Rubbish Gen2 Horn

[Ward]

I'm very disappointed with the standard Gen2 horn, in particular to stupid place it's located and that it sounds like a Deliveroo rider's ,....

https://imgur.com/l9eKhgg

There is just nowhere to mount a proper one (Stebel Nautilus compact) and I've spent a week or two looking ! I eventually bit the bullet and bought a 110bd 12v horn that's a bit bigger than stock, but it just won't fit in the same place.

I've seen a Youtube Video of a guy fitting a Denali horn by bending the supplied bracket and painting it black (and that's a bit bigger) but there are two brake pipes in there which you can't allow the horn to touch - so have mounted it at 90° to the original position, and a bit further out. It's a bit closer to the exhaust than I would like, and had to make a very awkward spiral bracket, but we'll see how it goes ?

Anyone else done something or got any bright ideas ? It might go on the LH side, but it appears you'd need to cut the radiator shroud, and I don't want to do that of course. We'll see if this works - it's certainly a lot louder,......

https://imgur.com/3xqPwqp

 

[Rick111]

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[Ward]

Well, It's taken quite some time to sort this out. Scheme A fitted OK but not loud enough. Scheme B was to fit a second horn, just below. Being a cheapskate I fitted the stock horn, it was two-tone, a bit louder but still sounded rubbish. Sorry the earlier photo's are no longer available, but IMGUR took exception to some comment and banned all access to the UK !

Scheme C - I ordered another horn similar to the new horn (the replacement horn was no longer available). That also fitted (and worked) Unfortunately the sound was at a different tone, and they didn't so much harmonise as clash !

Scheme D - I found a small compact "Snail" type electric horn that was allegedly 130db, so went for that. It just fits, and was very difficult to fabricate a mounting bracket.
It comes with its own shield to stop water/spray going in but the main trumpet section is plastic and I was concerned about it being so close to the exhaust. So far, 150 miles later in mixed use, it seems good - and I can hear it even with my sound-cancelling earbuds in ! AND, as you can see from the ebay advert, is was so expensive !

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/227510343426?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D777008%26algo%3DPERSONAL.TOPIC%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20250417133020%26meid%3D8530277731854c218d251a564450d14f%26pid%3D102726%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D1%26itm%3D227510343426%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D4375194%26algv%3DRecentlyViewedItemsV2DWebWithPSItemDRV2_BP%26brand%3DUnbranded&_trksid=p4375194.c102726.m162918

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