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 Post subject: She won't blow!
PostPosted: Sat Mar 15, 2025 12:19 pm 

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Hi Guys
I'm assembling my H2A and recently installed the horn after confirming it works on the bench. After installation, I tried the horn button and she won't blow. I checked voltage and I only have 4 volts on the horn circuit. I ran a ground directly to the horn button housing on the handle bar and presto, I have 12 volts on the horn circuit! So I think I have this figured out. The horn button grounds the horn circuit to the housing which is connected to the rubber mounted handle bar. Therefore the handlebar ground has to come from some other source. I don't have the clutch cable hooked up yet. Would that be the ground to the engine necessary for the horn circuit to work properly?


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 Post subject: Re: She won't blow!
PostPosted: Sat Mar 15, 2025 8:00 pm 

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Just an update.
The clutch cable is connected and the horn works !


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 Post subject: Re: She won't blow!
PostPosted: Sat Mar 15, 2025 9:26 pm 
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It seems to me that there should be a ground wire that grounds the whole fork assembly, but it's been too long and I don't remember anything specific.

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 Post subject: Re: She won't blow!
PostPosted: Sun Mar 16, 2025 7:37 am 
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The clutch cable is what provides ground.

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 Post subject: Re: She won't blow!
PostPosted: Sun Mar 16, 2025 9:08 am 
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mraxl wrote:
The clutch cable is what provides ground.

I'll be darned.

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