Another day, another little detail to pick at. Today's goal? Horns!
So a bit of backstory, the bike as purchased came with an air horn. However, I was never too keen on it- while the compressor works, the horn doesn't. Either due to faulty horns or a split air hose, I'm not sure. Either way, the compressor is jammed up under the right sidecover, and while it "works" (so to speak), that plus the relay turned all the OTHER wiring into a mess. That paired with the fact I don't use any of the horns on the bikes I have that much led to me to decide to delete it.
Now, I could just put the stock horns back on, but where's the fun in that? A quick trip to eBay later, and voila!
Now, as far as mounting them goes, I COULD just run them up by the front belt covers, like they came from the factory. But in my quest to do dumb things correctly, I went back to look at a bunch of old British bikes, and where they decided to put their horns. I noticed a lot of them tended to put them back by the rear fender, for whatever reason. Take this Ariel Square Four, for example.
Now, I'm always a fan of a bad decision, so I just may try something similar. The issue is getting the fitment right so it doesn't get hit by the swingarm, rear shocks, or the feet of a potential passenger, while also looking good- again, a dumb idea, but executed CORRECTLY.
Not helping my case? When they arrived they were a bit... larger than I was expecting.
I'm still playing around with fitment locations, but those are minor details. After that I'll fab up a quick bracket, and pretty soon it may be time for a trip to my powdercoater. Until then!
