HD Premium Air Horn
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From: Rockwall, Texas
HD Premium Air Horn
I had the HD Premium Air Horn installed on my '07 Ultra when I bought it. Had to replace it within a year. Fortunately it was cover under warranty and didn't cost me anything. Rode today and needed to use the horn. Didn't work. When I got home I was checking it out and it would just make a grawling sound. Decided what the heck, since it is no longer under warranty what can it hurt to see why it wasn't working. Sitting in my garage it now works!! Guess I won't know if it is truely fixed until I take it out on the road.
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From: Indiana
I have had two of these on my Ultra. They are junk in my eyes. They work, they don't work, they work again. Take them off, clean them really good, same process all over again. Heck, if you jam your fingers into the horn, it works fine. If you don't, it doesn't make a sound. Then 10 minutes later, it works fine.
After a very close call where the horn wouldn't work at all, I pulled it and put on a MiniBeast 2 version 2. Works every time, and even louder (and better looking in my eyes).
After a very close call where the horn wouldn't work at all, I pulled it and put on a MiniBeast 2 version 2. Works every time, and even louder (and better looking in my eyes).
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From: Texas
Did anyone who used a non HD air horn use HD's wire set for their Air Horn or rewire it themselves? Bought a Stebel Nautilus Air Horn (should have it by next week) which is suppose to be what is under the cover of the mini beast air horn. Had a friend tell me needed to rewire with a heavier gauge than stock and to be careful not to burn out horn switch. Any thoughts and help appreciated!
Road Captain
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From: Mission, Texas
I have the HD horn and it's not very good imho. At first it's sound blast starts low before getting louder so you can't use it to just tap the horn at someone and it's not loud enough imho to offset the added cost of the stock horn which is really worthless.
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From: Newbury Park, CA
I too have the stebel Nautilus and just haven't installed it yet. It comes with a relay that will eliminate the need for that larger gauge wire....at least to the switch. Heavier gauge is needed to teh horn itself, but I forget how heavy.
I have a file on my computer (or I think you can still search for it) that goes through teh installationof the Stebel in detail with pix. I will try to add it tomorrow when I get home.
I have a file on my computer (or I think you can still search for it) that goes through teh installationof the Stebel in detail with pix. I will try to add it tomorrow when I get home.
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From: Biddeford, Maine
Definitely use the relay with the Stebel. I wired up the Mini-Beast as instructed with the relay, and it works great. The other day I was on the highway doing 3000rpm around 75mph, and I hit the horn and held it there...........I could see the battery voltage drop just a little bit on the gauge. The air compressor really draws some power, so to have it wired directly to the battery and triggered thru the relay is the best/only way to do it right.
Steve
Steve