K1200LTryder
Ex Member
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Definately a horn relay is in order when upgrading to a 'cager' style....they suck ALOT of juice, and you can fry more than just a couple of wires or a switch without using a relay. The reason I know ???
My buddy had a Honda Shadow 1100, and tried the horn upgrade, when mentioned the need for a relay, he sluffed it of, sayin "a horn is a frikken horn, dont need no stinkin relay". He was so proud of the new horn, he used it quite alot, until some wires got a little too hot in the circuit and decided to melt through and weld themselves to some more wiring...shorted out EVERYTHING, even the fuse box melted.
He sold the bike for parts, nobody was willing to rewire it, and the whole wiring harness and electrical stuff from Honda was over 2000 BUCKS to replace.
Horn relay's are pretty cheap insurance.
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