Those of you who have the 2014 bike, Is the single horn adequate? Is there a mounting point on the right side to add a second horn?
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petey
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I never had a bike, and I had a few, that the stock (one or two) horns, were adequate...
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Get "loud pipes" like the v-twin crowd and you won't need a horn!
Seriously, the stock horns on most if not all bikes are just enough to satisfy the requirement to have a horn.
Has anyone with a '13 or newer FJR upgraded the horn?
Seriously, the stock horns on most if not all bikes are just enough to satisfy the requirement to have a horn.
Has anyone with a '13 or newer FJR upgraded the horn?
lgjhn
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I just bought a 2014 FJR, and IMHO, the answer is: No, the horn is not adequate.
However, it rates right up there with the horn on my wife's Honda Civic which also is inadequate.
Almost all stock motorcycle horns are not adequate.
I have not yet had a chance to look/see if there is room for a 2nd one or not on the FJR.
On '13 model you can add a horn on right side - there is the same attachement hole as on Gen2. Just wiring is missing...
HotRodZilla
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Why not just use the single PIAA sports horn as a replacement for the single OEM horn? Mine is pretty loud. Unless there is another, better option.
HotRodZilla
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Not sure...I'd have to look for the box. You can get double horns and a single horn. Somehow I ended up with the single. So I put it on the right and left OEM on the left...
Oh, found it. Its the 76501 500HZ horn: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B003884RDW
There are better prices. Just Google "PIAA Slimline Sports Horn."
Oh, found it. Its the 76501 500HZ horn: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B003884RDW
There are better prices. Just Google "PIAA Slimline Sports Horn."
Old Guy
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The horns on my Goldwing were terrific. They sounded like a large American car with the dual trumpets. They weren't very large either.
I don't even have horns on my ZRX. If anything happens, I just yell real loud and cuss a lot.
Bustanut joker
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Duhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
FJRay
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Leave it to numb nuts to add something useless.
If there is room the magnum blasters are great. I think Warchild said they sounded like your grandfathers Buick.
AKjitsu
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I'm quite fond of the Hella Duo-Tones. Pretty tight fit on the Gen I & II but, slide right on to the Gen III with room to spare. And as a matter of direct experiment, they will bitch slap a cage right back into their own lane.Get "loud pipes" like the v-twin crowd and you won't need a horn!
Seriously, the stock horns on most if not all bikes are just enough to satisfy the requirement to have a horn.
Has anyone with a '13 or newer FJR upgraded the horn?
DennisJ
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+1 for the bitch slapping cagers with Hella Super Tones. Something to behold and I'll admit to worrying about one soccer mom who corrected so quickly I was afraid she was headed off the shoulder.
+2 for "bitch slapping" love that term!! Back to the horn, does the Hella Super Tones require adding wire and splicing?
FJRay
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While on the subject, it's a good idea to run after market horns through a relay.
AKjitsu
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+2 for "bitch slapping" love that term!! Back to the horn, does the Hella Super Tones require adding wire and splicing? </p></blockquote>
+2 for "bitch slapping" love that term!! Back to the horn, does the Hella Super Tones require adding wire and splicing? </p></blockquote>
The Hella's are available as a kit our just the horns. If you get the kit, it's it a simple installation of removing the old horn, connecting the relay to the existing wire, connect the relay to the horns then mint the horns in existing mounting spots?
