Denali Soundbomb on a '19 SXSE+

[PaulieG]

I finally got around to installing my Denali Soundbomb on my new 2019 SXSE+. It seemed a little tighter than the '18 based on the couple of pics I saw here in another thread or two. The space where some '18 owners installed it under the right cover panel is not an option on the '19. There is an open space but turning the handlebars side to side shows that the space is needed for the steel braided brake lines. And you don't want those being crimped or impeded.

So I went with the radiator fan bracket option on the lower right side.

I fabricated (ie: cut, drilled holes and hammered it to fit) a small piece of 3/4" flat aluminum stock.

It's a very tight fit, I had to take a bunch of the right side fairing screws out to pull it away just enough to get my wrench in there to tighten everything down.

I installed the relay under the right side top cover panel, there's actually a couple of open pieces of molded plastic on the fairing that accept screws so I used a short (1/2") tapered screw with large threads to grab into one of those. There's also a good ground point right there.

Here is the inline fuse holder and relay with wiring harness I used (Sorry for the IMGUR links, I had trouble adding more attachments):


Here is the cool mounting point on the fairing I found:


Here is the relay installed and the ground point (also saw a crappy electrical tape job I did on the lead to the horn - gotta fix that):


Wiring for now is straight to the battery, not sure if I'm going to install any other accessories to warrant a power distribution block.

It is installed VERY close to the right most header. In the pic looks like it's touching but there's actually a couple of millimeters of space in there. But still, after four days of commuting you can see the horn is a little melted.

The sound is freaking amazing, Soooo loud. It's like a train horn. I've used a couple of times since posting this and it gets heard! Very pleased.

Ok, third and final edit (I hope). I decided to use exhaust wrap instead of the heat shield, that stuff would not have stayed on.

This time I took the time to take the whole side panel all the way off. A bit of a PITA but definitely worth it.

So now it's opened up...



I took the horn back out and yep, melted pretty bad! I filed down the melted bits that were sticking out.


The inside of the horn looks fine though


Added exhaust wrap to the little section near the horn, added safety wire top and bottom.


Horn reinstalled, this time with blue locktite


Wires all nice and neat


Here's a better pic of the ground point and yes, I fixed that crappy electrical tape

[Raddy47]

I saw this horn and heard it for first time on last episode of 44 teeth on YouTube. Blew me away. Now I’m interested.

Do you mind posting a link where you purchased? I might do this later on..

Did you keep stock horn? Was curious of your mounting position.

Pretty sure if it fits I’m hiding it in the fake right side air duct.

[Fitz]

Which relay did you get, or are you meaning the stock everything in the box of the soundbomb? I had thought I could just re-use the location of stock horn and even use some of the same wiring but per the other thread, I guess I'll need to run straight to battery and do the relay. (I am not electrically inclined)

[Snakes709]

Haha. I was saying to my buddy i want to install a train horn on my bike. This is a perfect solution.

[Raddy47]

Hard to tell in the pics but I just noticed that the horn seems pretty close to the headers. Are you concerned about it slowly melting? Or plan on wrapping that side of the pipe?

[PaulieG]

I saw this horn and heard it for first time on last episode of 44 teeth on YouTube. Blew me away. Now I’m interested.

Do you mind posting a link where you purchased? I might do this later on..

Did you keep stock horn? Was curious of your mounting position.

Pretty sure if it fits I’m hiding it in the fake right side air duct.

Denali Soundbomb from Revzilla: https://www.revzilla.com/motorcycle/den ... t-air-horn

The stock horn is still mounted but no wires are going to it. I will remove it this weekend probably.

I did not even look at the fake air duct, but my guess is that the horn is too big.

[PaulieG]

Which relay did you get, or are you meaning the stock everything in the box of the soundbomb? I had thought I could just re-use the location of stock horn and even use some of the same wiring but per the other thread, I guess I'll need to run straight to battery and do the relay. (I am not electrically inclined)

A relay came with it but I had bought a box of 5 or 6 relays with wiring harnesses so I used one of those. I'll post a pic when I get home from work.

The stock horn location will not work. The Denali is way too big.

I used the positive lead off the stock horn to run into the switch part of the relay.

[PaulieG]

Hard to tell in the pics but I just noticed that the horn seems pretty close to the headers. Are you concerned about it slowly melting? Or plan on wrapping that side of the pipe?

Well I wasn't worried before, but I am now!! Thanks a lot. ;) j/k

But thanks, I will keep an eye on it.

[PaulieG]

I've updated the original post with more photos and text addressing several questions.

[Raddy47]

I've updated the original post with more photos and text addressing several questions.

Very nice and informative thread. Especially with the updated original post. If that heat shield doesn’t work use it with a wrap over the portion of the pipe that is close. Should do the trick.