Motorcycles....

[wkashner]

Looking for some ideas what may be wrong with my horn on '89 Harley FLHTC, ~111,000+ miles. The horn rarely blows as it should when button is pressed; usually just a faint, short beep and the volt meter deflects down to 5-6 volts. I thought it was the horn so ordered a new one but it does the same thing. Took the horn switch apart, inspected, cleaned re-assembled and no change. If you jumper the horn straight to the battery, it works fine. Thought I would try a different switch from a different circuit; same short beep. Tried a different ground and jumpered to a known good ground; no change. Running out of ideas; any thoughts?

 

[dross]

Wayne, look at the feed for that circiut right out of the fuse. I chased a short for the tail lights on a car that did the same thing. <font size="-2">you did ask for any thoughts</font>

 

[kide]

Not sure which way it's wired, but most horn circuits run hot to the horn and then ground through the horn button... I'd still look for a bad ground first - on the cold side of the horn button.....

 

[kmcconaughey]

Well, OK, so it's not a motorcycle...

Bicycle

 

[kweaver]

I like this better

 

[kide]

Huh??? looks the same as Kraig's link to me.... (BTW, Kraig, looks like a trike to me...)

 

[aschumacher]

Ken, you been eat'in those funny mushrooms again with ur fried fish?

 

[kmcconaughey]

These just in from Greg Johnson:

 

[kmcconaughey]

KENtucky,

Gerry, if you want to get technical it actually has 5 tires...

 

[gjohnson]

Thanks Kraig

 

[kide]

Whooshhhhhhhhhh.......nice!!!!

 

[aschumacher]

How many Cubs you gotta sell to buy one of those beauties ??

 

[dfrisk]

GERRY - You noticed the little "Hair Dryer" too.

KEN & all - Forget the name of the show but it was on History, Discovery, HD-TV channel a couple months ago - something about Monster Machines....Somebody made a 2-wheel Motorcycle using earth mover tires and I think I remember it had a Detroit V-8 diesel from a city bus for power. Think of the Dodge V-10 powered show bike made for the show car circuit 4-5 yrs ago, but about ten times Bigger. The video of this thing showed it crushing cars!

AND GREG - REALLY nice bike!

 

[kide]

Friend of mine has been working on a 1300 VTX Honda...

You'd like him, Dennis - he builds big block Fords (he's got a dyno cell to test 'em..)

 

[gjohnson]

Gerry any idea how much boost he is running ?

 

[dfrisk]

Gerry - Is his name Kaase? Ooops, He's in Ga. ;-)

 

[kide]

Greg:
Can't remember what he said - I haven't seen this since last summer. He was still getting the carb sorted out when I talked to him (and trying NOT to burn his leg again..)

 

[kide]

Dennis :
Nope, local guy here in MI...

 

[kweaver]

Stupid inbedded vids ..

HERE it is.

 

[dfrisk]

KEN - ONLY a V-6 Detroit....Sorry. But ain't it AWESOME?!?!

GERRY - I was bein' silly. Jon Kaase is to BBF's as what Roush, Ernie Elliott, Robert Yates are to SBF's, and Lingenfelter & Bill Jenkins are to SBC's.
Kaase's won the "Engine Master's Challenge" four years in a row.