Little bell under the bike
#22
07-29-2005 | 02:08 PM
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RE: Little bell under the bike
Another thing no one has mentioned. Once the bell is on the bike it is part of the bike and goes with the bike. If you sell the bike or trade it in the bell has to stay on it and you hafta wait to be given another one. As for buying your own thats a big no no I dont care what others are doing. Also I was told chrome bells dont work they actualy attract the road gremlins! Brass is best. I got a polished brass bell on mine that has tarnished a little so I think I may be safe 
Now Im not very superstitious but I do love good folklore and tradition so I follow the rules of the bell 
If people go altering the rules of a tradition to suit them eventualy the trsdition will cease to exist.
Now Im not very superstitious but I do love good folklore and tradition so I follow the rules of the bell If people go altering the rules of a tradition to suit them eventualy the trsdition will cease to exist.
#23
07-29-2005 | 02:36 PM
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RE: Little bell under the bike
Here's the sccop: http://www.gremlinbells.com/
ORIGINAL: Pat
My good lady wife gave me a tiny little bell that she says must be given to you and is to be hung under the bike to ward off the road demons. Any of you ever hear of this?
Since most of time I need all the help I can get, I've hung it down there with a little leather strap.
Pat
My good lady wife gave me a tiny little bell that she says must be given to you and is to be hung under the bike to ward off the road demons. Any of you ever hear of this?
Since most of time I need all the help I can get, I've hung it down there with a little leather strap.
Pat
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07-29-2005 | 02:48 PM
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RE: Little bell under the bike
ORIGINAL: rgerber
Here's the sccop: http://www.gremlinbells.com/
Here's the sccop: http://www.gremlinbells.com/
ORIGINAL: Pat
My good lady wife gave me a tiny little bell that she says must be given to you and is to be hung under the bike to ward off the road demons. Any of you ever hear of this?
Since most of time I need all the help I can get, I've hung it down there with a little leather strap.
Pat
My good lady wife gave me a tiny little bell that she says must be given to you and is to be hung under the bike to ward off the road demons. Any of you ever hear of this?
Since most of time I need all the help I can get, I've hung it down there with a little leather strap.
Pat
All the old timers Ive ever heard talk about it say ya cant buy your own.
#26
07-30-2005 | 05:19 AM
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RE: Little bell under the bike
I was told you couldn't buy your own. When I bought my bike it was used and the guy I bought from pulled off his bell when he handed me the keys. Luckily my wife went and bought me one. So far so good!
#29
07-30-2005 | 01:32 PM
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RE: Little bell under the bike
First I heard of the bell was when I was Xmas shopping for a friend. I bought him a bell! It turned out he had lsot his when he T-boned some lady who pulled out in front of him. I then bought Kev one for his Heritage, he bought me one for my bike too!! not superstitious but its something we both ARE superstitious about!!
LONG LIVE THE BELL!!!
Shar
LONG LIVE THE BELL!!!
Shar
#30
07-30-2005 | 02:00 PM
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RE: Little bell under the bike
A good friend of mine gave me my bell a week after I bought my scooter...
I'm not superstitious, but that brass bell is tied to the bottom of my bike with a tiny leather strap. It can't hurt and it just might help!
OBTW, moments before I learned I was selected to attend pilot training with the USAF, I found a 50 cent piece. Not that I'm superstitious, but that coin has rattled around in my pocket since that day. After 4,500 flying hours, my number of takeoffs still match my number of landings. Even though I'm retired from the USAF now, I still have the coin in my pocket and it rides with me on my Heritage.
Edmo
I'm not superstitious, but that brass bell is tied to the bottom of my bike with a tiny leather strap. It can't hurt and it just might help!
OBTW, moments before I learned I was selected to attend pilot training with the USAF, I found a 50 cent piece. Not that I'm superstitious, but that coin has rattled around in my pocket since that day. After 4,500 flying hours, my number of takeoffs still match my number of landings. Even though I'm retired from the USAF now, I still have the coin in my pocket and it rides with me on my Heritage.
Edmo