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#49288 Mark7 (User) Look for me on MSN chat if you want. Platinum Boarder Posts: 2061 Additional Horn 10 Years, 3 Months ago   I've got a new super loud horn that I'd like to install IN ADDITION to the stock one. I don't want to use the same button since I'd like to have both horns operate independently of each other. I was thinking of placing the new button in the area of the red dot on the included pic. I haven't cracked open the switch cover to see about the possibility when I decided to draw from the knowledge here first. Any ideas? Thanks much, M7   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #49306 DocShadow (Admin) Hmmmm .... send beer Admin Posts: 19602 Re:Additional Horn 10 Years, 3 Months ago   I had those things apart more times than I care .... next time I'm taking pics. I don't think there is room in that area for a switch. I have an old pair in the basement .... let me check tonight. Poprivet mounted a switch underneath. Doc   Logged     My Bike Website   The administrator has disabled public write access. #49324 aceman (User) Fresh Boarder Posts: 78 Re:Additional Horn 10 Years, 3 Months ago   Hi Mark, You could do like I did on my 1100. I put on a set of Wolo air horns, and kept the stock horn in place. I wired them both up to a two way on/on toggle switch so I could select which one I wanted to sound, while still using the stock horn button. I drilled a hole in the left side cover and mounted the switch there.   Logged     The administrator has disabled public write access. #49326 Mark7 (User) Look for me on MSN chat if you want. Platinum Boarder Posts: 2061 Re:Additional Horn 10 Years, 3 Months ago   I've got just about enough savvy on electrical to cause bad smells and some smoke, so talk to me more about the on/on toggle. Sounds like the answer to my problem. I need the first grader version with pics if you got 'em. Thanks!! I knew the brain trust here could help me out. M7   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #49348 Flashback (Moderator) Just the facts, Ma'am.. Moderator Posts: 10749 Re:Additional Horn 10 Years, 3 Months ago   Shoot Mark, the area we live in,, you NEED both horns at once.. just make it easy on yourself and wire them in together...   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #49378 aceman (User) Fresh Boarder Posts: 78 Re:Additional Horn 10 Years, 3 Months ago   Mark7 wrote: I've got just about enough savvy on electrical to cause bad smells and some smoke, so talk to me more about the on/on toggle. Sounds like the answer to my problem. I need the first grader version with pics if you got 'em. M7 Well Mark, I'm really no better than you as far as electrical savvy goes. And I sold the bike over 4 years ago, so no pics. But, it's really very simple. Go to a Radio Shack, Home Depot, Lowes, etc and get a toggle switch where both poles are hot (on). Wire one side to the factory horn, and the other side to the new horn. The switch that I used actually had three positions, it was labled as an on-off-on switch, with the middle position not powering anything.   Logged     The administrator has disabled public write access. #49396 Big Bear (User) Who loves you , Baby? Platinum Boarder Posts: 7007 Re:Additional Horn 10 Years, 3 Months ago   POP, you got that picture handy? BB   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #49428 Liquid_Edge (User) I'd Rather Be Riding Gold Boarder Posts: 604 Re:Additional Horn 10 Years, 3 Months ago   Found this in the Tech Tips section of this site. It looks to be exactly what you want to do. You will just have to wire that horn independantly instead of soldering it to the other one. Otherwise this will work for you I think. Thanks to the author for posting it. Edit: Forgot to add the link, here it is : http://roadstarclinic.com/content/view/22/103/   Logged     Last Edit: 2007/11/05 18:50 By Liquid_Edge.     The administrator has disabled public write access. #49444 Mark7 (User) Look for me on MSN chat if you want. Platinum Boarder Posts: 2061 Re:Additional Horn 10 Years, 3 Months ago   LE, Thanks for the link. At first glance this looks like a solution to my problem, but after a bit of study I don't think it will work. I'm wiring and independent horn on here not just adding another button for the one horn. Looking at the pics of what appears to be an even bigger left grip switch housing it does look very cramped. While it may not work exactly as specified in that link I may be able to glean some ideas to make my install easier. Thanks, M7   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #49446 IMTopGun1 (User) Platinum Boarder Posts: 2013 Re:Additional Horn 10 Years, 3 Months ago   Just interjecting my 2 cents here ... I installed this portable air horn with black wire tie downs just above the factory front horn and used that horns wires to power it. I then simply unplugged and tapped the rear horn wires. After a couple of test blasts (where I blew out the fuse), I upped the fuse 5 amps and haven't had a problem since. This air horn is as loud as those selling for over $200 in a side-by-side blast-off. And, anytime that I want to return to the factory horns, I'm only a pair of wire snips and minutes away. http://www.bikerhiway.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=29&products_id=74&gclid=CNXDttvg-YwCFRGCGgodzC9bDg   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access.

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