Gremlin Bell
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From: ST. Louis
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...
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From: round here
You got Christianity is a marketing ploy from my post?
damn....
Reaching a bit for that one..
However, I will give concede it's all in the presentation...
It's a bit of a stretch to take "thanks for the new plug, heres a something special as my way of saying thanks", to "buy this bell with a picture of a leprechaun, and give it to someone that just bought a new streetglide so they don't hit a bump and wreck"..
Small subtle difference, I understand how it's missed.
damn....
Reaching a bit for that one..
However, I will give concede it's all in the presentation...
It's a bit of a stretch to take "thanks for the new plug, heres a something special as my way of saying thanks", to "buy this bell with a picture of a leprechaun, and give it to someone that just bought a new streetglide so they don't hit a bump and wreck"..
Small subtle difference, I understand how it's missed.
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From: ST. Louis
I can't think of a major war that has been started over religion.
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From: round here
If you say so.
I would have said it differently, maybe.
I can't think of one NOT started over religion...
But, that is very much a different topic.
Facts is facts, brother.
Enjoy your weekend...
So is the bell supposed to help you not get in a wreck or to help when you get in a wreck live? I've had many bikes and when I traded my buddy a Cadillac for his Fatboy he told me to keep the bell on the bike, so I did. I got hit by a wheel and tire that came off of a dual axle trailer, I lived, but got pretty messed up in the process. So I'm thinking no bell. Funny thing is the bell was the only piece of the front end that made it. So what should I do on my next bike after I can walk again, bell or no bell?
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From: round here
So is the bell supposed to help you not get in a wreck or to help when you get in a wreck live? I've had many bikes and when I traded my buddy a Cadillac for his Fatboy he told me to keep the bell on the bike, so I did. I got hit by a wheel and tire that came off of a dual axle trailer, I lived, but got pretty messed up
in the process. So I'm thinking
no bell. Funny thing is the bell
was the only piece of the front
end that made it. So what
should I do on my next bike
after I can walk again, bell or no
bell?
in the process. So I'm thinking
no bell. Funny thing is the bell
was the only piece of the front
end that made it. So what
should I do on my next bike
after I can walk again, bell or no
bell?
maybe since it wasn't actually
your bell, the protective aura of the $6 spirits weren't able to protect you from harm..
Maybe the evil forces in the eighteen wheeler were stronger than the bell could fight off, maybe you got bad mojo, maybe you should put it in your pocket so the invisible bubble of protection can surround you.
Maybe, just maybe, **** happens...
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From: ST. Louis
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