fitting a horn (hooter)

[adee]

Hi guys,

Just registered 5 mins.

Been browsing this site since i bought my 2005 660R last week.
Site is great.Changed my stator with the detailed instructions found here.

I'd like to fit a horn to my bike.

We find that when we ride off-road,some guys who cannot keep u,get lost.
When we're on top of a hill and we see them,they obviously can't hear us shouting over the noise of the bikes.

A horn would help to at least let them know which direction to find us

Just want to make sure i don't connect the thing incorrectly and then it drains my battery.

Found a car horn in my workshop.
The horn has 3 wires.

One is for earth (A).Has a female spade connector.
The other 2 (B) and (C)  are male spade plugs mounted on the horn.

I connected the hooter as follows:

Plugged the earth wire (A) onto (B).
Connect A and B to (-) of battery.
Connect C to battery (+) 

Cut wire C and installed a push button switch.
Mounted the switch on the handlebar.

The horn works,but i need someone to confirm that this is the way to connect it.Or to advise on alternative method.

I hope my explanation makes sense.

Anwar.
Cape Town
South Africa

[Colorado700R]

Welcome aboard

[adee]

Thanks.

Had a problem with the bike alignment.

The bike drifts to the right when i let go of the bars.

Set the alignment old school - like when i set it on my beetle.

It worked.

If anyone wants to know how,let me know and explain the procedure.

[Colorado700R]

Cool, other wise you can do alignments like this 

http://www.raptorsource.com/forum/index.php?topic=2156.0

[Mad Dog]

Assuming that the third wire was just a neutral wire, and not controlling some other horn function or an internal switch, then yes the wiring you specified should be fine.  Ordinarily ground goes to ground, hot goes to power, and neutral goes to a system ground (like the battery or another neutral) but there shouldn't be a problem with grounding out both.

Sounds like you need to put these other riders on a leash until they learn to ride or at least pay attention

[adee]

The crew i ride with is very competitive and enthusiastic.
We are 12 guys who ride together regularly.
Last week myself and a few other okes weren't available to ride,so 7 went to Atlantis dunes.

3 bikes damaged and 3 injured.

Apparently they were trying to impress some girls....

[Krandall]

It's always those damn women!

 


Welcome Aboard Adee!