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  • Barnfresh
    Truly XSive
    • Mar 2009
    • 160
    • Abilene, TX
    #1

    Horns

    Almost ready to put Gertrude on the road... Getting ready for State inspection and found both of my Hi tone and Lo tone horns are dead... hooked them to a battery and nothing... Ohm meter shows open circuit. I guess after sitting outside for 6 years they are probably rusted up. Anybody ever take them apart? How about replacements... maybe off a Freightliner?
    When the horse is dead, dismount.

    Bagapotomus - '80G Attempted Rescue, '78 Engine, Vetter Bags and Trunk.
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    • ManagerMike
      XStremely XSive
      • Mar 2010
      • 445
      • S.E. Michigan
      #2
      slapped a pair of fiaams on mine, scares the hell out of people
      '78 E "Stormbringer"

      Purrs like a kitten, roars like a lion, runs like a gazelle (being chased by a cheetah).

      pics http://s1209.photobucket.com/albums/...tormbringer45/

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        • crazy steve
          XS-XJ Guru MODERATOR
          • Jan 2009
          • 7932
          • Beautiful outer Yelm, WA
          #3
          Originally posted by Barnfresh
          Almost ready to put Gertrude on the road... Getting ready for State inspection and found both of my Hi tone and Lo tone horns are dead... hooked them to a battery and nothing... Ohm meter shows open circuit. I guess after sitting outside for 6 years they are probably rusted up. Anybody ever take them apart? How about replacements... maybe off a Freightliner?
          You can try adjusting them; the screws sticking out of the back of them is the adjustment, so if you loosen the locknut and turn the screws, sometimes they'll start working again. This will adjust volumn too, but don't get carried away; the louder they are, the more current they draw and you can burn them up...
          Fast, Cheap, Reliable... Pick any two

          '78E original owner - resto project
          '78E ???? owner - Modder project FJ forks, 4-piston calipers F/R, 160/80-16 rear tire
          '82 XJ rebuild project
          '80SG restified, red SOLD
          '79F parts...
          '81H more parts...

          Other current bikes:
          '93 XL1200 Anniversary Sportster 85RWHP
          '86 XL883/1200 Chopper
          '82 XL1000 w/1450cc Buell, Baker 6-speed, in-progress project
          Cage: '13 Mustang GT/CS with a few 'custom' touches
          Yep, can't leave nuthin' alone...

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            • fredintoon
              Master of XSology
              • Mar 2004
              • 6795
              • Saskatoon SK
              #4
              Originally posted by Barnfresh
              - - - found both of my Hi tone and Lo tone horns are dead... How about replacements... maybe off a Freightliner? :
              Hi Barnfresh,
              even if you can resurrect the stock horns they are pretty pathetic.
              I fitted one of these:-
              stebel.it
              http://www.stebel.it/stebel2009/products.asp?IDserie=6&uso=&tipologia=ELECTROPNEUMATICS

              At 139 dB output even if those blind soccer moms can't see me they can hear me.
              Fred Hill, S'toon
              XS11SG with Spirit of America sidecar
              "The Flying Pumpkin"

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                • CaptonZap
                  XS-XJ Guru
                  • Jun 2010
                  • 1748
                  • Denver
                  #5
                  Here's a little mantra that I use to guide me in a situation such as yours.
                  "The thing is broken. If it can be taken apart, it might be able to be fixed. If it can't, no loss, since it would be thrown away anyway. I will learn something in the process, so what's to lose?"
                  CZ

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                    • Barnfresh
                      Truly XSive
                      • Mar 2009
                      • 160
                      • Abilene, TX
                      #6
                      Holy Cow Fred.. That is horn! Actually it looks like it would blow a hole right through a cow..
                      When the horse is dead, dismount.

                      Bagapotomus - '80G Attempted Rescue, '78 Engine, Vetter Bags and Trunk.

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                        • justme1100
                          XStremely XSive
                          • Jul 2008
                          • 243
                          • Eagle, WI
                          #7
                          Ear Cannon air horn

                          I have one of those steble type air horns, aka Ear Cannon, and it does get peoples attention and maybe even make some stain their shorts. It has helped me avoid a couple of what could have been an uncomfortable and painful situations. I mounted it where my air box used to be. I highly recommend one.
                          Just ME and my 82 XJ 1100. Mac 4>1-2 1/2" open baffle shotgun, no octy, K&N pod filters, LED tail/brake light & directionals, 750 FD mod, Ear Cannon air horn, modified bars and dash. "Motorcyclists are all bound together by a brotherhood tie through their love of the sport, and what difference does it make what machine he rides as long as he belongs to the clan." Walter Davidson, Dec. 1920 edition of Harley-Davidson Enthusiast Magazine http://s851.photobucket.com/albums/ab78/justme1100/

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                            • Barnfresh
                              Truly XSive
                              • Mar 2009
                              • 160
                              • Abilene, TX
                              #8
                              Well, Steve and Zap were right... loosen lock nut and tweaking the screw made them come to life. They are kind of pathetic, but loud enough to piss off the neighbors late last night!
                              When the horse is dead, dismount.

                              Bagapotomus - '80G Attempted Rescue, '78 Engine, Vetter Bags and Trunk.

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                                • fredintoon
                                  Master of XSology
                                  • Mar 2004
                                  • 6795
                                  • Saskatoon SK
                                  #9
                                  Originally posted by Barnfresh
                                  Well, Steve and Zap were right... loosen lock nut and tweaking the screw made them come to life. They are kind of pathetic, but loud enough to piss off the neighbors late last night!
                                  Hi Terry,
                                  now take the next step and replace the pathetic bleat of your stock horns with something that can actually be heard over a car stereo.
                                  Fred Hill, S'toon
                                  XS11SG with Spirit of America sidecar
                                  "The Flying Pumpkin"

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