Triumphrat

TucsonBill · 02-12-2008, 04:09 PM

So, I have a long list of modifications on my Tiger, mostly functional rather than stylish. Well, I added one this weekend that I can't really classify. I was cleaning out the shed, hopefully to make more room for motorcycles, even if I didn't tell my wife that! I was moving bicycles and saw something the Tiger really needed - a Chinese bicycle bell! My brother visited China and thought the irritating bells were just what his nieces and nephews needed, regardless of what their parents thought. The bell is really loud and irritating, for a bell. I mounted it on the handlebar crosspiece and got to use it this morning. I work and ride around a college campus. Students on foot are not known to be very conscious about the bikes, motorcycles, and cars that are on the roads on campus. The Steble Nautilus is waaaaay too much for use on walking students, but the bell works a treat! It also causes smiles. That's never bad!

tucsonjim · 02-12-2008, 05:38 PM

That certainly beats loud pipes!

TucsonBill · 02-12-2008, 07:07 PM

Jim-
I have another one you can have. We can start a subgroup of Tiger drivers! I imagine a whole pack of motorcycles with bells could neutralize the "Loud pipes save lives" crew! Neighbors would ask us to ride through their neighborhoods.....maybe!
Desert Dingers, maybe?

tucsonjim · 02-13-2008, 02:39 PM

Bill,
Sounds good; and will have all started in Tucson. Now...on to the problem of filling that hole you've created in you shed! I'm sure you'll find something interesting.