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     Bueaddicted |
A friend sent me there - I thought they were funny: Top Ten Reasons Why Harley Riders Don't Wave Back 10. Afraid it will invalidate warranty. 9. Leather and studs make it too heavy to raise arm. 8. Refuse to wave to anyone whose bike is already paid for. 7. Afraid to let go of handlebars because they might vibrate off. 6. Rushing wind would blow scabs off the new tattoos. 5. Angry because just took out second mortgage to pay luxury tax on new Harley. 4. Just discovered the fine print in owner's manual and realized H-D is partially owned by Honda. 3. Can't tell if other riders are waving or just reaching to cover their ears like everyone else. 2. Remembers the last time a Harley rider waved back, he impaled his hand on spiked helmet. 1. They're too tired from spending hours polishing all that chrome to lift their arms. Top Ten Reasons Why Gold Wing Riders Don't Wave Back 10. Wasn't sure whether other rider was waving or making an obscene gesture. 9. Afraid might get frostbite if hand is removed from heated grip. 8. Has arthritis and the past 400 miles have made it difficult to raise arm. 7. Reflection from etched windshield momentarily blinded him. 6. The espresso machine just finished. 5. Was actually asleep when other rider waved. 4. Was in a three-way conference call with stockbroker and accessories dealer. 3. Was distracted by odd shaped blip on radar screen. 2. Was simultaneously adjusting the air suspension, seat height, programmable CD player, seat temperature, and satellite navigation system. 1. Couldn't find the "auto wave back" button on dashboard. Top 10 Reasons Sportbikers Don't Wave: 10. They have not been riding long enough to know they're supposed to. 9. They're going too fast to have time enough to register the movement and respond. 8. You weren't wearing bright enough gear. 7. If they stick their arm out going that fast they'll rip it out of the socket. 6. They're too occupied with trying to get rid of their chicken strips. 5. They look way too cool with both hands on the bars or they don't want to unbalance themselves while standing on the tank. 4. Their skin tight-kevlar- ballistic- nylon-kangaroo- leather suits prevent any position other than fetal. 3. Raising an arm allows bugs into the armholes of their tank tops. 2. It's too hard to do one-handed stoppies. 1. They were too busy slipping their flip-flops back on. Top Ten Reasons Why BMW Riders Don't Wave Back 10. New Aerostich suit too stiff to raise arm. 9. Removing a hand from the bars is considered "bad form." 8. Your bike isn't weird enough looking to justify acknowledgement. 7. Too sore from an 800-mile day on a stock "comfort" seat. 6. Too busy programming the GPS, monitoring radar, listening to ipod, XM, or talking on the cell phone. 5. He's an Iron Butt rider and you're not! 4. Wires from Gerbings are too short. 3. You're not riding the "right kind" of BMW. 2. You haven't been properly introduced. 1. Afraid it will be misinterpreted as a friendly gesture. | ||
| Naustin |
lol. Those are good. | ||
| Djkaplan |
Those a good ones. I personally hate waving. Not stuck up or brand concious, I just got more important things to pay attention to... like what's in front of me or who's going to try to kill me next. I'll wiggle my fingers back if someone is waving, but my hand will not leave the grip. I will, however, stop and help just about any motorcyclist stranded on the side of the road. | ||
| Terribletim |
Oh man, that's funny stuff!  Even if I do fully own all 3 of our Harleys! And hey, my new tattoo is healing up quite nice! | ||
| Spatten1 |
Great stuff! | ||
| Roadrailer |
You're not alone DJ; I dislike waving too. I just don't see the point. I also don't see why people get so worked up about some total stranger not returning a wave. That said, I will generally return a wave, and will always acknowledge another Buell or SV rider (because they have such good taste). My wife, who's still pretty new as a pillion, waves her damn arm off. I can feel her shaking the bike. She thinks it's great.  | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
I wave out of respect for another two wheeled compatriot. I can't control if they wave back. If a Hardley rider looks at my bike as a BMW or a Sportbike and has prejudice toward "that type" of rider, I feel like a wave acts as an ambassadorial motion to present an olive leaf to potentially change their preconceptions. Or it could just be a wave. | ||
| Fastfxrs |
I've been waving for as long as I've ridden on the street. I used to ride all day and rarely see another bike so it was a nice feeling to exchange waves. Now it gets to be a hassle sometimes but I still do it. Its funny how BMW riders never returned my waves from my Harleys but they do when I'm on my Ulysses. I think they think its a GS from a quick glance. Also funny how a lot of Harley riders won't wave back to me. I don't care if they don't wave back. I just say in my helmet, " screw you, I was waving at your bike-not you!" | ||
