Bad boy horn

[Guest jet man]

As you know' I'm not much of a writer; but I sure do read alot on the site. Any way I wanted to get the new stebel horn, as there as so many people who decide that they want to share the same blacktop as me so often. Well I did not want to wait to order one, so I went to the local harbor freight and bought a "BAD BOY" horn. HOLY s@#%, that sucker is loud! It was a simple add on and it looks exactly like the stebel horn. I'm not sure if the stebel is louder but I really don't think that I need it. Btw I used the little bracket off the original horn to install the new one. I simply enlarge the lower hole and mounted the horn sideways and used the upper hole to mount the relay. I also was able to get the horn at the on line add price of $34.99.

[Missionary Rider]

The Stebel horn was on my "To do" list so I'm glad to know you are satisfied with the alternative. AND A SPECIAL thanks to you for including the notes modifacations to the bracket. Keeps me from spending extra.

Good on ya!

Lynn

[Dooder1]

Jet Man

 

I bought the same horn about 2 weeks after install I went to use the horn and it barely had any sound coming out. I by passed the relay and it blasted. So if you have a prob in the future it could be the relay it seems to be pretty cheap to me. I just went down to local auto supply store and bought a nice heavy duty relay and havnt had a problem since.

 

John

[bongobobny]

I now have both and am in the process of mounting them where the original horns go. Haven't tooted either of them yet so I can't say if either is louder.

 

The compressor looks identical, the diaphragm covers are diferent shape plastic, and the Bad boy has a plastric cover over the compressor end where the mount is that the stebel doesn't have. I'm thinking the Bad Boy is a better deal...

[Guest jet man]

I have only had it on for a short time so I don't really know how long the relay will work, but I sealed around the prongs and the horn progs as well. I also followed the instructions verbatum, which by the way are extremely easy. How ever with that being said, any thing louder than the stock horn is better! I am tired of drivers with their stupid head sets on and their seat up against the steering wheel trying to occupy my space on the road. I sure hope this gives them a really good wake up call!

[jlh3rd]

i've used my stebel a couple of times in the last few weeks including last evening.......boy, do they jerk their car back into their lane , and quick.!

[yamahamer]

the compressor looks identical, the diaphragm covers are diferent shape plastic, and the bad boy has a plastric cover over the compressor end where the mount is that the stebel doesn't have. I'm thinking the bad boy is a better deal...

 

on the stebel i took the chrome cover from the inside and glued it to the top then glued the outer one on as well.

[MAINEAC]

The Stebel is rated at 139 Dbs... I think the Bad Boy is 119... I could be wrong tho...

[Schlepporello]

Someone had mentioned that the Stebel was rated at 139 DBS "at 4 feet's distance". I don't know if the Bad Boy's rating is at the same distance, I do know that the ad boy is way better than the stock waste of good metal that my bike was originally equipped with.

[AZSpyder]

The Stebel is rated at 139 Dbs... I think the Bad Boy is 119... I could be wrong tho...

 

They are rated a bit different but I wonder how the test setups compaired. Similar design and actual outputs could be closer (or farther apart) then advertised.

Jerry

[djh3]

OK at the risk of finding out I'm as stupid as I feel right now I have a question on mounting an aditional stebel/bad boy on the right side. The horn I bought came with a relay harness. Well looking at the harnes and the diagrhams I have it was goofy to say the least. So I wired up acording to the diagrham I have #30 to batt hot, 85 to the pink wire on the orginal hor connector to supply power to set relay, #87 to the horn and 86 to a ground. When I honked the front horn never shut off. So I disconnected fron horn and it sound like it is causing the front relay to engage when you hit the button but will not disengage. What am I missing on wiring this thing up. I'm pretty sure it is probably something simple, but had to shut down the project for the day.

[MiCarl]

The wiring diagram that comes with them is for a switched (+), which is typical on cars and light trucks. Motorcycles (Japanese ones anyhow) switch the (-).

 

Here is a diagram for how to easily wire for a motorcycle. It uses both horn leads which are simply slipped onto relay terminals 85 and 86.

[dingy]

OK at the risk of finding out I'm as stupid as I feel right now I have a question on mounting an aditional stebel/bad boy on the right side. The horn I bought came with a relay harness. Well looking at the harnes and the diagrhams I have it was goofy to say the least. So I wired up acording to the diagrham I have #30 to batt hot, 85 to the pink wire on the orginal hor connector to supply power to set relay, #87 to the horn and 86 to a ground. When I honked the front horn never shut off. So I disconnected fron horn and it sound like it is causing the front relay to engage when you hit the button but will not disengage. What am I missing on wiring this thing up. I'm pretty sure it is probably something simple, but had to shut down the project for the day.

 

3 pictures of a pair of air horns mounted on a 1st gen. They are on a set of aftermarket fog light mounts that show up sometimes on ebay. I think MiCarl also has duals on his. These are able to be heard well, and they are slightly different tones.

 

Gary

[djh3]

I got it figured out. I refered back to the orginal post here. Then retraced my wires. I had a couple things off. One I tied in my grounds (relay and horn to motor ground) and I wasnt using the brown horn wire. So I guess the moral of the story is check your work over.