2 finger salute to the non-wavers

[Riff Raff]

:disapint: Ok, I know I'm only riding a 250 and its a cruiser style at that, but is that any reason for other bikers not to acknowledge a wave from a fellow bikie on the road. I decided to head down the motorway, SH22, Kaiau, Kawakawa Bay route today. Stopped at Papakura Autobahn and got a few looks down the nose from other bikers when filling up, so feeling suitably small decided not to approach any of the groups hanging around. I'm pretty shy anyway around new people, so this may have just been my perception. Went off on my way and had 2 people wave to me on the whole ride. I lost count of how many refused to acknowledge my wave as we passed - and only one rider was on a BMW! So to all of those out there on sports bikes, don't be rude. I may be on a 250 now, but that's all going to change soon. The one thing I've always loved about riding is the general camaraderie, so I was a bit put out at the lack of it out there today.
For all those non-wavers, this is for you: :finger:

[Two Smoker]

Id wave to you mate :niceone: makesure you come to a KB ride and say gidday, ill keep a look out for your bike :niceone:

I have been very shocked lately that most of the cruiser's have waved back to me.....

[magnum]

dont stress about it,i nearly always wave but i have given up on harleys as 99%wont wave back[up themselves????] :Punk:

[Motu]

This seems to be a problem with sports bike riders I've noticed - they all profess to wave to everybody...but unfortunatly they really mean,'I wave to everyone on a sports bike' Ride a lower form of two wheel transport and you'll be ignored by the sports bikes.

[Two Smoker]

This seems to be a problem with sports bike riders I've noticed - they all profess to wave to everybody...but unfortunatly they really mean,'I wave to everyone on a sports bike' Ride a lower form of two wheel transport and you'll be ignored by the sports bikes.
While i will agree that alot of sports bike riders do not wave at other riders, im trying to change them one at a time as i do wave at them, unless im going full bore in a corner.....

[Blakamin]

i wave at everyone...even in corners... musta scared the guy wif da "L" on goin ova pie cock hill 30mins agao!
(shinko dont do full boar corners! :doh: )

[James Deuce]

Just wave, sub-vocalise a tasty curse, and keep on riding. Waste no time on them, but stop waving, or one day I'll be sub-vocalising a mother of a curse your way.

Shiny side up. :niceone:

[Stinger]

I'll wave if I see ya, Promise :bye:

[Zapf]

I wave to everyone, except when my bike is a hand full at that very moment....

I even waved to a KBer on a ZXR400 with a yellow helmet in my cage today, only to have him not see me :P But I'll probly do the same if I was in his shoe

[Two Smoker]

I wave to everyone, except when my bike is a hand full at that very moment....

I even waved to a KBer on a ZXR400 with a yellow helmet in my cage today, only to have him not see me :P But I'll probly do the same if I was in his shoe


hhhhhmmmm, sounds like Aff-man :shifty:

[JohnBoy]

While i will agree that alot of sports bike riders do not wave at other riders
i always try to wave, but remeber that sometimes its harder to wave when you have ridden anymore than 100k and you have no feeling below your elbows!

i find overall that it really depends on where you are. i find that wellington riders wave more than aucklanders, not sure why? their maybe too many "born agains"around your way who have forgotten thier manners.
:spudwave:

[Two Smoker]

i always try to wave, but remeber that sometimes its harder to wave when you have ridden anymore than 100k and you have no feeling below your elbows!

i find overall that it really depends on where you are. i find that wellington riders wave more than aucklanders, not sure why? their maybe too many "born agains"around your way who have forgotten thier manners.
:spudwave:Yep, heaps of BAB's but they generally buy Cruiser's rather than sports bikes....

[HanaBelle]

Yep, heaps of BAB's but they generally buy Cruiser's rather than sports bikes....

I dont think it is about your bike. But if youre a BAB, and over forty, like me, your reflexes arent good enough to handle a curve and letting go of one of the handlebars! I like leaving it to the last second to wave at folks on Harleys (who almost always wave at RA n me and Im the only one onna cruiser) cos they do this lil "oops panic!" swerve lettin go to wave back. :msn-wink:

[Two Smoker]

I dont think it is about your bike. But if youre a BAB, and over forty, like me, your reflexes arent good enough to handle a curve and letting go of one of the handlebars! I like leaving it to the last second to wave at folks on Harleys (who almost always wave at RA n me and Im the only one onna cruiser) cos they do this lil "oops panic!" swerve lettin go to wave back. :msn-wink:
yep fair enough, but a head nod is good for me too..... if im in a situation where i need both hands on the bars, i usually give a bit of a nod......

