Topic: Do You Wave

[RPGreg]

I do!  One of my favorite aspects of riding is the camaraderie between strangers on the road!

Greg


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[Sigop]

#7 Arthritis freezes the hand to the grip.

[Can550]

Just curious to see how many people wave when passing a bike in the opposite direction.  I do.  I have found ~95% of the non Harley riders wave.  I'd say ~95% of the people on Harleys don't wave.  It's been this way since I started riding back in '74.

Just wondering if it's the same all over or regional and why folks on Harley's don't wave.

-P.

I wave to other bikers irrespective of which bike they are on. I also ride a Harley and I have always noticed waving hands on Ontario roads


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[Gordon]

There has to be a top ten reason list why old vintage bike riders don't wave back. I'll start it up --
#10- Afraid to take a hand off the handlebars because the wheel and steering bearings were completely shot 20 years ago.
#9- Any movement of the hand may disturb air flow to the pods.
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#8 - can't support upper body weight with one arm and clubman bars.

#6 (edit) - Too busy messing with the idle screw or choke. 

[Gordon]

#7 Arthritis freezes the hand to the grip.

Oops!  Didn't see yours.  I'll change mine to #6.

[MoMo]

I most always wave, using the two finger up peace sign from the 60's.  Most riders wave back or nod.  The ones that never do are BMW riders, especially ones decked out in total Beemer gear....Larry

[SOHC4 Cafe Racer Fan]

I most always wave, using the two finger up peace sign from the 60's.  Most riders wave back or nod.  The ones that never do are BMW riders, especially ones decked out in total Beemer gear....Larry

Make sure you make the peace sign with your palm facing outward, or you'll be making the British FU sign.

[grcamna2]

I most always wave, using the two finger up peace sign from the 60's.  Most riders wave back or nod.  The ones that never do are BMW riders, especially ones decked out in total Beemer gear....Larry

Make sure you make the peace sign with your palm facing outward, or you'll be making the British FU sign.

lol 

[ken65]

I'm more of a nod the head type bloke.  I don't bother with the harley riders anymore, they rarely nod back.
But one thing I've noticed with the odd scooter rider I've accidentally waved  to  is they get really excited and wee a little bit.
I mentioned this to a mate who has a scooter and he told me that many moped riders particularly if its a nice sunny day will nappy up
before heading out in case they get multiple accidental nods or waves.
 

[jonda500]

I'm more of a nod the head type bloke.  I don't bother with the harley riders anymore, they rarely nod back.
But one thing I've noticed with the odd scooter rider I've accidentally waved  to  is they get really excited and wee a little bit.
I mentioned this to a mate who has a scooter and he told me that many moped riders particularly if its a nice sunny day will nappy up
before heading out in case they get multiple accidental nods or waves.

berry punny  hehe

[MoMo]

I most always wave, using the two finger up peace sign from the 60's.  Most riders wave back or nod.  The ones that never do are BMW riders, especially ones decked out in total Beemer gear....Larry

Make sure you make the peace sign with your palm facing outward, or you'll be making the British FU sign.

You mean the Brits have their own sign of ill will, as if the universal sign isn't good enough for them.

[scottly]

I'm more of a nod the head type bloke.

Same here..

[Terry in Australia]

I'll wave or nod at anyone and as Ken says, scooter riders get so excited if someone riding a real bike waves to them, that you have to be really careful not to wave to them in heavy traffic for fear of them losing their sh1t completely and crashing and drowning in a shallow pool of their own urine.

Larry's right, many BMW riders (the poncey ones in their 2000 dollar BMW branded wet weather suits on their shiny new adventure bikes) only wave at their similarly gayly clad boyfriends, (not that there's anything wrong with that..........) whereas older BMW riders with their knees out of their jeans and jackets older than dirt normally wave to anyone, usually for help...

Most people here are too frightened to wave to a Harley rider just in case he's a member of an outlaw club, in which case he'll probably knock you off your bike, beat you to death with one hand tied behind his back and rape the eye sockets of your bloody corpse on the side of the road, for your insolence. I wave to them because I'm a massive fat bastaard and particularly unattractive, so they just look away, pretending that they're busy reading their text messages, or cleaning their guns.

Italian bike riders don't wave to anyone, not even other Italian bike riders, usually because they've lost all feeling in their extremities due to the vibrations inherent in their flawed design, and the only time their hands leave the bars is to stoop to pick up whatever's just fallen off their bikes, due to manifestly poor quality control. But they look nice.

Similarly, older British bike riders don't wave much, because with all the oil coating their tires and brakes they're too frightened to let go, riding an old Brit bike anytime is like riding on black ice. Riders of modern Brit bikes (mostly Triumphs, new Norton's are still very thin on the ground) usually wave at Jap bike riders just to make them feel good, (especially Jap "Cruiser" riders who are detested by everyone, except scooter riders) and they wave at Harley riders, hoping to be accepted as equals, but are usually rebuffed, or murdered/eye socket raped by 1%'ers who've become confused and mistaken their bikes for "Rice Burners"........   

Cafe Racers are probably the worst of the lot, opinionated without any personal experience or knowledge of the subject, apart from what they've read on "Do the Ton" (on your POS "custom" CB350, preferably down a fcuking mineshaft) or seen on Cafe Racer TV (one of the biggest wastes of TV time a thinking human could endure) so they think that any non Cafe/Brat style/Bobber/hamfisted fcukup rider does not deserve the wonderful gift of their limp wristed salute.   

Having said that, don't get me started on Indian/Chinese bike riders...........

[MoMo]

^^^thanks for the morning laugh Terry ..Larry

[72 yellow]

Once again I learned not to read Terry's postings with food or drink in my mouth to avoid a choking hazard.   

