Mine's worse than yours, I'd bet. When putting on the engine bars the original dealer told me the horn was too big to allow it so he put a dinky one on.
Beep beep. Beep beep. His horn went beep beep beep. (The Playmates, 1958)
When I put the (engine) dresser bars on, I just needed to modify the bracket to fit original horn in. It's tight, but does fit.
Still, I bought a Stebel over a year ago, and yet to put it on! I will this winter.
I thought i was in the wrong forum at first because mine is deep and loud, probably as much so as my car. It's one of the very first birds pre-ordered in 2009 so maybe they changed the horn sometime after that.
Find a horn off a BMW K-model. The one on my old K75/RT sounded like a truck!
(My Sprint came with an air-horn compressor and two trumpets mounted on the inside of the fairing lowers, courtesy of the former owner. It sounded like a BIG truck.)
I've no complaints about the stock horn on my 2014 Stormie. It's not the embarrassing 'beep' you get from most Japanese bikes, but also not the "get the F*** outta my way" blaster the BMW was equipped with.
I bought my k1600 used and always assumed the original owner upgraded the horn as he bought the bike to ride Alaska, but if that is stock I can vouch it is a very capable horn!
Like PapaSmurfMC & Steve Ford, I found it a quick install, no relay required, and mine will turn heads now. About $15.00 on Amazon and if you need a relay for your particular bike, their only about $6.00. Since my bike is my daily driver and pretty much in town, it gets a lot of work out and hasn't faded yet. Though since I learned to drive in Italy I do have a tendency to use it a lot regardless. This was probably the single best add/change I made to the bike.
If your horn doesn't work you may be able to fix it. Their is an adjustment screw on the horn and all it takes is a slight turn in one direction or the other and it might sound ok. Just a little trial and error but you can mark it before adjustment so if it doesn't get better, put it back to the starting point so it doesn't get worse. It's on the same side as the electrical connections. Maybe a cheap easy fix.
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