Being the down day I took the opportunity to have some repairs done on the bike at a local shop. When I pulled into Bakersfield,CA a few days earlier I heard a clanking sound. I looked down and saw the horn and fan assy shaking loosely on the side of the engine. The rubber isolator had torn.
So I went by Bakersfield HD and bought a replacement, a $5 part. In the parking lot I took off the horn and fans and proceeded to remove the old isolator,...or so I thought. Couldn’t do it. Even with large channel locks from the shop, I couldn’t get it off. So I tossed the horn and fans into the saddlebag and rode off without them.