New horns

[Guest]

I need to replace the horns on my 82 GS850G. Any particular brand or style you all like? I've never purchased horns before.

Thanks!

[Darin Jordan]

I might be looking as well. Decided I need something MUCH louder! Yup... drivers here in Seattle need a bit bolder reminder that I'm riding!

[BigD_83]

I'm partial to the styling of the stock horns, but my FIAMM dual tone road blasters leave me feeling much more satisfied when they are actually needed. They just look a tad clunky.

With a relay, they are louder than this dude's in his car:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4YJoUe-fY4

[posplayr]

Airhorns are loud but draw quite a bit of current if just using a relay.

http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum/showthread.php?130349-Wolo-Bad-Boy-Horn-Holy-CRAP-this-thing-is-loud!&highlight=wolo

http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum/showthread.php?219770-Wolo-Horn&highlight=wolo

http://www.amazon.com/Wolo-419-Bad-Boy-Horn/dp/B000F5DQWY

http://www.amazon.com/Wolo-619-Big-Bad-Horn/dp/B008J151H4

From an Amazon review

I removed the stock 510Hz horn since the Bad Boy 419 is a dual tone horn with 530Hz and 680Hz. This left the two wires I spliced to trigger the two relays for the new horns. With the total of three horns and 4 tones; Big Bad Max 619 @ 320Hz, Stock @ 420Hz, and the Bad Boy 419 @ 530Hz and 680Hz...this setup is surprisingly loud for a relatively simple setup if you're good with wiring.

[ShadowFocus603]

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0002MA03S/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=21S5Z16HRXNS2&coliid=I3IMT350O81N4G

Just make damn sure if you get these you DO NOT use them in an enclosed space. Especially if you run them through a relay (which you will right?...). I installed these on a scooter awhile back and have scared inattentive sh!tle$$ laying on them. I will be ordering 4 sets for my current stable hopefully soon.

[tatu]

A good time for this thread to come up, I bought a new (to me) car which is utterly invisible, its standard horn is a pathetic poop so I changed it for something similar to what the dude has in the vid, still not nearly enough, I found these on ebay...
Cheap as a bag of chips, I'll dismantle the bits I want, the ad said it's good for a kilometre.

[BigD_83]

Looks like those came off a boat!

[azr]

Up here in Canada Canadian tire sells horns that look almost stock, virtually the same size/same bolt hole etc.., except that they're not painted black and they're 130db, freakin' loud when you're getting a full 12V to them. All my daily drivers get them.

[chuck hahn]

Arent stock ones marked 120 DB on the rims???

[growler]

Do all aftermarket horns need a relay? I wouldn't mind upgrading, but don't want to take up a lot of space with the horns. Something similar to stock as far as size and shape would be ideal. I just need it to be better than the fart sounds that are coming from mine now.

[Steve]

Before you spend any money, try adjusting the horns.

There is a small screw and locknut on the back side of the horn. Loosen the locknut, adjust the screw in small amounts, listen for best sound. Make sure you check operation after adjusting, because of the way they work. If it is still sounding while you are adjusting, there is a point beyond which it will not start up again, but will keep sounding during the adjustment process.

If you get to the point of spending some money, check out your local auto parts store. They are about $12 each andn work quite well. You might want to paint them, depending on which store you go to. Some of them are all black, some are all silver, some are black with a silver rim.

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[azr]

Arent stock ones marked 120 DB on the rims???

All the stock ones I've thrown in a box were marked 105db

[posplayr]

All the stock ones I've thrown in a box were marked 105db

Just doing basic sounds checks there is no comparison between my stock horns and the Wolo Air Horn.

[ShadowFocus603]

Do all aftermarket horns need a relay? I wouldn't mind upgrading, but don't want to take up a lot of space with the horns. Something similar to stock as far as size and shape would be ideal. I just need it to be better than the fart sounds that are coming from mine now.

Something else you might try that I did on my Fiance's 750L is try running a direct power line from the battery to the horns. The horn/s should have 2 wires. A black and a green. The green is the ground which runs through the switch so leave that. Run the new power to the terminal/s that the black wire/s are currently plugged into. Made a world of difference.This is only temporary but it did demonstrate that a lot of weak horn issues are simply related to 30+ year old wiring issues. The bike will be getting a relay shortly. Considering how easy it is to find space for the relay there's really no excuse not to run one. You could even get one of these.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000CJ05WW/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_S_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=21S5Z16HRXNS2&coliid=I1I5JI6O1F0ABT

[growler]

Interesting. Never knew that. I'll mess around with them and see what I can do. Thanks for the tip!

Before you spend any money, try adjusting the horns.

There is a small screw and locknut on the back side of the horn. Loosen the locknut, adjust the screw in small amounts, listen for best sound. Make sure you check operation after adjusting, because of the way they work. If it is still sounding while you are adjusting, there is a point beyond which it will not start up again, but will keep sounding during the adjustment process.

If you get to the point of spending some money, check out your local auto parts store. They are about $12 each andn work quite well. You might want to paint them, depending on which store you go to. Some of them are all black, some are all silver, some are black with a silver rim.

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