Crashedkiwi
XS650 Enthusiast
Hello all;
On my standard unmolested 1975xs650B I'm having horn issues; that is it does not work. It did, and stopped. I've checked the horn itself; its fine when powered directly. I've check the wiring from the horn up to the nightmare of spaghetti inside the headlight and the wires are good. I've taken the switch off the handlebars (wires run through the bars on this model) and the switch gear looked good. - bit then I cam across a post on the forum from Aug 15 2020 called 1978 xs650 se - horn issues. This showed an earthing wire running from the switch which I don't seem to have - did they change switch configurations between 75 & 78?
My assumption is that the horn is grounding the circut when press via handlebar to frame contact - is this correct? I'm going to pull the switch again and check contacts and see if I can firgure out how it's grounding to the bars - but any insight you have will be as always gratefully appreciated.
On my standard unmolested 1975xs650B I'm having horn issues; that is it does not work. It did, and stopped. I've checked the horn itself; its fine when powered directly. I've check the wiring from the horn up to the nightmare of spaghetti inside the headlight and the wires are good. I've taken the switch off the handlebars (wires run through the bars on this model) and the switch gear looked good. - bit then I cam across a post on the forum from Aug 15 2020 called 1978 xs650 se - horn issues. This showed an earthing wire running from the switch which I don't seem to have - did they change switch configurations between 75 & 78?
My assumption is that the horn is grounding the circut when press via handlebar to frame contact - is this correct? I'm going to pull the switch again and check contacts and see if I can firgure out how it's grounding to the bars - but any insight you have will be as always gratefully appreciated.