Gremlin Bell
Road Captain
Joined: Dec 2006
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I was given a bell, put it on my bike, a week later some dumb *** hit me from behind at a red light. The bell was knocked off the bike and someone ran over the **** of **** and smashed it. I threw the ***** ****a in the woods and never had one since. I attribute the wreck to the voodoo crap. I know you guys will say that it saved my life, well, you can have the bells, tie 'em to your ***** if you want. I think it is a bunch of stupid ****.
That is just my opinion, no response needed to my rant. I just had to get that off my chest. I feel better now. Thanks for letting me vent.
That is just my opinion, no response needed to my rant. I just had to get that off my chest. I feel better now. Thanks for letting me vent.
Seasoned HDF Member
Joined: Jan 2011
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From: Wisconsin, USA
Wow, I'm surprised you haven't had more flames on this post - I asked the same question about 6 months ago and got a lot of ridicule and put downs (about 4 pages worth).
Anyway, on to the question, I got a good idea from one memeber - present the ride bell as a gift to the new owner of your old bike and ask someone to get you a new one. I also told hubby I was torn as to transferring it to the new bike or letting it go with the old one (he gave the bell to me) and he said to leave it on the Suzi and then he got me one for the SG.
Anyway, on to the question, I got a good idea from one memeber - present the ride bell as a gift to the new owner of your old bike and ask someone to get you a new one. I also told hubby I was torn as to transferring it to the new bike or letting it go with the old one (he gave the bell to me) and he said to leave it on the Suzi and then he got me one for the SG.
Tourer
Joined: Nov 2007
Posts: 442
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I own a 1995 fxstc since new. I never had a bell on it. This bike never gave me any problem's, and currently has 48,000 mile's on it. In 07 I bought a new streeglide. A buddies brother bought me a bell while at the 105 in milwakee. This bike is on it's third motor! Just had a complete tear down two week's ago. I thought to myself, I take such good care of all of my thing's, why does this bike fight me. Then I realized it's got to be the friggin bell! Once I had that eppiffiny I torn that mother off and left it on the curb! I should have put it in the trash so no one could use it, but I wasn't thinking. No more bell's for me!!
Road Master
Joined: Sep 2008
Posts: 1,240
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From: Milwaukee area
C'mon now, I'm just playin'. Lol. We've got a good dealer, and we did thank them for finding the problem, quickly, which with electrical problems can sometimes be a bitch.
Extreme HDF Member
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 10,045
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From: ST. Louis
It's bad luck to be superstitious.
That being said a friend gave me a Gremlin Bell as a gift for my new bike. I put it on to show I cared that she and her husband thought of me.
That evening on my way home I had probably seen about 40 cars ready to pull out as I went by, met about 1,000 cars, then I came upon a car sitting at a red light and a voice in my head said "she may just pull out in front of you" The voice wasn't there for any other car that day.
The beotch pulled out in front of me and a pickup (it wasn't like she didn't see a motorcycle, she didn't see the truck beside me either). I did find out my ABS brakes worked though.
I wear a helmet too, alot of my friends don't believe in that either.
That being said a friend gave me a Gremlin Bell as a gift for my new bike. I put it on to show I cared that she and her husband thought of me.
That evening on my way home I had probably seen about 40 cars ready to pull out as I went by, met about 1,000 cars, then I came upon a car sitting at a red light and a voice in my head said "she may just pull out in front of you" The voice wasn't there for any other car that day.
The beotch pulled out in front of me and a pickup (it wasn't like she didn't see a motorcycle, she didn't see the truck beside me either). I did find out my ABS brakes worked though.
I wear a helmet too, alot of my friends don't believe in that either.
Cruiser
Joined: Aug 2011
Posts: 120
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From: Va
LOL, I Love this so I will tell ya my new story here I try & keep it short.
I have road for 20+ years without a bell to start with & I have been down a time or two. My poor wife has just recently figured out what the bells where Suppose to before & decided to buy me one. Well my smart a$$ daughter makes fun of me for being balded & fat then trys to rub my belly for luck. She comes home with a minature buda man on a ring. Tells her mother that the bells wasn't enough protection that I needed the buda man on there as well. So just for $hi!s & giggles I put both of them on yesterday to please them.
Now will it help? Will they not get alone & then cause me to crach? If I crash out now should I blame them?
I have not road since mounting them, Should I be afriad to ride it now?
I have road for 20+ years without a bell to start with & I have been down a time or two. My poor wife has just recently figured out what the bells where Suppose to before & decided to buy me one. Well my smart a$$ daughter makes fun of me for being balded & fat then trys to rub my belly for luck. She comes home with a minature buda man on a ring. Tells her mother that the bells wasn't enough protection that I needed the buda man on there as well. So just for $hi!s & giggles I put both of them on yesterday to please them.
Now will it help? Will they not get alone & then cause me to crach? If I crash out now should I blame them?
I have not road since mounting them, Should I be afriad to ride it now?
Cruiser
Joined: Mar 2011
Posts: 107
Likes: 0
From: Mansfield, LA.
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Tourer
Joined: Feb 2010
Posts: 250
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From: round here
Someone tell me what a damn gremlin bell is please..
Cause I've been riding 30+ years and the "gremlin" crap
is fairly new-- up until it became some kind of made up "tradition" among newbies-- they were originally called Good Sam bells or good sameritan bells...
Because years ago someone stopped to offer aid to a broken down biker- Jackpine Gypsy, I believe, and the appreciative rider offer a token of thanks to the Good Samaritan...
Folks-- there is no "gremlin bell tradition"... It's not to ward off road gremlins or potholes or any of the other crap I've hears dummys repeat....
It's a marketing ploy...
Cause I've been riding 30+ years and the "gremlin" crap
is fairly new-- up until it became some kind of made up "tradition" among newbies-- they were originally called Good Sam bells or good sameritan bells...
Because years ago someone stopped to offer aid to a broken down biker- Jackpine Gypsy, I believe, and the appreciative rider offer a token of thanks to the Good Samaritan...
Folks-- there is no "gremlin bell tradition"... It's not to ward off road gremlins or potholes or any of the other crap I've hears dummys repeat....
It's a marketing ploy...