Ok so am sitting in the back of the truck and quietly slogging away on the Install… I had just fired the tank up and woz concentrating on wiring the Digital gauge… Suddenly… my world exploded into a thousand pieces, the first thing I experienced woz the sound of air & then my ear drums vibrating with pain, I thought I had just had a major air leak then the K3’s kicked in and I launched myself out the back of the truck, thinking it woz about to explode…:eek: Still dazed I woz aware of people around me and it woz only when I realised people were bent over double with laughter…I woz still not compus mentos… and slowly the realism started to kick in that I had just been DONE by my so called mate Milster, with my own Horns!!!
I woz still in pain a good hour after and it woz only then that I started to appreciate the funny side of it…
damn… and your face was practically in the horns… ouch! lol
id be so pissed if my buddy did that. i can’t imagine how painful that must’ve been. glad to hear you ears survived…? if i was you i’d probably have a phobia of working on a digital gauge ever again
by the way, what psi was that at? id guess 200 since thats what most people seem to do with 480cc heh
I’m sure you did suffer hearing damage. Any sound that makes your ears hurt, damages them. That was really irresponsible of your friend and I, too, would have knocked him out.
DANG buddy. Sorry to hear about the ringing ears. I shot my shotty the other day, and my ears were hurting a few days afterwards. I will always wear ear protection when shooting my guns from now on. It was painful for days!!
I’d be pretty mad. You gotta get him back now. lol.
Do one to others as they have done one to you. or something like that…
First - many of us are probably young enough to remember shooting firearms as kids, back when hearing protection was uncommmon, and we also took in plenty of rock concerts, custom car stereos, loud home music, etc. Was our hearing damaged a bit? Sure, no doubt about it. Can we still hear ok? Yep. So to do really serious damage the noise level has to be off the charts and/or for a prolonged period of time. The short blasts from the train horns may hurt and cause ringing ears but in most cases they are not enough to cause permanent hearing loss, or at least not a significant amount of damage when compared to what we have already been exposed to.
Second - any sounds loud enough to be painful or cause ringing will cause at least minor damage. This damage adds up over time and the symptoms may not show up for many years. So don’t be silly and go firing off your horns or firearms without ear protection.
Third - in most cases our horns are not going to be loud enough to damage our ears if we are at least 5-10’ away from the trumpets and/or shielded by solid objects. So unless your horn is super loud or you have your head inside the trumpets then let it rip and enjoy!
Finally - LMAO at Pete getting blasted. Kudos to Milster…
Ok chaps point taken, but as I’ve known Chalkie for years and in all of them I can’t even begin to imagine how many times he’s got me…SORRY!!! But as I was watching him from afar could’nt ignore that little voice…GO ON MILSTER!!! DO IT!!! AT LEAST ONE BLAST WILL MAKE UP FOR ALL THE TIMES YOU’VE BEEN HAD…
Knowing how irresponsible it was the little voice dragged me over to the horn and low and behold, I swear Chalkie flew out of the back from the air blast alone…
Anyway!!! What have you done to me Chalkie, giving an Italian Train Horns…As we love our horns I’ve had loads of fun today blasting the Siege’s…PMSL!!!
I’ve been blowing them like stock horns to anyone I knew from Hornblasting with a friend, who was crying with laughter whilst screams and jumps going on around me…LOL!!!
Oh, myself and Chalkie after our 2 day installs… Decided to take them out and break them in…We blasted them down this dual carriageway in the country. For me only to get a call from a friend of mine who was a mile away…Saying!!! You NUTTERS I know thats you two and from here I can hear those horns crystal clear and YOU TWO BLOODY WOKE ME UP AS WELL!!! PMSL!!!
Just collatting some footage of that virgin blasts, so watch out Chalkie and Milster are about!!! LOL!!
knock him out?? knock him out?? lol lol I kinda remember swearing at him and using a word that I really hate, “the C word”, Twice, then I gave him one hell of a kick up the a*rse!!!
Revenge will be mine!!! ha ha ha ha ha
(Hey Trippy, lend me ya gun for a few days, maybe I could let Milster look down the end of it, then I’d pull the trigger, then he could have painful ears to!)*
if you r bound to be hard of hearing you will be…
people back then didnt have loud horns,loud exhuast,no systems on their trucks…and they still went deaf…so just keep blasting
