Lazy Horn?

[easy]

I took a ride today from Kerrville to Castell. The weather was great and the sun was actually out. When I got to Castell I found the bridge over the Llano River flooded. Not wanting to go to Llano on 152, I started to head back. I got about three miles down the road and found a cow and her calf standing in the road. This is Texas so don't ask why. A bull, probably the proud dad, was about ten feet off the road looking at me like I was an appetizer. I honked and the cow ran off the road. Honked again to get the calf off the road and he just stayed there. The bull looked amused. I honked again and nothing. The horn decided to stop working. Well I slowed my speed even more and the calf ran off to daddy bull. Thank goodness the bull kept his ground and just kept looking amused.

I tried the horn several more times and nothing. I though I had blown a fuse and decided to look at it later. Just outside Fredericksburg a bug the size of Lubbock hit me in the face. I had to pull over to get the rest of the carcass off my face. After starting the bike I tried the horn again and it worked.

What do you think, intermittent short?



Easy

 

[CRUISIN]

??!!

Maybe it had one of the Lubbock-sized bugs stuck in it and it dropped out when you stopped

 

[henzilla]

unless a loose connection, hard to believe the '06 horn is shot. Did you get lucky and have the dual tone LOUD stock horn as I have on the 05? they changed to the wimpy one somewhere..some 06's have a loud horn, some don't.Maybe pull that tupperware off the Starboard side and check connections at horn?

 

[easy]

I checked the connections and they are tight. I do, however, have the wimpy horn. I think maybe it's time for a more substantial horn.

Thanks,
Easy

 

[r1100ron]

Replace your wimpy horn with a Stebel Nautilus Compact. I put one on my bike and now cagers hear me!!

 

[FredRydr]

Check the wire that goes into the connector that slides onto the horn contact. BTDT

Fred

 

[mtboulder]

Not sure what bike you have the horn issue with but I've read posts that there was a firmware update to fix a horn problem on the R1200RTs (the horn stops working after you use it several times in a row and then works later on).

 

[charleshickman]

'06 horn issues

I was leading a bicycle race on my '06 r1200gs, using the horn to alert course marshalls that the pack was arriving. It just stopped. It started operating again after I shut the bike off and restarted. I assumed it was a Canbus issue. It hasn't happened since, but I haven't used the horn that much either.