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No need to add a lock. Tt is a cable you can thread through the d-ring on your helmet. Pop off your seat and then there are a couple of metal hooks under the seat (right near the edge of the bike) that you can hook the two looped ends on. Pop your seat back on and now your helmet is secured to your bike. I used to use it all the time when riding.
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I thought one of those would come with my bike as I learned it's standard fare for most manufacturers. It didn't.
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Cool, thanks!
Mini stringer to go with your Popeil pocket fisherman.
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Mini stringer to go with your Popeil pocket fisherman.
I'm sure you know that most any "young" person will have no idea of what a Ronco 'Popeil Pocket Fisherman' actually is!!!
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I'm sure you know that most any "young" person will have no idea of what a 'Popeil Pocket Fisherman' actually is!!!
I have a popeil never been used in the original box,
I have a popeil never been used in the original box,
I'll be willing to bet that you're closer to my age (71) than you'd like to be!!! :ROFLMAO:
No need to add a lock. Tt is a cable you can thread through the d-ring on your helmet. Pop off your seat and then there are a couple of metal hooks under the seat (right near the edge of the bike) that you can hook the two looped ends on. Pop your seat back on and now your helmet is secured to your bike. I used to use it all the time when riding.
Yeah. I bet you don't have a Gen 3 Wee, do you? :mad: I used to do the same thing on my Gen 1, but they turned the hooks around the WRONG WAY on the Gen 3!! Now they face outward, and the cable loop pops off very readily when I'm trying to put the seat on, and is pretty easy to jiggle off the hook even with the seat closed. Why???
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Every road bike once had a keyed helmet holder attached to the rear near the tail light. Those damned accountants strike again! :rolleyes:
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Every road bike once had a keyed helmet holder attached to the rear near the tail light. Those damned accountants strike again! :rolleyes:
Y'got me there. I'm too young to have ever seen that.
I thought one of those would come with my bike as I learned it's standard fare for most manufacturers. It didn't.
Did you mean that cable or a separate helmet lock? I've never seen any bike come with one of those cables.

I was kinda surprised to see my 14 Strom not have any sort of helmet lock though - if not a dedicated keyed lock at least a hook under the seat? But nada....
My 2010 DL650 came with two SS mini strops, and hooks under the seat.
I needed to read the owners manual to work out what they were for. :)
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I'm sure you know that most any "young" person will have no idea of what a 'Popeil Pocket Fisherman' actually is!!!
In this age of free sexual identification, it may take on an an entirely different meaning. I'm on a truck forum and you dare not use the term, "tranny fluid."
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Every road bike once had a keyed helmet holder attached to the rear near the tail light. Those damned accountants strike again! :rolleyes:
Meh, they don't work with a lot of modern helmets anyways. Can't recall the last time I owned a helmet with D-rings. FWIW - they are on the left side of most bikes I have owned that had them. Can't say that I have seen one on the back.
Both my latest helmets have Double-D rings.. Now that I think of it, I have only had one helmet with the "buckle" type shin strap..

I also found this under the seat, and wondered what it was for.. Had to look it up in the owners manual..
Both my latest helmets have Double-D rings.. Now that I think of it, I have only had one helmet with the "buckle" type shin strap..

I also found this under the seat, and wondered what it was for.. Had to look it up in the owners manual..
Guess it depends on the brands you buy. Last 4 helmets have been Nolan, Shark, Shoei and those all had ratchets
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"buckle" type shin strap..
A ... what strap? Could you please post a picture of you wearing this helmet? That sounds super awkward .... :ROFLMAO:
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