[Jackrat]

I don't give a shit one way or the other.
I'm over forty,I'm not a born again,I never had any manners in the first place.
:beer:

[dangerous]

:disapint: Ok, I know I'm only riding a 250 and its a cruiser style at that, but is that any reason for other bikers not to acknowledge a wave from a fellow bikie on the road.
Sounds like you live too far north :msn-wink: most bikers wave down here, mind you it is funny how what you ride makes riders minds up if to wave or not.... on the Guzzi other Iti riders and sport bikers all bikes really wave but on the storm Iti's dont seem to bother nor do HD's :whocares:

[2_SL0]

Well I was out today we went out Clevedon and then down to Miranda, (hmm thats a nice ride.) I waved or nodded at everyone I saw, only one didnt wave back. But when we parked up, its funny whose bike out of the group I was riding with gets all the attention. IT WASNT MINE. It was the bright yellow 749 Duc, lololol. They seem to draw people in. I really wouldnt worry about it. Just wave at everyone. :ride:

[Frankie]

never had any one wave but lots of head nods :)

[igor]

This seems to be a problem with sports bike riders I've noticed - they all profess to wave to everybody...but unfortunatly they really mean,'I wave to everyone on a sports bike' Ride a lower form of two wheel transport and you'll be ignored by the sports bikes.

yeah I would have to agree with ya there, "ya lower form of two wheel transport"

[enigma51]

I try and wave as most as possible but I usualy see people to late so if I dont wave its because I havent seen you yet

[ching_ching]

This seems to be a problem with sports bike riders I've noticed - they all profess to wave to everybody...but unfortunatly they really mean,'I wave to everyone on a sports bike'

Sportsbike riders... they're all arseholes... every single one of them I tell you.
:bleh: :whistle:

[Bonez]

I don't give a shit one way or the other.
I'm over forty,I'm not a born again,I never had any manners in the first place.
:beer: Nice to see someone with a similar perspective on life.
:ride:

[Bonez]

:disapint: So to all of those out there on sports bikes, don't be rude. I may be on a 250 now, but that's all going to change soon. The one thing I've always loved about riding is the general camaraderie, so I was a bit put out at the lack of it out there today.
For all those non-wavers, this is for you: :finger: Did you consider that the sporties would drop their bikes if they took one hand off the clip-ons at slow speed :yeah:

[scumdog]

dont stress about it,i nearly always wave but i have given up on harleys as 99%wont wave back[up themselves????] :Punk:

Easy! I went on a 350km ride today and saw 9 other bikes coming towards me, I was on a Harley, waved to them all and got about 3 waves back, - and one was on a BMW! :bleh:

[scumdog]

I don't give a shit one way or the other.
I'm over forty,I'm not a born again,I never had any manners in the first place.
:beer:

You arsehole! it's old guys like you that refuse to be born again and won't wave that cause others like riff-raff to wonder why they are not getting waves - and then they'll end up just like you! :bleh: :laugh:

[Hooks]

I don't wave !! .. :argh: I can't ... :whistle: ..I'm too busy holding all the loose bits & pieces on my bike so that they don't fall off ... :wacko:

But here y'are ..... :spudwave:

[Blakamin]

I don't wave !! .. :argh: I can't ... :whistle: ..I'm too busy holding all the loose bits & pieces on my bike so that they don't fall off ... :wacko:

But here y'are ..... :spudwave:
things like mirrors??? :Pokey:


no throwing them at Ducatis!!!!!!
Just stick to throwing bits at your locals!

[NordieBoy]

Came up behind an old crapper tootling up a hill last sunday and gave a wave as I went past.
He didn't wave back :confused2
Then saw he only had one arm - the left one :shit:

Now that would make a bike difficult to ride for any length of time.
Still you must get used to it.

[erik]

I occasionally wave, but mostly I just nod. I think commuting people are less likely to wave because of the traffic and just using their bike for transport, than say if they were on a weekend ride.

