Hiya gang,

Went on a PGR ride yesterday and on the way home wanted to honk at a couple chicks I saw. Hit the horn button and get a barely audible 'goose-trying-to-honk-as-it's-being-choked-to-death' sorta sound.

The only thing I can figure is water got inside it and screwed it up. I was on another PGR ride last Tuesday and the bottom fell out the whole 80 mile ride, so that's the only time I can think of when that much water could get anywhere like the horn.

Should this be a simple warranty fix? Anything I should/shouldn't expect at the dealer when asking about it to get it done? I really like my horn because it *does* help get cagers' attention sometimes, and once is better than never!

 

After a year my Low Rider's horn had the goose sound so I brought it in. Dealer replaced under warranty.

In a few months it goosed again.

Went to an auto parts store and bought a FIAMM HiWay Blaster for around $15. It's metal, not plastic like the HD stock horn, a perfect fit under the cowbell and has been working fine.

Sammi

 

Mine did that. I rode around with it like that for a couple of months. Kept forgetting about it. I finally was going to take it off to check it out and found a small amount of rust around the bolt. Cleaned it put it back together and it has worked since.

The rust was keeping it from grounding properly...worth a shot

 

Horn on Momma's 'new' Sporty, same 'thang'. Sounds like a sick goose.
NO probs on the other 2 scoots, tho, ............................. NO HORNS !!!! I'd MUCH rather YELL at the dipwads.

 

them horns aint for sheet,mine are always puken out,ands it is beacause the mo co gives the contract to the cheapiest foreign country that wins the bid on them , mexico ,india are just a few of what i have had to put on

 

Thanks all for the advisories. I'm gonna take it in just for the heck of it and make 'em fix it, *then* on the way home might get me one of those $15 metal horns you got, Sammi. I'd like to take it off and see if it is rust preventing a good ground, but then with my luck just looking at it and not actually cleaning it up would make it start working again as soon as I got to the dealer and It would stop on the way back home, lol.

Oh, and Gumby, my yelling always gets me without a voice for the next 3 days...once I start cussin' someone for almost runnin' me or someone else I'm riding with over, I usually go for about 5 minutes of it - full tilt, spit flyin', froth at the mouth, the whole nine yards, heh heh heh. I *need* that horn so I can save my voice and sing off-tune at the parties!

 

The horn on my 07 does that every time I ride in the rain or wash the bike. Gets well after a few days of drying out. I complained to one of the hired hands at the dealer and he said they all do that when wet. This is the first Harley that I ever had do this. WTF, I never use the horn anyway except say "hi" to cows and steers every now and then.