Hi, following on from an earlier post confirming the correct type of horn originally fitted to my machine, (thanks for the replies), I have managed to find a working HF1441 horn and period bracket/laminates which I believe to be the type used by BSA. (I believe numerous other manufacturers used the HF1441). I thought my restoration was about to be completed but I can't get the thing to fit!
The bike is a 1958 model with a nacelle and shrouded forks. I have located the two tapped holes in the lower yolk, and the small angled bracket matches up to these holes. The four laminates also match up to the tapped hole in the angled bracket. The problem is with the angled bracket drop facing forward, the horn is almost entirely proud of the forks and looks odd. With the bracket reversed, the horn is almost entirely within the nacelle but touches the fork/headlight shroud, which doesn't seem right.
Does anyone know the correct way to fit these horns? Looks like I will have to put spacers/shims in to to keep it from vibrating against the body work.
I have searched the internet for hours and cannot find a photo of a bike with one of these fitted and looked at all the members bikes on this site. A lot of lovely machines out there but couldn't see one with this type of set up.
Thanks