[SPORK]

Came up behind an old crapper tootling up a hill last sunday and gave a wave as I went past.
He didn't wave back :confused2
Then saw he only had one arm - the left one :shit:

Now that would make a bike difficult to ride for any length of time.
Still you must get used to it.
Ummm, one word... throttle?

Unless he had a special lefty throttle, how could he do anything? Let alone use the front brake!?

[Indiana_Jones]

As it has been said before, I enjoy getting a nod, and normally I do, but alas sometimes it is not the case, but hey, that's life :)

I generally wave to anyone be they on a 250 or a 1300 :D

-Indy

[Uncle B]

I wave to everybody.....I even find myself nodding to bikes while i'm driving my car. :doh:
If someone doesn't wave back, I don't care cause that's not going to dampen my spirits when i'm out having fun on my bike.

[Indiana_Jones]

If someone doesn't wave back, I don't care cause that's not going to dampen my spirits when i'm out having fun on my bike.

Don't matter if they wave or not, I still look like a tit trying to get my knee down in a FXR doing 50 on a huge turn :D

-Indy

[scumdog]

I wave to everybody.....I even find myself nodding to bikes while i'm driving my car. :doh:
If someone doesn't wave back, I don't care cause that's not going to dampen my spirits when i'm out having fun on my bike.

Right on, and when you're on your bike you're ALWAYS having fun!!! :msn-wink: :niceone:

[dangerous]

Ummm, one word... throttle?

Unless he had a special lefty throttle, how could he do anything? Let alone use the front brake!?
back in 80's there was a guy on a SR250 in town that was missing his left arm, the bike was ultered to suit him... tell ya what he rode it bloody well too, and out at the track today there was a guy on a super mono that only had the use of his right arm... and he did bloody well.... guess ya get used to it if it ment to ride or not.

[scumdog]

back in 80's there was a guy on a SR250 that was missing his left arm, the bike was ultered to suit him... tell ya what he rode it bloody well too, and out at the track today there was a guy on a super mono that only had the use of his right arm... and he did bloody well.... guess ya get used to it if it ment to ride or not.

Guy in BRONZ Otago who only has use of one arm - can't remember which but the 'other' one is always in a sling, anyway HE seems to ride o.k., his handle-bars look kinda 'busy' to you and I. :blink:

[riffer]

I'll wave to anybody; I'm not fussy - Harleys, Sports bikes, BMWs, scooters.

I don't really give a shit whether you wave back or not - I'm still gonna have fun.

:whocares: if they don't wave back ... I don't expect everyone to be my mate. Same thing on the road.

[Her_C4]

things like mirrors??? :Pokey:


no throwing them at Ducatis!!!!!!
Just stick to throwing bits at your locals!


Ha ha ha ha :lol:

I usually wave, smile or nod (depending on the circumstances) at pretty much everyone on two wheels..... It helps if they are males on racing (push) bikes and have a nice ass and well developed calves...... :love2: whaaaat?????

[Hooks]

Ha ha ha ha :lol:

I usually wave, smile or nod (depending on the circumstances) at pretty much everyone on two wheels..... It helps if they are males on racing (push) bikes and have a nice ass and well developed calves...... :love2: whaaaat?????


Calves !!! :laugh: .. you been into that scotch girl ???... :apint: get to bed and try to get some sleep so that you won't feel the urge to throw that Duc onto the road again !! :brick:

[scumdog]

Ha ha ha ha :lol:

I usually wave, smile or nod (depending on the circumstances) at pretty much everyone on two wheels..... It helps if they are males on racing (push) bikes and have a nice ass and well developed calves...... :love2: whaaaat?????

Are you related to Fraser from 'Dads Army'? him with the 'thing' for "sturrdy thighs"?

Och aye lassie!!

[hodgeman]

There their can be a few snobs out there. They're not KB members though, I'm sure. Right Guys?? :niceone:
I wave at everything over 50cc, It's not that I wouldn't, it's just that I don't think some of the old dears who ride them would even see me waving
:ride: :spudwave: :scooter: :wacko:
:lol:

Anyway, that's a great thing about riding, we all acknowledge each other, unlike some daft drivers who can't see past thier bonnet.

