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24th October 2011
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Join Date: Sep 2011
Posts: 51 Sportster/Buell Model: Iron 883 Sportster/Buell Year: 2010
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Any one installed the Harley Loud Horn Kit yet?
According to HD :
"Grab everyone's attention. Engineered to be 3dB louder (at 2 meters) than the Original Equipment front-mounted horn, this Horn Kit is tuned to a frequency note that helps cut through the background noise."
Has anyone installed this? I'm curious how much louder is this "Loud Horn". 3dB hardly seems much of a difference, so if anyone's done this mod, do chime in (pun intended  )
Here's the link to the kit on HD's website :
http://www.harley-davidson.com/gma/g...bmLocale=en_ca
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24th October 2011
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outside the box racing
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Phoenix, Az
Posts: 4,323 Sportster/Buell Model: Turbo 1350 XLSR Sportster/Buell Year: 99 Sportster/Buell Model #2: Turbo 1350 XLDS project Sportster/Buell Year #2: 2000 Other Motorcycle Model: 883->1330 dragster Other Motorcycle Year: 1991
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don't know any one who has installed the moco 'loud' horn but a lot of us have installed the 139db Stebel Nautilus. it is 'LOUD'. see here |
24th October 2011
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: NE Ohio
Posts: 31 Sportster/Buell Model: XL 883 Sportster/Buell Year: 2004
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I installed the Loud Horn on my '04. Overall, I am happy with it. It is louder, but what really makes it better is that it has a slightly lower pitch than the stock horn.
While 3dB doesn't sound like a big difference, keep in mind that decibels are a logarithmic measure. So, if you double the power ratio, the difference is approximately a 3 dB change. Not a huge difference, but definitely significant enough to notice.
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24th October 2011
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Join Date: Sep 2011
Posts: 51 Sportster/Buell Model: Iron 883 Sportster/Buell Year: 2010
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Swanny1172
I installed the Loud Horn on my '04. Overall, I am happy with it. It is louder, but what really makes it better is that it has a slightly lower pitch than the stock horn.
While 3dB doesn't sound like a big difference, keep in mind that decibels are a logarithmic measure. So, if you double the power ratio, the difference is approximately a 3 dB change. Not a huge difference, but definitely significant enough to notice.
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Thanks Swanny, so it sounds better in person than it looks on paper? I was considering a Hella Supertone, but those wouldn't fit without ugly brackets (and the horns themselves are kind of an eyesore). So i'd be keen on the loud horn kit if there's a noticable difference.
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24th October 2011
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Join Date: Sep 2011
Posts: 51 Sportster/Buell Model: Iron 883 Sportster/Buell Year: 2010
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Swanny, by the way, was it a simple swap out? According to the product description it's supposed to be. Was there any additional hardware required?
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24th October 2011
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Drag Race Champion
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Posts: 397 Sportster/Buell Model: 883c Sportster/Buell Year: 2006
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Got one it is louder and easy to install
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24th October 2011
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Southwestern Minnesota
Posts: 1,450 Sportster/Buell Model: XL1200 Low/TTS/Gronked Sportster/Buell Year: 2007 Sportster/Buell Model #2: XLCH1000 Sportster/Buell Year #2: 1975
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I did the cowbell horn conversion to mine, I don't know if or even how much louder this one is but a Harley should never have a Toyota horn on it, so I had to do something to get rid of the original. Sounds much better.
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25th October 2011
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Join Date: Apr 2011
Posts: 31 Sportster/Buell Model: Nightster Sportster/Buell Year: 2011
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I have one. Not as loud as a Stebel, but louder than stock. Looks and mounts like the stock horn.
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25th October 2011
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Senior Master Custom Bike Builder
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Kennett Square, PA
Posts: 5,636 Sportster/Buell Model: 1200Lr Sportster/Buell Year: 2007 Sportster/Buell Model #2: Guzzi V7 Sportster/Buell Year #2: 2013 Other Motorcycle Model: Ducati M696 Other Motorcycle Year: 2011
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Swanny1172
I installed the Loud Horn on my '04. Overall, I am happy with it. It is louder, but what really makes it better is that it has a slightly lower pitch than the stock horn.
While 3dB doesn't sound like a big difference, keep in mind that decibels are a logarithmic measure. So, if you double the power ratio, the difference is approximately a 3 dB change. Not a huge difference, but definitely significant enough to notice.
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Swanny, might I ask - have you heard a single low-tone Fiamm and if so, how would you compare this one?
I was thinking of installing this on my wife's Ducati (because I get a perverse pleasure installing Harley parts on Italian bikes and because the small size would fit nicely behind the oil cooler cover on her bike). |
28th October 2011
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Biker
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Posts: 2 Sportster/Buell Model: xl1200n Sportster/Buell Year: 2009
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I also installed the loud horn. It mounts just like the factory horn.
I used my iphone Db meter before and after.
Factory horn @ 10 feet = 88Db
Loud horn @ 10 feet = 103Db
I can definitly tell a difference.
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