A New Respect For Harley Riders!

[iwilde]

Went for a ride out to Waiuku this morning and comming towards me were two harleys and a sports bikke following behide, I give a polite wave and the first harley ignored me but the second harley gave me the fingers! I felt like turning around, chasing him down and pissing on his aped out piece of shit! BTW, the guy on the sports was good enough to return the wave. Now my respect for harley riders has gone from about 5/10 to -5/10. You
harley riders are wankers and because you lump me in with all other sports bike riders, I'll lump you gay homo harley riders all together!

[RM125king]

yeah i get that all the time to. everyone on anything but a harley will wave back to you. bloody harley riders. now you know why everyone associates them with gangs, they are just so bloody arrogant. :angry:

[Maha]

Was the sports bike a Ducati?.... i saw a couple of Hardley's and a duc' up this way about midday, the Hardley's where of the ape hanger type, which i just dont get really.....:crazy:

[Bonez]

harley riders are wankers and because you lump me in with all other sports bike riders, I'll lump you gay homo harley riders all together!Cue SD..........

[Finn]

Yeah Iwilde, you should have turned around, chased them down and got your head beaten in. That'll teach em!

Not all bikers are into the poofy little wave. Get over it.

[miSTa]

Cue SD..........


Exactly what I was thinking, where are you Scummy?

[Bonez]

Yeah Iwilde, you should have turned around, chased them down and got your head beaten in. That'll teach em!

Not all bikers are into the poofy little wave. Get over it.Lets not forget also that real riders go naked................

[Maha]

Exactly what I was thinking, where are Scummy?

:Oops: i quoted him in another thread regarding cruisers... only cos he bites like a fucken' bull mastif (sp)...:killingme

[Motu]

Not all bikers are into the poofy little wave. Get over it.

How dare you say that you total fucking arsehole! You must,you must,must,must wave or you are not a real biker.It's guys like you who think waving is for poofters that gives poofters a bad name - they are real people too y'know! I'm gunna stamp my foot now,so there!!!!

:sick:

[Bonez]

How dare you say that you total fucking arsehole! You must,you must,must,must wave or you are not a real biker.It's guys like you who think waving is for poofters that gives poofters a bad name - they are real people too y'know! I'm gunna stamp my foot now,so there!!!!

:sick:................................:puke:

Feel better now?

[Big Dave]

I get out the wedding tackle and wave it at squids to make 'em feel good.
Helps with the chaffing rash too.

[Bonez]

I get out the wedding tackle and wave it at squids to make 'em feel good.
Helps with the chaffing rash too.Just about choked on a "budget" Chock Bottom-the "Chunky Choc Chip Biscuit"

[Smokin]

Just about choked on a "budget" Chock Bottom-the "Chunky Choc Chip Biscuit"

And a mighty fine bicky they are :yes:

Come on Scummy your buddies need back up :killingme

[ZeroIndex]

I saw an outcast (or one of those kinds) on an oldschool Norton cruiserthis morning.. pulled a mean wheelie, front 2ft of the ground..

[Skyryder]

Never been a big deal with me. Sometimes I do sometimes I don't. As some one said if you are sitting on the dunny you are more interested in other things. :dodge:

Skyryder

[iwilde]

I don't care less if I dont get a wave or a nod, I'm pissed about getting the fingers from the second shithead, btw Finn, why would I get my head beaten in?

[Clivoris]

I get out the wedding tackle and wave it at squids to make 'em feel good.
Helps with the chaffing rash too.

:shifty: Mmm..I'm just a little suspicious about whose needs are really being met when you do this. Is it a one or two handed act? How long does it continue after the bikers have passed? If it occurs frequently does it help prevent unpleasant undy stench buildup? Golly..the more I think about this the more I realise how little I know about hardcore biker etiquette.:eek:

[Big Dave]

:shifty: Mmm..I'm just a little suspicious about whose needs are really being met when you do this. Is it a one or two handed act? How long does it continue after the bikers have passed? If it occurs frequently does it help prevent unpleasant undy stench buildup? Golly..the more I think about this the more I realise how little I know about hardcore biker etiquette.:eek:


It's only a problem on particularly cold days.