[scumdog]

There their can be a few snobs out there. They're not KB members though, I'm sure. Right Guys?? :niceone:
I wave at everything over 50cc, It's not that I wouldn't, it's just that I don't think some of the old dears who ride them would even see me waving
:ride: :spudwave: :scooter: :wacko:
:lol:

Anyway, that's a great thing about riding, we all acknowledge each other, unlike some daft drivers who can't see past thier bonnet.

Quite right! I have found there are a whole lot of snobs out there, normally they are the type that DON'T ride Harleys and DON'T come from the deep South!! :confused2 :ride: :Playnice:

[sAsLEX]

Well I was out today we went out Clevedon and then down to Miranda, (hmm thats a nice ride.) I waved or nodded at everyone I saw, only one didnt wave back. But when we parked up, its funny whose bike out of the group I was riding with gets all the attention. IT WASNT MINE. It was the bright yellow 749 Duc, lololol. They seem to draw people in. I really wouldnt worry about it. Just wave at everyone. :ride:
well who can blame us, we passed you i think ( three of us a blue honda a r6 with a grumpy scot and a slow old nc30 honda minus fairings), anyways stopped and had a chat to the 749 owner, and a sit on it, and got to listen to its nice 2.5k+ exhaust, hmmm what to spend lotto on, anyways got most of my waves returned during our little trip today :scooter:
and i seem to be trhe only member on at this time/?? must go to bed

[backfire]

:spudwave: :spudwave: :spudwave: :spudwave: :spudwave: :spudwave:


:done:

[Firefight]

I wave to everyone, except when my bike is a hand full at that very moment....

I even waved to a KBer on a ZXR400 with a yellow helmet in my cage today, only to have him not see me :P But I'll probly do the same if I was in his shoe


Maybe he worked for Motomail Felix :bash:

F/F

[Firefight]

:disapint: Ok, I know I'm only riding a 250 and its a cruiser style at that, but is that any reason for other bikers not to acknowledge a wave from a fellow bikie on the road. I decided to head down the motorway, SH22, Kaiau, Kawakawa Bay route today. Stopped at Papakura Autobahn and got a few looks down the nose from other bikers when filling up, so feeling suitably small decided not to approach any of the groups hanging around. I'm pretty shy anyway around new people, so this may have just been my perception. Went off on my way and had 2 people wave to me on the whole ride. I lost count of how many refused to acknowledge my wave as we passed - and only one rider was on a BMW! So to all of those out there on sports bikes, don't be rude. I may be on a 250 now, but that's all going to change soon. The one thing I've always loved about riding is the general camaraderie, so I was a bit put out at the lack of it out there today.
For all those non-wavers, this is for you: :finger:


Hi RR, did not see you at AB yesterday, I don,t think any of us would have been looking down our noses at you, many riders in our groups ride 250s, You would have be made to feel welcome had you came over to our group, we were up way from the gas station , just about opps Mc Donalds.

About the waving thing, despite what our resident grouch from Carr rd thinks, most of us do wave at all bikes, the only exception is if the conditions at the time don,t warrant it. I wave when I comute on the southen M/way not many wave back, but , hey WGAF. Don,t be put off, come and say gidday next time...........have sent you a pm.

F/F

[Jackrat]

Hey Riff Raff,fair go mate,most people wouldn't even know what size bike your on.Folks just go about their business and most of the time arn't thinking about getting a wave anyway,their just doing their thing.
If you were to have a yarn with most of these people you think are snobbing you,you would find that 95% are good people that have no problem with what you ride.This topic comes up a lot an the fact is, most if not all of these people will give you a hand if you really need it.
Don't sweat the small stuff man,life's to short as it is.
And I'm sitting on this PC coz' I'm avoiding the chores.
See ya' on the road :bye:

[Riff Raff]

Thanks everyone for your replies. This thread was started off in the great state of piseddoffifness, which means rationality probably didn't come into it. I guess I just couldn't believe how many had trouble either waving or nodding on the straight bits with plenty of time to acknowledge my friendly greeting. But in reality it's not a biggie. At least we were all out there enjoying a bloody gorgeous day for riding. And they were probably in a tranceful state of blissfulness, singing 'The hills are alive with the sound of music' or something!!

