Horney Problem

[crazyrnus]

The bike is a 1980 GS1000G with a Vetter fairing, horns mounted in the fairing. At highway speeds, the horns will not honk. The replay clicks but no horns.

After a ride, I put it on the trickle charger. After a while on the charger, the horns work great. Once full charge is reached on the charger, no more horns. The relay clicks but no honky!! If I use the battery, just a little, like turning on the lights, etc. the charger will kick back in and the horns will honk.

I have replaced the relay, twice, but that doesn't seem to do the trick. The horns are wired directly to the battery with a fusable link. They are suppose to work all the time, key or no key. Any ideas are appreciated, especially since I am no electrician!

[chuck hahn]

Unhook the horns from the harness and jump it directly to the battery terminals to see if they consistantly work without failure..if so, you probably have a bad relay or the connections on the wires are going bad.

[Killer2600]

"Bench" test your horns like chuck pointed out and if they are good alone with a full battery check your ground(s).

If all else fails pick up a bike mag with lots of pics of young sexy bikes and show it to your bike, that'll get em horny