[scumdog]

And a mighty fine bicky they are :yes:

Come on Scummy your buddies need back up :killingme

What from? riders of 'other' brands of bikes?
I don't think us sunshine, us at the top of the food chain don't need no 'back up'.:Punk:

[Swoop]

A good run today. Over 160 miles (yes, miles) and plenty of bikes about. Lots of nods given and received - from cruisers as well as sporties. Good on ya!

[jtzzr]

Some of you guys are`nt very nice I try and wave to all bikers or do the nod, iI even did it when I passed a harley today(we were going the same way).Does`nt matter what you ride some people wave/nod some don`t , I do it as a sign of respect that you are on two wheels and I hope you make it where ever you are going safely.

[oldrider]

I wave to other bikes because that is "me".

Other bikes wave or don't wave, for whatever reason, because that's "them".

I don't give a f**k really, it just seems nice to acknowledge one another.

Why I do that! I do not know, I don't wave to other cages trucks etc when I am in a car.

I think it's a hangover from when there were so few of us (bikers) on the shitty old lonely roads.

It's not compulsory to be friends with anyone but it can be rewarding. :spudwave: Free to choose. John.

[XTC]

I get out the wedding tackle and wave it at squids to make 'em feel good.
Helps with the chaffing rash too.

Yeah but not many of us ride with magnifying glasses in our tank bags......

[Smokin]

To be honest I get more waves than not and to top it off a mate just paid $62,000 for an anniversary edition screamin eagle battlestar galactica mothership thingamebob with a heated seat. I'm not 100% sure if thats it's real name tho but shit it's big.

[gijoe1313]

At my noob stage, keeping both hands on the bars is a must for me! Especially when I'm pushing it on the moronway! I just do the noddy nod nod thing and can only hope my awareness is good enuff to acknowledge all those bikers I do pass!

I do the wave when I'm stationary at a stop and hope its not distracting the rider! :innocent: :yes:

[Big Dave]

Yeah but not many of us ride with magnifying glasses in our tank bags......


eh! - you on the chook chaser - I've got a special move for you: :moon:

[iwilde]

How's this for your typical h rider? Must have been to busy giving the fingers to the sports bike coming the other way.

[Smokin]

How's this for your typical h rider? Must have been to busy giving the fingers to the sports bike coming the other way.

Yay i get to say REPOST

[Finn]

btw Finn, why would I get my head beaten in?

Sorry, didn't realise you were a tough guy. So why does someone giving you the fingers upset you?

[iwilde]

Sorry, didn't realise you were a tough guy. So why does someone giving you the fingers upset you?

Just a need to vent out I guess? Tomorrow I'll most likely have forgotten the whole episode and think about the more important things in life. You're right Finn, it shouldn't have upset me.

[fozz rock]

Was out for a ride today two harleys passed me the last guy give me a "ride with us" wave :done:

So im on a jap 250 with an L plate riding with two guy whos names i dont no and are on Big harleys

People are the assholes not the bikes

[SpankMe]

Maybe all these hard Harley riders think all this waving shit is just ghey.

[sugilite]

I Wave, even to scooters, there I said it! :scooter:
Oh yeah, got to say this too, yesterday I come to a rail crossing with the lights flashing and arms down, I spot a black ZX10R identicle to the one I'm on, it was a long goods train with lots of those empty low carriges, and this guy like, looks every where except at me, it reminded me of 2 women arriving to a party wearing the same dress :lol:

[Motu]

Maybe all these hard Harley riders think all this waving shit is just ghey.

I think they could be right.....

[Goblin]

I get out the wedding tackle and wave it at squids to make 'em feel good.

Waving ya wedding tackle at the squids has gotta be ghey!


Maybe all these hard Harley riders think all this waving shit is just ghey.
If I saw a guy waving shit I'd probably think he was ghey too.

[Big Dave]

Waving ya wedding tackle at the squids has gotta be ghey!


