Grunting up the horn

**slofox** · 26th September 2008, 16:40

Hard though this may be to believe, for those inured to the vagaries of the caged species, there have been occasions, when pootling upon the motorised velocipede, to call into service the warning device......

(= sometimes you have to parp the horn....).

So far this has resulted in a sound reminiscent of a newly castrated, motherless lamb in a South Canterbury blizzard on a moonless night.....sort of...."bleeeeeeeeeeaattttttt!" Fer gudzake, who is gonna take any notice of that?? IF they even hear the damn thing.......

What I want to know is, has anyone found a decent aftermarket horn that would graft onto an SV? - something that sounds more like a truckload of wild pigs locking up the brakes at 160km/hr, followed by a detonating atomic bomb......ie an audible horn - with a bit of grunt to it....?

'cause I would love to swap what's in there now......

**vifferman** · 26th September 2008, 16:51

I've got the standard horn on the VFR, boosted by dual Fiamm AM90 Super horns I bought from Repco for not very much.
Previous bikes had all sorts of odd horns that were also loud. The trick is to have more'n one, and have them powered via a relay connected to the battery with fattish wire. Oh - and make sure the standard horn's adjuster screw is tweaked for optimum loudness too.

**The Pastor** · 26th September 2008, 16:53

Search for "who wants a steebel"

**AllanB** · 26th September 2008, 17:19

I've been told that those little blue pills with a 'V' on them give you a strong horn

**slofox** · 26th September 2008, 17:56

Originally Posted by AllanB

I've been told that those little blue pills with a 'V' on them give you a strong horn

...I just knew some grubby minded bastard would go that way.....

Maybe I could shove one of them into the bike's warning device and test it out!!!

**Gwinch** · 26th September 2008, 18:16

Originally Posted by slofox

...I just knew some grubby minded bastard would go that way.....

Maybe I could shove one of them into the bike's warning device and test it out!!!

You'll never manage to keep the front wheel down if you do that.

**ManDownUnder** · 26th September 2008, 18:21

Get thee a Nautilus compact

http://www.stebel.it

It got me out of a few interesting spots on the NW motorway a few times - truck and trailer unit wanted to come and meet me - I hit the horn and the driver heard me - I was 1/3 of the way up the trailer (from the rear).

Impressed was I!

Spank has a post about them on an SV... but I'll only change if I find something better - I'll be bloody surprised if that's any time soon

**wysper** · 26th September 2008, 18:28

Originally Posted by slofox

So far this has resulted in a sound reminiscent of a newly castrated, motherless lamb in a South Canterbury blizzard on a moonless night.....sort of...."bleeeeeeeeeeaattttttt!" Fer gudzake, who is gonna take any notice of that?? IF they even hear the damn thing.......

The previous owner of my SV stuck an air horn on it. Friggen awesome.
I would highly recomend going down that path.
Compressor under the pillion seat, airhorn behind the fairings.

**Number One** · 26th September 2008, 18:36

Originally Posted by slofox

a sound reminiscent of a newly castrated, motherless lamb in a South Canterbury blizzard on a moonless night.....sort of...."bleeeeeeeeeeaattttttt!" Fer gudzake, who is gonna take any notice of that?? IF they even hear the damn thing.......

Oh thank god it isn't just my SV that has a terribly pathethic warning device!

The only time I thought to use the thing people in cars pointed and laughed! Thanks for posting this thread now I have some ideas on how to fix...wonder can ya get dixie horns on an SV

**slofox** · 26th September 2008, 19:47

Originally Posted by Number One

Oh thank god it isn't just my SV that has a terribly pathethic warning device!

The only time I thought to use the thing people in cars pointed and laughed! Thanks for posting this thread now I have some ideas on how to fix...wonder can ya get dixie horns on an SV

Yer...I reckon I could fart louder than that.......