[Madmax]

I will wave
but depends on how busy i am
normaly just nod my head :o

[Blakamin]

just passed 3 H-Ds and 5 minutes later, 5 BMWs... H-D riders waved even tho theres a fair wind and they were 2-up... BMW riders looked... and that was it.... I thought "f*ck-em", did a U-turn and then blew their subaru motors into the weeds :whistle: and I didnt even have to go over the speed limit!!!! they were doin 90!!!
tossa's :laugh:

[Antallica]

Well I tried to wave as much as I could yesterday on my way back from Auckers, but I was a bit distracted by that shocking speedo needle rising rather fast :headbang:

Yep, was a good ride :msn-wink:

[Posh Tourer :P]

just passed 3 H-Ds and 5 minutes later, 5 BMWs... H-D riders waved even tho theres a fair wind and they were 2-up... BMW riders looked... and that was it.... I thought "f*ck-em", did a U-turn and then blew their subaru motors into the weeds :whistle: and I didnt even have to go over the speed limit!!!! they were doin 90!!!
tossa's :laugh:

I bet they thought you were cool and all suddenly wanted a du-crappy..... Take it easy, they were probably all geriatrics huh :niceone:

Subaru motors? Is that supposed to be an insult?

Better than your fiat motor....

[Hitcher]

I even wave at scooters -- but most scooter riders don't get it!

Sportsbike riders don't wave because their luminous squid suits are too tight and their wrists have locked in place on their ludicrously-low clip-ons.

Harley riders... Have you ridden one? The thing's alive! Let go for second and it will throw you.

Goldwing riders can't always, in the heat of the moment, find the "auto wave back" button.

If your hands are full, there's always the chin-down nod...

[k14]

Well, even though this goes against the stereotypes I wave to every 2 wheeler on the open road. Sometimes if I am mid corner etc I can't wave but try to acknowledge the rider. In town I sometimes do, depending on the traffic etc. Used to do it to scooter riders aswell, but not anymore. Agree with hitcher, don't think they know what its about.

[Motu]

Do you wave at cars towing a trailer with bikes or a ute with bikes on the back.That's what I was doing today and no one waved to me,even when I stopped at the lights next to a sports bike and wound my window down for a look at his bike.I always wave at the bikes being towed,they are riders too.

Ok,I know you do Chris - and you were the only one who did that day too.

[Blakamin]

I bet they thought you were cool and all suddenly wanted a du-crappy..... Take it easy, they were probably all geriatrics huh :niceone:

Subaru motors? Is that supposed to be an insult?

Better than your fiat motor....
Probably were geriatric... aren't all BMW owners geriatric at heart (bypass) :Pokey:


I wave to cars towin bikes... dont get many back tho... scooters just arent worth it anymore...as i said before, they might fall off if they wave or are they just young boy-racers that cant afford it and need a scooter to get to their mates?.... love their safety gear too...helmet and a t-shirt!

[Coyote]

love their safety gear too...helmet and a t-shirt!
Why do they skimp on their gear? Do they think they aren't going fast enough to get hurt?

[Ms Piggy]

Actually Jazbug and I (we both ride 250's) have a funny story from when we were riding back from Tokaanu. Her & I were (just a little) behind the others that we rode with and we found that there were a few riders that wouldn't wave to us. After about the 3rd group we were doing hand signals to each other to indicate our displeasure at being snobbed. Jazbug would do :tugger: and myself :finger: , well we rode past 2 sports bike riders going the other way and no wave or nod. I immediately proceed to flick the bird not having noticed the :Police: following them - he didn't turned around, I'm not sure that he even noticed me. We both pissed ourselves laughing when we stopped.

I'm kinda over the whole they do & they don't wave. I wave & don't care if others do or don't, although it definitely gives me a buzz when they do. :)

[Coyote]

When I first got into biking (which was only like a year and a half ago) we were in the car towing our KX & CRF on the trailer, and when bikers went by they would wave at us, and I thought 'what the hells going on?'

[Blakamin]

Why do they skimp on their gear? Do they think they aren't going fast enough to get hurt?
got me stuffed...pulled one over about 2 months back...17yo had his missus on the back.. stopped him at the shop, she went inside and I asked him if he'll still be with her after the skin grafts... he got the message when i explained it... pretty sure his perlude was busted by the cap under his helmet....

mind you, i was probasbly doin the same thing at 17..(on a cb400ss) :whistle:
learnt not long after when a mate crashed tho.

[Coyote]

mind you, i was probasbly doin the same thing at 17..(on a cb400ss) :whistle:
learnt not long after when a mate crashed tho.
I'm only 14. I've got that ahead of me.

