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| **The Legend of the Bell**: \\ | **The Legend of the Bell**: \\ | ||
| - | Have you noticed that small bell on some people's bikes and wondered why it was there? ((casper883R of the XLFORUM http://xlforum.net/forums/showthread.php?t=964668&highlight=legend+bell)) \\ | + | Have you noticed that small bell on some people's bikes and wondered why it was there? ((casper883R of the XLFORUM)) \\ |
| It's more than just decoration - It has a specific function. \\ | It's more than just decoration - It has a specific function. \\ | ||
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| The bell, plus a good preventive maintenance program by the bike's owner, will help eliminate the Evil Road Spirits. | The bell, plus a good preventive maintenance program by the bike's owner, will help eliminate the Evil Road Spirits. | ||
| + | **Polishing the Guardian Bell**; \\ | ||
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| + | 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. ((asasial of the XLFORUM)) \\ | ||
| + | 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. \\ | ||
