June 22nd, 2006
118 Decibel Wolo Bad Boy 419 Horn Makes Scooters Scary
By Michael Tate
Guest Contributor, RealTechNews
Face it, when you’re tooling around town on your scooter, the last thing you want is to NOT get noticed at a critical time. It also really stinks when your horn sounds like an angry cricket. It commands no respect at all. Like most mechanically inclined bikers, I went looking at aftermarket horns. Lots of lovely goodies, but nothing really grabbed me until I spotted one of these:
Meet the Wolo Bad Boy model 419.
It’s tiny (5″x5″x3.5″), lightweight (16 oz) and whoa nelly, is it ever loud. About 118db to be precise. That’s about twice as loud as the standard car horn. Installation is simple, uses the same two wires that operate your existing horn (which you will soon after trash).
We Say: This is a really inexpensive safety upgrade for most of the motorists out there, both bikers and car drivers. Check out the audio link, it sounds a tad Ferrariish, but I’m not sure. I cannot hear in my right ear anymore (my doctor said it was temporary…) $49.99 Product Page
Source: Wolo Mfg.
Alice Adds: Holy Gee. I think it would blow me off my seat and cause an accident (and I don’t mean the vile brown note kind either.) But I probably could have used this when I got run over on my scooter. Damn truck driver never even heard me screaming at the top of my lungs.
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Allie says:
audio link is 404… does it sound like one of thise high-pitched ‘get the eff out of my way’ Italian car horns?
June 22nd, 2006 at 10:17 pm
Alice says:
Let me check the link again.
June 22nd, 2006 at 10:20 pm
Alice says:
Weird - I got the 404 on one try and the sound played perfectly the next. Try the link again. Horn sounds tinny or as Michael called it “Ferrariish” but I can see how it would get your attention!
June 22nd, 2006 at 10:24 pm
Mumblix Grumph says:
Hah! That’s not a horn. I’ve got five air horns in my Saab ranging from 24 inches long down to six. It’s hooked up to a 10 gallon 150 p.s.i. compressed air tank. When I let some cell-phone additcted driver have it…baby, it sounds like The Midnight Special is on their ass.
June 22nd, 2006 at 10:42 pm
Alice says:
I would pay money to see that in action. I hate cell phone using drivers.
June 22nd, 2006 at 10:44 pm
Jack Grace says:
if you get 404 hit refresh and it should work
June 23rd, 2006 at 2:34 am
Paul says:
I’d have thunk techs would know it’s spelled “decibel”…
June 23rd, 2006 at 4:19 am
MissingFrame says:
My BMW motorcycle horn sounds just like a car, and is as loud, but after 5 years I’m realizing why loud horns aren’t the solution to getting someone to pay attention. Someone hears my horn, but still continues the bad behavior I’m honking about while looking around trying to find the car they think is doing the sound, ignoring the bike in the process.
A loud horn will be heard, but it can still be ignored.
June 23rd, 2006 at 8:58 am
loud horn says:
one of those horns works, but the musical horns tend to get a lil more attention. Nothin beats the old dixie horn
June 23rd, 2006 at 9:43 am
AnonymousCoward says:
ah yes, getting a 403 Forbidden is much better than a 404 not found error.
June 23rd, 2006 at 12:09 pm
Mikey says:
One of the web pages for Stebel (the main manufacturer in Germany) lists a musical “turkey” horn…
June 23rd, 2006 at 12:24 pm
BF3 says:
HTTP Error 403 - Forbidden
Internet Explorer
June 23rd, 2006 at 12:31 pm
Mikey says:
You can reach the Wav’s via the product page.
June 23rd, 2006 at 6:15 pm
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July 30th, 2006 at 7:44 pm
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August 6th, 2006 at 4:23 am
Funny Story 1 « Peanut Butter Scooter Time says:
[…] If you want to upgrade your horn, a monster one is this Bad Boy. […]
December 13th, 2007 at 4:38 am
MUNCH says:
I JUST BOUGHT A NATHAN K3 LOCOMOTIVE HORN GOING TO HOOK MY UP TO MY 5 GAL TANK, 200 PSI COMPRESSOR. IN MY 2001 FORD EXPEDITION XLT
CAN’T WAIT FOR NEXT WEEK-END’S PROJECT
WAS THINKING OF GETTING THIS UPGRADE FOR MY WIFES 08 CIVIC.
I FOUND A LINK WITH THE HORNS SOUND.
http://www.carparts.com/Air-Horns/GP_2016504_N_111+10718+600022719_10618.car
May 27th, 2008 at 5:56 pm
Gadgets says:
Found Bad Boy Horn at my site. Very Nice =)
June 22nd, 2008 at 7:41 am