Horn location

robs ss said:

Got a response from Kisan Mike - not good, I'm afraid.
"Positive earth does not work for any of our products"
Cheers

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Thanks Rob,
MotoGadget also said that their unit would not work but after seeing a post from Holstice that told me just to reverse the feeds and it has worked fine.Flasher stays on for 20 seconds. I like the options the Kisan has but don’t want to change my wiring at this point.
Mike

YING said:

Thanks Rob,
MotoGadget also said that their unit would not work but after seeing a post from Holstice that told me just to reverse the feeds and it has worked fine.Flasher stays on for 20 seconds. I like the options the Kisan has but don’t want to change my wiring at this point.
Mike

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My Motogadget is now on friend's bike - it is good but the Kisan is better.
I am sure the Kisan, with thought, it could be successfully wired into positive earth.
Cheers Mike!!

Onder said:

Cannot remember ever using the horn. By the time I figure out where the button is and then use it, the event is over and only
a distant memory as you lie in the hospital bed.
...a blast on the throttle with the peashooters is my usual move in town and out on the road it is the brakes!

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Yeah, which black button is that again???? I hard wired my horn to my brake switch. Problem solved

I mounted my horn on the battery box. Don't have the stock AF



And this is what AN sells as the stock horn these days. It looks like a Bosch. It's fairly loud (position helps with that), so i'm happy.

TomU said:

I mounted my horn on the battery box. Don't have the stock AF

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And this is what AN sells as the stock horn these days. It looks like a Bosch. It's fairly loud (position helps with that), so i'm happy.

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We made a custom bracket to mount A Bosch horn on the front down tubes near the coil. Air flow loss minimal, hearing any horn
noise in NC is a rarity...Rural area, I can ride 40 miles or more and never have to deal with a traffic light.

74 Cafe' said:

We made a custom bracket to mount A Bosch horn on the front down tubes near the coil. Air flow loss minimal, hearing any horn
noise in NC is a rarity...Rural area, I can ride 40 miles or more and never have to deal with a traffic light.

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One of the benefits of living where we do!

cliffa said:

With a loud bike you don't need a horn...

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TRUMPET?!?

BrianK said:

TRUMPET?!?

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No it’s a scooter

I live in a rather rural area myself. (We don't have a post office)

Using the horn when someone is nearing the end of a driveway, and hasn't given visual clues of slowing, no looking in each direction, etc...
I choose to use the horn to ENSURE the driver is aware. Often, a quick double blast, then, when they look at me I wave, they have the quizzical "do I know you?" Look. Mission accomplished.
Same for pulling out of businesses.

My Cousin was killed on his bike 8 years ago in podunk Waterville, Maine when a driver (enraged from a domestic dispute) came up a tiny side street, blew through the stop sign and took him out.
The horn wouldn't have stopped that driver, but, seeing a "no response" to an audible alert could have been a reason to start evasive maneuvers.

My Daddy always said, " Rely on your brakes, not your horn!"

Slick

texasSlick said:

My Daddy always said, " Rely on your brakes, not your horn!"

Slick

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Go with what works for you.

Ever read the Hurt report?