That does it!

[Tailgate]

Last Sunday afternoon, while doing 55MPH or so on rural highway and on a get-out-of-town ride mission, a knucklehead motorist pulled up to exit a sports complex parking lot. Just as I'm approaching on my bike the motorist pulls pulls up in two stages perpendicular to the highway lane and makes two abrupt manuevers that would lead ANY defensive approaching driver to think that this is somebody about to pull out right, smack in front of you, and requires that you either slam on the brakes or abruptly decelerate/brake and/or cover the brakes because this is an accident just about ready to happen. I immediately hard braked, you know---not 100% or panic but enought to make the front end suddenly dive down---and hit my OEM horn. THAT DOES IT! The OEM horn, the way it communicates, reminds me of that VW Bug "Herbie" or something because the way it sounded that moment was too much like a meeky, cowardly "Howdy" greeting and not like an enraged mountain cougar or lion paralyzing freight-train-loud ROAR. As I passed---cautiously, all the while now covering both brakes and at a greatly reduced speed---I held up my right fist and shook it in anger trying to convey the message "WTF are you D-O-I-N-G?!". YUP, THAT DOES IT: I'm installing the "Big Boy" Stebel horn that I've had lying around and not in my van but on my FZ6. And, I apologize to you other FZ6-Forumers who have earlier posted about having done this mod already because I foolishly thought that the OEM horn was adequate. I APOLOGIZE! Please forgive me! The FZ6 OEM horn is NOT up to task to adequately fire a warning shot over such road morons, to adequately convey the message that "You're F'ING UP, moron, STOP!"

[Oblisk]

ill keep this in mind when i buy my bike

[rvbiker]

Humm, either the driver was purposely trying to intimidate you or he just didn’t see you but either way, whether it was the horn or intimidation, he DID see you. I guess I don’t see how a bigger horn would have helped in this situation but you were there and I was not!

[Hellgate]

Originally Posted by Tailgate

Last Sunday afternoon, while doing 55MPH or so on rural highway and on a get-out-of-town ride mission, a knucklehead motorist pulled up to exit a sports complex parking lot. Just as I'm approaching on my bike the motorist pulls pulls up in two stages perpendicular to the highway lane and makes two abrupt manuevers that would lead ANY defensive approaching driver to think that this is somebody about to pull out right, smack in front of you, and requires that you either slam on the brakes or abruptly decelerate/brake and/or cover the brakes because this is an accident just about ready to happen. I immediately hard braked, you know---not 100% or panic but enought to make the front end suddenly dive down---and hit my OEM horn. THAT DOES IT! The OEM horn, the way it communicates, reminds me of that VW Bug "Herbie" or something because the way it sounded that moment was too much like a meeky, cowardly "Howdy" greeting and not like an enraged mountain cougar or lion paralyzing freight-train-loud ROAR. As I passed---cautiously, all the while now covering both brakes and at a greatly reduced speed---I held up my right fist and shook it in anger trying to convey the message "WTF are you D-O-I-N-G?!". YUP, THAT DOES IT: I'm installing the "Big Boy" Stebel horn that I've had lying around and not in my van but on my FZ6. And, I apologize to you other FZ6-Forumers who have earlier posted about having done this mod already because I foolishly thought that the OEM horn was adequate. I APOLOGIZE! Please forgive me! The FZ6 OEM horn is NOT up to task to adequately fire a warning shot over such road morons, to adequately convey the message that "You're F'ING UP, moron, STOP!"

Tailgate you are WRONG! My '64 bug had a louder horn, so don't insult my old car. The FZ6 horn is a joke.

I agree, the Stebel is a great horn. I wonder if a plain old GM car horn will fit/work???

[FZ6inNH]

Originally Posted by Hellgate

Tailgate you are WRONG! My '64 bug had a louder horn, so don't insult my old car. The FZ6 horn is a joke.

I agree, the Stebel is a great horn. I wonder if a plain old GM car horn will fit/work???

Hmmmm... gears are grinding now!

[steveindenmark]

My Visvest is louder than my horn and that is why I always wear it.

Steve

[VEGASRIDER]

Getting rid of the stock horn was the very 1st mod I did on my bike.

Most riders either undersestimate the effectiveness of a horn or they do not have the skills to effectively use the horn in most situations until after the fact. Skill? It's not about pushing the horn, but to have the abiltiy to hit the horn without even thinking about using it. It should come instictivley, not after the fact that "gee, I should have use the horn".

In most situations, properly using your horn will prevent potential threats from escalating to a very bad situation without you even hitting your brakes. When I ride, I notice that I end up covering my horn more than I cover my brakes.

[FZ6inNH]

Here's a link to an FJR install of dual Blasters. FJRTech.com - Dedicated to the FJR1300 Enthusiast! Sounds like I could mount these under the inner fairings!

[Tailgate]

Originally Posted by rvbiker

Humm, either the driver was purposely trying to intimidate you or he just didn’t see you but either way, whether it was the horn or intimidation, he DID see you. I guess I don’t see how a bigger horn would have helped in this situation but you were there and I was not!

You're right. It's more/bigger ammo for the "next time."

[FZ6inNH]

Anyone had any experience with this one?

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