Modern Vespa

Some one suggested a gremlin bell for my scooter. Does anyone else have this on theirs and where did you put it? Or is this just a motorcycle thing?

Mine is hanging on the windscreen...

Seems to work....just not on cops with radar....

R

8)

The only way a gremlin bell works is if someone gives it to you.
Giving yourself one voids the anti-gremlin clause...

Mine is hanging from the rear rack.
So far so good!

I have one on my HD (given to me and attached to the undercarriage by a fellow-cyclist).

I've not been offered one for my scoot but if that were to happen, I'd have this individual attach the gremlin bell to the undercarriage.

It has to be close to the ground to be effective!!!???!!!??

To work, it supposed to be as low to the ground as possible.
Heres mine on that useless security ring.



On Scooter Diva we did a Gremlin Bell exchange

what is the gremlin bell? Is it some kind of lucky charm?

Take a look at http://www.gremlinbells.com/ for the latest and greatest.

Someone gave me one, it is in the garage, I haven't yet attached it to my GTS yet. Perhaps I'll do that today, the security ring is a good place for it.

My wife got me one.

Right now it's attached to the blue key. I use the security lock to lock my cover on so I didn't want to put it there, but it's a great place for it.

hmmm...very intersting...I would like to see what everyone's looks like. Any good ones?

i was worried i'd be laughed at by the hd riders for having one...but then who cares...let them laugh

I had a Harley guy laugh everytime he saw me until I let him take it for a spin...

I actually use the useless security ring so I drilled a small hole in the plastic cowel panel kerjigger so I could hang the bell close to the ground as recommended.

My daughter bought it for me. I have two students who wanted to get one but they were hoping that someone would get them one as a gift. I suggested that they buy each other one. I don't think they did, and one of them dumped and totaled his brandy new bike. They should have listened to me. 8)

I'm not superstitious really. It's all in fun.
(But I'm hedging my bets, just in case. )

Another bell company, with different designs: http://www.guardianbell.com

You can find them at a discount on ebay.

I've purchased two Guardian Bells, one hog design to exchange at a Pollyanna gift exchange at my scooter club's One Year Anniversary party last month (the name of the club: The Wild Hogs) and the other is a liberty bell design to give to a good friend of mine who rides a Yamaha cruiser and has actively urged my mission to get a scooter.

The woman who received the bell I gave away rides a 50cc. Other people were asking about the bell and saying it was a cool gift...



Guardian Bells come in a little velvet pouch with a slip of paper that has the "legend of the bell". The bell itself has a keychain style ring (not shown above) for mounting. One thing I wasn't expecting -- it really does have a clapper, so it does make a ringing sound (since I don't have one myself, I don't know if it rings while you ride). If someone has a scoot that doesn't have a "security ring", you can also use a plastic zip cord to secure the bell's loop to "something" on the bottom side of your scooter. On my scoot, the exhaust support bracket would be a good place.

I ran over a rabbit a while ago and the rabbit foot got stuck in the rim. I just left it there for luck.

G

I have one, given to me this year by my wife, and it's zip-tied to my security ring.

Gremlin bell? Hell, yeah!

Received one off of another forum, and returned the favour to a couple of other riders.

I have it on my rear rack.

Gremlin bells are a waist of time and effort... If you want to protect yourself you have to use an OH NO Mr. Bill just like me.

Mine is also on the security ring. Saw some beautiful ones at Cycle Gear. If my current one wasn't working so well, I would be tempted to buy one of those.

http://www.vendorgirl.com/bikerbells.html These are great, too. From Cook's Corner (popular motorcycle hangout in Orange County, CA)

When I was taking MSF, another student who rode a big HD had his hanging between the forks.

Dee

It is exactly that!

A few years ago, I flipped a few bucks into the Salvation Army Bell Ringer's kettle.
She gave me a little red bell and wished me a Merry Christmas.
I mounted the little red bell on my daily ride (ET4) as a good luck gremlin bell.

Later I called the Salvation Army and asked if I made a donation if they
would send me 2 addition red bells. I sent the donation and they sent 5 bells.

I have mounted them on all of my scoots and sidecar too.
I guess that counts as some one giving me the bells...
Don't you think?

A good cause and a cool looking red bell for a red scoot.





My daily rider also sports a cute little angle. Seems to work...

I saw one on a full dress HD and wondered what the hell that was for.

Oh hooray, Now I need a gremlin bell. I have Road watchers in my cars. Those are like Beenie babies/ small stuffed animals I put on my dashboard. They help keep "extra eyes" on the road. Haven't messed up yet. The only time I didn't have one on board and guess what happened.....

Mine was given to me by my barber. She's a "fox" and rides some Harley looking Honda. Her husband has a Harley. Trisha said she purchased it at the local Harley shop, and called it an "Angel Bell", not a "Gremlin Bell". She said that a Guardian Angel would watch over me and protect me as I rode.

It's a brass bell with a leather thong, (from a Harley shop? Right? Don't leather and Harley's go together?) I mounted it on my rear rack, but with the top box, it is somewhat hidden from view. I can still hear it jingle from time to time. Here is what the enclosed card says, (that I keep in the top box).

FREEDOM
BELLS
The Mystical Story of...
The Source's Freedom Bells.
Have you ever wished you could get
rid of those nasty road "surprises" that
turn your ride in the wind to a trip where
everything goes wrong?

As we all know, life has many
mysteries that have no apparent
solutions. One of these is Evil Road
Spirits. That are the little gremlins that
live on your bike. They love to ride.
They're also responsible for most of your
bike's problems. Sometimes your turn
signals refuse to work, or the battery
goes dead, the clutch needs adjustment,
or any of several hundred things go
wrong. These problems are caused by
Evil Road Spirits.

Road Spirits can't live in the presence
of a bell. They get trapped in the
hallow of the bell. Among other things,
their hearing is supersensitive. 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 have picked up a bell of your
own, the magic will work. But if your bell
was given to you, the power has been
doubled, and you know that somewhere
you have a special friend helping to look
after you.

So, if you have a friend that doesn't
have a bell, why not be the person to give
them one? It's a nice feeling for the
recipient to know you personally cared.
The bell, plus a good preventative
maintenance program by the bike's
owner, will eliminate the Evil Road Spirits.

THE SOURCE
As Reported in Thunder Press.