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53 Horn
« on: May 08, 2013, 10:58:02 PM »
The totally rusted out 53 I just bought managed to have what I assumed is the original horn on the inner fender. I pulled it off and decided to run some power to it and to my surprise it worked!

I figured it would be a cool small project to pull it apart and restore it and this is where I'm confused. I looked on walck's webpage for a replacement horn to see the original colors and his looks completely different from mine. All the cutouts on his are parallel and on mine it looks more like a star pattern.

So is my horn an aftermarket replacement? I can try to get a pic if need be.
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Re: 53 Horn
« Reply #1 on: May 09, 2013, 05:39:10 AM »
This is an original horn.

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Re: 53 Horn
« Reply #2 on: May 09, 2013, 05:42:06 AM »
Hard to see, but this an original too.

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Re: 53 Horn
« Reply #3 on: May 09, 2013, 08:24:47 AM »
Dr. Vern wrote an article on how to rebuilt a horn.

http://www.vernco.com/Sparks/id516.htm

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Re: 53 Horn
« Reply #4 on: May 09, 2013, 06:32:18 PM »
Well none of those look like mine so I'm guessing it's an aftermarket thing. Weird part is that it fit perfectly on the stock mount. Oh well.
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Re: 53 Horn
« Reply #5 on: May 09, 2013, 06:35:49 PM »
There are many horns that fit the stock mount. Can you post a pic?
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Re: 53 Horn
« Reply #6 on: May 09, 2013, 07:47:39 PM »
I'll try to get one. May take me a bit to figure out how to post it though. I'm sure there's a sticky around here some where.
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Re: 53 Horn
« Reply #7 on: May 09, 2013, 07:59:37 PM »


Here it is.
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Re: 53 Horn
« Reply #8 on: May 09, 2013, 08:27:16 PM »
Here is mine
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Re: 53 Horn
« Reply #9 on: May 10, 2013, 08:10:41 PM »
This is a horn picture from a rusty 2a...but the mounts are the same as in my 51 3a....note the four bolts instead of the more common two bolt mount...

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Re: 53 Horn
« Reply #10 on: May 10, 2013, 08:21:51 PM »
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Here it is.

That looks like an Indian Motorcycle horn to me.
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Re: 53 Horn
« Reply #11 on: May 11, 2013, 10:47:37 AM »
Wow, good eye. After a quick google search for indian horn I found this (be sure to have safe search turned on, just saying).

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1946-47-Indian-Sunburst-horn-41-42-43-44-45-48-49-Harley-/310667432889?pt=Motorcycles_Parts_Accessories&hash=item485538d3b9&vxp=mtr
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Re: 53 Horn
« Reply #12 on: May 11, 2013, 11:25:39 AM »
It is easy for him, he just need to compare with his own one.
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Re: 53 Horn
« Reply #13 on: May 11, 2013, 08:12:54 PM »
That same horn is on one of our bikes. ;) I'd buy it if you want to sell it.
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