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Author Topic: Found a fantastic air horn for the bike, but...........  (Read 1282 times)
John Schmidt
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a/k/a Stuffy. '99 I/S Valk Roadsmith Trike

De Pere, WI (Green Bay)


« on: July 18, 2009, 06:53:14 AM »

It's a little big. Taken from a WWII Navy destroyer, some dude in California mounted it in his car's hatchback opening....looks like a Scion. When he tested it, they heard it in a restaurant 9.3 miles away. He does have it facing to the rear, if he didn't one blast would probably blow out his ear drums. He sounded off while driving through a short tunnel and it echoed for nearly 10 seconds.

You know....the faster your vehicle, the louder the horn needs to be. Since these Valks are rather speedy..... crazy2
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RDKLL
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« Reply #1 on: July 18, 2009, 07:01:43 AM »

 http://www.switched.com/2009/07/17/worlds-loudest-horn-heard-9-3-miles-away/

Be kinda cool
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Oss
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« Reply #2 on: July 18, 2009, 08:01:18 AM »

 cooldude


I suppose you would need the entire left saddlebad to hold the air compressor part.

still can I have one for christmas?
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John Schmidt
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a/k/a Stuffy. '99 I/S Valk Roadsmith Trike

De Pere, WI (Green Bay)


« Reply #3 on: July 18, 2009, 09:34:53 AM »

cooldude
I suppose you would need the entire left saddlebag to hold the air compressor part.
still can I have one for christmas?

The Wing I had before the Valk was definitely heard. One day while messing around over in Daytona, I stopped in a used boat supply shop and found a set of air horns taken off a boat. One trumpet was 17", the other 19", and I mounted one under each saddlebag. They used those little beer can sized compressors so I hooked one up for each side. You talk about loud, I was not ignored by anyone. Even the truckers got a kick out of it, I'd give them a toot when I passed and they'd respond with theirs and give me a thumbs up. My wife was able to ride with me then and she would get irritated when I'd ride down a country road and blast the horses and cattle standing next to the fences. Horses would often rare up and gallop off, cattle would just scatter. I'd get a slap across the back of the helmet.
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DavRed
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« Reply #4 on: July 18, 2009, 09:51:08 AM »

I have BigBF Quads installed, and 2 of the small air horns. (One in each Pod) On my Interstate.  It is very loud, but I would really like to redo that setup with something a little deeper sounding. More like a big truck. Have not been able to figure out how to mount something like the large bell horns on the interstate… Anyone done this on an Interstate?
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hubcapsc
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« Reply #5 on: July 18, 2009, 10:15:22 AM »

It's a little big. Taken from a WWII Navy destroyer, some dude in California mounted it in his car's hatchback opening....

I'm fantasizing about tailgaters...

Plus, for people who won't dim their lights, imagine: low beam, high beam, laser beam...

I just imagine these things, I would never do them... now, where did I put that electromagnetic
pulse generator?...

-Mike
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F6Mark
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2000 Red/Blk Tourer

College Park, MD


« Reply #6 on: July 18, 2009, 05:00:57 PM »

Did yall see the utube clips of the guy driving around with a train horn in his compact car?  He'd drive by a store dowtown and give a blast and the peopel would think they're about to get run over by a god!@#$ train!  quite amusing.
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