You haven't met my mrs - if i wave it near anything female it'll get cut off.:bye:

[Goblin]

You haven't met my mrs - if i wave it near anything female it'll get cut off.:bye:
Hehehe....ya dont wanna end up like John Bobbit eh....you'd have to change ya name to "Little Dave" or we could call ya Stumpy.

[Lord Derosso]

I have always waved at all fellow bikers over the years, especially whilst on the open road and touring. Its been very rare not to get a response and I do it because I am enjoying my ride and the road is clear and I know how much the other riders are possibly enjoying themselves. Of course if its a beauiful fine calm day the ride is much more enjoyable and riders tend to be in a better mood. On those terrible wet windy days I tend to keep my hands on the bars. As I only tour whilst on holidays I am already in a great mood which helps.

At the end of the day, road bikers are only a small percentage of the MV users so the wave to me is the adknowledgement of our shared love of motorcycling and I can't see anything wrong in that. I think oldrider was right re it goes back to the days when you could be touring and barely see another bike thirty years ago.

I am having a problem with my cookie setting hence double entry

[pritch]

I think it's a hangover from when there were so few of us (bikers) on the shitty old lonely roads..

I'm old enough to remember when all riders waved. We probably all knew each other anyway.

In those days life was relatively uncomplicated, we almost all had Brit bikes.
I do remember one BMW but it was a bit ummm odd. There may have even been a Jawa but nobody much envied the rider as I recall. In those days nobody was compensating for their personal insecurities by investing in a Harley, Ducati, BMW, MV, or whatever :devil2:

You could leave your helmet by your bike without ever considering it might be stolen. (Although this could also be a comment on the helmet hygene standards of the day...)

We may have lost the universal wave, but along with the far greater diversity of bikes now available we have a greater diversity of riders/owners which all adds to the interest. I added the word "owner" there because of the recent phenomenon where people buy a bike [usually a Harley] just to park it in their garage. It takes all sorts...

Still, it is nice to get a response to a wave when on a trip.
And I really don't have anything against Harleys, I just don't think I'm old enough to own one yet.:whistle:

[Lord Derosso]

I would love to own a HD just to take one on a long cruise. I have ridden all sorts of bikes the last 35 years but never a HD and to me they are beauiful works of art as well. In saying that, I have to also say that for my needs, long distance travel to get to North Auckland, nothing has worked better for me than big Jap four cylinder sports tourers. They have the comfort and power that my singles and twins didnt over the years. I even rode a SR500 Yamie from Wellington to North Cape and back one year. What a job that was with a pack and into a head wind the first day. She is still one of my fravourite bikes of all times though.

[Indiana_Jones]

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[race me!!!!]

lol i really like the harley riders who wear gay leathers and look like they should be on a village people music video........ fags

[Finn]

lol i really like the harley riders who wear gay leathers and look like they should be on a village people music video........ fags

Says the man on a 250 Hornet. You're in a catagory somewhere between a roller blader and a biker. Now go suck mummies cock.

[scumdog]

lol i really like the harley riders who wear gay leathers and look like they should be on a village people music video........ fags

What ya on about Willis?
What constitutes 'gay leathers', not tassles surely???? :wait:

[Ixion]

I'm old enough to remember when all riders waved. We probably all knew each other anyway.

In those days life was relatively uncomplicated, we almost all had Brit bikes.
I do remember one BMW but it was a bit ummm odd. There may have even been a Jawa but nobody much envied the rider as I recall. ..

Hey, that was me on the Jawa.

[Shadows]

