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My new to me Harley Dyna Switchback has a very odd feature.
Actually it does a lot of odd things to me. Since I've been a lifelong Kawasaki guy and Ninja speed freak for a lot of that time. This is my first Harley. It's something I swore I would never buy. But old age and a bad back...Look at me.
It has a "Biker bell" dangling from it. It's supposed to bring safety on the road.
I'd heard about these. Sport bike culture does NOT have them. And I find it just strange.
As I was about to snip it off, my wife hurriedly came into the garage telling me to leave it alone. Something she read online.
A call to the guy I bought the bike from said the same thing.
I looked online and found that for this to "work" it must be hanging from the lowest part if the bike. So I moved it down as low as it could go. It had been hanging on the handlebar. Next to the front brake. Wrong.
(It's amazing that the old owner didnt crash and explode into a ball of fire)
Now I don't know what to do with it.
Leave it. Remove it. All of my REAL biker friends have died....... Did I kill its juju when I moved it? Does a made in China trinket provide safety?
I'm only slightly superstitious. But I also haven't had a single accident since 1980.
Thoughts?
Actually it does a lot of odd things to me. Since I've been a lifelong Kawasaki guy and Ninja speed freak for a lot of that time. This is my first Harley. It's something I swore I would never buy. But old age and a bad back...Look at me.
It has a "Biker bell" dangling from it. It's supposed to bring safety on the road.
I'd heard about these. Sport bike culture does NOT have them. And I find it just strange.
As I was about to snip it off, my wife hurriedly came into the garage telling me to leave it alone. Something she read online.
A call to the guy I bought the bike from said the same thing.
I looked online and found that for this to "work" it must be hanging from the lowest part if the bike. So I moved it down as low as it could go. It had been hanging on the handlebar. Next to the front brake. Wrong.
(It's amazing that the old owner didnt crash and explode into a ball of fire)
Now I don't know what to do with it.
Leave it. Remove it. All of my REAL biker friends have died....... Did I kill its juju when I moved it? Does a made in China trinket provide safety?
I'm only slightly superstitious. But I also haven't had a single accident since 1980.
Thoughts?