[strynboen]

please start on the chinese and india bikes...in a few years ve all ride them..just called some custom names..so ve think they are  the good stuff..

[eigenvector]

Thing about the BMWs, if I wanted to wave and show my cylinders like the Harley guys do - I'd have to give a 'hang loose' sign




To those who don't understand...
BMWs and their boxer engine - hang loose, pinky and thumb extended.

[SOHC4 Cafe Racer Fan]

I'll wave or nod at anyone and as Ken says, scooter riders get so excited if someone riding a real bike waves to them, that you have to be really careful not to wave to them in heavy traffic for fear of them losing their sh1t completely and crashing and drowning in a shallow pool of their own urine.

Larry's right, many BMW riders (the poncey ones in their 2000 dollar BMW branded wet weather suits on their shiny new adventure bikes) only wave at their similarly gayly clad boyfriends, (not that there's anything wrong with that..........) whereas older BMW riders with their knees out of their jeans and jackets older than dirt normally wave to anyone, usually for help...

Most people here are too frightened to wave to a Harley rider just in case he's a member of an outlaw club, in which case he'll probably knock you off your bike, beat you to death with one hand tied behind his back and rape the eye sockets of your bloody corpse on the side of the road, for your insolence. I wave to them because I'm a massive fat bastaard and particularly unattractive, so they just look away, pretending that they're busy reading their text messages, or cleaning their guns.

Italian bike riders don't wave to anyone, not even other Italian bike riders, usually because they've lost all feeling in their extremities due to the vibrations inherent in their flawed design, and the only time their hands leave the bars is to stoop to pick up whatever's just fallen off their bikes, due to manifestly poor quality control. But they look nice.

Similarly, older British bike riders don't wave much, because with all the oil coating their tires and brakes they're too frightened to let go, riding an old Brit bike anytime is like riding on black ice. Riders of modern Brit bikes (mostly Triumphs, new Norton's are still very thin on the ground) usually wave at Jap bike riders just to make them feel good, (especially Jap "Cruiser" riders who are detested by everyone, except scooter riders) and they wave at Harley riders, hoping to be accepted as equals, but are usually rebuffed, or murdered/eye socket raped by 1%'ers who've become confused and mistaken their bikes for "Rice Burners"........   

Cafe Racers are probably the worst of the lot, opinionated without any personal experience or knowledge of the subject, apart from what they've read on "Do the Ton" (on your POS "custom" CB350, preferably down a fcuking mineshaft) or seen on Cafe Racer TV (one of the biggest wastes of TV time a thinking human could endure) so they think that any non Cafe/Brat style/Bobber/hamfisted fcukup rider does not deserve the wonderful gift of their limp wristed salute.   

Having said that, don't get me started on Indian/Chinese bike riders...........

OMG!! F'ing hilarious, Terry!

[eigenvector]

"Larry's right, many BMW riders (the poncey ones in their 2000 dollar BMW branded wet weather suits on their shiny new adventure bikes) only wave at their similarly gayly clad boyfriends, (not that there's anything wrong with that..........) whereas older BMW riders with their knees out of their jeans and jackets older than dirt normally wave to anyone, usually for help... "

Hey I resent that Terry.

I own one of those branded BMW jackets and it's .... just as good as any of the other Cordua jackets I've owned at twice the price.  There's even a label on the inside pockets to tell me which one is for the cell phone and which one is for my paperwork.

I know a guy who rides his old K100 to and from work - he does look like an old biker from the 80's even though he's younger than me, and I frequently see him on the side of the road trying to restart his bike.  He's also a colossal jerk with an attitude so large I'm amazed he can put a helmet on - not that he'd need one with a skull so thick it would crack the concrete if he fell off that unreliable bike.

[Duanob]

Around here it seems to be the squid riders that don't wave. Too cool for school I guess. Also I've noticed more and more women riders especially in groups that don't wave. Uneducated in the brotherhood wave maybe or just don't give a cr@p? I see more women passengers that wave but not riders. My wife likes to wave when she's on the back. 

[BomberMann650]

Around here it seems to be the squid riders that don't wave. Too cool for school I guess. Also I've noticed more and more women riders especially in groups that don't wave. Uneducated in the brotherhood wave maybe or just don't give a cr@p? I see more women passengers that wave but not riders. My wife likes to wave when she's on the back. 

The ladies get a lot of flak from the brotherhood.  The ladies k9 rider club was created because the original k9 club wouldn't allow women to ride with the pack.
Then there are the jokes about "girls bikes" and presumptions that women can't fix their own ride.  Then the typical male turn-on that makes guys do stupid sh!t to woo a biker chick.
The sexism is real, and I don't blame em for not waving back.

Pink Hiyabusa for effect

[strynboen]

(its lesbian women vho rides BMW..så they hate all men..and dont vink then/them.)

.at my drive class the best drivers vas women..they read up the stuff..and did the riding perfekt..my vife did not klear the test..a shame... but not all have the "stuff for ride fast"( she vas scared of the speed) and got nervos..some can distrakt from the risc..others think too mutch(and prob lives longer...but dies of boring..--but thats ok so i ride alone..try to force her to try again..vill not bring any good

[SOHC4 Cafe Racer Fan]

I ride with a few women who ride safe and can push hard -- and they all wave, too.  One recently attended the California Superbike School and upped her game on a BMW S1000RR.  Another used to sell and ride Aprilia bikes at the track. 

There are a few poseur Instagram personalities but I find that that goes for men, too (JWilde).

[grcamna2]

That Aprilia woman sounds like someone who could possibly give me a driver training course for the track.

[SOHC4 Cafe Racer Fan]

That Aprilia woman sounds like someone who could possibly give me a driver training course for the track.

She can rip in the canyons.  She rides a VFR.