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Post by Rebel on Dec 18, 2010 2:13:53 GMT -5
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wortleees
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Trasplanted Texan
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Post by wortleees on Dec 20, 2010 6:35:22 GMT -5
Rebel, glad you posted that. A young friend in TX told me about them several years ago & had
forgot about them. His bike group club gives them to new members, supposed to work better if they
are given. The kids gave me mine & I gave them their's. So far none of us have crashed & burned.
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Post by Rebel on Dec 20, 2010 12:22:31 GMT -5
You are welcome. I've sent out a few myself.
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Post by workdog on Dec 22, 2010 15:05:49 GMT -5
I plan on sending out a few today when I get home.
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Post by Rebel on Dec 22, 2010 15:44:18 GMT -5
This is a great time of year to send them out.
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Post by pdxruckus on Dec 25, 2010 20:17:35 GMT -5
I got mine. Thanks Rebel. I didnt know the story behind it. Interesting. Thank you.
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Post by Rebel on Dec 25, 2010 20:22:11 GMT -5
So now you know.
There is another story that goes around about the gremlin bells, I'll look for it and post it too.
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Post by Rebel on Dec 25, 2010 20:25:15 GMT -5
I could not find the other story, but here is a little more info on the bells.
The Purpose of the Bell
Many of us have heard the story about Evil Road Spirits. They are little gremlins that live on your bike. They love to ride, and they’re also responsible for most of your bike’s problems. Sometimes your turn signals refuse to work; your battery goes dead, the clutch needs adjustment, or any of several hundred things that can go wrong. These problems are caused by Evil Road Spirits.
Evil Road Spirits can’t live in the presence of the bell, because they get trapped in the hollow of the bell. Among other things, their hearing is supersensitive, so the constant ringing of the bell and the confined space drives them insane. They lose their grip and eventually fall to the roadway. Have you ever wondered how potholes are formed? The bell has served its purpose.
If you pick up a bell of your own, the magic will work, but if your bell is given to you, the power is doubled, and you know that somewhere you have a special friend helping to look after you.
So, if you have a friend who doesn’t have a bell, why not give them one? It’s a nice feeling for the recipient to know you care. The bell, plus a good preventive maintenance program by the bikes owner, will help eliminate Evil Road Spirits.
Polishing the Bell
It has been a tradition among some of us for a long time to attach a brass bell to our left swing arm, to remember our brothers and 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. Every time 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 hear the bell ring, we know that our brothers and 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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Post by oldchopperguy on Dec 31, 2010 11:31:24 GMT -5
Rebel,
Got mine! Many thanks!!!
Have a safe and happy New Year one and all!
Leo in Texas
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Post by therustyaxe on Mar 23, 2011 1:11:17 GMT -5
Great thread Doug! I am so superstitious about my bell. I almost feel like I am riding without a helmet without a bell. I had my last one for about three years and a month ago it was GONE.  Shescoots sent me out a new one pretty fast. I think it being on my China bikes for so long it got to heavy because it was full of gremlins or one of the little guys figured out how to get rid of it. SERIOUSLY superstitious with bells. Paul |
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Post by Rebel on Mar 23, 2011 1:15:08 GMT -5
Paul, didn't I ask you for an address? I know I have one here for you(a bell, not an address) and had I had your address you would have had a spare ready to go. So send it to me before I send the rest out to other people. I have a limited quantity of Scooter Rebels Gremlin Bells.
I did send one to shescoots, perhaps she sent that one to you.
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Post by shescoots on Mar 26, 2011 18:45:52 GMT -5
I did a grimm bell exchange on S.D. and Scooter Diva. It was so much fun amd even and I sent cool things along with the bell.
I had one waiting for me in the mailbox when I got back from my Mom's funeral. So it is very sentimental. But somehow it is bent now. I don't know how that happened.
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Post by Rebel on Mar 26, 2011 19:52:49 GMT -5
Sherry, I did send one out to you, did you get it? I'm talking about at Christmas.
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Post by shescoots on Mar 26, 2011 21:32:39 GMT -5
No Doug, I didn't get it. I had no idea you sent one out and I wasn't online for months or I would have participated. If you sent it to the same place that I got the decals, it looks like my cousin would have told me, because I see her all the time. I didn't think to give you my new address after I finally got a place of my own. I was going through so much at the time.
But I would have called and thanked you and I would have went somewhere to get online at the time to send you a thank you pm.
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Post by Rebel on Mar 27, 2011 1:48:19 GMT -5
I thought so, and yes I sent it to the same address. I guess it got lost in the Christmas mail. Would you PM me your current address?
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Shescoots sent me out a new one pretty fast. I think it being on my China bikes for so long it got to heavy because it was full of gremlins or one of the little guys figured out how to get rid of it. 
CAN YOU HELP ME OUT MAN,AS i LOST ME JOB DUE TO NOT BEING ABLE TO GET THERE?ANY INF