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So I think I found a place to get these long tube trumpet horns mounted out of the way of the fender, where they won't be hit by suspension travel in any direction of the front fender being turned. Since the last horn I had in the stock location of the frame just in front of the motor the pump stuck out too far and dented the fender. I shook and rocked this thing as hard as I could in the garage, and I couldn't make them touch the fender. So with the first air horn and pump I used (It was one of the Stebel units which has really great high pitched sound), I just spliced in to the existing horn wires for quick gratification as I was going to wire up the relay and get everything going right. Or that's how I thought it would be on paper anyways. I could activate the horn with a press of the horn button. It would toot for a second or whatever. But if I hold it like 2 seconds in to the honk, the system would cut it off and say it had too high of a horn current detected. Just shutting off the motorcycle with the power ignition button and coming back on and starting it again would clear the code, and at least the horn would work for a quick toot or two not holding for a sustained honk. And the horns quick toot when activating the lock button on the key fob twice, too.
Today I got the replacement horns, and got the relay wired in according to the instructions. When the pump is hooked up to the relay, and I splice the stock horn switch power wire to the relay, I get an error code pop up for too low of current. The pump does not activate. I am pretty sure I have the relay connected properly according to the directions. I went from my fuse block for power and ground. I'd assume that if the relay was not properly connected it shouldn't show any codes? I have heard the electrical systems on these bikes can be fickle.
However, if I just use the stock horn wires, with no relay then I get too high of a current detected on the horn circuit and the horn cuts off after 2 seconds honk as described above. But at least it will work, and the horns will honk. They are quite loud, and I think I like the direction they point to hopefully help keep debris out of the bells and inside, and the sound on the road next to any too close of a vehicle hopefully will be enough. But maybe the only practical direction to mount them so there are no more fender dents.
As far as the location of the compressor for these horns, I think I will use a large enough hose clamp, and clamp it to the frame just next to the leg fairing on the left side. I was thinking about laying it down on top of the small radiator in between the frame, but I don't think there are any good mounting points to get any zip ties or hose clamps on to. It would be convenient for hose length to the horns but I think there is enough that came with it to run to both with not needing any extra.
Here is a picture of how I want to mount them. How do I overcome the horn errors, because traffic around here really requires more than a toot or 1.5 or 2 seconds of horn to let someone know they just screwed up. But inside the crude red mouse drawn circle is the dent caused by the other horn pump that was sticking out just a little too far.
Today I got the replacement horns, and got the relay wired in according to the instructions. When the pump is hooked up to the relay, and I splice the stock horn switch power wire to the relay, I get an error code pop up for too low of current. The pump does not activate. I am pretty sure I have the relay connected properly according to the directions. I went from my fuse block for power and ground. I'd assume that if the relay was not properly connected it shouldn't show any codes? I have heard the electrical systems on these bikes can be fickle.
However, if I just use the stock horn wires, with no relay then I get too high of a current detected on the horn circuit and the horn cuts off after 2 seconds honk as described above. But at least it will work, and the horns will honk. They are quite loud, and I think I like the direction they point to hopefully help keep debris out of the bells and inside, and the sound on the road next to any too close of a vehicle hopefully will be enough. But maybe the only practical direction to mount them so there are no more fender dents.
As far as the location of the compressor for these horns, I think I will use a large enough hose clamp, and clamp it to the frame just next to the leg fairing on the left side. I was thinking about laying it down on top of the small radiator in between the frame, but I don't think there are any good mounting points to get any zip ties or hose clamps on to. It would be convenient for hose length to the horns but I think there is enough that came with it to run to both with not needing any extra.
Here is a picture of how I want to mount them. How do I overcome the horn errors, because traffic around here really requires more than a toot or 1.5 or 2 seconds of horn to let someone know they just screwed up. But inside the crude red mouse drawn circle is the dent caused by the other horn pump that was sticking out just a little too far.