Confusing Situation with Horns

[mexican]

Trying to hook up the horns but ran into a confusing situation, (for me).
Disconnected the oem horn, found what i thought it was the positive and negative on the horn, if i remember correct my 05 had only one wire which makes the only connection positive and the ground gets it from the frame.
On the X, it has 2 connections, but when switch is open both of the connectors have power.
need an electrical guru to chime in and guide me like you would a 5 year old
Thanks in advance

 

[Steel]

First I'm not a guru so take my advice or wait for someone smarter.

My 06 has 2 wires, not sure on the 05.
Plug them both in and it should work. If not switch them to the other post.

 

[idk]

The switch grounds the horn, power is always on, IIRC

 

[mexican]

That

The switch grounds the horn, power is always on, IIRC

That makes sense, now, the horns that i got have only one wire connection, how to i go about connecting them since they get the ground from the frame?

 

[idk]

If they are more powerful horns then they probably need a relay. Power the relay switch with the horn wires, and power the relay from the battery, via a fuse, and then to the new horn.

 

[Tripps]

Forget all that stuff, just yell "beep" really loud.

 

[scot in exile]

First go and stand inthe corner buy a decent horn you cheeeeep git

 

[warp9.9]

Yes a waste of time and money you could spend on the special blinker fluid the Rocket X takes.

 

[Ralsmith]

That

That makes sense, now, the horns that i got have only one wire connection, how to i go about connecting them since they get the ground from the frame?

Place a relay in energized by the existing wires then run a positive wire to the relay contact to connect to your new horn

 

[Bigjaype]

Definitely will need a relay. As already mentioned, the ground is switched. Use the two connections on the OEM horn to switch the coil on the relay. Run a positive from the battery through a fuse to the relay then from the relay to the horn. You’ll have to ground the horn too...either from the battery or a good ground point on the frame nearby. As motorcycles are so short, I would just run it from the battery.