summerb37
Junior Member
I put a Stebel horn on for safety because very few people ever heard the stock horn. It works really well. It fits nicely in the original mounting bracket for the stock horn. However, one day I noticed something on my front fender when cleaning my bike. I was not sure if the mark on the top of the front fender was from some corrosive liquid or from the horn hitting the fender. Anyway, it turns out the front forks compress fully often enough that plastic from the horn wore off on the front fender. First, I cannot believe Yamaha put such weak springs in the front end. I’m 140-145lbs, so there isn’t a lot of weight near the front. In addition, I’m usually carrying weight in the back end, which would also take weight off the front end, yet the horn is still hitting the front fender. I measured the distance and the front forks have to compress 2&1/2”s before the Stebel horn starts to hit the front fender. Now I’m left wondering if I should change the front springs and put in an emulator or if I should just mount the horn in another spot. In my humble opinion, the people who have complained about weak front forks in previous post are validated by this evidence. I’m only traveling on the streets too, so it is not like the roads are extremely rough.
Thoughts or comments?
Thoughts or comments?
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