horn

[Pappa Bear]

I just picked up a Bad Boy Horn. Is it nessesary to use the relay they include or can I just plug in my stock wires?

[wes0778]

Relay IS required unless you wanna let the smoke out of the stock wires!!!

[Long Tall]

I did mine with Carbon One' Bracket and Wiring Harness...I would suggest there use..

 

See my post here:

 

http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?p=470249#post470249

 

Also....Here is a pix of mine with the Chrome Bad Boy on the bike...

 

Go Here: Note the Magnifying Glass Icon in the upper right of the pic...Makes the pix larger...

 

http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/l-_4ADekUrEczmBO6LnEHg?feat=directlink

 

Long Tall in Virginia

[Guest seuadr]

Relay IS required unless you wanna let the smoke out of the stock wires!!!

ya, the stock wiring can't handle the current draw the way heavier gauge wiring can.

it'll work for a little while, then you'll have a pretty impressive short somewhere in your harness. the relay is actually really pretty easy to wire.

 

run your stock wiring from one of your horns to the coil terminals of the relay, and a 10 gauge wire with a 30 amp fuse direct off the battery to the horns. I have ran my ground to the radiator mount bolt to avoid having to run it back to the battery, but either way as long as you have a good ground and a fuse inline, you will be golden.