In a message dated 6/18/05 4:30:40 PM, john.cook58@VERIZON.NET writes:

<< Has anyone ever gone to the trouble to improve or replace these things
with something that actually sounds like a horn? >>

Yeah.  I thought it strange that my bikes had horns which were louder than my
Van's, so I installed a pair of Fiamm dual-tone horns and the requisite horn
relay.  Now the van's horn is, at the least, as loud as a '59 Caddy.

George