Horn Blown?

Ssimon · Posted: May 28, 2008, 1:55 pm Post subject: Horn Blown?

After buying the bike the horn worked fine and showed no signs of a short or faulty sound. One day it just stopped working. My fuses are okay, do you guys think it just blew out?

xsjohn · Posted: May 28, 2008, 2:06 pm Post subject: Re: Horn Blown?

Soon as my first girl friend did that I just replaced her.........xsjohn

Ssimon · Posted: May 28, 2008, 2:56 pm Post subject: Re: Horn Blown?

With your wife?

xsjohn · Posted: May 28, 2008, 3:11 pm Post subject: Re: Horn Blown?

Not exactly....some had different tones.....had to test some before finding the right note......xsjohn

Ssimon · Posted: May 30, 2008, 8:48 am Post subject: Re: Horn Blown?

I'm gonna have to take advice, I believe your more experienced

xsjohn · Posted: May 30, 2008, 8:54 am Post subject: Re: Horn Blown?

Just probably older......and have pressed a few more buttons.....xsjohn

jimmer · Posted: May 31, 2008, 3:21 pm Post subject: Re: Horn Blown?

Put a voltmeter on the wires to the horn and blow it ... well, push the button ... any voltage?

jimmythetrucker · Full Member Joined: Mar 12, 2008 Posts: 1283

On my '79, the horn quit working a day or two after it got wet -- that's if I washed the bike or if it rained or whatever. I'd always have to brighten up the connections and polish (sand) the place where it mounted to the bike (make sure of a good ground there).

Hold the button down and whack the horn with a screwdriver handle. That brings 'em back sometimes. The problem I had was always moisture and corrosion. I put a new horn on it once and had the same problem after a few weeks. There's also a nut in the center of the horn diaphragm. You can twist on that a little and sometimes get a result. One guy at a dealership told me once it helps to run heavier wires to the horn. Maybe he's right.

It's a mickeymouse problem that can also be a dangerous thing. When I ride, I always pretend that I'm invisible. Because I pretend that I'm invisible, I only HAVE to honk the horn about once a year. Problem is that when I honk the horn it's because I really NEED TO HONK THE HORN (life or death situation), and if it doesn't work, things can get really hairy. Ideally, I'd give it a long loud toot at least once a day, just to make sure it's working. I always promise myself I'm gonna do that, and then I forget to do it for weeks at a time.

Good luck.

dpmphoto · Posted: May 31, 2008, 5:21 pm Post subject: Re: Horn Blown?

might be the horn button and not the horn itself check it out with a meter, or bypass the button

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