Yes, I do the same thing - placing the striker further from the bell
reduces the unintended ringing on bumpy roads.
I may soon machine my own stem collar, with *two* attachment points, so I
can mount double bells, just because.
- Andrew, Berkeley
On Friday, March 15, 2013 5:42:31 PM UTC-7, Dav
I've had a couple tiny #4 stainless steel washers on the mounting post,
between the striker and the bell for years. It still dings nicely, but
I rarely get "false positives". As the automated announcement used to
say in the London underground: "Mind the gap!" You may want to try that
before r
Have the bell and love it- mostly because it doesn't ring constantly unlike the
spring hammer bell which basically drove me crazy. Took it off and gave it
away. I imagine there are a of parts boxes with Silver Hupes and spring hammer
bells in them! I am sure you could get'em cheap and have a bik
I've used the spring striker one for years on my Atlantis. Even with
chubby, cushy tires it'll ding-a-ling on the rough stuff. I figured if I
was on a "bell ringer" of a road, I either needed to slow down or pick a
better line. Now I have a third choice: get a better bell!
dougP
On Thurs
Hammer striker doesn't ding on bumpy terrain. Hadn't realized that until
now. Perfect. And I've been putting up with dinging with spring style
striker all over the place for a long long time. Need to buy bell
with hammer striker with next Riv order.
James Chang
On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 9:51 AM
Same here. I didn't strip mine, but one must be careful. This one from
Riv probably is deeper.
On 3/14/2013 7:19 AM, Rambouilleting Utahn wrote:
I had a similar one from VO and loved it, very clean installation.
The problem with the VO product was that there are very few threads in
the spa
