This really irks me. Since the first of the year I have lost 2 "Gremlin Bells". The first, I thought it might have fallen, broken off. Butt, the second on? Come on. Who steals a bell. Had it attached to my trailer hitch. Even the wife unit is po'd! OK, rant over. Tom
Baloo is my name. Spyders are my game. Well, it's a doo-bah-dee-doo, yes, it's a doo-bah-dee-doo, I mean a doo-bee, doo-bee, doo-bee, doo-bee, doo-bee-dee-doo. And, well, now. Ha ha! What have we here?
This really irks me. Since the first of the year I have lost 2 "Gremlin Bells". The first, I thought it might have fallen, broken off. Butt, the second on? Come on. Who steals a bell. Had it attached to my trailer hitch. Even the wife unit is po'd! OK, rant over. Tom
I put mine on with a zip tie. I've never lost one.
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Baloo is my name. Spyders are my game. Well, it's a doo-bah-dee-doo, yes, it's a doo-bah-dee-doo, I mean a doo-bee, doo-bee, doo-bee, doo-bee, doo-bee-dee-doo. And, well, now. Ha ha! What have we here?
I've lost a couple when attached to the hitch on the spyder and the wing so now I hang them farther forward. I think crap coming off the rear tire is the culprit. Even a thief is probably to lazy to steal one.
STOLEN GRIMLIN BELLS (Angel Bells is what we call them) DO NOT WORK if stolen.... ANGELS don't like to be violated, so you may read that the individual that stole them have passed on do to an accident... let's hope...
SPYD3R MAN DAN...
I keep hoping that someone likes me enough to present one to me.
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If you hang them on the trailer hitch, they will fall off. The hitch sees a lot of action because it is attached to the swingarm. The hoop on the bell quickly wears through and the bell falls off. I hang mine under the floorboard. Its been there for years now.
I have always had mine attached to the front of the floorboards. I like to look down and see them. 11 years, multiple Spyders and I haven’t lost one yet. Theft is always sad to experience.
I keep hoping that someone likes me enough to present one to me.
Me too. Tom
Baloo is my name. Spyders are my game. Well, it's a doo-bah-dee-doo, yes, it's a doo-bah-dee-doo, I mean a doo-bee, doo-bee, doo-bee, doo-bee, doo-bee-dee-doo. And, well, now. Ha ha! What have we here?
If you hang them on the trailer hitch, they will fall off. The hitch sees a lot of action because it is attached to the swingarm. The hoop on the bell quickly wears through and the bell falls off. I hang mine under the floorboard. Its been there for years now.
Maybe that is what happened. I had them attached with key ring holders. Both of them were still there. Tom
Baloo is my name. Spyders are my game. Well, it's a doo-bah-dee-doo, yes, it's a doo-bah-dee-doo, I mean a doo-bee, doo-bee, doo-bee, doo-bee, doo-bee-dee-doo. And, well, now. Ha ha! What have we here?
Try to find stainless steel bells, and put them on with stainless steel zip ties, when I figured this out, I never lost any.
john
Didn't know SS ties even existed. Tom
Baloo is my name. Spyders are my game. Well, it's a doo-bah-dee-doo, yes, it's a doo-bah-dee-doo, I mean a doo-bee, doo-bee, doo-bee, doo-bee, doo-bee-dee-doo. And, well, now. Ha ha! What have we here?
Traditionally bells to keep the road gremlins away are as far forward and low on a bike. In some areas I have been there may be a bell low and at the rear as a remembrance to fallen riding brothers and sisters. First bell I got was for my Sears & Roebuck minibike in 1965 when I was 10 years old. It came from a friends father, the first 1%er I knew. (Didn't quite get the ramifications of that at the time.) It lasted a few years with the minibike, then a Sears Allstate moped with both motor and bike pedels, and finally an Allstate 250 Twingle. (Grandpa worked at Sears) Lost the bell off the 250 when, I suppose, the leather thong rotted and broke. Now I use zip ties to attach the bell to our bikes. (Pic below) Wire, string, leather thongs and such will eventually give out and the bell will take a trip by itself.
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