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[CVOgaree]

Does any one out there in CVO land know if there is a replacement horn that is loud & will look good? Mine sounds like the beep! beep! of the "Road Runner".


Does Harley make a loud horn?
I recently received my Bad Boy horn from JP. turned out it was made of plastic. It's hard to believe someone can't invent a truly 139 DB horn out of chrome/metals worthy of my FLSTS2 & willing to kick-in the bucks to have the safety & LOOKS!. Do I hear a YEAH?

[VaEagle]

Many styles to choose from and great customer service. Very loud horns.
http://www.thepropad.com/MiniBeast-Horns-Prodlist.html

[Jasray]

The minibeast is definitely on my mod list

[etudeguy]

Well I had never heard of the MiniBeast before so I went to there web-site and checked them out. Pretty cool looking and loud.

Thanks for the info.

[ultrarider123]

The minibeast is definitely on my mod list

I believe that may be the route I go, too.

grae51, HD makes an air horn that's plug and play and mounts where the factory horn goes.  I would post a link to the horn from HD but they don't have it listed in their parts online.  The part number is 69423-05 for the horn, however.
It is very loud but the looks have stopped me from purchasing.  Propad has the right idea in it's a loud muffler but looks good, too.  

[RCFlyer]

I have the Harley 69423-05 Air Horn.  I think it's discontinued however.  You may search ebay for one.  It is very loud, but not the prettiest horn.  It also requires you to wire in a relay to handle the extra current.
Good luck!

[porkypig]

I also bought the air horn for my -10 convertible and used it on the '11 as well.  didnot put it on the '12 because by then it was sounding very sick.  More like a duck than an air horn.  so, I have purchased what is called an "auxilliary horn" by Harley that I had on my '05 Heritage.  I would have scavenged it off the '05 but could not remember how to get it all apart so I just left it on.  but I bought the exact same thing 6 months ago on Ebay and have not mounted it yet.  it is louuuuuuuud, let me tell you folks.  It is electric and mounts under the frame just above the top of the crash bar.  Nice looking chrome cover and as I said, it frightens people when they hear it.  However, I am still not convincded that any (that is pronounceed aaaannnnnnyyyyyyy) of the horns we have on our motorcycles truly work in all circumstances out on the open road.  I had a lady just kept on coming right over into my lane as I was blowing that horn until she looked over and saw she was about to overrun a bike.  I believe when people are in their luxury cars with the beautiful tunes turned up and in their own little "cage" world, they just aren't going to hear at all unless we had an atomic explosion.  so, I will use this instead.  at a stop, it is loouuuuudddd, but on the road, it is just a meep-meep   sort of ornamental gimic posing as a legal horn.  but what our bikes come with from the factory is pathetic.  Whatcha think??   Pork.

[lilcoot]

Metalarts has some different horns.  I have one and am happy with it, but have heard others report negative experiences with the service.  I had really good service.

Rivco also has some different options.

If the mini beast XR series had been available when I was looking, I probably would have gone with them, though.

Good luck!

Dan

[ozarke]

Does anyone have a picture of the Minibeast XR on a CVO?    The website only has pictures of the horn, not on bike.  It is hard for me to tell how it fits, size wise.

It is also hard for me to determine which of the styles would look good on the bike and if the chrome one most appropriate.  I find interest in the product, but the lack of a visual is holding me back.  I will most likely have to see these before I purchase one. 

[doublerunner]

I went with the mini beast. Did the swap myself this winter. Loud, but not obnoxious and sounds like a horn. Fits perfect with the style of my bike. I can not post pics right now as the bike is in storage and can't get a good picture of it where it is. I also like that the sound goes out sideways, not forward or down. Forward would just go right into my fairings.

There's many threads on this site regarding horns if you need more info   

[CowboyBagger]

Looking for opinions.  Which X-R series mini beast would look the best on the ruby red FLHXSE3?  I have not seen them in person and can't find on the bike pics. 

Cowboy

[moscooter]

 
This may not look so good,  but ya can't beat it for LOUD...............I had to click around the video,  to get it to work.

[doublerunner]

This may not look so good,  but ya can't beat it for LOUD...............I had to click around the video,  to get it to work.

Yeah that is super loud which is why I did not get it. It sounds like a train so people won't be looking for the bike, they'll be looking for the train. I wanted mine to sound like a horn, just louder than stock

[CVOgaree]

I found one.......Kuryakyn Super Deluxe WOLO Bad Boy Horn Kit......looks good in pic. I will let you know how it looks on the bike.

Well, received & sent it back the same day, $152 + w/shipping. Piece of crap. It was the same horn I had on my Sporty that broke ( I hit a chuck hole in the road),cuz it waz all plastic & made in China.
BTW I got free return shipping.......Still looking for an all-metal air horn that will look great on my CVO Softail Convertible.

[brr5]

Here's a photo of the MiniBeast on my 2011