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« on: December 04, 2013, 07:28:16 PM » |
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Updated after reading your comments... This is a bad location for this horn. I was initially fooled by the generous clearance I had when the bike was on the lift. After shock compression and rider weight (albeit 190lbs), I gave back all the safe distance from the fender I had. What remained is 3 inches of clearance. Some of you that responded, graduated from the "school of hard knocks" on this topic. I prefer to not have a diploma from this school visible on my fender. Your advice is being taken to move the horn. The members of this board are a tremendously seasoned group of riders and "wrenches", that I bow to. Cheers, Robert  |
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« Reply #1 on: December 04, 2013, 07:32:46 PM » |
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I put a horn there on another bike I had, only to discover the fork travel used that space.... and a nice custom crunch in the fender resulted.  |
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« Reply #2 on: December 04, 2013, 08:02:59 PM » |
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Jess... you have a good point, but the clearance is almost 3" from the fender.
I would think that a fork tube compression of that much, would lead to a loss of control of the bike. Or is 3 inches of travel normal on the Valk?
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« Reply #3 on: December 04, 2013, 08:48:57 PM » |
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Jet, I do not know. There may be some spec for Valk fork travel, somewhere. Maybe the Honda manual. Stating the obvious, if they can travel enough for the horn to hit the fender, you don't want it there. Full compression would not be an accident causer at all. Unless you're out of control anyway. Also, I do not know if using ratchet straps (or some such) to slowly winch the forks to full compression in an experiment would be harmful to the forks. FWIW, my Harley had more than 3", and still hit nicely. |
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« Reply #4 on: December 04, 2013, 09:34:11 PM » |
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Usually on the fork tubes there will be a very slight set of rings where the dust is wiped away......use the ring that shows the most travel.....bet it is 4 to 4 1/2 inches of travel.........
Best advice......don't hit any big bumps........
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« Reply #5 on: December 04, 2013, 10:23:12 PM » |
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I did the exact same thing and put a big dent in my fender when hitting a bump while using the front brake. I removed the fender and drilled new mounting holes and lowered the fender 1" and it was ok after that.
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« Reply #6 on: December 05, 2013, 03:39:51 AM » |
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You may have a dent in your future.  I mounted mine as shown below.  |
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« Reply #7 on: December 05, 2013, 05:20:59 AM » |
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Salty... what mounting bracket did you use in that location?
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« Reply #8 on: December 05, 2013, 07:52:50 AM » |
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Salty... what mounting bracket did you use in that location?
It's 1/8" by 1" aluminum flat bar. The bar is available at HD, Ace, etc. After drilling my holes, I polished it to add to the chrome look in that area. You might also want to polish the motor mount bolt too. I think the horn fills in this area nicely and also somewhat protected.  |
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« Reply #9 on: December 05, 2013, 08:01:57 AM » |
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To continue the slight hijack, I agree with salty1. Slightly different homemade mounting bracket, painted black.  |
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« Reply #10 on: December 05, 2013, 08:22:58 AM » |
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Valkyrie front suspension will travel just over 5 inches. Some portion of that is "up" from your measured at-rest clearance, but I would be concerned with the clearance in the pic...  |
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« Reply #11 on: December 05, 2013, 09:00:51 AM » |
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I bow to your advice... its being moved!
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« Reply #12 on: December 05, 2013, 12:30:07 PM » |
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I have a similar horn, different brand mounted in the original horn location.
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« Reply #13 on: December 05, 2013, 12:30:55 PM » |
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I have mine mounted in front of the engine where the original horn was mounted. It faces forward so it is louder for those ahead of me. No problem with water getting in it, been using it for over 5 years.
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« Reply #14 on: December 05, 2013, 03:05:20 PM » |
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I also mounted mine in the oem location. Made a new bracket from 3/16 x 1 1/4 bar and painted. Works great and looks good IMO
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« Reply #15 on: December 05, 2013, 05:46:15 PM » |
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Thanks again to all of you that have offered suggestions. The horn will be relocated to one of the suggested locations. By the way, this horn is crazy loud!
bye-bye to "meep-meep"
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« Reply #16 on: December 06, 2013, 07:49:35 AM » |
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I have mine mounted in front of the engine where the original horn was mounted. It faces forward so it is louder for those ahead of me. No problem with water getting in it, been using it for over 5 years.
Good spot for the Stebel. Definitely loud there BUT - Mine kept accumulating bugs/moths/grasshoppers. After I dug em out the horn worked went back to norm . . . for a while. It cratered about 3 months after removeing a huge grasshopper that got sucked in. New horn. New home. Mounted on bottom of the engine guard. Same side. Still plenty loud and doesn't seem to mind the absence of mini road monsters.  |
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« Reply #17 on: December 06, 2013, 07:52:44 PM » |
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The members of this board are a tremendously seasoned group of riders and "wrenches", that I bow to.
Cheers,
Robert
A very large "Amen" to your statement Robert.
Blessings,
Woody
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