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Moto Guzzi V85TT - curing an ant’s horn
I have a Moto Guzzi V85TT and it is a thing of beauty. Clearly the gentlemen who designed it realised that the had created a device of such magnificent beauty that all would clear the road before it. However in the UK the box drivers didn’t get the memo and they sometimes just don’t see the beauty so I need to make them aware of it by blasting the horn. However the amount of beauty bestowed upon the bike did not extend to an adequate horn - it has the deafening quality of a trumpet blown by an asthmatic ant. Sorry if I have offended and asthmatic ants out there.

I have tried various horns but they are either as weak or are too big for the size available. The next step is to put an extra bracket onto the bike so that the horn that is currently hidden behind the front mudguard will now sit to one side. the current horn is 105dB but I have lying around a couple of 130dB horns (too large) and a snail horn (again too large). Has anyone got any other suggestions?

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I gave up trying and mounted a Soundbomb on the engine bars. When I press the button I want someone to get a dry cleaning bill, not wonder who is, watching a cartoon about ducklings in the next street.

You'd think Moto Guzzi would be the one manufacturer to fit a decent horn, but no, meep-meep like Noddy in his little car.

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The Soundbomb could well be ideal - the piping allowing the horn to be separate from the compressor. I just need to get the dimensions and measure up the available space. Otherwise I am going to have to fabricate a bracket for another horn (only 130dB) that I have - actually, when I think about it I have two of the 130dB horns but that would be getting a bit silly. Perhaps..
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Well the asthmatic ant has gone to be replaced by a ship’s fog horn - that may be overstating the change but I am much happier with the new horn. I did have to fabricate a bracket but that is fine and it should be good for many miles.

Anyway, as an aside, if anyone wants a hardly used horn suitable for an ant please drop me a line.
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Fiamm
I may be wrong but I seem to remember Moto Guzzi had Fiamm horns way back in the 1970's and you certainly heard them.
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I wish that they still used them. the standard fit aren’t helped by their positioning - they have the fuel tank behind them and the mudguard in front so what little noise that is made doesn’t make its way forwards or backwards - forwards tends to be the place that you want to noise to go.
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