Louder horn?
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From: Minnesota
But I've found I can yell Obscenities sooner then I can find the horn switch,
and louder then the factory horn.
It works.
People today are desensitized to beeping horns,, they don't care. When was the last time you saw anyone come running when a car alarm is going off?
You can get people moving pretty fast when you start very loudly and publicly calling them bad names!!
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From: Galt's Gulch - MI
I dunno... if you've got time to be hitting the horn switch you've got time to make an evasive, positive action. A horn is nothing but an audible F you, don't waste precious time with that; and the morons won't care anyway. Save yourself first, flip them off later if it suits your fancy. I use the horn for squirrels and other little critters on the edges of the roadway to startle them and keep them off the road, nothing else. Humans are disconnected from all reality, you need to rely on riding technique.
A louder horn is false security...
A louder horn is false security...
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I once asked this question and got yelled at. WTF do you need a horn for? You should be taking evasive action instead of hitting a horn button. Etc.
I installed the standard HD horn in the same place as the pancake beeper that the LR and LRS comes with, regardless of opinions otherwise. Plenty loud enough for me. And like $30 with no wiring change needed.
I use it mostly to wake people up who are asleep when the light turns green...
I installed the standard HD horn in the same place as the pancake beeper that the LR and LRS comes with, regardless of opinions otherwise. Plenty loud enough for me. And like $30 with no wiring change needed.
I use it mostly to wake people up who are asleep when the light turns green...
Ray
I completely agree. But, how about sitting in a line of stopped traffic, like at a traffic light, and the idiot in front of you shifts into reverse, or the one next to you decides they want to move into your lane without looking over their shoulder... I just want something louder then the stock horn.
Ray
Ray
i usually try to pull onto the driver's side rear close to the lane line. so i'm in the mirror and texting tards will hit the car in front of me because:
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in 2014 HD went to a louder horn , definitely a difference in sound when I compare my 2012 to my 2016
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A blast from a horn will sometimes PREVENT the NEED for evasive actions by pulling another driver out of his/her distracted "virtual reality" and back into Real World before the situation escalates.
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From: Galt's Gulch - MI
I completely agree. But, how about sitting in a line of stopped traffic, like at a traffic light, and the idiot in front of you shifts into reverse, or the one next to you decides they want to move into your lane without looking over their shoulder... I just want something louder then the stock horn.
Ray
Ray
Here again, I'm not going to rely on a horn and hope it all works out, I'm taking a positive action. In the example of sitting in traffic: when I stop I leave myself plenty of room between my front wheel and the stopped vehicle ahead and I've positioned myself to either the left or the right side of the lane, depending on the intersection. If the vehicle ahead begins to back up I've got the room and time to move out of the lane and up between the stopped cars. Same if a vehicle is approaching from the rear when I'm stopped, I've got the room to get out of the crush zone and up between the stopped traffic. Keep yourself in those mirrors, even when traffic behind you is stopped. If you stop too close to the vehicle ahead of you you're now in the crush zone with no way out.
The typical driver doesn't do head turns, motorcyclists driving a car do
You're lucky if the typical driver even looks in their mirrors before they change lanes. Spend no time in another vehicles blind spot, if you're passing on the left move through the blind spot quickly and be ready for them to move in to your lane as you pass them. If traffic flow in your lane is going to keep you in another vehicles blind spot then back off a bit to get out of that blind spot.I have zero faith that the overly loud pipes I run are going to save me any more than a loud horn can. Situational awareness and defensive riding tactics will, though...
