| Author | Message | ||
     Buellboiler |
On the way home tonight I noticed a HD with ape hangers coming my way. These guys never seem to 'wave' but I hung it out there anyway. Shocked! He waved back. Amazed, they normally assume I'm on a ricer and ignore me. | ||
| Badlionsfan |
Fascinating. | ||
| Ourdee |
hd riders are becoming an older demographic. Most likely a side affect of failing eyesight brought on by old age. Seriously though, I'm laughing too much when I see ape hangers to wave. Scared I'll fall off. I do try to give a healthy fist to everyone. | ||
| Iamike |
I should try riding a bike with them sometime. The time I rode a Dyna Wide Glide I felt like I was going to fall over when I leaned. | ||
| Whisperstealth |
I ride with guys with apes. Some of then can turn and lean very well. One brother can floor board scrap his EG with 14" apes, with the best of them. And we wave a lot of the time. The big over the top wave we do is my favorite. | ||
| Slaughter |
HI HI HI!!  | ||
| Whisperstealth |
LOL! Exactly Slaughter  The looks on people's faces is priceless! | ||
| Wikid_intent |
 wow! really? Eric is doing awesome. We all know this is a great time for Eric Buell Racing. Do we have to still go here? I feel its making us look bad. IMHO. | ||
| Whisperstealth |
I'm glad Eric is doing awesome! I'm pretty sure Eric Buell Racing isn't doing all that well. - Seeing as how it doesn't exist. Care to try again? | ||
| Skntpig |
K>C I miss Eddie I have rode a bike with apes for a good amount of road time. Wasn't my bike but, this one had enough flex that the front end didn't react for a half a second. You can still ride it agressivly and it is actually comfortable. I know everyone thinks your arms would loose feeling but not true. | ||
| Boltrider |
I don't ride with apes. | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
Oh goody! Another "why don't HD people wave" thread.  | ||
| Jerry_haughton |
Fatty, mine and D's favorite wave on the Harley is the "Lt. Dan": We did a double-Lt. Dan on the Parkway one time with Ulywife and M2nc right behind us. They about rode off the road...  | ||
| Slaughter |
I still stand up on the pegs and wiggle my butt. I don't see many others waving the way I do! If the other riders don't stand on THEIR pegs and wiggle their butts, that means they are doo doo heads and don't want to be my friend.  | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
I laugh every time Barker does the "retard wave". It's not just the wave, but I know there is a corresponding goofy face accompanying it inside his helmet. I just don't see what the big deal is about people not waving. Do your thing and don't worry about the other guy. | ||
| Ratyson |
Do your thing and don't worry about the other guy. We need a lot more of this in society these days. } | ||
| Wikid_intent |
Society needs more wise cracking spelling police also! | ||
| Hybridmomentspass |
Ft - AGREED! | ||
| No_rice |
It's not just the wave, but I know there is a corresponding goofy face accompanying it inside his helmet. +100000000 thats the best part. that face is priceless! lol. as long as its covered up under a helmet with a dark shield....  | ||
| Cpeg |
from apes to waves, you guys are hard to follow, could get whiplash. It used to be rare to see another bike on the road, and we all waved then. Now, there is just too many bikes to wave at them all, I have to use my hands for the bike once in awhile. | ||
| Etennuly |
I have ridden behind Barker when a giant, really wild Lt. Dan wave came over him. Good gawwd I almost crashed from laughing so hard!  If I recall he seems to emphasize the wave at small bikes and chrome couches, especially the one's who don't wave first. I rode a friends modified chopped Honda CB550 a long time ago. It had 18" ape hangars, forward controls, raked out forks with no suspension other than flex, and only a rear brake. He was going for a cheap easy-rider look. He got it. Wada piece o crap to ride. I believe that even owning it about ten years, he only did about 200 miles total....including the mile and a half I did. IMHO ape hangars suck. OK for drying clothes, but having ridden a couple of others over the years, I felt they could not give enough leverage for any kind of control in a bad situation. | ||
| Danger_dave |
I found that waving used to much energy. Now I just finger. | ||
| Cityxslicker |
we're starting late this season it appears. | ||
| Buellboiler |
wikid - if you don't like the subject then simply ignore. Apparently you have not had enough of this subject. I found it quite unusual and I commented. In general the closer I get to milwaukee worst the the HD riders seem to become. Makes homecoming lots of fun. | ||
| Badlionsfan |
The last guy who didn't wave to me is due to get his stitches out next week. | ||
| Cpeg |
     That is for all the times I didn't wave, and this is for future use  | ||
| Mr_grumpy |
I met by chance another Bueller who lives locally a few weeks back, & we went out riding for the day with a couple of his buds yesterday. 2 XB's, a 1050 Triumph Tiger, & a 1500 Wing. Smashing day great weather, great roads, good company & a 2-1/2 hr lunchbreak in a superb restaurant. My left arm was tired from waving at folk though. There's lots & lots of biking roads around here. Well most of them are actually. It's like living near the Dragon, but having the choice of scores of Dragons to ride. So I think I'm destined to do a lot of waving. | ||
| Mr_grumpy |
K>C I miss Eddie He's doing fine, I found him on Facebook. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Eddie-Beulls-Blinker -Fluid-Page/195896853788188 | ||
| Badlionsfan |
Well the mighty Bonnie had plenty of gas and seemed to be running fine so I decided to take this waving thing to a whole new level. I rode up to the east side of Cleveland, rode thru the projects and threw gang signs. No one gave any back to me, but several young men must be into Triumphs as they chased me for a while in their cars pointing something at me. | ||
| Bads1 |
I still stand up on the pegs and wiggle my butt. I don't see many others waving the way I do! Yeah Steve I do those sometimes to. Its called The Creeper wave.LOL |
