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2009 harley davidson nightster, I need a different horn, the stuck one drives me nuts?
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Question by l3nar0: 2009 harley davidson nightster, I need a different horn, the stuck one drives me nuts?
can anyone recommend a nice sounding one?
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Answer by Jancie
Your horn is STUCK? Never heard of a stuck motorcycle horn before, but all things are possible. disconnect the wires to it before it kills your battery.
As to horns-all aftermarket horns are gonna require you to install a relay to make them work. As for sound or appearance, that is gonna be up to you. the hardest thing will be finding the horn relay, as there are a plethora of horns available for bikes.
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There are a number of custom made air horns available. Try http://www.jpcycles.com/
or
http://www.vtwinmfg.com/NewVtwinWeb/ for examples.
Since your bike is new, I suppose you want a shiny one.
I used to run one of the ones from the auto parts store on my old bike.
Same as some of the shiny ones, but ugly.
I got used to the stock Mexican horn, it’s louder than some cars.
Maybe it helps that I use my big mouth more than the horn….
I have a Stebel horn on my Valkyrie. Its big but its loud.
The bell on mine points straight down, I thinks is a light truck horn.
http://www.ridesafer.com/Stebel_Nautilus_Compact_Air_Horn_p/h0014-cah.htm
It sounds like a loud car horn.
One thing you have to consider is how many amps does the horn circuit supply?
The bike was carefully engineered to electrical supply a certain amount of amps to each particular circuit.
The fuse and the power supply that supplies the horn might be shared with other circuits.
Installing a different, aftermarket horn might take higher amps and might cause electrical problems.
You can rewire the new horn using a separate or new circuit using a relay.
edit: TO: Dimo J, please don’t copy my answer!
come up with your own answer!
You need a horn relay:
http://www.fiammamerica.com/Product.asp?ProductID=401
You move the wires from your horn to the coil contacts of the horn relay.
You run a 12 gauge wires from your battery through the switch contacts of the relay to your horns, plural. Current draw will be about 10 amps.
You connect to a pair (hi/lo tones) of fiamm freeway blaster electric horns, or equivalent:
http://www.fiammamerica.com/Product.asp?ProductID=156
http://www.fiammamerica.com/Product.asp?ProductID=155
I mounted mine in place of the side reflectors.
You can print out the pictures from the links and take them to a local auto parts store, or you can search on-line.
Ive owned this sporty since last year, and Ive never even honked the dang horn.
I thought it was there for decoration
The Finger works much better
well at least I feel better