Ever Consider Putting a Train Horn on Your Bike?
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Ever Consider Putting a Train Horn on Your Bike?
HornBlaster's videos"The most exciting train horn video collection on the internet!"have made me break out in full-blown hysterics on more than once occasion. And since I actually also do some work for a couple of Ford truck sites, I've actually considered getting a wake-the-dead setup for my old Explorer. You know, for evaluation purposes. But I never thought about mounting a train horn system on a bike, and I have to admit the idea just cracks me up. It could even come in handy while lane splitting out here in the Golden State!
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About 5 years ago I was at Laconia wandering around a vendors area at a local leather shop. All of a sudden there was a ear splitting blast that hurt my ears like hell. Everyone one around me covered their ears. There was a bike that had the train horns, like the ones J Coyle posted,mounted on the handle bars, with braces running down to the front fender mounts. It had big home made saddlebags on it that housed the air compressor. He had it on a timer that would set off the horns about every 5 minutes.
Turns out there was a woman walking by the front of the bike when the horns went off. It scared her so badly that she dropped the food she was carrying and fell to the ground. She recovered and looked around until she found the owner. Boy, she screamed every obscenity in the book at him. LOL The shop owner told the guy to either shut them off or he had to leave. He left, after one more blast.
The bike was a piece of crap. It looked like it had never seen water or soap (or rust remover) but the horns were cool.
Turns out there was a woman walking by the front of the bike when the horns went off. It scared her so badly that she dropped the food she was carrying and fell to the ground. She recovered and looked around until she found the owner. Boy, she screamed every obscenity in the book at him. LOL The shop owner told the guy to either shut them off or he had to leave. He left, after one more blast.
The bike was a piece of crap. It looked like it had never seen water or soap (or rust remover) but the horns were cool.
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But can you turn your forks to the left with them?
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You could make like a choo choo, I guess.
Or, you could just get a $16 FIAMM Freeway Blaster that fits without mods in your stock cowbell. 30 to 40 percent louder than stock horn, and deeper.
I put mine in this. No mods required to make the horn fit it this little set up either.
Or, you could just get a $16 FIAMM Freeway Blaster that fits without mods in your stock cowbell. 30 to 40 percent louder than stock horn, and deeper.
I put mine in this. No mods required to make the horn fit it this little set up either.
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I had one of these on my bike. But it didn't hold up. http://www.aerostich.com/ear-cannon-air-horn.html