| Author | Message | ||
     Lightstick |
Why do bikers wave to each other? Half the time, if you were broken down and needed help, they'd ride right past and leave you standing. Isn't it hypocritical to act as if there's some sort of "Brotherhood" when they really couldn't give a damn? Don't you get sick of the phoniness of it all? | ||
| Brumbear |
I always wave if I can. I respect other riders. And I stop and help when I can as well. I don't care what other people do I do what I feel is right. | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
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| Pwnzor |
...really??????      (Message edited by pwnzor on August 12, 2011) | ||
| Boliver |
I'm with Brumbear on this one. Believe it or not, but when I travel to smaller towns outside of Tulsa, folks greet each other with well wishes like :"have a good day" or "top of the morning to you" Back in the day it was common to speak,wave and greet each other with nice gestures and sentiments. Some people are just nice like that. Now when a lidless(no helmet) rider waves and I can wave back, I ALWAYS tap the top of my helmet to remind them they forgot to wear theirs. Now thats my favorite thing to do while riding. LOL | ||
| Wolfridgerider |
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| Babired |
I wave when I can but sometimes when I'm riding a superslab around town I'm so focused on the traffic and another biker sees me and waves sometimes I miss it. When I travel on my bike and I'm in another state for me it means more to get a wave from another biker so I pay more attention to them. Keep the brotherhood alive! | ||
| Slaughter |
 As I've stated before in a few different waving threads, I stand up on the pegs and wiggle my butt at other riders. When I'm wearing buttless chaps, it's even SEXXXAYYY! | ||
| Drkside79 |
I typically wave if possible. I also stop when i see a bike on the side of the road. If only to offer my cell. The only exception is MCs as they aren't gonna wave back and I don't want to risk anything. You wanna wave then wave if you don't don't. | ||
| Pwnzor |
Steve... what was it you were saying about reminding YOU not to buy ME a beer??? Hahahhaha!!! | ||
| Sifo |
I had a guy on a BMW wave at me exiting a corner on the Dragon a couple weeks ago. He wound up crossing the double yellow into my lane. There are times that I wish people wouldn't wave. I also don't get the people in a pack of 30 bikes waving at you. Do you really expect me to wave to each of you? Sure, I'll usually return a wave, seldom initiate a wave though. School buses often wave at each other too, so I get used to waving in the bus. Sometimes my mind glitches and I wave at a bike from the bus, so if you get a wave from a school bus, it might just be me.  | ||
| Hybridmomentspass |
So I've been broken down on a street bike one time - I wasnt waving anyone down, just pushing the bike, I was about two miles from my exit and then another half miile to a gas station (ran it out of gas, bummer). No motorcycles passed me in that 45 minutes ( just stood there a while thinking of what I should do), but two cars in particular did - one was a harley owner driving home from work, he drove WAY out of his way to go get me gas - I was 2 mile from the exit, so he turned around on the exit and then went back, theres 4 miles, then he went to the next exit the other way - about another five miles each way, and then another two to the gas station. Wonderful guy. The other guy pulled over in front of me in a truck. large truck, maybe a dark blue color? Anyway, he had a buell sticker on the back window. He pulled over, asked the issue, I told him and let him know another biker had already went for gas for me, but that I appreciated it. So yes, other bikers DO stop. And I wave at every biker I see, even if they are going the opposite way on the highway. But no mopeds. | ||
| Hybridmomentspass |
I also don't get the people in a pack of 30 bikes waving at you. Do you really expect me to wave to each of you? " I wave at those groups, just keep my hand out the whole time. Think about it, 30 bikes in a pack riding 2 abreast will go by you in about 20 seconds. I just hold my hand out there, not that much effort at all Hell I waved at every bike I saw at Homecoming, is that silly since there were hundreds of bikers there? | ||
| Gunut75 |
People in Jeeps wave at each other too...... I wave sometimes. Depends how busy my clutch hand is. | ||
| Ourdee |
I started riding in 74. There was a smaller group of riders then. A wave then was a raised fist with the left hand. I started jeeping in 84. you didn't see many jeeps then and we always waved at each other. I stop and check on other riders unless I'm on the way to work. ( strict attendance policy ) I will still stop for a buell though. I wave on the straights and mild corners. Don't sweat it if I don't get it in. I'm too busy riding to think about it. | ||
| Fast1075 |
I wave at everybody unless I am deeply committed in a fast corner. I will not pass a broken down biker without stopping (if he or she is alone). It is miserable to be broken down with no help. Regardless of what he or she is riding. | ||
