390 miles, 1st electrical problem

desmolicious · Post by **desmolicious** » Sun May 01, 2011 6:21 am

Today I turned the ignition on, started my 4t Stella, pushed it off the center stand and the horn went off. Stayed on until I turned the ignition off. Turned the ignition back on, horn came back on. Then found out if I turned the handlebars it would turn the horn off and on.
Not cool

easy · Post by **easy** » Sun May 01, 2011 2:57 pm

I belive the horn is allways positive and when you hit the horn button you ground it completing the circuit blowing the horn so if thats the it works you got a short on the ground side between horn button and horn

desmolicious · Post by **desmolicious** » Sun May 01, 2011 5:08 pm

I'll have them look at it at the 500 mile service.

I read that the 2T Stellas had issues like this, but I was hoping that with the 4T model they would have figured it out.

Lovin' the bike, just a little embarrassing when this happened..

"Hey no, you're cool, I'm not honking at you, it's my bike!"....

lmyers · Post by **lmyers** » Sun May 01, 2011 5:24 pm

desmolicious wrote:I'll have them look at it at the 500 mile service.

I read that the 2T Stellas had issues like this, but I was hoping that with the 4T model they would have figured it out.

Lovin' the bike, just a little embarrassing when this happened..

"Hey no, you're cool, I'm not honking at you, it's my bike!"....

I know this is not the long-term fix, but you could just unplug the horn til you take it in if you're not interested in fixing the short yourself.

desmolicious · Post by **desmolicious** » Sun May 01, 2011 5:46 pm

lmyers wrote:
desmolicious wrote:I'll have them look at it at the 500 mile service.

I read that the 2T Stellas had issues like this, but I was hoping that with the 4T model they would have figured it out.

Lovin' the bike, just a little embarrassing when this happened..

"Hey no, you're cool, I'm not honking at you, it's my bike!"....

I know this is not the long-term fix, but you could just unplug the horn til you take it in if you're not interested in fixing the short yourself.

Yes indeed. But I want the shop to fix it (2 year unlimited mile warranty) in case they know of other electrical stuff that needs addressing but are waiting for it on a case by case basis.

desmolicious · Post by **desmolicious** » Mon May 02, 2011 7:05 pm

I unplugged the horn this morning. The stupid thing wouldn't turn off.

I'll let the shop deal with it under warranty when I bring 'er in for the service.

lmyers · Post by **lmyers** » Mon May 02, 2011 7:21 pm

My 02 would honk every time I put it in first. I remember fixing the short, but it stopped working again (or I unplugged it for some unremembered reason) about 6 months ago. I really haven't missed having it.

desmolicious · Post by **desmolicious** » Mon May 02, 2011 8:35 pm

lmyers wrote:My 02 would honk every time I put it in first. I remember fixing the short, but it stopped working again (or I unplugged it for some unremembered reason) about 6 months ago. I really haven't missed having it.

Well then it's nice to see that in the ensuing 8 years LML has fixed that issue...

Lovelandstella · Post by **Lovelandstella** » Wed May 04, 2011 8:54 pm

desmolicious wrote:
lmyers wrote:My 02 would honk every time I put it in first...
Well then it's nice to see that in the ensuing 8 years LML has fixed that issue...

just to even the field, it never happened on my 2009 stella 2T or my 2010 4T. not to deny your experience (I absolutely believe you -and it sucks

), but you know, just saying.

desmolicious · Post by **desmolicious** » Wed May 04, 2011 8:56 pm

Lovelandstella wrote:
desmolicious wrote:
lmyers wrote:My 02 would honk every time I put it in first...
Well then it's nice to see that in the ensuing 8 years LML has fixed that issue...
just to even the field, it never happened on my 2009 stella 2T or my 2010 4T. not to deny your experience (I absolutely believe you -and it sucks ), but you know, just saying.

Hey, it seems I always get the short straw!

Funny thing is the horn is too quiet when you need it, but waaay too loud when it goes off by itself!

Post by **ericalm** » Thu May 05, 2011 9:21 pm

I'm putting a Stebel in mine. May have to mount it to the bottom or something. But I need bowel-shakingly LOUD horns.

desmolicious · Post by **desmolicious** » Wed May 18, 2011 3:16 am

Route 66 Modern Classics fixed the short at its 500 mile service. 30 minutes, billed to warranty..
Groovy.