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(@cms062407)
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I am removing these clown horns from my sidecar and the vacuum hose powering them goes to this canister. What is this canister? Can I remove it if I’m taking the horns off? Should I just plug it? Thanks!

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Posted : October 6, 2024 7:23 pm
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Remove it  ! There should be a  couple  wires connected to  it. If you  can trace them  back to  their  source, remove  them too. If they are hard to trace back, either tape them off, or heat shrink them, so they don't  make contact. Most likely  the wires will  trace back to the  OEM horn wires.

Chris,  you are  going to  finding a  lot of  crap like that,  when previous  owners have pimped out their  bike with stuff they  think  is cool.

99.99 % of the  Honda OEM equipment  will  never  fail. It's  the  aftermarket  crap that  owners  install,  and install  poorly,  that causes the failures. 

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Posted : October 6, 2024 7:57 pm
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That's the compressor.  Here's a $35 kit on Amazon with much the same look -->

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https://www.amazon.com//dp/B07TFCZZXY/

 

 
Posted : October 6, 2024 8:26 pm
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(@cms062407)
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@miles-ladue the funny thing is, the OEM horn is still installed and it’s actually louder than those clown pipes lol.

 
Posted : October 6, 2024 10:46 pm
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@ned awesome, thank you! I’m removing the canister and power wires tomorrow. Less crap the better.

 
Posted : October 6, 2024 10:47 pm
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Posted by: @cms062407

@miles-ladue the funny thing is, the OEM horn is still installed and it’s actually louder than those clown pipes lol.

I was pleasantly shocked at the volume of the stock horns.  I had a set of Stebel Nautilus installed on the Royal Star/Hannigan rig that were MUCH better than the pathetic factory horn.  Sadly, the low tone on the set installed on the Strom is gone leaving a somewhat acceptable tone.  I only use it for parades anyway to "wave" at kids since none of my motorcycles make noises above that of ambient sewing machines.

 

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Posted : October 7, 2024 10:52 am
SwampFox, Drew, sheath and 1 people reacted