I've had a shit load more riders on Jap bikes not nod or wave to me when I've been on my recently aquired HD (which I've only done about 3000 miles on to date), than I had HD riders not nodding or waving to me in years and many, many, thousands of km's of riding Jap bikes myself.
Not that I give a rat's arse, it is merely an observation, and I'll continue to nod to other riders regardless of what part of the world their bike comes from.
What I give more of a rat's arse about has been the several occasions I've been cruising along quite happily in excess of the speed limit myself and have been passed like I've been standing still, and within inches, by fucktards with reckless disregard for their own or anybody elses safety.... and guess what they were riding.
Not that a couple of occurences would cause me to generalise and state something idiotic about all sport bike riders, and although their riding was incredibly stupid, I got over it. In fact in one instance I found it almost amusing that as soon as the fucktard came up to a twisty bit of road he almost binned it in front of me.
And no I wouldn't wish that on anybody, the fact he almost binned made it funny.
The riders you had such a big problem with were either...
1) Gang members who have tried to knock you off if they were in a cage so think yourself lucky and get over it, or
2) So surprised that somebody on a Jap bike waved out to them that the second rider got flustered and forgot to change from his usual straight back at ya one fingered salute to a friendly wave and is still regretting it now, and he probably would like you to get over it, or
3) Were sick and tired of being "buzzed" by fucktards on race-bred bikes who need to prove their bike does the squillion kph everybody who hasn't been hiding under a rock for fifty years knows it is capable of anyway, maybe this wasn't your fault, whatever, get over it, or
4) Honestly thought you were giving them the finger because their visions were blurring at that bastard rev range that I understand exists in nearly every HD motor at some point on the tacho where the bike feels like it is going to fall to bits before everything smooths out again, so, HD motors vibrate at certain revs, if you can't handle that then be happy you don't own one, and get over it, or,
5) Arseholes having a bad day, or hangovers, or both, who will probably get over it, and you should too.

[idb]

What ya on about Willis?
What constitutes 'gay leathers', not tassles surely???? :wait:

Not you SD...I imagine you would have to be really handy in a fight to wear those tassels!

[vs04]

lol i really like the harley riders who wear gay leathers and look like they should be on a village people music video........ fags

Thats the sort of comment i,d expect from a 21 year old.Grow up you fucken idiot.BTW, ditto to what finn said.

[BeakerRAT]

Maybe the rider of the second HD was trying to wave, just after a hard day cruising on the ape hanger machine, the wave ended up being an involuntary spasim that looked like the finger. Oh yeah and the first would've waved but couldn't release his grip.

Scenario - I'll wave back at that nice man on the sprotbike :motu: Buggar, Oopps!

Each to their own, no big deal. Some will be arseholes but most aren't.

[oldrider]

Weirdest thing about waving is, when there is a big rally etc and I am riding the opposite way to the main stream bike flow.
I just can't disengage the auto wave impulse and I think to myself, this fucking wave thing is bloody ridiculous but on I go flapping like a duck doing the broken wing act!
The missus is the same when she's on the back she just keeps on waving away.
We must look like those bloody windmills at Woodville, on wheels!
Trouble is, motorcycles are part of the good bits in our life so it gives us pleasure to see, or be, among other bikers, so we will just keep on flappin away, everyone else can make their own arrangements. :bye: Cheers John.

[Virago]

.........now my respect for harley riders has gone from about 5/10 to -5/10. You harley riders are wankers and because you lump me in with all other sports bike riders, I'll lump you gay homo harley riders all together!

Fair enough I suppose. A while back a guy on a Kawasaki sprotsbike overtook me on the left - on the strength of that I've decided that all Kawasaki sprotbike riders must be ignorant arseholes.

Hopefully I'll be proven wrong one day - but I guess not today?

[dawnrazor]

I had a go of a 1200 sportster once, it was a horrible experience I've never felf so unsafe on a bike before. That probably says more about me though, but I'm not all that different from other folks, and with that in mind I realise why harleys riders don't wave...the poor sods are to scared to take their hand off the bars incase the shift in weight is enough to make the front tuck in and dump them in a heap of bloody chrome and leather chaps on the road.

[Waylander]

... I realise why harleys riders don't wave...the poor sods are to scared to take their hand off the bars incase the shift in weight is enough to make the front tuck in and dump them in a heap of bloody chrome and leather chaps on the road.
Odd, I found it was a sports bike that tended to change direction with every little move I made.

[Goblin]

Odd,
Yes. You are.:mellow:

[Waylander]

Yes. You are.:mellow:
We already knew that.

[Clivoris]

Fair enough I suppose. A while back a guy on a Kawasaki sprotsbike overtook me on the left - on the strength of that I've decided that all Kawasaki sprotbike riders must be ignorant arseholes.

Hopefully I'll be proven wrong one day - but I guess not today?

