replacing the horn. (nc30)

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hondagixer
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replacing the horn. (nc30)

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the horn is a little weak on the nc30 nd i was wondering if anybody has replaced it with something better.
i see they sell on ebay a Horn Relay Wiring Kit Plug-N-Play kit for the very loud Stebel Nautilus.
has anyone tried this or will it just overload things and not worth doing.

thanks in advance
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Re: replacing the horn. (nc30)

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Yes mine is feeble too........sounds more like summat off a noddy car....might as well shout at the f*ckers rather than use the horn.... :oops:
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Re: replacing the horn. (nc30)

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i'm ebarrased to use the horn. :(
It don't matter if i'm fixin' it or ridin' it.

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Re: replacing the horn. (nc30)

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Try adjusting it, mine is not too bad.
Back off lock nut and wind the adjuster screw in or out a 1/8th to 1/4 of a turn or so.
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Re: replacing the horn. (nc30)

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I've replaced virtually every horn on Hondas I've owned with Motrax Hootaz :peace: OE horns from the big H are piss poor.
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Re: replacing the horn. (nc30)

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did you have to do any mods for the motrax horns to work correctly and what sort of noise does it make?
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Re: replacing the horn. (nc30)

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Just split the supply to feed two snail shaped horns. Simple to make up a harness with crimp terminals. It's quite a nice twin tone sound and much louder than any OE bike horn I've come across. As loud as the horn on my 106 anyway and French car horns are generally quite beefy (usually because the brakes are shit lol).
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