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Are your horns sounding kinda' wimpy', and not too XSive? Are people surprised to see a big bike when they hear a small scooter? Do they cover there mouths and snicker when they hear you? Want to impress your friends with a real big honker? Well my friends, let me tell how to get rid of that annoying little 'bleat bleat' noise. Just do like I did and install a car horn on your your XS. It's a real easy task, and if I may bend your ear for the next few minutes, I'll tell you how it's done.
I used the 20 amp auxillary fuse on the XS to power the AC/ Delco horn that I used. This particular horn (a one wire horn) is no longer available, but one can be found in any salvage yard in any older GM car. I ran a new, 12 gauge wire from the aux fuse up the frame to the area near the coils, and there I ty-wrapped a plastic, three terminal horn relay. Yamaha tends to use the horn button to complete the ground for the horn. Because the Delco horn will draw a lot of amps, using the button to make ground will melt it. Use this existing horn circuit to provide ground for the new relay. From the output terminal, use a 12 guage wire to the horn. The new horn can be mounted in a number of places on the front of the frame. There are threaded holes on the downtubes of the frame, and the existing horn bracket on the models that had two horns can also be used. A clever man could install two horns, and really get someones attention. I used a bolt on the cam cover for my installation because of the oil cooler that is occupying that space.
Now you too can have that "Harley' sound with out the added Harley Xpense.
I used the 20 amp auxillary fuse on the XS to power the AC/ Delco horn that I used. This particular horn (a one wire horn) is no longer available, but one can be found in any salvage yard in any older GM car. I ran a new, 12 gauge wire from the aux fuse up the frame to the area near the coils, and there I ty-wrapped a plastic, three terminal horn relay. Yamaha tends to use the horn button to complete the ground for the horn. Because the Delco horn will draw a lot of amps, using the button to make ground will melt it. Use this existing horn circuit to provide ground for the new relay. From the output terminal, use a 12 guage wire to the horn. The new horn can be mounted in a number of places on the front of the frame. There are threaded holes on the downtubes of the frame, and the existing horn bracket on the models that had two horns can also be used. A clever man could install two horns, and really get someones attention. I used a bolt on the cam cover for my installation because of the oil cooler that is occupying that space.
Now you too can have that "Harley' sound with out the added Harley Xpense.
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