The Mountain
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I am looking at mounting an aftermarket horn. One unit I'm considering is the Denali electric, but it draws 5 amps. Will the S10 horn circuit push that much juice? There are several comments on the product page about the horn not sounding, from people with several different makes, so at least some bikes won't push 5A across the horn circuit (Triumph, Ducati), though a guy with a Suzuki says it works fine for him. Alternatively, Hella, Fiamm, and PIAA all also make electromagnetic horns that purport to be louder.
I expect to be riding in fairly severe conditions, so the horn needs to be able to survive that (extreme cold and heat, heavy rain, mud), and also to handle extensive use. In the past I've read accounts by other riders who took their bikes to foreign lands, only to have the stock horn crap out from heavy use. In my intended destination of India, horns are used heavily, so whatever I get is going to have to handle almost constant use.
Should add that I'm looking at electromagnetics exclusively. Air horns add more wiring and extra complexity, and the last thing I want to deal with halfway up the Himalayas is fighting electrical gremlins or hardware failure in the horn.
I expect to be riding in fairly severe conditions, so the horn needs to be able to survive that (extreme cold and heat, heavy rain, mud), and also to handle extensive use. In the past I've read accounts by other riders who took their bikes to foreign lands, only to have the stock horn crap out from heavy use. In my intended destination of India, horns are used heavily, so whatever I get is going to have to handle almost constant use.
Should add that I'm looking at electromagnetics exclusively. Air horns add more wiring and extra complexity, and the last thing I want to deal with halfway up the Himalayas is fighting electrical gremlins or hardware failure in the horn.
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