Rivco Dual Air Horns AHHD

We purchased these for our 2016 HD Road glide. After less than 200 miles, one horn had rattled loose. We contacted Amazon who sent an email to Speed Outfitters. We received an email from SO who claims that they “don’t just come loose”, we responded and haven’t heard from them since. We contacted Rivco and they have really stepped up. They stated that this horn should not be installed on a Harley as this horn is not recommended for a high vibration bike. (The correct mount for Harley is the AHHD). Rivco asked us to send the original horn to them and they will replace it with the proper horn. They’ve been having issues with third party sellers selling their horns for the wrong applications. A huge thank you to Rivco for standing behind their products!!!!

The weak link to this otherwise fine quality air horn is the mounting of the horn to your bike. Included in the kit is a cobbled together bracket made from a radiator hose clamp and a piece of scrap steel, bent to 90 degrees and painted black. If you take pride in the appearance of your bike like I do, this mounting strategy is simply unacceptable.My solution was to use a chromed mounting clamp from a Kuryakyn foot peg kit I had laying around. I mounted this clamp to my Lindby highway bar, then mounted the horn to it. It's still not a perfect solution. There's only one mounting hole on the horn itself, so it leads me to believe that the horn will eventually vibrate and rotate. If I had a complete machine shop with expensive metal working working tools in my garage I could probably have come up with something better.Other than that, this horn rocks! Lighting this thing off in my garage almost resulted in a ruptured ear drum. The tone is high (sounds like a European ambulance), but you will definitely get the attention of any texter/chatterbox/douchebag out there on the road.

I expected to install this where the existing horn was but the instructions said the bikes vibration would probably cause damage to the trumpets and void the warranty. I found a suitable location on the downtube that doesn’t interfere with the fender. I put the compressor on the crossover bracket on the downtubes and had to lift the tank to run the wiring. The electrics fits nicely in front of the battery under the seat. Be sure to sand off a little paint to get a proper ground, I had to remove the compressor (pain in the butt) to do that. This air horn is ear piercing loud! Just what I wanted!

Writing this just after completing installation on a Yamaha V-Star 650:Plus: This is an attractive, very loud air horn. It appears well made. It comes with a wealth of mounting hardware and the instructions are pretty clear.Minus: The manufacturer recommends using a supplied clamp and bracket to clamp the horn to the round frame member on the left side. The clamp slides through two slots in the bracket and around the member. The horn bolts onto the bracket.Problem 1: the supplied clamp was too wide for the slots in the bracket. Fortunately, I was able to find in my shop the same size clamp that was a tiny bit narrower, just narrow enough to fit through the slots.Problem 2: Because of the geometry of the bracket and the clamp, it is very difficult to get the clamp tight enough to hold the horn assembly firmly. I REALLY had to crank down on the clamp with the screwdriver, so much so that if I go any more I think the clamp might fail. Even with it this tight, the clamp barely grips the frame member tight enough to keep the horn assembly from rotating around the member. I'll see how it holds up over the next few weeks -- whether the clamp stays tight. One option: I suspect cutting an old bicycle tire tube and putting that under the clamp before tightening it might get the horn assembly secure enough without having to crank down quite so far on the clamp. Another option: I'm going to take the bike to my mechanic. Maybe they can tack weld the bracket to the frame. I'll see what they say.Problem 3: The photo showing how to mount the compressor was hard to make out. The instructions suggest mounting the compressor where it won't get too wet. The photo, though, if I interpreted it right, shows the compressor mounted through a bolt hole that was on a relatively low cross member directly behind the front tire where it would get soaked in the rain. The instructions also say to drill out the hole a bit. But I don't see a way to get a drill in there unless you use a right angle drill (which I don't have). Instead of following those instructions, I clamped the compressor (yes, another screw-type "air-seal" clamp) to the arm that holds the stock horn which is much higher on the frame in front of the tank.. I rotated the bracket counter-clockwise a bit so the compressor sits a even little higher. It's now high enough so it's above the fender and protected from tire spray.Problem 4: After I had the thing wired and installed, it didn't work. A little poking around and I found the fuse blown. I don't >think< I did that myself, but it's possible.Overall, I like the horn. There are cheaper ones out there, but this one looks to be a quality unit. I'm marking it down a star, though, because of the mounting hassle, especially for what in my opinion is a barely functional mounting system that for peace-of-mind I'm going to need to find a way to improve.

Product arrived with original packaging completely removed. Suspected it was returned. However, product was in new condition, with no signs of use or wear. All the parts and install parts were there. Very nice horn. Good quality; well built. Instructions for this horn were a little vague, and seemed a little daunting. Once I got into it, everything went well. Take your time; plan your steps ahead of time. They provide plenty of wiring and hosing. You have to be able to crimp electrical connectors. I'm not a mechanic, but this is a very do-able install for the average guy. Take your time.

These horns were cheaply made from plastic. I installed the horns and when you blow the horn for more than one second the tone changed to a high pitch squeal also they fell apart because they were improperly glued together only in one spot not all around the horn

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This horn is powerfull its got a high pitch to it so don't look for a train horn but you definitely be heard. and it looks great on the side of your bike.