[Blakamin]

I'm only 14. I've got that ahead of me.
But you're picking up tips here already.....if you go out in a t-shirt, some KB'er should kick your arse!!!!

[dhunt]

things like mirrors??? :Pokey:


no throwing them at Ducatis!!!!!!
Just stick to throwing bits at your locals!
:Oi: I just painted my bike, I don't want things coming my way either.

I wave at everyone if I see them and can get a hand off the bars safely otherwise try and nod. It's a bit harder waving while riding round town as going slower etc, so normally nod at bikes.

[Tony Barclay]

Riff Raff if i saw you waving i would wave back. Wasnt to long ago i was riding around on a 250. Might not always wave but a nod would be ok. Have to keep both hands on my new ride sometimes haha

[Zapf]

Maybe he worked for Motomail Felix :bash:

F/F

Hahah lol.... I hope they don't have that many ppl working for them! or they might come after me in a ute!

[NZIrish]

roadkill, cars, empty tui cans, harley riders, hitchikers, aeroplanes, signposts, trucks, gravel, cows, goats (only wild ones), mountains and valleys...hey I know what it's like when they don't wave back, I find it a bit snobby to, but then again, they may have their reasons....LOL, at the end of the day get used to changing your wave to a finger, then laugh out loud in ya helmet, try it it's fecken funny!!

[AMPS]

Surely it's not true that sportbike riders can't wave because they're staring at the front wheel and if they took a hand off the bars they'd go into a terminal death slapper.
Is it?
Lou

PS If you get a bike with cruise control you can wave with either hand or both!

[James Deuce]

Waved at a dude on an XLV today. Nothing.

:disapint:

[Motu]

Waved at a dude on an XLV today. Nothing.

:disapint:

It's an elite club - you wouldn't understand,we form a bond for life,exchange CDI units and promise to hoard our parts and never help another biker in trouble.Owning one of these does that to you,selfish I know...but we have our reasons.

[James Deuce]

It's an elite club - you wouldn't understand,we form a bond for life,exchange CDI units and promise to hoard our parts and never help another biker in trouble.Owning one of these does that to you,selfish I know...but we have our reasons.

Crikey, I needed a laugh.

Cheers. :)

I'll still wave though.

[Jess]

I wave to everyone and i'm on a scooter. my measure of a real bikie is if they WAVE BACK.
if theyre too much of a snob to acknowledge a little sister on two wheels then theyre not even worth my time as a scooter rider and they arent real bikies! :headbang:

[vifferman]

So to all of those out there on sports bikes, don't be rude. I may be on a 250 now, but that's all going to change soon. The one thing I've always loved about riding is the general camaraderie, so I was a bit put out at the lack of it out there today.
For all those non-wavers, this is for you: :finger:Well, if we're out'n'about, you'll most likely get two waves!:spudwave: :spudwave:

There their can be a few snobs out there. They're not KB members though, I'm sure. Right Guys?? Well... it does make a difference reading threads like this, to make you more aware.
I waved at a 250 rider recently, and they snobbed me. Maybe my bike was too sporty? :spudwhat:

[Stinger]

I tend to think of waving when it's a nice sunny day in the weekend.... but not so much, when it's drizzling on the way to work

[Coyote]

But you're picking up tips here already.....if you go out in a t-shirt, some KB'er should kick your arse!!!!
Too bloody right.

[vifferman]

But you're picking up tips here already.....if you go out in a t-shirt, some KB'er should kick your arse!!!!Waddabowtif ... it is a KB T-shirt? :spudwhat:

[Blakamin]

Waddabowtif ... it is a KB T-shirt? :spudwhat:
Then he'll get blood on it... another arse-kicking offence!

[Motig]

When I first got into bikes back in the 70's the only bikers that didnt wave back were the so called "Bikies" who basically hated Japanese bikes. Now that I've been back into bikes since the late 90's the main thing I've noticed is that hardly any biker waves back, no matter what they ride. Is this because the descendents of the "Bikies" have to ride Japanese etc and don't want anyone to know its them?
Cheers,Motig :apint:

[Jackrat]

I wave to everyone and i'm on a scooter. my measure of a real bikie is if they WAVE BACK.
if theyre too much of a snob to acknowledge a little sister on two wheels then theyre not even worth my time as a scooter rider and they arent real bikies! :headbang:

:killingme Oh my god,in the wind bro!! :blink:
The true measure of a bikie :not:

[bear]

If unable to wave, then a nod will suffice - surely

[LB]

.
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I always wave at any type of bike - even scooters/dirt bikes, though if mid-corner will usually nod instead.

