It started with me pressing the horn button instead of turning off the turn signal. Some Hondas, including the NC 750X, have a somewhat unfortunate placement of the horn button and turn signal switch. I see they have switched this on some new models – including the NC 750X 2026. But I pressed the wrong button, and was in the middle of traffic. I was embarrassed by it, not only by honking unnecessarily, but also by the sound – an awkward little scream high on the frequency scale – that it seemed no one had reacted to.
I rarely need to use the horn, I actually can’t remember having used it knowingly more than a couple of times in all the years I’ve been riding a bike. But when traffic gets heavy and you don’t quite have control over where you are in relation to other vehicles, it can be good to have a horn that can be heard if needed.
I started googling and came across a horn that would fit: the Denali SoundBomb Mini. It should be easy to install, and not too big. The horn on the NC is not exactly discreetly placed, and I would prefer a new one that is not too dominant and complicated to place. A regular disc horn was out of the question, and a quick look and listen to two or three videos on YT seemed promising for the Denali horn. So I ordered one at AGM.no and was able to pick it up the next day.
The installation took me 15 minutes: Remove the engine cover. Remove the old horn. Remove the lower wiring fasteners for the wires to the horn. Reroute these so that they reach the new horn, which has the contacts on the top of the horn. Cut out a bit of the engine cover behind the horn so that there is no contact between them. Mount the new horn on the original horn bracket. Done, and I am satisfied with a deeper and more powerful sound and a relatively discreet location.