HEY!! Some of my friends ride Kawasakis and they know about heaps of stuff. Not ignorant at all.

[scumdog]

I had a go of a 1200 sportster once, it was a horrible experience I've never felf so unsafe on a bike before. That probably says more about me though, but I'm not all that different from other folks, and with that in mind I realise why harleys riders don't wave...the poor sods are to scared to take their hand off the bars incase the shift in weight is enough to make the front tuck in and dump them in a heap of bloody chrome and leather chaps on the road.

Funnily enough, on my 1200 Sportster on long downhill or when slowing down I can take my hands off the bars and stretch my arms, shake my hands about and sit with my arms folded (and that's 2-up) without the bike veering off course.:yes:

[Patch]

How's this for your typical h rider? Must have been to busy giving the fingers to the sports bike coming the other way.

Thats quite funny - especially hearing the little pig squeal before he disappeared

:dodge:

[98tls]

Fuck we've become a nation of whingers....i reckon if all there is to get pissed off about is some guy giving you the fingers then things are pretty good.

[Lou Girardin]

lol i really like the harley riders who wear gay leathers and look like they should be on a village people music video........ fags

Yeah, and those paunchy middle-aged blokes in race suits one size too small look real cool.

[Rashika]

harley riders are wankers and because you lump me in with all other sports bike riders, I'll lump you gay homo harley riders all together!

why do I always seem to miss out on these funny threads??? :(
oh and i aint gay.... nor a wanker, tho SOME of you might want to see proof of that I'm sure ;)

[idb]

Fuck we've become a nation of whingers....i reckon if all there is to get pissed off about is some guy giving you the fingers then things are pretty good.

Wrong wrong wrong.
There are lots of other things that I get pissed off about.

Like..the other day like...I'm not sure which one.....it might have Wednesday but that doesn't really matter.....or it could have been Tuesday cos I was in Cromwell on Wednesday......anyway, that doesn't matter....what happened was right, that I had a lolly that was wrapped in a sort of waxed paper...a bit like a K-bar, you know.......except it isn't exactly like a K-bar cos it was a lot smaller and softer and tasted different....I'm not sure what it was called cos it came in a mixture....anyway.....I unwrapped it to eat it and some of the paper separated and stuck to the lolly....so I had to take time out of my busy day and pick off the little bit of paper....only I couldn't get it all off....it sort of peeled apart leaving a thin layer of paper on the lolly....I hate that and it really pissed me off!!!!!!!!

[Crisis management]

This being the thread containing the most experts on inter bike communication protocol, I need some advise...
Let me see if I have this right....I ride a GSXR1100 so I can't wave at european / american bike riders, the bike is not a post classic so I can't wave at old japper riders, the bikes 20 years old so I can't wave at new sprotsbike riders, I can't wave at learners cause they fall off and the scooter riders just look confused.

So, I need to know exactly who I can wave to and should it be a big happy wave, a casual one eyebrow nod or a park the bike, rush across the road and give them a big hug?

Now, it is important I get honest feedback, I would hate to cause offence to any of the delicate sensibilities out there.

I'm waiting experts.:dodge:

[Dooly]

This being the thread containing the most experts on inter bike communication protocol, I need some advise...
Let me see if I have this right....I ride a GSXR1100 so I can't wave at european / american bike riders, the bike is not a post classic so I can't wave at old japper riders, the bikes 20 years old so I can't wave at new sprotsbike riders, I can't wave at learners cause they fall off and the scooter riders just look confused.

So, I need to know exactly who I can wave to and should it be a big happy wave, a casual one eyebrow nod or a park the bike, rush across the road and give them a big hug?

Now, it is important I get honest feedback, I would hate to cause offence to any of the delicate sensibilities out there.

I'm waiting experts.:dodge:

Umm, yeah.:first: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

[Big Dave]

I'm waiting experts.:dodge:


I already told you - wedding tackle.