| Tx05xb12s |
I love the wave thing. It was a nice surprise when I began riding on the street to be acknowledged by other riders like that. However, I've developed a geo-criteria for my waving activities. In the country, it's expected to drop a left hand down beside the bike as you blow past the rider going the other way. In major metro areas such as Houston, there's no waving. If you do, you're obviously from out of town and are apt to get clowned at the next biker bar if you waved to anybody there. | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
You go to Clown Biker Bars!  Frickin' Texans! | ||
| Bueaddicted |
Please don't think I'm weird, but when I see this clipart I just can't stop laughing! Its freaking funny!!!! LOL Pretty appropriate for the "clown bar". | ||
| Toona |
I'm not much of a "waver", but I noticed I get waved at more often when I have my saddlebags on than when I don't.  | ||
| Lost_in_ohio |
Depends on my mood and location.....Highway rush hour traffic probably not......Saturday in Hocking Hills probably. | ||
| Terrible1one3 |
I enjoy waving, it use to piss me off when people didn't wave back (mostly harley guys) but then I realized. If I rode 20 miles a week on something I paid 20k for and am paying monthly out my ass, I might not want to inturrupt my short time on my bike either. | ||
| Naustin |
If my hands are full, I'll nod - which I consider just as good as a wave - and doesn't even really require me to take my eyes off the crazy cager in front of me. | ||
| Captnemo |
You forgot Harley # 11. Why don't harley riders wave ? They're afraid they'll drop their tools... . | ||
| Xbullet |
i've noticed that georgia riders wave more often than other riders. am i the only one? i just noticed that everybody waves up here regardless of bike. maybe they just all wave at me.  but seriously, there's a much lower returned-wave-ratio in, say, florida. that's just my observation. | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
Georgia folks have to wave more because smiling would reveal the lack of teeth.  | ||
| Xbullet |
touche! (i'm a georgia boy...and i say "i don't care who ya are...that's funny!) | ||
| Tx05xb12s |
People are naturally friendly here in Texas for the most part. People wave regardless of what kind of bike you or they are riding as long as you're out in the country (even the ones that frequent clown bars). That cracked me up.  To tell you the truth, I never mix my riding with booze, so I really don't go to bars at all on my bike. Just thought it made for a funny anecdote. | ||
| Tx05xb12s |
I also wave to cagers that move over and let me pass when I come up on them. I like to encourage that type of courtesy by acknowledging them when I pass. | ||
| Tx05xb12s |
Little kids are fun too. It always tickles me when I'm riding in traffic and there's a small child about to break their neck in the back seat trying to get a better look at the motorcycle following mom's taxi. I remember being there once and how neat I thought motorcycles were. They always get waves from me. | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
I usually wave at cagers crossing the center line into my lane. They don't get the benefit of all my fingers.  | ||
| Cycleaddict |
good one FT BAS. ... what do dogs and harley davidsons have in common ?(man, ft bas IS one funny dude.. i especially liked the pinching loaves analogy the other day ) | ||
| Thelumox |
i wave, probably because i grew up in western kansas. they wave at everything, no matter what type of vehicle they're driving. | ||
| Kdan |
I noticed when I moved to Georgia, everyone in a pickup truck threw up a finger on the steering wheel in acknowledgment. They used to do that in Canada too, Jeep people wave like crazy at each other. I've noticed that only in the most rural area anymore do other pickups wave. My guess is it's the yankee influx into the area. They are some cranky bitches. Florida makes sense, since it was yankeefied first. | ||
| Caféelite |
My god I picked up a jeep a little over a year ago and this totally caught me off guard. I assure you though any cute chick in a wrangler I make sure I wave back at  | ||
| Barker |
Where I grew up, Horsepasture Virgina, everybody waved. We even waved at people sitting on thier porch or mowing the lawn. When I go out of Nashville and ride some nice "country" back roads. I find the same kinda people and I wave alot. Fells like home. Waving at bikes? Well lets just say I gave up on the Harley crowd. | ||
| Kybueller |
I live in western Ky and I find that 8 out of 10 wave here. Believe it or not, the police wave at me on my bike all the time around here. Had a county mounty pull up beside me the other day and yell to me that he liked my Buell. Friendly people around here. The very first time I took my Buell down the interstate a jeep full of girls came by and one of them started blowing kisses to me and then raised her shirt up and showed me the goods. I nearly crashed. Greg | ||
| Cycleaddict |
H.D.s & dogs both like to ride in the back of pick-up trucks ! |
