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PostPosted: 03:19 - 06 Jul 2004    Post subject: New horns tomorrow, but where? Reply with quote

Currently my horn makes a sound like a frightened kitten, not much use when 2 tons of metal and glass are hurtleing towards you while the owner chats idley on their phone...

so if they dont see me they are going to fecking well hear me Twisted Evil Mwahahahahaha! Twisted Evil

https://www.vehicle-wiring-products.co.uk/VWPweb2000/horns/Images/GroupImage2.GIF

ok, so, i'm not worried about wireing them in thats not a problem, the thing/s is/are though..

Is there any specific way they should be mounted? i.e. faceing up/down? front/back?

As i understand it as long as its a single continuous tone they are perfectly legal? would the same apply with these? (they dont have a tune or anything, just one high one low fog horn blastyness)

I have prity much two places i can mount them, one is on the rack on the back, these would leave them for all to see, i'd prefer to keep them hidden, there is space under a side panel, the thing is there isn't anywhere i could mount it really, i could make some sort of brackett from pc case bits that hangs down from somewhere or gaffa tape it on and thats about it, i'm guessing it would not pass the mot in such a state?

Any other ideas or anything i might have missed?

Incidentaly i thought i was fairly mad doing this till i found this... https://bike.owns.com/ (look further down, you will know what i mean when you see it)
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PostPosted: 09:45 - 06 Jul 2004    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Incidentaly i thought i was fairly mad doing this till i found this... https://bike.owns.com/ (look further down, you will know what i mean when you see it)


Yes i would have thought putting a PC under the seat is a bit of an extreme mod, even for the most devoted tart!
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PostPosted: 00:28 - 07 Jul 2004    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yes intensely tartish!
Dont think i'll ever get so bad as to do that... (besides a laptopwould be easyer Very Happy )

So i have them ready, has anyone got any ideas on the legalitys of these though? and in the mounting of them? i still havent had any ideas on how to mount them to the air box :/

i'm sort of looking forward to useing them Razz
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PostPosted: 00:34 - 07 Jul 2004    Post subject: Reply with quote

Not sure why your fitting air horns, but they'll sure as f**k wake dozy car drivers up.

Imagine hitting the horn button accidentally whils going for indicators.. I'd f**king jump off my seat and land on the tank Shocked
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PostPosted: 00:46 - 07 Jul 2004    Post subject: Reply with quote

Lol i do that occasionally but my headphones are on too loud for me to really notice Twisted Evil

That said i like the idea of having a BIG fuck off horn. Maybe one of them comedy ones, i could fit it in the rear hump and set it off whenever i pass people. Hehe that could be funny.
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PostPosted: 00:50 - 07 Jul 2004    Post subject: Reply with quote

Does anybody actually hit their horn button while going for the indicators? I know I do it's bloody embarrasing.
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PostPosted: 00:50 - 07 Jul 2004    Post subject: Reply with quote

hmm i love that idea, where and how much did/do you get those airhorns from?! i want some as my horn is perfectic Evil or Very Mad
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PostPosted: 00:56 - 07 Jul 2004    Post subject: Reply with quote

YamsR6 wrote:
Not sure why your fitting air horns, but they'll sure as f**k wake dozy car drivers up.


Answered your own question Very Happy

But yes it will sure as hell get their attention! with the added comedy affect of them filling their pants Laughing i'll actually look forward to geting cut up so i can use em Twisted Evil

They are £20 and i'd imagine they can be found cheeper, its not a bad price to pay for 100% gaurentee of somebody hearing it, theres no way whatsoever somebody in a car with music on and phone glued to their ear on the motorway would hear the current offering, they will hear this.

i could allways go get one of these instead... hmmm


https://www.vehicle-wiring-products.co.uk/VWPweb2000/horns/Images/GroupImage.GIF


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where and how much did/do you get those airhorns from?!