Most bikes wave back, if not it's their loss, not mine.

I usually wave at cars towing bikes on a trailer also.

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[Blakamin]

Saw 2 beemers last nite heading in to town.... they were holding up traffic all the way from pi-coc town to the passing lanes after pukerua bay..... waved as i went past.... dunno whether they waved, hard to tell at hundred an sumfin when your mirrors are vibrating.
dunno why I waved, should have told them what the speed limit was!
NOT 60!!!!!

[Sniper]

yep fair enough, but a head nod is good for me too..... if im in a situation where i need both hands on the bars, i usually give a bit of a nod......

Ditto here two smoker. Ill always either wave or nod. I may be on a small, semi sports bike bike I still take time out to wave at others. Besides, it gets lonley riding by yourself, so I appriciate waves from other bikies.

I dont mind harleys, some are good enough to wave, to the others I have to say,

Does your shit smell sweeter than the rest?? :moon:

[Omega1]

I wave or nod at bikes that I meet on my travels, doesnt worry me if they dont wave back,most do

[Motu]

to the others I have to say,

Does your shit smell sweeter than the rest?? :moon:

As I've said a few times before - I apply this to sports bike riders too....and I'll keep saying it whenever this topic comes up - or for some unknown reason sports bike riders wave at me...

[Sniper]

As I've said a few times before - I apply this to sports bike riders too....and I'll keep saying it whenever this topic comes up - or for some unknown reason sports bike riders wave at me...

I suppose it can be because you wave at them as well? It could also be that you only have 2 wheels on the road, same as them, I try wave at every bike.

I dont hold grudges but I do appriciate a wave. :spudwhat: :thud:

[Hitcher]

I usually wave at cars towing bikes on a trailer also.
Now that's dedication!

[Motu]

I dont hold grudges but I do appriciate a wave. :spudwhat: :thud:

No,I don't hold grudges,I don't care at all - I've been riding for quite sometime,we didn't used to wave...so I still don't.But I get a bit of a sore throat trying to swallow all this goodwill to other riders when my experiance out there is somewhat different....and I don't back down,I'll be in every thread about waving with a contrary view - keep em coming!

[Rback]

Up here in northland all the bikes I have passed I've waved to and have always got a nod or wave back. Must have something to do with the relaxed ways up here.

[Sniper]

No,I don't hold grudges,I don't care at all - I've been riding for quite sometime,we didn't used to wave...so I still don't.But I get a bit of a sore throat trying to swallow all this goodwill to other riders when my experiance out there is somewhat different....and I don't back down,I'll be in every thread about waving with a contrary view - keep em coming!

Fair enough. We all have our valid opinions. Ill still wave while others may not. I dont hold it against them, its all in personal preference

[inlinefour]

:disapint: Ok, I know I'm only riding a 250 and its a cruiser style at that, but is that any reason for other bikers not to acknowledge a wave from a fellow bikie on the road. I decided to head down the motorway, SH22, Kaiau, Kawakawa Bay route today. Stopped at Papakura Autobahn and got a few looks down the nose from other bikers when filling up, so feeling suitably small decided not to approach any of the groups hanging around. I'm pretty shy anyway around new people, so this may have just been my perception. Went off on my way and had 2 people wave to me on the whole ride. I lost count of how many refused to acknowledge my wave as we passed - and only one rider was on a BMW! So to all of those out there on sports bikes, don't be rude. I may be on a 250 now, but that's all going to change soon. The one thing I've always loved about riding is the general camaraderie, so I was a bit put out at the lack of it out there today.
For all those non-wavers, this is for you: :finger:

If I can I'll wave, if I'm leaned right over in a courner, I can't. So if I went past you going hell for leather around a courner, then this is for you :moon:

[Sniper]

Play nice Honda, he makes a valid point. Even a nod should suffice if you dont have a broken neck.

[Jackrat]

Play nice Honda, he makes a valid point. Even a nod should suffice if you dont have a broken neck.

