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Your best bet is to wire the horn using a relay. The exisiting horn switch will then only use a litlle juice (technical term) to trigger the relay and the horn can draw a lot of juice directly from the battery for full sound. Check out http://www.easternbeaver.com/Main/Products/Horn_Kits/horn_kits.html for kits, or roll your own. -- Kevin Powers White Bear Lake, MN

On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 7:18 AM, Don Montgomery wrote: Hi all, Maybe someone has had the horn button apart and a look at how robust the contacts in the horn switch are. I would like to wire one Fiam low tone horn in place of the stock one. The stock is marked as 3 A and when installing two Fiams it is recommended to fuse for 10A (as well as use a relay) No current draw noted on the Fiam. Best regards, Don M

#ygrps-yiv-1553824392 p {margin:0;}I concur.  The stock horn wiring is very thin gauge wire.  I used 14ga. wire and a relay for my Stebel Nautilus. -Jeff Khoury [b]From: [/b]"Kevin Powers" [b]To: [/b]"Don Montgomery" [b]Cc: [/b]"KLR650@yahoogroup" DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com> [b]Sent: [/b]Monday, October 25, 2010 6:48:00 AM [b]Subject: [/b]Re: [DSN_KLR650] Can horn switch handle 5 amp horn?   Your best bet is to wire the horn using a relay.  The exisiting horn switch will then only use a litlle juice (technical term) to trigger the relay and the horn can draw a lot of juice directly from the battery for full sound.  Check out http://www.easternbeaver.com/Main/Products/Horn_Kits/horn_kits.html for kits, or roll your own. -- Kevin Powers White Bear Lake, MN

On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 7:18 AM, Don Montgomery wrote:   Hi all,  Maybe someone has had the horn button apart and a look at how robust the contacts in the horn switch are. I would like to wire one Fiam low tone horn in place of the stock one. The stock is marked as 3 A and when installing two Fiams it is recommended to fuse for 10A (as well as use a relay) No current draw noted on the Fiam.   Best regards, Don M

The Blazer horn part number BH101LC from AutoZone fits the KLR and is loud and only about $17. It is rated 5 amps, but doesn't draw that much when honking it. / /

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I installed a stebel. You use the horn switch, BUT it controls a $4. relay sending power from the battery to the 15amp horn. Thats how most electronic stuff works, a baby switch control the bigger switch (The Relay is the big switch.) VERY easy to do.

--- On [b]Mon, 10/25/10, Mike Frey [i][/i][/b] wrote:

From: Mike Frey Subject: Re: [DSN_KLR650] Can horn switch handle 5 amp horn? To: "List KLR" DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com> Date: Monday, October 25, 2010, 6:32 PM   The Blazer horn part number BH101LC from AutoZone fits the KLR and is loud and only about $17. It is rated 5 amps, but doesn't draw that much when honking it. / / >

I was impressed.  Do a search for motorcycle fairings, there are a number of different models Mike H.  

----- Original Message ----- [b]From:[/b] nakedwaterskier@... [b]To:[/b] DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com [b]Sent:[/b] Monday, October 25, 2010 11:02 AM [b]Subject:[/b] [DSN_KLR650] Re: Brittania Fairing with dual Hellas - Huh?   There are universal dual sport fairings with dual headlight setups available for less than $60 on Ebay. While not as cool or functional, has anybody tried one? These strap on to the forks. Jeffrey #3

I went through a couple of $4 relays before I spent $7 at Eastern Beaver and picked up a Matsushita 20A relay with tab . The $4 Auto-Zone cheapies fell apart mechanically due to the vibration and their indifferent quality made-in-China workmanship.

 

The Matsushita relay has been trouble free for 45K miles of dual sport use. Matsushita is Panasonic. The relay is waterproof, mightily vibration resistant and is made in Japan.

 

See http://www.easternbeaver.com/Main/Elec__Products/Relays/relays.html While you are on the Eastern Beaver site, pick up some of the Posi-Lock connectors, they are well worth their modest cost.

 

BTW the Eastern Beaver site is both work and family friendly , despite a name that might be misconstrued J

 

[b]From:[/b] DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com [mailto:DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com] [b]On Behalf Of [/b]mark ward [b]Sent:[/b] Monday, October 25, 2010 12:45 PM [b]To:[/b] List KLR; Mike Frey [b]Subject:[/b] Re: [DSN_KLR650] Can horn switch handle 5 amp horn?

 

 

I installed a stebel. You use the horn switch, BUT it controls a $4. relay sending power from the battery to the 15amp horn.

Thats how most electronic stuff works, a baby switch control the bigger switch (The Relay is the big switch.) VERY easy to do.