Thank you for waving

[rie]

to another biker on a shitty auckland day, obviously having a miserable time in the downpour. I know waving's not everything's thing, but on a day like this it really makes my day.

[jack_hamma]

......:bye:......

[bones135]

to another biker on a shitty auckland day, obviously having a miserable time in the downpour. I know waving's not everything's thing, but on a day like this it really makes my day.
Lol yea i had one of those last Sunday, riding home from Whiti & a guy on a cruiser gave me a wave. It was pissing down & he looked as miserable as me,lol
Still the wave made me smile & feel better.....inside anyway. Cheers too dude......wherever you may be:yes:

[Maha]

Some people are easily pleased.

[bones135]

Best way to be.......anything more is just an added bonus.

[sinfull]

Was it raining ?

[NedKellley]

Misery is made to be shared eh!!!:shit: Still better to be on the bike than stuck in a cage!!:yes:
:wavey::wavey::ride::wavey::ride::wavey::ride::wav ey::ride::wavey::ride::wavey:

[bones135]

Misery is made to be shared eh!!!:shit: Still better to be on the bike than stuck in a cage!!:yes:
:wavey::wavey::ride::wavey::ride::wavey::ride::wav ey::ride::wavey::ride::wavey:
Daaaammmn straight....may have been wet windy & cold.......but it was still bloody good fun:Punk:

[maggot]

One hell of a day for riding :)
Nice to share a moment with all the other bikers out there braving it for the thrill!

[Blinkwing]

I hate going over the harbour bridge when it's windy and pissing down.

Dunno if it's my shit riding skillz but I can't seem to do any more than 70-80 in either 4th or 5th gear up either slope side of the bridge.

[bones135]

Lol yea i havent done that in a long long time, on an old xl175, Nowadays its the Tauranga bridge & that aint so bad,lol

[hellokitty]

I hate going over the harbour bridge when it's windy and pissing down.

Dunno if it's my shit riding skillz but I can't seem to do any more than 70-80 in either 4th or 5th gear up either slope side of the bridge.

I had the same bike as you and now I am on a heavier and bigger bike it is easy as the wind can't push me around as much.

[SMOKEU]

I'm still trying to get over the shock of a Harley rider waving at me a few months ago.

[hellokitty]

Lol yea i had one of those last Sunday, riding home from Whiti & a guy on a cruiser gave me a wave. It was pissing down & he looked as miserable as me,lol
Still the wave made me smile & feel better.....inside anyway. Cheers too dude......wherever you may be:yes:

Its the crap weather - I had so many waves the other week when the weather was really bad - I guess only the nutters are out?

[Blinkwing]

I had the same bike as you and now I am on a heavier and bigger bike it is easy as the wind can't push me around as much.

I want a bigger bike already, but at the same time I'd rather wait as getting a bigger bike now will probably be the end of me.

[bones135]

Its the crap weather - I had so many waves the other week when the weather was really bad - I guess only the nutters are out?
Wouldnt say nutters,lol.......i was having major withdrawls, hadnt been on a decent ride for a fair while & i WAS having one come hell or high water.........trouble was they both just about came at the same time,lol

[NedKellley]

Wouldnt say nutters,lol.......i was having major withdrawls, hadnt been on a decent ride for a fair while & i WAS having one come hell or high water.........trouble was they both just about came at the same time,lol
I had just bought my new Daytona last Saturday, weather turned to shite, would just have been rude to not ride..got to get into the city to work anyway!! Lots of wet, and wavy bikers about!!!...ride safe and free all!!

[bones135]

I had just bought my new Daytona last Saturday, weather turned to shite, would just have been rude to not ride..got to get into the city to work anyway!! Lots of wet, and wavy bikers about!!!...ride safe and free all!!
For sure, nice bike & well done, hope you have heaps of great safe rides on it & not so many wet ones,lol

[PrincessBandit]

I hate going over the harbour bridge when it's windy and pissing down.

Dunno if it's my shit riding skillz but I can't seem to do any more than 70-80 in either 4th or 5th gear up either slope side of the bridge.

It's not your riding skills, it's more to do with your brave little steed. When I had my ginny it wasn't too bad for me as I'm fairly small, but when my son started riding it he suffered the same problems with lack of grunt when the bike had to work. Since having a much larger bike that issue has disappeared.

[george formby]

I always thought that was why bikers waved in the first place, we share the pleasure & the pain equally. I rode through many English & Scottish winters & seeing other bikers obviously just as cold & covered in road filth giving a cheery wave gave a great feeling of camaraderie. Sunday afternoon posers can rarely ride well enough to take a hand off the bars.... Just kidding

[gsx katana]

I like to wave to all

[jasonzc]

I hate going over the harbour bridge when it's windy and pissing down.

Dunno if it's my shit riding skillz but I can't seem to do any more than 70-80 in either 4th or 5th gear up either slope side of the bridge.

what i found with the VL and hills is that if you go into a hill between 90- 100 u can very easily hold speed and even accelerate in 4th or 5th. But if you go in under 80ks, it will take u ages to get to 90 or 100 in any gear.

However i have not had a prob with the bridge. split through trafic on the clip-on lanes doing 80 in fourth easy!
dont be afraid to give that throttle a twist mate! you can do it!!!

[dragon_fly]

at the moment i only have a baby bike and some wave and some dont, i get few who are too cool to wave at me in a row so i stop waving and dang nab it... the next guy on a harley will wave...then i feel like the shit head.... just cant win

[bones135]

at the moment i only have a baby bike and some wave and some dont, i get few who are too cool to wave at me in a row so i stop waving and dang nab it... the next guy on a harley will wave...then i feel like the shit head.... just cant win
Mate...a bikes a bike, no matter how big or how small, or what type. I for one will nearly always give a wave.
I even find myself doing it in my car, then ya feel like a dick :bye:

[bsasuper]

I got waved at the other day, waver seamed to loose control a little bit, but got it back under control with both hands on bars:shit:

[DarkLord]

Yeah it's like that, isn't it. Come the foul weather, bikers of different styles are no longer divided, but united, as a singular force, battling fearlessly against the elements.

