Hand Horns
Many early, non-electric or magneto models of motorcycles did not come equipped with a horn. Owners could opt for various aftermarket hand horns such as Bevens, Klaxon-3, Stewart Warner, or E.A., or any of the many other types that were available at the time.
Early Indian with a Stewart Warner hand horn
Early Indian with an E.A. hand horn
Early Harley Davidson with a Stewart Warner hand horn
Vintage advertisement for a type A E.A. hand horn
Vintage advertisement for a type B E.A. hand horn
Vintage advertisement for an E.A. hand horn
Vintage advertisement for an E.A. hand horn
vintage Sparton hand horn ad
Handphone horn on an Indian motorycle
Original Handphone advertisement
A vintage advertisement for the Stewart Warning Signal.
Vintage hand horn ad
Page from an old catalog featuring several types of hand horn
Original Bevins hand horn ad
Indian with a Stewart hand horn
Back side of a Stewart hand horn
Hand horn patent drawings
E.A. patent drawing
Seiss patent drawing
G.A. Proctor patent drawing
Klaxon-3 on a Harley-Davidson F model.
Old motorcycle horn advertisement showing a Klaxon-3 and Klaxon-6, mechanical and electrical, with illustrations and descriptions.
Close-up of a vintage red Indian Scout motorcycle equipped with a Klaxon-3 horn.
Close-up of a a Klaxon-3 horn mounted to the handlebars of an Indian motorcycle.
Vintage Klaxon-3 ad
vintage Klaxon-3 adjusting instructions
Advertisement showing an early Excelsior with a Klaxon hand horn