My stock disc horn was making a miserable bleat, so I decided to spring for a WOLO compact electrical/air horn. I mounted it temporarily by the left front triangular motor mount bracket, I don't intend for it to stay there, it's just to get some decent sound immediately.
I lost function of the stock disc horn this week, I had already removed it, blasted it, and painted it, and reassembled/mounted it. No sound, not a bit of a beep, nothing. So I threw my multi-meter onto the horn leads, hit the switch, and measured-nothing. Then I went to the switch, and found voltage, and a closer inspection of one spade female for the horn revealed nearly totally-severed copper strands. I crimped-on a new insulated female after measuring the skinned lead, 12V now.
Then I mounted the horn using a piece of aluminum angle-iron I cut to fit, after drilling two holes, radiusing the portruding end of the angle iron where it hit the round end of the compressor casing, just to tuck it in a bit. I haven't used the relay that came w/the horn but I will, I also bought a watertight ATC blade inline fuse to come-off the battery w/a copper O-ring terminal, & then to the relay.
The horn is much-louder than the pathetic meep-meep of the stocker, and I expect it to be even-louder when I wire-in the relay. I'm gonna use my decibel meter to measure the difference, and may try to get a measure on current draw each way too.
For those of you observant-enough to notice, "my God, he's risking his life, running without a motor-mount bolt!" I took it off while working on the horn to wire-brush it.
I do have a problem though, for some strange reason, I can't turn the bike to the right when I am trying to roll it around the carport :ummm::confused2:
And, in a totally-unrelated comment, I am getting closer to having my bike where I want it mechanically before I decide to disassemble it and to paint/powdercoat parts. PCW came this past week!:biglaugh:
Addendum: I relocated the horn from the lower left engine mount to the right side below the CV diaphragm covers. I used a piece of aluminum L-angle w/holes drilled in it.
I lost function of the stock disc horn this week, I had already removed it, blasted it, and painted it, and reassembled/mounted it. No sound, not a bit of a beep, nothing. So I threw my multi-meter onto the horn leads, hit the switch, and measured-nothing. Then I went to the switch, and found voltage, and a closer inspection of one spade female for the horn revealed nearly totally-severed copper strands. I crimped-on a new insulated female after measuring the skinned lead, 12V now.
Then I mounted the horn using a piece of aluminum angle-iron I cut to fit, after drilling two holes, radiusing the portruding end of the angle iron where it hit the round end of the compressor casing, just to tuck it in a bit. I haven't used the relay that came w/the horn but I will, I also bought a watertight ATC blade inline fuse to come-off the battery w/a copper O-ring terminal, & then to the relay.
The horn is much-louder than the pathetic meep-meep of the stocker, and I expect it to be even-louder when I wire-in the relay. I'm gonna use my decibel meter to measure the difference, and may try to get a measure on current draw each way too.
For those of you observant-enough to notice, "my God, he's risking his life, running without a motor-mount bolt!" I took it off while working on the horn to wire-brush it.
I do have a problem though, for some strange reason, I can't turn the bike to the right when I am trying to roll it around the carport :ummm::confused2:
And, in a totally-unrelated comment, I am getting closer to having my bike where I want it mechanically before I decide to disassemble it and to paint/powdercoat parts. PCW came this past week!:biglaugh:
Addendum: I relocated the horn from the lower left engine mount to the right side below the CV diaphragm covers. I used a piece of aluminum L-angle w/holes drilled in it.
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