General Biking Discussion Approved.

^^ Discussion?? The thread opener was more of a statement for his dislike of horns being....................loud? I'll just nod along, yes yes horns are bad

i hate those horns most of the Ambassador drivers keep...its not the loudness its the sound itself...so irritating,its like poking you with a needle!

ha ha nice thread
I small towns people use some tuner kind of thing
when ever you pull front brake a song start " KANTA LAGA"
or "JATA DA CHORA"
And some people have horns like - lady screaming like any thing or a baby crying.
Some have hooters like "HHHHHHHHUUUUUUUNNNNNNNHHHHHUUUUUNNNNNNN"
bad bad bad this scares hell out of any one,
one can loose his/her balance on road(especially two wheelers).

dude..yes horns are bad when not used in the way they should be used....and irritating stock horn award goes to disco and pulsar?? why? i think they are the best stock horns in the market,they are loud but not sooo loud that everyone has to use ear plugs,these type of horns are needed to keep the people away from the road,most of the people think that the road is kinda graden place and roaM here and there,especially village people..so irritating,they dont evn pay heed to the vehicles coming..alll those people are blind and deaf..they live in thier own world..
so it is absolutely necessary to have a good horn.

There is nothing bad in putting up a large horn.
A stock Karizma has a horn that puts Bajaj Sunny to shame!

Pulsars on the other hand have one of the most wonderful stock horns, so does Zuki Zeus and GS150R.

The problem is not with the horn, its rather with the thumb that uses them at most stupidest reasons. Like it is well said, most of the accidents are caused by the NUT between the Handle bar and Saddle.


Loud horns are good, for vehicles going at good speeds, especially in India where you can not be sure when some one might be jumping in from a road divider, straight into your track, tossing away your bike. But the use is purely at one's discretion.

Stupids would use it to show that I have a bigger one(Read-Bike, Battery, Horn)! Sensible would use it to mark his presence in a subtle way.

I have seen people putting up pressure horns and what not in/on their punny steeds and honking them at almost most every place, including schools, hospitals and places of the kind. But we cant blame them, its their thinking. For they are the ones, who would buy a 1.25 Lac rs. bike and still wear a 100rs. Helmet. They have nothing precious to save, and hence they are giving out a loud statement by usage of a LOUD Horn!.

@amand
oh yes!
there are stupids who use the reverse warning tone as horns!!

horns should come with a device in the relay or something that does not allow it to be used again for the next 30 seconds.
people will replace it but there needs to be a top down initiative to minimize horn use.

horns are only to be used in a potentially dangerous situation to let other people know of your presence. they are NOT for clearing the way.

i never had a horn on my bikes. (weight reduction) i just ride a bit more defensively, and i absolutely feel safe without it.

in my opinion, the real problem is not horns but the aggression. in general, Indians are among the most uncultured and impolite people in the world... especially on the road in control of a vehicle.

very idiotic suggestion but i think there should be a volume control type something so that we can control the volume when we are on highway or in city accordingly.

Some morons fit those horns which sound like donkeys braying or bulls letting out a warcry before attacking! I remember one such incident in Bangalore near my place where a pedestrian crossing the road was shocked by the loud noise so much, that he fell backwards into the way of some moving car and was hit.. In my opinion, we should have some upper decibel limit even for horns to be sold aftermarket to check this problem..

Your suggestion surely shows your frustation and makes me laugh very loud .Good suggestion but somehow......dangerous also.

One from my side-

"TAU HAT JA..."

I found this one in a xcd(comes very often to my neighbours house) and whenever he put his ugly finger on that idiot button i really dont know how i stop myself from killing him

^^+1.. i do go with that idea...
Aren't there any rules against using such disturbing horns??

I think there is a clause under which policemen can fine people for loud horns but there is no way they can find out what horn a rider/driver has unless that person uses it in front of the cop