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New horns

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

http://www.thegsresources.com/_foru...-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.
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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...
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Cheap as a bag of chips, I'll dismantle the bits I want, the ad said it's good for a kilometre.
 
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.
 
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. :p
 
Before you spend any money, try adjusting the horns. :-k

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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growler said:
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. :p
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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...TF8&colid=21S5Z16HRXNS2&coliid=I1I5JI6O1F0ABT
 
Interesting. Never knew that. I'll mess around with them and see what I can do. Thanks for the tip!


Steve said:
Before you spend any money, try adjusting the horns. :-k

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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The adjustment screw can make a huge difference to the tone and volume.

To be honest, I actually don't mind the stock horns, and would like to have them on the bike, but the FIAMMs came with it when it was donated to me. I would've kept the stock horn, but it rattled off the bike, hit me on the foot, and rolled into a ditch, never to be found again in the first months after getting the 650G on the road.
 
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