Get one low and one high tone for that 70's "Land Yacht" sound. You might have a Harbor Freight nearby, they're a pretty big chain.
If you're just replacing your stock horns, you're fine with plug n' play replacement. If you want to add more to your setup, you'll want to wire them up with a cheap ($5 at any auto parts store) horn relay.
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I actually do have a Harbour Freight here. I was going to ask a dumb question so I guess I will. I keep hearing about low tone and high tone, is one better than the other? WOW 10 bucks, you can't beat that.
If you go to more powerful horns always use a relay. Most horn sets include one. If you don't there is a very high probability that you will eventually burn out your horn switch.
These are the horns I have hidden on the underside of my Valkyrie. They are LOUD. Have a relay as well.
Without going into a nerdy diatribe, lets just say you want *both* a low and a high tone for maximum effect. At twenty for the pair you can't go wrong.
Also regarding the horn relay, I've read that you can actually squeeze a few more db out of the horns if you wire them straight to the battery through the relay, rather than having all the current running through the horn switch. I didn't bother, and they're still LOUD The worst thing that could happen is that you'll eventually burn out your horn switch, but that would take a long time unless you're using your horn a LOT.[/b]
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Here you go. Your horns would be wired in parallel where it's marked "accessory". The terminal numbers are, I think, standardized across brands, but certainly the same for all Bosch relays.
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I just replaced my stock horn with a chromed out Nikko brand horn and although its not really any louder it sure does look a lot better.
I used my service manual and just looked at the wiring diagram to figure out which wire is which.
Don't take my word for it but I suppose you could just wire it up and if it won't work then just swap the wires. I figure the worst that could happen is you'd blow a fuse. I say this because when I was replacing my horn I got sidetracked after taking off the stock horn becuase I needed a spacer from the hardware store to install the new one. So I dropped off the horn project and rejetted the carbs in the meantime. After rejetting the carb I decided to take the bike out for a test run and completely forgot about the horn wires just hanging there. As a result, the horn wires were sitting on the exhaust pipe and it burned them to a crisp. When this happened it blew the fuse and all my blinkers quit working. This is why I figure the worst you could do is blow the fuse.
I got the Freeway Blaster but Harbour Freight was out of the Low Tone ones. I went to Pep Boys and they had it. Was $17.00, and no need trying to figure which wire is which, as it doesn't make any difference, It is LOUD, 130db. Put it on the 15 minutes.
