New Air-Horns for the Forza!
Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2016 4:31 pm
These things are so loud THEY SCARE ME when I light them up!
I bought the kit (included horns, compressor, relay) for about $15.
Wires, stainless screws, connectors, extra plastic hose cost me another $10.
Total install time (glass, paint, custom mounting, wiring) is between 3 and 4 hours.
On my other bikes, I mount the trumpets directly to my fairing as is without mods.
However, these are mounted on the wheel-side of the front forks of the scooter (lots of vibration).
I had to "glass" the trumpets with two layers of fiberglass cloth and resin (5-minute epoxy) because of lateral force exerted at the horn base due to Washington DC pot-holes.
The compressor lays inside the space over top of the left storage compartment right undernieth the plastic cover that is held on by two screws.
I wired the compressor and relay directly to the battery terminals with 16awg copper wire with a 30-amp fuse (15 amp fuse blows). The wires and plastic hoses all fit nicely between the red plastics and bike's inards.
The horn relay's coil wires up directly (in series...I kept the original horn) to the existing horn.
Advice:
DO NOT let horns get water inside them. Horn will rust and quit working.
DO NOT mount compressor close to the ground where the air inlet will suck in dirt. This will ruin the compressor.
Done!
I bought the kit (included horns, compressor, relay) for about $15.
Wires, stainless screws, connectors, extra plastic hose cost me another $10.
Total install time (glass, paint, custom mounting, wiring) is between 3 and 4 hours.
On my other bikes, I mount the trumpets directly to my fairing as is without mods.
However, these are mounted on the wheel-side of the front forks of the scooter (lots of vibration).
I had to "glass" the trumpets with two layers of fiberglass cloth and resin (5-minute epoxy) because of lateral force exerted at the horn base due to Washington DC pot-holes.
The compressor lays inside the space over top of the left storage compartment right undernieth the plastic cover that is held on by two screws.
I wired the compressor and relay directly to the battery terminals with 16awg copper wire with a 30-amp fuse (15 amp fuse blows). The wires and plastic hoses all fit nicely between the red plastics and bike's inards.
The horn relay's coil wires up directly (in series...I kept the original horn) to the existing horn.
Advice:
DO NOT let horns get water inside them. Horn will rust and quit working.
DO NOT mount compressor close to the ground where the air inlet will suck in dirt. This will ruin the compressor.
Done!
