Train Horn
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phroenips
Pronounced "Free-nips"...it's just a
ok, who's gonna be the first to install some of these on their bike?
wfooshee
O, Woe is me!!
Just what we need, something else to make the general public think all bikers are ******** . . . .
Even if we are.
Even if we are.
wheatonFJR
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Wonder what wiring harness you would need for those?
El Toro
Innocent Bystander
The old British audio magazines would have suggested "disused railroad track" as the appropriate wiring.
You can drive for months and never hear one in this neck of the woods, even in the urban areas. I really like that aspect of this culture.
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Patriot
Isabella is Lazarus
I just have one question...will it fit on a slider ???
Brodie
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Mike,
It's been done already.
A few years back here in San Jose there was a Gold Wing rider with a set of trumpets on his bike. He had 2 of them mounted on the left side and the large one mounted on the right. The big one was about 3 feet long and maybe 10 inches dia. at the noise making end. He fed them with a custom 3 gallon tail dragger air tank.
I met him at the Santa Clara Convention Center at a machine tool show. He parked his bike next to my little Ascot. He came out when I was getting ready to go, we got to talk a little bit. He said they were from a diesel train locomotive, he had friends in the railroad industry. The air tank was good for about a 5 second blast. Recovery took about 45 seconds with his on board air compressor. The compressor size limitation was due to the available amps on the bike.
When we were leaving he lit them off. :scare: We were on the ground floor of a 3 story parking structure but you'd swear that Union Pacific had a set of tracks running through there! :sleepy:
I always wanted to get a set up like that but it would be kind of harry in the turns. Those suckers add a lot of weight!
Brodie
It's been done already.
A few years back here in San Jose there was a Gold Wing rider with a set of trumpets on his bike. He had 2 of them mounted on the left side and the large one mounted on the right. The big one was about 3 feet long and maybe 10 inches dia. at the noise making end. He fed them with a custom 3 gallon tail dragger air tank.
I met him at the Santa Clara Convention Center at a machine tool show. He parked his bike next to my little Ascot. He came out when I was getting ready to go, we got to talk a little bit. He said they were from a diesel train locomotive, he had friends in the railroad industry. The air tank was good for about a 5 second blast. Recovery took about 45 seconds with his on board air compressor. The compressor size limitation was due to the available amps on the bike.
When we were leaving he lit them off. :scare: We were on the ground floor of a 3 story parking structure but you'd swear that Union Pacific had a set of tracks running through there! :sleepy:
I always wanted to get a set up like that but it would be kind of harry in the turns. Those suckers add a lot of weight!
Brodie
1911
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[SIZE=12pt]A co-worker in a jeep came to the shop one day and asked if he could borrow the air hose. Flat tire eh? No, horn tank empty. Goes without saying our interest was piqued. Of course we had to have a listen. Even expecting tractor/trailer air horns (the train horn was not visible), the train horn would nearly cause one to soil himself.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=12pt]I thought it would be a hoot to pull up to a RR xing with no barrier and no train coming and stop. Wait until someone from behind decided to pull around or to see the first sign of doubt in an oncoming driver's eyes, and then let the horn rip. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=12pt]I thought it would be a hoot to pull up to a RR xing with no barrier and no train coming and stop. Wait until someone from behind decided to pull around or to see the first sign of doubt in an oncoming driver's eyes, and then let the horn rip. [/SIZE]
