Gremlin Bell?
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From: Argyle, Texas
Gremlin Bell?
So I've noticed in HD's new tv ad campaign the close up of the bike and rider and "bell" hanging from the front fork or handle bar. Is this a "Gremlin Bell"? Whats the background of the bell? Figured it was to spook livestock or deer when out on country roads.
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RE: Gremlin Bell?
I recall something about the bell provides a place for the gremlins to hide, and the ringing of the bell drives them insane until they drop off on the road. Also provides a warning ahead so they get out of your way.
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Thehistory of the bell is easy. It originally comes from the guys who used to party from campground to campground placed them on their bike and "tuned" they're bells so if anyone messed with they're bike they would hear it and stomp the **** out of them. Now the bell has became a tradition that one biker buys another his bell the bell is supposed to scare of nasty road gremlins that linger on the highways. (Yeah right and my skull derby cover keeps away the bogeyman) either way you look at it its really a meaningful gift from one biker to another a good friend bought mine took him almost a year to do it to him it was very important to get the right one. If you ask some guys who've bought them for a friend orhad them bought for them I think you'll find they have a story behind them.
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RE: Gremlin Bell?
ORIGINAL: Mike64
So I've noticed in HD's new tv ad campaign the close up of the bike and rider and "bell" hanging from the front fork or handle bar. Is this a "Gremlin Bell"? Whats the background of the bell? Figured it was to spook livestock or deer when out on country roads.
So I've noticed in HD's new tv ad campaign the close up of the bike and rider and "bell" hanging from the front fork or handle bar. Is this a "Gremlin Bell"? Whats the background of the bell? Figured it was to spook livestock or deer when out on country roads.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUx-zp6UJRc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-wbr8_KI14
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RE: Gremlin Bell?
road gremlins hate the sound of a bell. gremlins do nasty things to bikes. so the bell make them jump off the bike. [sm=bounceybounce.gif]pot holes in the road are where gremlins hit the ground !!!! [sm=escape.gif]be sure you keep the bell clean.
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RE: Gremlin Bell?
Just bought a new to me FXDWG that the previous owner had installed a gremlin bell on. Whil I was going over the bike I thought about removing the bell but considered the ramifications of doing so. Hey, just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you! BuckyD
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RE: Gremlin Bell?
If you BELIEVE in the luck of the bell. Then the bell on the bike will have no luck some one must GIVE you the bell for it to be any good.
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From: Queen Creek, Az
RE: Gremlin Bell?
ya the stories are true i had a bell bought for me and things were good, till one day i noticed i lost it!!!! not but 10 miles later (after i noticed it was gone) i stopped for some gas and as i left i looped out on some cagers oil spot and F'd my ride all up and i slide across the parkin lot of a crowded gas station. im not sure when i actully lost it but not long after i noticed it bad things happend, i didnt ride till my sister and her boyfriend got me another bell!!! i beleive in these things thru and thru.
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From: along the shore of Mishigami
RE: Gremlin Bell?
according to "legend", hang the bellon the bikeas low as possible, i.e.frame or clutch cable under engine. the gremlins jump up into the bell while you're riding, they won't go any higher than the bell. when the bell rings the noise is deafening to them and they jump out of the bell into the road. when the gremlins crash into the roadway they cause the potholes. if you hang them on your handle bars, those little buggers have all kinds of places to hide on your bike and then things mysteriously break. is it true or legend? i have one on each bike as close to the road as possible.