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Legend
of the Bell Many
years ago, on a cold December night, a crusty old biker was returning from
a trip to Mexico. His saddlebags were filled with toys and other assorted
trinkets to give to the kids at a group home near where he worked. As
he rode along that night, thinking how lucky he had been in life, having a
loving riding partner that understood his need to roam the highways, and
to his trusty old panhead that hadn't let him down in the many years they
shared the road together. About
40 miles north of the border, in the high desert lurked a small group of
those notorious little critters known as road gremlins. You know the ones
that always leave little obstacles; one shoe, boards, pieces of old tires,
or digging the dreaded pot holes for bikers to run over and crash, giving
the road gremlins a chance to rejoice over their acts of evil. Well
as the lone wolf of a biker rounded a curve that moonlit night, the
gremlins ambushed him causing him to crash to the asphalt and skid for a
while before coming to a stop next to one of his saddlebags that had
broken free. As he lay there, unable to move, the road gremlins made their
move towards him. This biker not being one to give up started throwing
things at the gremlins as they approached him. With nothing else to throw
but a bell he started ringing it, in hopes to scare off the dirty little
gremlins. About
a half a mile away camped in the desert, were two bikers sitting around
the campfire talking about their day's ride, and the freedom of the wind
blowing in their faces as they rode across this vast country. In the
stillness of the night air they heard what sounded to them like church
bells ringing and upon investigating, found the old biker lying along the
roadside with the gremlins about to get him. Needless to say, being part
of the biker brotherhood, they preceded to ward off the gremlins until the
last of gremlins ran off into the night. Being
grateful to the two bikers, the old road dog offered to pay them for their
help, but as all true bikers do, they refused to accept any type of
payment from him. Not being one to let a good deed go unnoticed, the old
biker cut two pieces of leather from his saddle bags tassels and tied a
bell to each one, then slowly placed them on each of the bikers
motorcycles, as near to the ground as possible. The
tired, old road warrior, told the two travelers that with those bells
placed on their bikes, they would be protected from the road gremlins and
that if ever in trouble just ring the bell and a fellow biker will come to
their aid. So whenever you see a biker with a bell you'll know that he has been blessed with the most important thing in life...friendship from a fellow biker.
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