Honking is a menace in India but for motorcyclists to register their presence on the road flooded with traffic consisting of four wheelers, pedestrians and even cattle becomes life saving sometimes. An efficient horn could come pretty handy for bikers while emergency situation provided it is used prudently and with full sense of civic morality. Florida based company- Screaming Banshee has introduced air horn specifically designed for two wheelers. Shockwave is the name of their new air horn made especially for motorcycles. The Shockwave is a very compact unit designed and developed by Screaming Banshee, the unit is capable of producing moderate 100 decibels to more than 123 decibels. The compact Shockwave air horn works on electronic circuit which is devoid of any relay and hence ensuring longer life of the unit, there is provision for a replaceable fuse present onboard. The entire circuitry is enclosed in the housing of the horn making it a compact unit; even the trumpet of the horn is also designed in a spiral manner to let it occupy minimum space.
To make the impact of the horn at its maximum there is a provision of separate LED stripe to glow in sync with the horn. The Shockwave horn can also be connected with the headlight of the motorcycle either to the high beam or to the low beam, so that the headlight also lightens up as long as the horn is pushed. There are two different modes on which the Shockwave air horn can be used- the friendly mode where a moderate 100 dB sound is produced and a much aggressive mode on which either intermittent loud sound or a blast of 123+ dB can be produced.The installation of the Shockwave Air Horn is pretty simply and can be done very easily, all it needs is a 12V battery of the motorcycle and it can be replaced with any of the stock horn. The horn is priced at $89 and it is being sold online via Kickstarter, the unit is already getting good response and the delivery is expected to be started from next month.
By: Farhan Kashif