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Mounted mine low on the bike, makes me get on one knee to clean it. The gremlins can meet me where I have my greatest strength .
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I like this reason for a bell better.
POLISHING THE RIDE BELL
It has been tradition among some of us for a long time to attach a brass bell to our left swingarm to remember our Brothers & Sisters who have gone down riding.
It's a small thing, but the reason a brass bell is chosen is that, as we ride, it gets dirty and tarnished. Everytime we get down to wash and polish it, we are reminded of friends lost and our thoughts turn to the meaning of being in the wind.
As we ride and the hear the bell ring, we know that our Brothers & Sisters are riding with us and how easy it would be to join them with a single mistake.
And maybe, just maybe, the next time a situation comes up, they will be there to help us...as long as we remember them by polishing the bell.
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 Originally Posted by LittleJohn
POLISHING THE RIDE BELL
It has been tradition among some of us for a long time to attach a brass bell to our left swingarm to remember our Brothers & Sisters who have gone down riding.
It's a small thing, but the reason a brass bell is chosen is that, as we ride, it gets dirty and tarnished. Everytime we get down to wash and polish it, we are reminded of friends lost and our thoughts turn to the meaning of being in the wind.
As we ride and the hear the bell ring, we know that our Brothers & Sisters are riding with us and how easy it would be to join them with a single mistake.
And maybe, just maybe, the next time a situation comes up, they will be there to help us...as long as we remember them by polishing the bell.
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Years ago;
I took the bell i used on my pointers collar, And stuck it under the dashboard of my old mans car to drive him nuts.
Didn't work , He never turned his hearing aid on!! 
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Did your Mom have to find it for him eventually??? 
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Originally Posted by LittleJohn
POLISHING THE RIDE BELL
It has been tradition among some of us for a long time to attach a brass bell to our left swingarm to remember our Brothers & Sisters who have gone down riding.
It's a small thing, but the reason a brass bell is chosen is that, as we ride, it gets dirty and tarnished. Everytime we get down to wash and polish it, we are reminded of friends lost and our thoughts turn to the meaning of being in the wind.
As we ride and the hear the bell ring, we know that our Brothers & Sisters are riding with us and how easy it would be to join them with a single mistake.
And maybe, just maybe, the next time a situation comes up, they will be there to help us...as long as we remember them by polishing the bell.
Thanks LJ was hoping someone here would post that!!.
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Mine is wire tied to the right tie rod just inboard of the rod end.
USAF '69-'89 E7
Thailand/Vietnam 1972
Member: Royal Order of Rat Bastards
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Originally Posted by Bob Denman
Check this guy's bell out...
With all there is to look at in that picture I'm surprised that you even noticed the bell.
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We have three protective devices against Gremlins....
1. Protects from winged Gremlins
2. Protects from Ground-based Gremlins
3. Protects against difficult Gremlins
Penny and Rick have owned many motorcycles starting in 1974 with Hondas, then to Suzukis, Gold Wings and ultimately Spyders.
74 Honda 360T (pair); 78 Suzuki GS 1000 (pair); 82 Honda Aspencade; 84 Honda 400; 87 Yamaha 1100; 99 Honda Valkyrie; 01 Suzuki Burgman(triked); 02 Honda GL 1800(triked); 10 Spyder RTSE; 11 Spyder RTSM; 12 Spyder RTSL (pair); 20 Spyder RTL (current)
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Originally Posted by rhansen309
We were given a gremlin bell for our RT. I noticed on the Harley's they are attached to the bottom of the bike. Has anyone attatched one to their RT and if so where. Thanks.
Brake pedal arm.....
Glynnk
Happy 10 RT-SPE owner!!
 
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Originally Posted by Double Trouble
We have three protective devices against Gremlins....
1. Protects from winged Gremlins
2. Protects from Ground-based Gremlins
3. Protects against difficult Gremlins
Love #3 except it is pointed right at you as you are riding...
