Bad horn 1996 seca

I have a horn that works only when it the bike is caught in the rain or is new started for the season. It will work for a couple weeks and then die. Any ideas????

 

A wet weather horn? very rare...put it on EBAY :lol:

 

Replace it.

 

You could adjust it (Phillips-head screw on back) but I'd also replace it as it was not too powerful when new. I'd vote for a FIAAM horn (or 2) or get a good/used large US sedan/truck horn as they are usually pretty loud. Not a fan of the Steibel Nautilus due to cost/short life.

 

Ha ha it really is a wet horn though.

Okay how do we know that it is the horn though and not the switch for the horn. I don't want to buy the horn and still have the problem.

 

The horns that the Japs stuck-on a zillion bikes shipped-over to the United States were the cheapest they could buy to satisfy the safety equipment regulations.

"Meep-meep!"

Buy a set of Compressor-type of Air Horns.
Rig the Compressor to a Battery Feed tripped by a Relay triggered by the OEM Horn Circuit.

Run one Air Line to the High-note Horn.
Be heard.

 

I just installed a bad boy air horn on my bike today, almost peed my pants the first time I blew it.

 

Remove horn. Get 12v battery and set of jumper cables. Connect negative terminal from battery to frame of horn. Connect other cable to positive terminal. Briefly touch the other end of the positive cable to the horn electrical connection. If it beeps, you have a switch/wiring issue. If it just "clunks", the horn is out of adjustment. If nothing, then the horn coil is shot.

If your horn's electrical connection has two pins, then both the positive and negative connections are made from the pins, not the horn frame (but the test is the same).