Not to hijack the thread but i love that vid GAGirl, oh and yes i have 2 bells 2 friends gave em to me and they will stay on till the fall off. But what do ya do when they do fall off, hmmmmmmm

 

I don't have one yet. no one has bought me one andyou're not supposed to buy one for yourself ;-(

 

My brother put one on my RKC before I even bought it...he was that sure I would come back and pick it up!

 

Cant hurt....

 

The same claims are made about deer whistles and radar jammers.... just not sure where to put all this stuff on my sportster!

 

I still have the one that belonged to my Great grandfather
that has been passed down to my uncle then to my Brother and then to me

 

had one on the springer.... and i was given a bell the day i bought the new bike... the very next day, i went over a speed bump and heard a cling noise... thought i bottomed out and just thought "huh, this bike is low..." later that day i realized i lost my bell... so now i am running without one.. not sure if it's good luck to lose your bell or not?!?!?! hmmmpph...

 

Have a bell my brother give me about 4 years ago for christmas. Ran it on my sportster till I bought the dyna this year an gave it a new home on the dyna.

 

Here's the skinny behind 'em:

If you can hear a ride bell while you're travelin', it means it ain't working very well, 'cause your motor must've stopped!

It's a good luck charm. There are as many myths concerning the origin of ride bells as there are ride bells, almost.

One mythis of an old Lone Wolf biker who crashed in the high desert country when evil road gremlins attacked him. As he was protecting himself from the gremlins attacking him, he threw stuff from out of his broken saddlebags at them. Finally he had nothing left to throw except a couple bells, but instead of throwing them, he jingled the bells, scaring the li'l gremlins off. A couple other bikers who were camped close by, came and helped him up, and fixed his bike. When he offered to pay, they refused, so he made straps for the remaining two bells, and gave them to the two who'd helped him. He told them story of scaring the gremlins off with the bells.

Another tale isthat gremlins live on your bike and cause problems - turn signal won't work, oil leak, flat tire, etc. If you have a bell on your bike, tied down low, the gremlins are attracted to the tinkling sound. When they investigate they get trapped inside the bell, only to fall off onto the road. They then lie in wait for the next unprotected bike to pass by.

The last one I'll tell here is the absolute truth. I know the two individuals; one of them occasionally looks back at me in the mirror. One of them decided to hang a little bell on his bike. The two dudes were stoned outta their gourds and were diggin' on the little tinkly sound as they passed around some smoke while listening to Floyd. They figgered the little tinkly sound would be nice to hear while they were riding. There may or may not have been a story about gremlins, but one of their brothers mumbled something about getting rich selling the tinkly little bells at swap meets. But being stoners all they did was grin and eat. Eventually someone else saw an opportunity to make a few bucks, and started selling them at swap meets, rallies, flea markets, and such. Somewhere along the line the story about having to receive one as a gift for the bell to work was started, probably another marketing ploy. Our two stoners were left out in the cold as far as profits, but being bikers really didn't care.

 

I have one. It was a gift and a nice thought.