Blue 2011 RT-S: My Economic Contributions: Rt Hand Brake, RAM handle bar cup holder, Kewl Metal Gadget mount for phone/GPS, Midland CB, High Tech V2 Wireless intercom, GloRiders-Blue, BRP hitch, Bike-rack for travel duffel, Grip Puppies, Arrow mirror turn signals, RT HMT Rear light, Utopia Driver's seat back, Lamont's NBV Highway pegs, SpyderPops BumpSkid, Baker Air Wings
Life is a matter of Prospective  We create our own Prospective.
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Originally Posted by GASpyderLady
Love #3 except it is pointed right at you as you are riding...
six in the mag and one in the chamber. But the safety is on.
Penny and Rick have owned many motorcycles starting in 1974 with Hondas, then to Suzukis, Gold Wings and ultimately Spyders.
74 Honda 360T (pair); 78 Suzuki GS 1000 (pair); 82 Honda Aspencade; 84 Honda 400; 87 Yamaha 1100; 99 Honda Valkyrie; 01 Suzuki Burgman(triked); 02 Honda GL 1800(triked); 10 Spyder RTSE; 11 Spyder RTSM; 12 Spyder RTSL (pair); 20 Spyder RTL (current)
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Originally Posted by Double Trouble
We have three protective devices against Gremlins....
1. Protects from winged Gremlins
2. Protects from Ground-based Gremlins
3. Protects against difficult Gremlins
I'd be a bit nervous about heat cooking the oil of that sidearm...
Does the bell hooked to your fender get caught up by the tire?
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Originally Posted by Bob Denman
I'd be a bit nervous about heat cooking the oil of that sidearm...
Does the bell hooked to your fender get caught up by the tire?
Bob:
I put a layer of insulation under the insert. There is another two inches before the bell reaches the tire..
Penny and Rick have owned many motorcycles starting in 1974 with Hondas, then to Suzukis, Gold Wings and ultimately Spyders.
74 Honda 360T (pair); 78 Suzuki GS 1000 (pair); 82 Honda Aspencade; 84 Honda 400; 87 Yamaha 1100; 99 Honda Valkyrie; 01 Suzuki Burgman(triked); 02 Honda GL 1800(triked); 10 Spyder RTSE; 11 Spyder RTSM; 12 Spyder RTSL (pair); 20 Spyder RTL (current)
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Attn: Double Trouble
Hi, just quick questions regarding your thermo-compass combo.. does that location affect the compas any? Does the thermoread fairly true there?
Thanks-
Frank.
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Originally Posted by FrankPa
Hi, just quick questions regarding your thermo-compass combo.. does that location affect the compas any? Does the thermoread fairly true there?
Thanks-
Frank.
The compass works well. I wanted to just get a compass but I couldn't find one small enough to fit where I wanted to mount it. The temp gauge is better than the one on the bike but it still isn't very accurate.
Penny and Rick have owned many motorcycles starting in 1974 with Hondas, then to Suzukis, Gold Wings and ultimately Spyders.
74 Honda 360T (pair); 78 Suzuki GS 1000 (pair); 82 Honda Aspencade; 84 Honda 400; 87 Yamaha 1100; 99 Honda Valkyrie; 01 Suzuki Burgman(triked); 02 Honda GL 1800(triked); 10 Spyder RTSE; 11 Spyder RTSM; 12 Spyder RTSL (pair); 20 Spyder RTL (current)
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Gremlin Bell
Received my gremlin bell yesterday from some old friends who run harleys. 
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Gremlin Bell
Well, the bell is hanging from the license plate. I couldn't see anywhere else I wanted to put it. But then again, I didn't crawl on my hands and knees to look to far underneath. But, at least its on the bike. Gremlins.............BE GONE!!!
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 Uh oh, would it count if I bought one for Teddy?
See'n as we're still kinda new to the "biker" world, we have yet to make any local biker friends that are aware of such traditions, so Teddy still doesn't have a "Gremlin/Guardian Bell" for his RT-S. And to think, we're on his second SpYder and second year of Ryding. Maybe this was our issue with his first SpYder? Think it would count the same if I bought one for him? Lord knows, after our last adventure home from SITA, superstition or not, we can use all the continuing good luck we can get.
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