Just a normal car parts shop, you'd get the in halfords i'd imagine Thumbs Up not sure where i got the idea but i like to have hidden surprises on my bike, makes it that little bit more special Wink

EDIT: i think i have worked out a way to mount it inside a side panel to the panel itself, it would be pritty secure, not mounted to the frame but not going anywhere, is that likely to be suitable? it would be faceing forward pointing straight forward, should that be ok?
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PostPosted: 09:46 - 07 Jul 2004    Post subject: Reply with quote

https://www.airhorns.co.uk/

There you go, that was found very easily by going to Google and typing in airhorns Laughing.

I have been wondering about getting some of these for my bike for quite a while, as it will certainly wake dozy drivers up when they cut you up if you make a sound like a lorry or a ship or something. Twisted Evil Twisted Evil Thumbs Up

I was going to get a airhorn to fit to the bike, but also keep the normal horn as a very loud air horn is not alway the best thing to use when you want to sound your horn. Laughing
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PostPosted: 01:51 - 17 Jul 2004    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks for that ste, not sure how i missed that one Shocked Laughing

Heres where i'm putting it for now i think..

https://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~noriba74/images/bike/hornplacement.jpg

I do have space to mount it by my new fogs, but i'd rather not attaract unwanted attention, they'd actually be tucked away to a degree...

soldering the wireing now, hopefully i can test tomorrow, i'll demonstrate with a recording hopefully Twisted Evil
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PostPosted: 09:19 - 17 Jul 2004    Post subject: Reply with quote

I fitted those to the Bandit, the compressor just fits under the rear RHS plastics, a long piece of 7mm fish tank pipe from B&Q connected it to the horns that were under, and in front of, the tank behind the triangle side plates...

the biggest problems are air leaking from the system due to the length of it and getting a straight entry for the pipe into the horn without a kink....
I expect that it will be a darn site easier putting them where you are on the outside...more room to play with...

they are great and make ya sound like an Italian car...LOL...I wished I'd had the room to put the triple horn version....if ya use extra pipe don't get less than 7mm as it strangles the air and makes the horns sound like a Kazoo..hahaha

I removed them from the Bandit and have them in the garage as there is remarkably no where to hide them on the CB13 Confused

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PostPosted: 16:11 - 17 Jul 2004    Post subject: Reply with quote

Panther wrote:

the biggest problems are air leaking from the system due to the length of it and getting a straight entry for the pipe into the horn without a kink....
I expect that it will be a darn site easier putting them where you are on the outside...more room to play with...

they are great and make ya sound like an Italian car...LOL...I wished I'd had the room to put the triple horn version....if ya use extra pipe don't get less than 7mm as it strangles the air and makes the horns sound like a Kazoo..hahaha


kazoo eh? hmmmm maybe not, but would be excelent for comedy value Laughing

i'm struggleing to think of a secure way of mounting it to the bar, i'd tape it on but come mot time it might be a bit iffy, besides i want it as secure as possible comsidering its proximity to the rear wheel Shocked
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PostPosted: 16:42 - 17 Jul 2004    Post subject: Reply with quote

i have a air horn on my car, its so funny driveing up behind your mates and giveing a long blast of the horn.

It gets them every time, their laundry bill must be massive.

My car is getting scrapped this week so i might put it on the NS125R, only thing is it needs a lot of current to run, it doesn't work properly on my car unless i have it running, but my car has a crap battery though. Rolling Eyes
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PostPosted: 00:56 - 04 Aug 2004    Post subject: Reply with quote

https://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~noriba74/images/bike/IMAG0004.jpg

They're on but not wired up, they need painting too me-thinks (the blue dosen't go with the red hmmmm...) will i be able to restrain myself from dealng out cardiac arrests to old people?.... we shall see...
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PostPosted: 08:30 - 04 Aug 2004    Post subject: Reply with quote

NSR125-Kid-UK wrote:
Does anybody actually hit their horn button while going for the indicators? I know I do it's bloody embarrasing.


Yeah.. most embarrassingly was before my test when we had dropped of the bloke doing it before me. Got back on my bike, caught the horn when I pulled it upright.. backed it out.. caught it again !!!!
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