My horn just broke ... ???

kevinj · 06-01-2012, 12:04 PM

Earlier today I honked several times to make some annoying cage go away, and suddenly the horn stopped working. The button isn't jammed or anything, it just won't produce any sound. Any idea what might be the problem? I'd feel much safer if I could get it to work again.

Greetings from the road

Kevin

Ps this is a 2006 12gs, stock horn

El Gato · 06-01-2012, 01:45 PM

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Originally Posted by kevinj

Earlier today I honked several times to make some annoying cage go away, and suddenly the horn stopped working. The button isn't jammed or anything, it just won't produce any sound. Any idea what might be the problem? I'd feel much safer if I could get it to work again.

Greetings from the road

Kevin

Ps this is a 2006 12gs, stock horn

I was cut off by a truck yesterday on my commute in to work on my new GSA. I reached for the horn, and it made this wholly unsatisfying farty/whiny noise. I think the guy in the car next to me started laughing at how retarded a noise it was. I've heard some lame motorcycle horns in my life, but this takes the cake for horn weaksauce. I would not consider it any great loss if my horn died completely - in fact it would simply save me from another embarrassing moment.

I have no idea why your horn doesn't work, though. Perhaps the little gerbil they've trapped inside it that makes that noise finally got tired.

4wheeldog · 06-01-2012, 01:56 PM

It quit from overuse. If you are a good boy, and don't use it for six months or more, it might work again......At least until you try to use it more than 3 times in a month. Built in courtesy, and all that.

Jazz62 · 06-01-2012, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by El Gato

horn weaksauce

kevinj · 06-01-2012, 10:34 PM

Well, in the end it was fixed the way most computer problems are fixed ... shutting down and restarting :). After my lunch break, it suddenly worked again.

As for courtesy, you make a good point, of course ... It would be easier if these Americans learned how to drive ;-)

Short-Johnson · 06-02-2012, 01:18 AM

It would be easier if these Americans learned how to drive ;-)[/QUOTE]

!!!!

GotDrySocks? · 06-05-2012, 01:28 PM

I gave up on learning to drive an bought a Stebel air horn for my GSA.

Uncle Crumpet · 06-06-2012, 01:09 AM

Viagra?

Crush · 06-07-2012, 08:15 PM

Horn broke? Use finger..............

06-01-2012, 12:04 PM	#1
kevinj ^OP Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Apr 2012 Location: Seattle, WA Oddometer: 147	[SOLVED] My horn just broke ... ??? Earlier today I honked several times to make some annoying cage go away, and suddenly the horn stopped working. The button isn't jammed or anything, it just won't produce any sound. Any idea what might be the problem? I'd feel much safer if I could get it to work again. Greetings from the road Kevin Ps this is a 2006 12gs, stock horn kevinj screwed with this post 06-01-2012 at 10:35 PM

06-01-2012, 01:56 PM	#3
4wheeldog Beastly Adventurer Joined: Apr 2003 Location: 7200' NM Oddometer: 8,932	It quit from overuse. If you are a good boy, and don't use it for six months or more, it might work again......At least until you try to use it more than 3 times in a month. Built in courtesy, and all that. __________________ Sometimes a man has got to do what a woman wouldn't even consider.

06-02-2012, 01:18 AM	#6
Short-Johnson IBA# 34787 Joined: Jul 2008 Location: In a Drinkin Town with a Fishin problem ! Oddometer: 122	It would be easier if these Americans learned how to drive ;-)[/QUOTE] !!!! __________________ 08 GSA 07 TW200 05 Wide Glide "Bad ass" 99 GZ 250 2011 WR450F

06-05-2012, 01:28 PM	#7
GotDrySocks? Llego lejos. Joined: Apr 2007 Location: East Texas, 100 mi. south of the U.S. border Oddometer: 103	I gave up on learning to drive an bought a Stebel air horn for my GSA. __________________ There are three kinds of men: The ones that learn by reading; the few who learn by observation; the rest of them have to pee on the electric fence and find out for themselves. - Will Rogers

06-06-2012, 01:09 AM	#8
Uncle Crumpet Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Jun 2010 Location: Eidsvold, QLD Oddometer: 458	Viagra? __________________ 02 R1150GS Adv,Moto Guzzi MK5 Le Mans Moto Guzzi Mk3 Le Mans,Moto Guzzi Sp3 1000 Moto Guzzi v65TT,Moto Guzzi NTX650 Ducati 907ie.83 TT600 KTM 640 Adventure Etz 250 Guzzi Quota 1000

06-01-2012, 10:34 PM	#5
kevinj ^OP Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Apr 2012 Location: Seattle, WA Oddometer: 147	Well, in the end it was fixed the way most computer problems are fixed ... shutting down and restarting :). After my lunch break, it suddenly worked again. As for courtesy, you make a good point, of course ... It would be easier if these Americans learned how to drive ;-)

06-07-2012, 08:15 PM	#9
Crush Studly Adventurer Joined: Oct 2003 Location: Anchorage, AK Oddometer: 989	Horn broke? Use finger.............. __________________ Every great adventure begins with piss-poor planning

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