Wiring up a pair of Horns

"Mo" wrote in message

> I've decided to add a pair of horns to the bike as a replacement for
> the loud(ish) but characterless OEM part. I've got one working. That
> was easy. I just disconnected the existing and took the leads to the
> replacement. Then I realised it looked easy enough to mount the
> matching horn (on the other side of the bike) to give a dual tone but
> I wanted to check the correct wiring. Should I connect that in
> parallel by extending the two leads from the existing to the new horn?
> If not what?


Parallel will be good.
If it has two terminals, then it almost certainly won't just be directly
earthed.

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Greybeard

FLHRC -03 UK (95 cu-in Stg 2. Big Boy2!)
Trumpet Trophy 1200-03
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Mo says...
> I've decided to add a pair of horns to the bike as a replacement for
> the loud(ish) but characterless OEM part. I've got one working. That
> was easy. I just disconnected the existing and took the leads to the
> replacement. Then I realised it looked easy enough to mount the
> matching horn (on the other side of the bike) to give a dual tone but
> I wanted to check the correct wiring. Should I connect that in
> parallel by extending the two leads from the existing to the new horn?
> If not what?

Last weekend I fitted a FOAD Stebel air-horn to a friend's FZ6S[1], I
wired it in parallel to the original horn using a spur from the live
feed to the original as a switched pos feed to the air-horn's relay.

[1] A right bastard of a job as it involved splitting the horn from the
compressor and mounting them in different parts of the bike with a hose
between the. FZ6S's are short on space everywhere.

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Lozzo
Triumph Daytona 955i SE
Suzuki SV650 K3
Honda CBR600 F-W
Suzuki GSX-R750L
Yamaha SR250 SpazzTrakka
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On Oct 21, 4:00 pm, Lozzo wrote:
> Mo says...
>
> Last weekend I fitted a FOAD Stebel air-horn to a friend's FZ6S[1], I
> wired it in parallel to the original horn using a spur from the live
> feed to the original as a switched pos feed to the air-horn's relay.
>
> [1] A right bastard of a job as it involved splitting the horn from the
> compressor and mounting them in different parts of the bike with a hose
> between the. FZ6S's are short on space everywhere.

They're a pair of Fiamm (marked "RING" on the packaging)
electromagnetic type from Halfords £9.99 each and they do make a
lovely sound given the price. Much better than I had expected. I'm
going to lose one of these new ones next time I drop it because I've
mounted them hung off the lower Radiator cover mounts which means they
are a bit exposed.

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Mo
GSR600
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Mo says...
> On Oct 21, 4:00 pm, Lozzo wrote:
> > Mo says...
> >
> > Last weekend I fitted a FOAD Stebel air-horn to a friend's FZ6S[1], I
> > wired it in parallel to the original horn using a spur from the live
> > feed to the original as a switched pos feed to the air-horn's relay.
> >
> > [1] A right bastard of a job as it involved splitting the horn from the
> > compressor and mounting them in different parts of the bike with a hose
> > between the. FZ6S's are short on space everywhere.
>
> They're a pair of Fiamm (marked "RING" on the packaging)
> electromagnetic type from Halfords £9.99 each and they do make a
> lovely sound given the price. Much better than I had expected. I'm
> going to lose one of these new ones next time I drop it because I've
> mounted them hung off the lower Radiator cover mounts which means they
> are a bit exposed.

I have a solution; don't drop the bike.

If you do, can I buy it off you...same deal.

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Lozzo
Triumph Daytona 955i SE
Suzuki SV650 K3
Honda CBR600 F-W
Suzuki GSX-R750L
Yamaha SR250 SpazzTrakka
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mb wrote:
> Mo wrote:
>
>> I've decided to add a pair of horns to the bike as a replacement for
>> the loud(ish) but characterless OEM part. I've got one working. That
>> was easy. I just disconnected the existing and took the leads to the
>> replacement. Then I realised it looked easy enough to mount the
>> matching horn (on the other side of the bike) to give a dual tone but
>> I wanted to check the correct wiring. Should I connect that in
>> parallel by extending the two leads from the existing to the new horn?
>> If not what?
>
> Yes, parallel, but you'll also need a relay, otherwise you won't get
> the power needed.
>
He probably would get the power but the switch might not last long.
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On Oct 21, 4:50 pm, Lozzo wrote:
> Mo says...
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Oct 21, 4:00 pm, Lozzo wrote:
> > > Mo says...
>
> > > Last weekend I fitted a FOAD Stebel air-horn to a friend's FZ6S[1], I
> > > wired it in parallel to the original horn using a spur from the live
> > > feed to the original as a switched pos feed to the air-horn's relay.
>
> > > [1] A right bastard of a job as it involved splitting the horn from the
> > > compressor and mounting them in different parts of the bike with a hose
> > > between the. FZ6S's are short on space everywhere.
>
> > They're a pair of Fiamm (marked "RING" on the packaging)
> > electromagnetic type from Halfords £9.99 each and they do make a
> > lovely sound given the price. Much better than I had expected. I'm
> > going to lose one of these new ones next time I drop it because I've
> > mounted them hung off the lower Radiator cover mounts which means they
> > are a bit exposed.
>
> I have a solution; don't drop the bike.

My preferred option too.

>
> If you do, can I buy it off you...same deal.

Haven't you got enough bikes already? Or maybe that's silly question.
by the way hope your arm's feeling better

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Mo
GSR600
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Mo says...
> On Oct 21, 4:50 pm, Lozzo wrote:

> > I have a solution; don't drop the bike.
>
> My preferred option too.
>
> >
> > If you do, can I buy it off you...same deal.
>
> Haven't you got enough bikes already? Or maybe that's silly question.
> by the way hope your arm's feeling better

One can never have enough motorcycles. If I create a garage vacuum by
selling the Triumph and Gixer, then I'll just have to find something to
take their place.

My arm is doing strange things at the moment. I hadn't taken any notice
of the aching and pain until that bloody Nigel Eaton asked how it was
when he came over yesterday, now I can feel it hurting; cheers Nigel
. I suppose I'd just got used to the way it felt. Today I fitted the
heated grips I took off my SV onto my exes SV, and when testing them I
could feel the heat in my left hand, which is an improvement. I still
feel more with my right, but it appears things are starting to work
properly again.

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Lozzo
Triumph Daytona 955i SE
Suzuki SV650 K3
Honda CBR600 F-W
Suzuki GSX-R750L
Yamaha SR250 SpazzTrakka
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"Mo" wrote in message

On Oct 21, 4:00 pm, Lozzo wrote:
> Mo says...
>
> Last weekend I fitted a FOAD Stebel air-horn to a friend's FZ6S[1], I
> wired it in parallel to the original horn using a spur from the live
> feed to the original as a switched pos feed to the air-horn's relay.
>
> [1] A right bastard of a job as it involved splitting the horn from the
> compressor and mounting them in different parts of the bike with a hose
> between the. FZ6S's are short on space everywhere.

They're a pair of Fiamm (marked "RING" on the packaging)
electromagnetic type from Halfords £9.99 each and they do make a
lovely sound given the price. Much better than I had expected. I'm
going to lose one of these new ones next time I drop it because I've
mounted them hung off the lower Radiator cover mounts which means they
are a bit exposed.


I've got a pair of these in my garage doing owt, if anybody wants them for
postage money, shout up.

--
Greybeard

FLHR -03 UK (95 cu-in Stg 2. Big Boy2!)
Trumpet Trophy 1200-03
Garmin Zumo 550, To get me home!

ukrm@foxtails[dot]co[dot]uk
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