nikto!"

Now I have to watch my tape of it again tonight.
Logged
A life undreamed is a waste.  A dream unlived is a sin.

Offline bbroj

  • Full Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 357
  • Country: us
  • To be determined...
Re: Anybody using replacement horns on a C-10?
« Reply #6 on: June 11, 2011, 04:39:11 PM »
I have the Stebel replacement horns that Murph sells. Not the air horns, just the high Db electric ones that are "almost" a direct replacement for the stock horns. Nice and loud, but not a dual tone setup that I can tell. Definately much louder than stock.
Logged
'12 C-14, Vance and Hines CS One muffler, lowered pegs, tank bra, bar risers, Phil's Farkles rack with Givi V46 top box, fender extender, Bucks tail brights, Canyon Cages and much more to come!
COG 9331
http://www.zggtr.org/index.php?action=dlattach;attach=1302;type=avatar&time=1422479190

Offline Pfloydgad

  • Full Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 356
  • Country: us
  • When I was a child, I caught a fleeting glimpse
Re: Anybody using replacement horns on a C-10?
« Reply #7 on: June 11, 2011, 09:20:01 PM »
Nosmo,
Finally........someone noticed. i like to change that up at times, just to see if anybody notices.
 YOU are correct, this is what he said to her before he took a short nap.
You win................atta boy.
Ride safe all.
Greg

Now I have to change it again. Joy
Logged
Why did we have to run for cover with the promise of a brave new world unfold beneath the clear blue sky ?

Offline connie_rider

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 1546
Re: Anybody using replacement horns on a C-10?
« Reply #8 on: June 12, 2011, 08:46:23 AM »
Ok, inquiring minds gotta know.
What is the meaning?    (Acktu Barata Nictu )  ("Klaatu barada nikto!")
 :nuts:

Ride safe, Ted
Logged

Offline Pfloydgad

  • Full Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 356
  • Country: us
  • When I was a child, I caught a fleeting glimpse
Re: Anybody using replacement horns on a C-10?
« Reply #9 on: June 12, 2011, 10:29:26 AM »
Go get that big a$$ robot I left standing in front of my spaceship, tell him I just got shot and need to be revived because I'm probable going to die. Oh yea, and tell him not to destroy the Earth, they are just to stupid a species to understand we are only heare to help. Thanks for you help.
Just aloose translation, remember we are to stupid to realy know what is going on.
Ride safe anyways all.
Greg
Logged
Why did we have to run for cover with the promise of a brave new world unfold beneath the clear blue sky ?

Offline Nosmo

  • Full Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 254
  • Country: us
  • "We're all in this together." - Red Green
Re: Anybody using replacement horns on a C-10?
« Reply #10 on: June 12, 2011, 11:59:04 AM »
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still

The ORIGINAL, not the suck-a$$ remake.  One of the all-time classic films, science-fiction or otherwise.  Required viewing for all thinking people.

Pfloydgad's translation is spot-on, I think.

Man, is this a thread-jack or what?  Sorry..................
Logged
A life undreamed is a waste.  A dream unlived is a sin.

Offline Pfloydgad

  • Full Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 356
  • Country: us
  • When I was a child, I caught a fleeting glimpse
Re: Anybody using replacement horns on a C-10?
« Reply #11 on: June 12, 2011, 05:49:00 PM »
On the old site,  it took 15 off topics to "Jack" a thread, we did this one in 11.
So it only seems accurate to call an 11 thread 'Jack" a "Barata Jack".
And of course, if anyone has anything to add to the horn thing, now would be the time.
Ride safe all.
Greg
Logged
Why did we have to run for cover with the promise of a brave new world unfold beneath the clear blue sky ?