| Lightstick |
To Wave or Not to Wave By Shalom Auslander I love motorcycles, and I love riding. Like many of you what first drew me to bikes was not just the experience of riding, but the feeling that I'd become part of a special community - a brotherhood, really. Nothing calms me more than a long ride down the interstate, waving to the members of my beloved clan. Except when I pass Harley guys. I hate Harley guys. Hate, hate, hate. When they pass me on the highway, you know what I do? I don't wave. With their little tassel handlebars and the studded luggage and the half helmets - God, they drive me crazy. You know who else I hate? BMW guys. Oh, do I hate those guys. I don't wave at them either. They think they're so great, sitting all upright, with their 180 degree German engines. God, I hate them. They're almost as bad as those old bastards on their touring motorcycles. You know what I call those bikes? "Two wheeled couches!" Get it? Because they're so big. They drive around like they have got all day. Appreciate the scenery somewhere else, Grandpa, and while you’re at it, I'm not waving to you. Ducati guys - I don't wave at them either. Why they don't spend a little more money on their bikes? "You can have it in any color as long as it is red." Aren't you cool! Like they even know what a Desmo-whatever engine is, anyway. Try finding the battery, you Italian-wannabe racers! I never, ever wave at those guys. Suzuki guys aren't much better, which is why I never wave at them, either. They always have those stupid helmets sitting on the top of their stupid heads, and God forbid they should ever wear any safety gear. They make me so mad. Sometimes they'll speed by and look over at me and you know what I do? I don't wave I just keep going. Please, don't get me started on Kawasaki guys. Ninjas? What are you, twelve years old? Team Green my ass. I never wave at Kawasaki guys. I ride a Buell, and I'll only wave at Buell guys, but even then, I'll never wave at a guy in full leathers. Never, never, never. Yeah like you're going to get your knee down on the New York Thruway. Nice crotch, by the way. Guys in full leathers will never get a wave from me, and by the way, neither will the guys in two piece leathers. And I'll tell you who else I'm not waving at - those guys with the helmets with loud paint jobs. Four pounds of paint on a two pound helmet - like I'm going to wave back at that! I'll also never wave at someone with a mirrored visor. Or helmet stickers. Or racing gloves. Or hiking boots. To me, motorcycling is like a family, a close knit brotherhood of people who ride Buells, wear jeans and a leather jacket (not Vanson) with regular gloves and a solid color helmet with a clear visor, no stickers, no racing gloves and regular boots (not Timberlands). And isn't that what really makes riding so special. | ||
| Bjbauer |
I wave if I am waved to first. I don't wave at every car or truck that I see when I am in my truck so I don't feel obligated to initiate a wave just because someone is on a bike unless I'm out in the sticks. Some days a relatively good percentage of the traffic in town is bikes. I do wave at Buell riders. You are in a relatively rare, close nit group then. | ||
| Leftcoastal |
Like I've said before, I mainly wave at the cows. Even though I know in my heart that they will never wave back. I can only hope. Living in L.A. sucks so bad. You NEVER see cows in L.A. I have to ride to Chino, or Utah. It's good to ride to Utah, Chino, not so much. Wait, you mean wave at other motorcyclists?? What a stupid idea. Now, a COW on a motorcycle - you can bet your ass I'll be waving at that! Don't go trying to get me waving at someone in a cow suit, either - I've been around this block a few times and I can tell the difference. Cows - yeah, that's where you ought to be spending those 'wave' dollars. Al | ||
| Jramsey |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3tHKwd3lzo | ||
| Crusty |
I wave at most bikes. Sometimes, I don't see them until it's too late; sometimes I'm busy in traffic, and am busy focusing on what's going on around me. Sometimes, I'm in a pissy mood and can't be bothered. However, most of the time, I wave | ||
| Paint_shaker |
Sometimes I wave. Sometimes I don't. | ||
| Malott442 |
I flip off flip flops, does that count? I'm no longer waving at people. Sorry. | ||
| Mr_grumpy |
Here you go Al.  Sorry it's not Bull, it's a Cowasaki.  | ||
| Leftcoastal |
YUP! Now you're talkin'! I'd be waving at her, for sure. That dork riding that fine 'Kowie' better get some gear on, though. Al | ||
| Blake |
To wave or not to wave... Give us a wave. To Wave or Not to Wave, that is the question Harley guys don't do the wave? Two "Top 10" why bikers don't wave back. So, do you post to topics about waving or not? ![: ]](http://www.badweatherbikers.com/buell/clipart/proud.gif) | ||
| Whatever |
It is tiresome... I give a few fingers up off the handle bar on the left hand, but probably no one sees it because the hand guard.  | ||
| Rich |
No. | ||
| Ezblast |
lol | ||
| Boltrider |
I honk at cows and they just look at me. Go figure.... |