Bullshit,
Who put you in charge of the PC bikers of NZ anyway.
Fuck em' all I didn't get into biking to please anybody but ME.

Oh there's a waving bikie,how wonderfull,we're all a big happy family :sick:

[Sniper]

Bullshit,
Who put you in charge of the PC bikers of NZ anyway.
Fuck em' all I didn't get into biking to please anybody but ME.

Oh there's a waving bikie,how wonderfull,we're all a big happy family :sick:

OK :whistle:

[inlinefour]

Bullshit,
Who put you in charge of the PC bikers of NZ anyway.
Fuck em' all I didn't get into biking to please anybody but ME.

Oh there's a waving bikie,how wonderfull,we're all a big happy family :sick:

Nod if ya can, get ova it if ya cant. Agree with the above. This is farkin PC dribble :Oi: :Oi: :Oi:

[Jackrat]

Just as well I didn't go fishing today huh.
Some days their just not biteing :msn-wink:

[avgas]

Did you consider that the sporties would drop their bikes if they took one hand off the clip-ons at slow speed :yeah:
hey man anyone can nod - i ride anything that goes fast, and i still acknoledge other riders at 200+ks

[almonster]

try riding a dirt bike and see who waves no f... but now ive got the monster on the road everyone is waveing apart from the harlyboys but we dont count them as bike riders more show ponies

[scumdog]

try riding a dirt bike and see who waves no f... but now ive got the monster on the road everyone is waveing apart from the harlyboys but we dont count them as bike riders more show ponies

Yeah? well this 'show pony' doesn't wave to dirt bike types 'cos most of them don't have a licence, rego, w.o.f., no. plate and their riding style gives us decent riders a bad name. :ar15:

[Jamezo]

on teh autobahn the other day, a guy on an unidentifiable blue late model sportsbike rode next to us, I gave him a quick salute, got a nod back. :spudwave:

[almonster]

did a trip down the coast with about 20 harly riders stopped at every pub for drinks and joints with in the frist 2 hours 2 bikes had broken down and on had gone off the road the riding was not good it was a oneder no one was killed the next more norning another went off the road because he was so hungover then it started to rain so they all turned round and headed for home it rain for 20 minites i went on to the races they road back to nelson mostly in the rain will never go on a ride with harly again

[scumdog]

did a trip down the coast with about 20 harly riders stopped at every pub for drinks and joints with in the frist 2 hours 2 bikes had broken down and on had gone off the road the riding was not good it was a oneder no one was killed the next more norning another went off the road because he was so hungover then it started to rain so they all turned round and headed for home it rain for 20 minites i went on to the races they road back to nelson mostly in the rain will never go on a ride with harly again

Makes sense to me :doh:

[Sniper]

Just as well I didn't go fishing today huh.
Some days their just not biteing :msn-wink:

Always worth a try though Jackrat. Its funny because Honda bites at anything. Never once seen him type a calm comment :Playnice:

[tassle]

Yeah? well this 'show pony' doesn't wave to dirt bike types 'cos most of them don't have a licence, rego, w.o.f., no. plate and their riding style gives us decent riders a bad name. :ar15:

my dirt bike is regd/wof ,full licence,I still wave weither i'm on my drz,or my v-max, after all some people are just to cool to wave.

[jase]

If you wave at a blue bird, I'll wave or nod right back at ya.

[crashe]

Yep it dont matter whether they be gang boys... or the person riding a bike to pick up the rubbish, even the motorbike posties get a wave.... sports or tourers and cruisers. I wave or nod to everyone, even the police or ambulance boys on bikes. Afterall we are all riders out there :ride:

I mostly wave, but occassionally I will nod depending on where I am.... :ride:

Sometimes I dont get acknowledged back..... but maybe they didnt see me and maybe they were in a situation where they couldn't..... :confused2

Heck even the gang boys wave back.... not all of them wave back it depends again on how many there are together in a pack. :scooter:

Most sports bikes wave back..... but then cos they are going so fast ( I find that sports bike riders like to go really really fast) that they probably don't see us mere mortals. :scooter:

[crashe]

But they dont wave back........ but thats ok.... :confused2

If a bike is coming up from behind me, and I cant wave to them..... I will stick my foot out to acknowledge them as well... so its another way to say hi.... :) as they go past they usually wave or nod back.