Offline DaveO430

  • Jr. Member
  • **
  • Posts: 36
Re: Anybody using replacement horns on a C-10?
« Reply #12 on: June 12, 2011, 08:11:35 PM »
Find some 03 and later Honda accord horns, pretty loud and even pretty inexpensive new. Same thing as GL1800 horns and they scared me the first time I used mine.
Logged

Offline Daytona_Mike

  • Arena
  • Full Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 825
  • Country: us
Re: Anybody using replacement horns on a C-10?
« Reply #13 on: June 12, 2011, 08:53:09 PM »
I have the Stebel Nautilus mounted to the base of the forks and they are insanely super loud. I have stopped deer from crossing in front of me
(2 of them ran along side me and finally turned away but I knew where they wanted to go, across my bow)
Without my ear plugs in they scare the crap out of me!.
Logged
If you still have fuel in the tank, you are not lost yet
Most motorcycle problems are caused by the nut that connects the handlebars to the saddle

Offline connie_rider

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 1546
Re: Anybody using replacement horns on a C-10?
« Reply #14 on: June 13, 2011, 05:20:52 PM »
Quote from: connie_rider on June 11, 2011, 09:47:41 AM
Not familiar with the C-14 Horn mount.
I installed a set of louder horns on my first C-10.  Was not the Fiamms, but was well worth the effort.
Ride safe, Ted

The set I put on my bike were off a 1967 "850 Fiat".
They; were loud enough to slow the bike when I blew the horn..
          could make a person drop their shopping bag if you "snuck" up behind em' in a parking lot. <evil grin>
         

But, (somehow) I suspect they may be a litle hard to find now....

Ride safe, Ted
Logged

Offline Nosmo

  • Full Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 254
  • Country: us
  • "We're all in this together." - Red Green
Re: Anybody using replacement horns on a C-10?
« Reply #15 on: June 13, 2011, 07:31:42 PM »
Quote from: connie_rider on June 13, 2011, 05:20:52 PM
The set I put on my bike were off a 1967 "850 Fiat".
They; were loud enough to slow the bike when I blew the horn..
          could make a person drop their shopping bag if you "snuck" up behind em' in a parking lot. <evil grin>
         

But, (somehow) I suspect they may be a litle hard to find now....

Ride safe, Ted

They're off a FIAT, and they still work? :o
Logged
A life undreamed is a waste.  A dream unlived is a sin.

Offline ITeach2Wheels

  • Newbie
  • *
  • Posts: 11
Re: Anybody using replacement horns on a C-10?
« Reply #16 on: June 13, 2011, 11:06:49 PM »
+1 for the Stebel Nautilus (?).  I split my compressor from the horn bell and mounted to in the fairing on the rt side next to the headlight.  The clamp for the compressor is about a perfect fit for the fork.  A couple of zip ties (black of course, don't want to look like a hill-rod) and some black silicone to be sure.  Ran some clean vinyl hose between them and watchout!!  As an added bonus, the horn leads are right there, close enough to power the relay to control the whole thing.

Best thing is when students ask me what that black thing is on my forks, I get to show them. (hehehe). ;-))

If you need to see a pic I can take one in the morning, it's a little late to go out to the garage tonight.
Logged

Offline timsatx

  • Arena
  • Full Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 856
  • Country: 00
Re: Anybody using replacement horns on a C-10?
« Reply #17 on: June 14, 2011, 06:30:20 AM »
Mike, I love that avatar. Where is that from? That is a sick slide on that bike.
Logged

Offline connie_rider

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 1546
Re: Anybody using replacement horns on a C-10?
« Reply #18 on: June 16, 2011, 01:14:31 PM »
Quote from: Nosmo on June 13, 2011, 07:31:42 PM
They're off a FIAT, and they still work? :o

Fiat electronics that actually work.  Sounds amazing doesn't it?
While I was in the Navy, I had an 850 Fiat and was amazed by loudness of the horns.
Later, I found an old Fiat at the junk yard and had to give the horns a try.
They did work for quite awhile.  Loud is an understatement!
But, I sold the bike later and may have chabged the horns prior to selling.
Don't recall...

Ride safe, Ted
Logged
  Go Up
« previous next »