[Rashika]

This being the thread containing the most experts on inter bike communication protocol, I need some advise...
Let me see if I have this right....I ride a GSXR1100 so I can't wave at european / american bike riders, the bike is not a post classic so I can't wave at old japper riders, the bikes 20 years old so I can't wave at new sprotsbike riders, I can't wave at learners cause they fall off and the scooter riders just look confused.

yep sounds like you have it sorted and woe betide you if you fuck it up.... ;)

[Crisis management]

I already told you - wedding tackle.

The boss had me vasectomised, does this still count?

[oldrider]

Wrong wrong wrong.
There are lots of other things that I get pissed off about.

Like..the other day like...I'm not sure which one.....it might have Wednesday but that doesn't really matter.....or it could have been Tuesday cos I was in Cromwell on Wednesday......anyway, that doesn't matter....what happened was right, that I had a lolly that was wrapped in a sort of waxed paper...a bit like a K-bar, you know.......except it isn't exactly like a K-bar cos it was a lot smaller and softer and tasted different....I'm not sure what it was called cos it came in a mixture....anyway.....I unwrapped it to eat it and some of the paper separated and stuck to the lolly....so I had to take time out of my busy day and pick off the little bit of paper....only I couldn't get it all off....it sort of peeled apart leaving a thin layer of paper on the lolly....I hate that and it really pissed me off!!!!!!!!

Shit a brick idb, I really don't know how you can pull yourself together after a day like that!
Have you tried drinking a bit more, that helps sometimes and you can talk to the glass as well. :yes: Cheers John.

[Big Dave]

The boss had me vasectomised, does this still count?


do you mean in the 'fingers, toes, 21' scheme of things?

[Crisis management]

do you mean in the 'fingers, toes, 21' scheme of things?

Thats a rather delicate way of putting it, has some of your "aussie-ness" worn off?

I can still count to 23 (testicles included)....

It does raise an interesting point though, if you wave your fully functioning manhood at someone it must mean something different from waving your "looks good but disconnected" version.:shit:

As I said previously, I need advise, I would hate to offend...

[idb]

This being the thread containing the most experts on inter bike communication protocol, I need some advise...
Let me see if I have this right....I ride a GSXR1100 so I can't wave at european / american bike riders, the bike is not a post classic so I can't wave at old japper riders, the bikes 20 years old so I can't wave at new sprotsbike riders, I can't wave at learners cause they fall off and the scooter riders just look confused.

So, I need to know exactly who I can wave to and should it be a big happy wave, a casual one eyebrow nod or a park the bike, rush across the road and give them a big hug?

Now, it is important I get honest feedback, I would hate to cause offence to any of the delicate sensibilities out there.

I'm waiting experts.:dodge:
It isn't right that your genuine request for information isn't attracting the serious consideration that you've asked for.
I don't profess to be an expert but I'll have a crack.

I'm really not too sure about Japper-to-Japper ettiquette but as far as European/Harley riders are concerned......Harley riders think that everyone else wishes they were on a Harley, so they look down with disdain on all other bikes and expect deference from everyone else - such as shrinking down and trying to look small when you pass or pulling over into the gravel as a symbolic recognition that you don't deserve to share the same road as them.

European bike riders on the other hand don't give a toss cos they know they are on superior bikes and so are usually happy to lift a finger or an eyebrow to all other lesser bikers to at least magnanimously acknowledge that they're trying.

I hope this helps.

[Rashika]

European bike riders on the other hand don't give a toss cos they know they are on superior bikes and so are usually happy to lift a finger or an eyebrow to all other lesser bikers to at least magnanimously acknowledge that they're trying.

I hope this helps.

just dont get a european and HD rider together...you just never know what may eventuate ;)

prob something along the lines of the KTM superduke, loud and fkn bright

[idb]

just dont get a european and HD rider together...you just never know what may eventuate ;)


Quite right.
You must be a very confused couple sometimes.

[Rashika]

Quite right.
You must be a very confused couple sometimes.

VERY........

[Lil_Byte]

I think you will find that Harley riders don't wave cause they are really really old and the arthritis stops them getting their hands off it:scooter:

[Big Dave]

VERY........

I own a triumph and a harley and I'm norm...a...l.....hmmmmm.

[Ixion]

Well, for an Ozzie, you're probably fairly normal. I mean, the standards not high, is it?