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Installing Rivco Air Horns AND Fiamm Electric Horns
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Rivco Air & Fiamm Electric Horns

By Gary Mace

After nearly getting run over by a day dreamer in a mini-van who did not hear my stock RSV horns, I decided to do something about upgrading my horns. After searching the archives, I found many members were using Rivco air horns, and other members were using Fiamm electric horns. Since I could not make up my mind, I installed both. The result is extremely loud horns. The advantage of having installed both is that the sound resonates from the front and rear of the bike. Below I describe how I installed these horns.

First I installed the Rivco air horns, part number AHRSV. Instead of going into great detail here, please see the Rivco Installation Guide (PDF). They are designed to mount to the swingarm and shaft housing. Once installed, they are nearly invisible.

These horns are rated at 128dB and are quite loud by themselves. MSRP $144.95 as of 11/08/03

Next, I installed Fiamm Dual HF-90 electric horns inside the fairing. Each horn comes with two mounting brackets bolted together. For each horn, I removed one of the brackets so that the remaining bracket could be shaped easily to fit the tight space. When mounting, try to be careful that the horns do not touch any items inside the fairing or the fairing front when re-installed as this will reduce the sound level. Each horm should be grounded to the fairing frame using the grounding wire included.

Next, I ran the hot wire from the Fiamm horns under the tank and under the seat to reach the location where the Rivco Air Horns relay was installed. I spliced into the white wire from the Rivco Relay to the Rivco air compressor.

The Fiamm Dual HF-90 horns sell for about $32 and are rated at 134dB. They can be ordered from RideSafer.Com as well as other places that sell auto supplies.

Finally, for a clean finished look, I installed a chrome side horn cover made by DiamondR Accessories. In order for this to fit, I did need to cut a 3/4" notch out of the horn cover with a dremel tool for it to fit around the Rivco compressor.

These horns are extremely loud and no longer horns you 'beep' simply to say Hi to your neighbor.

 

Last update: 08:31 PM Monday, May 9, 2011

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