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acumen horn
« on: 24 May 2013, 09:17:00 am »
fitted one of those ACUMEN horns last night,advertised as being very loud ,i think 130 db,bit disappointed with the sound and its not as loud as i would like...would be more at home on my grandaughters tricycle  :'(
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Re: acumen horn
« Reply #1 on: 24 May 2013, 10:00:05 am »
Red you must be a deaf as me then  :o .


I bought one last year after all the raving on here (and it comes in a nice little tin), and its no louder than the standard farty thing. Internet forums, not always full of good advice  :rolleyes .

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Re: acumen horn
« Reply #2 on: 24 May 2013, 11:31:49 am »
pardon,what was that  :o :o :o .....yep same as standard horn,does the job and at £6 was cheap.......iam thinking fog horn...if the pesky cagers cant see me i want to make sure they can hear me  :rolleyes
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Re: acumen horn
« Reply #3 on: 24 May 2013, 12:15:31 pm »
Stebel Magnum 139db :)

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Re: acumen horn
« Reply #4 on: 24 May 2013, 12:23:15 pm »
Stebel Magnum 139db :)

 
 
yep....thats what iam thinking now  ;)
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Re: acumen horn
« Reply #5 on: 24 May 2013, 01:17:52 pm »
I have the Stebel Magnum and cant fault it. The Stebel nautilus is even louder but that's a air horn.
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Re: acumen horn
« Reply #6 on: 24 May 2013, 01:19:15 pm »
The Stebel nautilus is even louder but that's a air horn.


And the problem with that is...... :lol
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Re: acumen horn
« Reply #7 on: 24 May 2013, 01:27:38 pm »
It would make my ears bleed.  :eek
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Re: acumen horn
« Reply #8 on: 24 May 2013, 02:03:26 pm »
Red you must be a deaf as me then  :o .


I bought one last year after all the raving on here (and it comes in a nice little tin), and its no louder than the standard farty thing. Internet forums, not always full of good advice  :rolleyes .

I did exactly the same cos of that thread, but still haven't got around to fitting it!
Guess I won't bother now  :( at least its a job I can cross off my to do list!
But the tin is great, currently keeping all my screwdriver bits in one place  :)

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Re: acumen horn
« Reply #9 on: 24 May 2013, 07:34:13 pm »
Red you must be a deaf as me then  :o .


I bought one last year after all the raving on here (and it comes in a nice little tin), and its no louder than the standard farty thing. Internet forums, not always full of good advice  :rolleyes .

I did exactly the same cos of that thread, but still haven't got around to fitting it!
Guess I won't bother now  :( at least its a job I can cross off my to do list!
But the tin is great, currently keeping all my screwdriver bits in one place  :)




its a good standard horn for £6 its just that a want a really loud one......i`ll have to spend a bit more money  ;)
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Re: acumen horn
« Reply #10 on: 24 May 2013, 09:51:49 pm »
I had a steel nautilus but that melted on the fire bike, now got a cheaper Chinese copy, just as loud, 1/3 of the price, bloody brilliant, for full db you must install it with a relay directly powered to the battery, easy enough and on these bikes fit neatly under the left fairing infill!
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Re: acumen horn
« Reply #11 on: 25 May 2013, 10:15:47 am »
I had a steel nautilus but that melted on the fire bike, now got a cheaper Chinese copy, just as loud, 1/3 of the price, bloody brilliant, for full db you must install it with a relay directly powered to the battery, easy enough and on these bikes fit neatly under the left fairing infill!


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Re: acumen horn
« Reply #12 on: 25 May 2013, 07:00:22 pm »
I have emailed stebel regarding there new Marine version of the nutalus compact  several times and they cant be bothered to reply !
 anyway Some bloke just knocked on my door and gave me these
 

 
there from a BMW e30 which he is helping set up to race ? any good ?  Im guessing the'll be fine with the ight wiring ?
 
 if anyone knows of an online diagram please post a link up !