[MarkH]

Let's not forget that in horrible weather any biker you see is a true 100% 365 day a year biker - the fair weather bikers are at home or in a car. With that in mind you can wave knowing you are waving to a kindred spirit that is riding no matter the weather, just like you.

Personally, I'm just glad to not be driving a car in Auckland in bad weather - at least I am moving at more than 5kph! I have ridden in wind and rain and thought - "boy it looks nasty out there" while glad that it is warm and dry where I am on the inside of my wet weather gear. If you don't own any, buy some Rain Off over-gloves - it's nice to have hands that aren't cold & wet. Obviously some good boots, over pants & over jacket are good to have too when it is really pouring down. I'd rather own good wet weather gear than a car even on the coldest wettest windiest nastiest day!
To the other all-weather bikers out there: :wavey:

[bones135]

Let's not forget that in horrible weather any biker you see is a true 100% 365 day a year biker - the fair weather bikers are at home or in a car. With that in mind you can wave knowing you are waving to a kindred spirit that is riding no matter the weather, just like you.

Personally, I'm just glad to not be driving a car in Auckland in bad weather - at least I am moving at more than 5kph! I have ridden in wind and rain and thought - "boy it looks nasty out there" while glad that it is warm and dry where I am on the inside of my wet weather gear. If you don't own any, buy some Rain Off over-gloves - it's nice to have hands that aren't cold & wet. Obviously some good boots, over pants & over jacket are good to have too when it is really pouring down. I'd rather own good wet weather gear than a car even on the coldest wettest windiest nastiest day!
To the other all-weather bikers out there: :wavey:
Oh man... i can sooo relate to that. Next thing after a new rear is wet weather gear. Last wet ride...i had rain running down my jacket & into my gloves, leather trou leaked through the stitching so boots & other places filled up.
Got horribly uncomfortable & a tad chilly but still manage to enjoy & wave to the fellow riders out there :yes:

[Maha]

to another biker on a shitty auckland day, obviously having a miserable time in the downpour. I know waving's not everything's thing, but on a day like this it really makes my day.

Can you pleae explain this part of your sentence....'I know waving's not everything's thing'.

[High Lord]

I'm still trying to get over the shock of a Harley rider waving at me a few months ago.

:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

[willytheekid]

Let's not forget that in horrible weather any biker you see is a true 100% 365 day a year biker - the fair weather bikers are at home or in a car. With that in mind you can wave knowing you are waving to a kindred spirit that is riding no matter the weather, just like you.

Personally, I'm just glad to not be driving a car in Auckland in bad weather - at least I am moving at more than 5kph! I have ridden in wind and rain and thought - "boy it looks nasty out there" while glad that it is warm and dry where I am on the inside of my wet weather gear. If you don't own any, buy some Rain Off over-gloves - it's nice to have hands that aren't cold & wet. Obviously some good boots, over pants & over jacket are good to have too when it is really pouring down. I'd rather own good wet weather gear than a car even on the coldest wettest windiest nastiest day!
To the other all-weather bikers out there: :wavey:

Christchurch winter weather!.....-2 degrees the other morning, the wing mirrors kept getting coated in ice, there was black ice in all the wrong places on the road, and every car driver around me was trying there best to be an idiot on the road.....and I only saw one other bike! (was early morning though)
But The frozen hands came up, and in an instance 2 bikers had just shared there morning struggle....completly oblivious to the cagers around us.....they will NEVER understand!

-To the guy on the Yellow BMW...thanks mate! you made my shitty frozen morning and armed me with a smie that lasted all the way into work.

[MarkH]

they will NEVER understand!

People can be divided into 2 groups - those that have 'geared up' and ridden in bad weather and those that haven't. How can those that haven't hope to understand those that do so on a regular basis?

I grew up in the Waikato and to me Auckland seems comparatively warm, even in Winter it feels pretty mild to me. If my wet weather gear is doing its job and I am staying dry then riding in the rain really doesn't seem like a bad thing to me. With all the gear on I don't feel cold and with the waterproof gear I don't feel wet.

This reminds me of a few weeks back when me and a mate were about to leave my place to head over to a local pub to play poker and it was raining. We were taking our own vehicles and he said something about me having the worst of it with the weather being so wet, I said "mate, you'll get wetter than I will!". He had to park across the road from the pub while I parked on the footpath near the front door, I was wearing water proof gear and he wasn't. I got there dry and he was a bit wet from having to get from his car to the door in the rain. How are cars better than bikes?

When I first got the Burgman I kept my car and had both vehicles available with WoF & Reg on each so I could use either as I wished. After a year I hadn't done a thousand KMs in the car and I had ridden over 20 thou on the scoot, I never once used the car just because the weather was bad. So I flicked the car off through trade-me and never regretted it. It isn't a case of 'I ride because I don't have a car', it is more a case of 'I don't have a car because I ride'. I had a car and could have kept it, but I chose to get rid of it because driving in Auckland sucks and I'd rather be riding (no matter what the weather is).

When it is wet and I'm geared up and lane splitting on the motorway I don't know what the drivers in their cars are thinking, but what I'm thinking is "those poor bastards in their cars are going to be stuck here for a while". If I am heading home I can get home and be out of my gear relaxing with a hot milo while the poor suckers are in their cars still stuck on the motorway. Cars suck!

[sugilite]

I don't mean to ruin your day, but I was just wiping the rain off my visor, I was not waving at you. :devil2: