Replace The Stock Himalayan Horn

When I first got the bike, there were a few things I knew I wanted to replace right away. First I replaced the stock windshield. Next on the list was the horn. It is not loud enough and sounds like the Road Runner. I know there are some VERY powerful horns out there but I wanted to use the stock button, use the existing wiring, and just do a simple replacement (not adding brackets, etc.).

After doing some research, the Denali SoundBomb Mini was a perfect fit. The stock horn is a single tone horn.

As you can see, it is a very simple swap. Just one nut and two connectors. I was a bit worried when I first looked that the wire connectors were very short. The Denali horn must be mounted with the horn facing down. Luckily the connectors are at the top and the length of the wires was not an issue.

The replacement was VERY simple. Just remove the two connectors and unscrew the nut. With the new horn, connect the two wires (it does NOT matter which wire goes on which connector) and bolt it on. Torque it to 6.5 ft-lbs and you are done.

Once I had it wired up, started up the bike and gave it a test. It worked! What a difference. The tone is the most noticeable to start. It now sounds like a car and not a bird. It is also MUCH louder. The new horn is 113 decibels. The old horn is approximately 75-80 decibels. Now that may not sound like a lot but an increase of 33db is significantly louder.

I also looked into the amperage of each. The Denali pulls 5 amps. Not a significant draw. The original horn pulled somewhere between 2-5 amps (could not find a document that explicitly stated it). In either case, I am not worried that the new horn draws too much power for the stock wiring.

I am extremely pleased with the new horn. It cost about $40 and well worth the expense. I would tell anyone with a stock horn to make this modification as it is inexpensive, safer, and takes about 5 minutes to make the change.