Horn/Flash Button Reverse Idea

[2017EX_imp]

Most of the Mods I do are either small cosmetic, or what I consider piratical. I have been discussing a potential Mod with an old friend and riding buddy, who also has a CB1100 and is a Forum member as well. I thought I would throw it out there and see what everyone here might think of the idea.

Back in the day, the horn was a button in the bottom position on the left switch housing, with the turn signal switch just above the horn button. For that reason, some members have substituted a 2013 switch housing to get back to that configuration, as 2014 up models reverse the position of those two controls.

From what I have experienced over the years, and more so with my 2017, I find that when I need my horn, I need it quickly, and frequently that by the time I have found the horn button ( current bike horn buttons are more like a paddle ) , the need has come and gone. This got me to thinking, looking at the ergonomics of switch position, handlebar grip, and hand/finger dexterity.

For me, the motion with my thumb to find the horn button is somewhat unnatural, with the added detractor of releasing thumb grip on the handlebar. That motion and loss of thumb grip is not a big deal, and not urgent when using the turn signal switch, but grip, urgency, and clutching could be significant related to horn use.

I rarely use the "flash to pass" button, and when I do it is not urgent. This made me wonder, suppose the flash to pass became the horn, and the horn became the flash to pass? The index finger is more agile than the thumb, the flash to pass is very close to the index finger in riding position, and thumb grip on the handlebar would be preserved. Clutching could still be easily done with the remaining 3 fingers. This might NOT be a good idea for riders that have years of muscle memory, as in members that have gone to the 2013 switch housing.

I think that reversing the flash and horn switches could probably be relatively easily done without cutting, and could be put back to stock if the owner did not like it or needed/wanted to sell the bike. If memory serves, the wire harness leads are permanently attached ( riveted? ) to their respective switches inside the switch housing. The reverse and/or restore to original could then be done by tracing the wires from the respective switches in the switch housing, to the connectors at the end of the switch housing leads inside the headlight bucket. At the connector/s release the switch wire pins for only the horn and flash from their connectors and plug the horn pins back into where the flash connector pins were, the flash pins back into where the horn connector pins were.

Before trying this myself, I wanted to get feedback from the membership on the idea, Pro and Con, as there may be factors I have not thought of. What does everyone think?