Point to Ponder!

[Coyote]

I love all my forms of transport and will always acknowledge a biker from my 'car', not 'cage' as I don't feel convertibles fit into the same category.

Ok, call it a cot then

[Ixion]

IF we waved to every freaking car we'd need three arms to remain legally in control of our bikes.

Yes, you can get done for riding round with only one hand on the bars.

But waving at cars? That's not right.

Not at all.

How then are you to give stop and turn signals, as required by the Road Code. Especially on bikes which have no stop or indicator lamps. ?

[Ixion]

Some ramblings to chew over with your lunch.........

I have noticed that 'Bikers' wave and acknowledge other 'Bikers'.

I have noticed that 'Bikers' ignore people who acknowledge them from a 'cage'.

Does it follow that if you are not on your bike, then you are assumed not to be a biker. Or is this a bike code that I am not aware of. Or do bikers only look out for a friendly wave from fellow bikers.

I love all my forms of transport and will always acknowledge a biker from my 'car', not 'cage' as I don't feel convertibles fit into the same category.

So guys and gals, if you see somebody wave to you from a car or cage for no apparent reason, they are probably a 'Biker".

I hear you say

and you may be right.

I'll acknowledge a wave from a car, and wave to them if they've been considerate or helpful.

Main reason cage-wavers wouldn't get acknowledged I think is just that bikers aren't expecting it, and don't notice. Bikes you see and look at , so if the rider waves you see it. Cages are just mobile hazards, not anticipating waves from them.

[James Deuce]

How then are you to give stop and turn signals, as required by the Road Code. Especially on bikes which have no stop or indicator lamps. ?

I have been stopped and cautioned for riding with only one hand on the bars.

I suggest you take it up with the woman that stopped me rather using rather supplying such an arcane line of reasoning.

[Ixion]

I have been stopped and cautioned for riding with only one hand on the bars.

I suggest you take it up with the woman that stopped me rather using rather supplying such an arcane line of reasoning.

I'll bet said woman had never ridden a bike. Not exactly arcane , there's a goodly number of bikes still on the road that don't have indicators or stop lamps. And if so, the law requires you to give a hand signal.

So I'd argue that one if I were stopped. I still give hand stop signals on occasion (despite having a stop lamp). To mean either "I am STOPPING. RIGHT NOW. I am NOT just slowing down"; or to courteously indicate to oncoming traffic (who cannot see my stop lamp) that I am stopping, and they may proceed.

(Obviously, TWO hands off the bars would be another matter)

[James Deuce]

I'll bet said woman had never ridden a bike. Not exactly arcane , there's a goodly number of bikes still on the road that don't have indicators or stop lamps. And if so, the law requires you to give a hand signal.

So I'd argue that one if I were stopped. I still give hand stop signals on occasion (despite having a stop lamp). To mean either "I am STOPPING. RIGHT NOW. I am NOT just slowing down"; or to courteously indicate to oncoming traffic (who cannot see my stop lamp) that I am stopping, and they may proceed.

(Obviously, TWO hands off the bars would be another matter)

It was a bike cop.

[Virago]

I have to spend most of my road time in the cage. I gave up waving to bikers, as at best they would just look at me like I was insane or something.

I would also give a "thumbs-up" for a particularly nice machine, but realised that at a quick glance it could be mistaken for a different type of single-digit gesture....

When on the bike I often wave at kids in cars, they always seem to love it.

[SARGE]

Back when biker meant more than just someone who rides any old bike - your everyday street attire marked you as a biker,you could be picked out at a distance by the way you walked,bike boots were not jandals....the bikers in cars noticed you....and you noticed them,because bikers drove cars that were noticable from a distance too.

There was no wave,but there was eye contact,and a lot of information was tranfered in the process.Sometimes an almost imperceptable nod of the head acknowledged recognition.If you were walking because your bike was broken down you would always be offered a lift....but never home,and you never said where you left the bike,but there was no harm in trying to extract this information,they most likely already knew all about your bike and where you lived.

I have look out for motorbikes stickers and motorcycle product stickers like Fly,Progrip,NGK etc on both my vehicles,

i came up in the same world man.. you could just TELL a guy ( girl) was a biker by the walk sometimes..

as far as the bike related stickers.. have you noticed how many twat boy racers wear the Fox hoodies and stick the Fox stuff all over the Hooptie WRX's anymore?.. its getting like Dickies.. ( by the way,.. back in the States, Dickies cost $10 a pair and are worn only by the finest sanitation engineers..)

[SARGE]

I'll acknowledge a wave from a car, and wave to them if they've been considerate or helpful.

Main reason cage-wavers wouldn't get acknowledged I think is just that bikers aren't expecting it, and don't notice. Bikes you see and look at , so if the rider waves you see it. Cages are just mobile hazards, not anticipating waves from them.

i always wave to other 2 wheeled peeps..sport, HD's, Bimmers, Wings, scooters ( unless they are the Urban scumbag dickheads with the Vespa's , tweed coats and scarves.. carrying a laptop bag.. those clowns arent bikers .. they are 2 wheeled busses..)

AND ( i may be one of the few who do it looks like ) wave or thumbs up to a car who has moved over so i can split.. those guys are my hero's ( probably incog bikies..)

i NEVER wave or acknowlege the douchebags on the mini-choppers.. i was sitting at the Lincoln / Universal drive intersection a few days ago , coming home from work and these 2 kids( 17 or so..) on the Mini-chops rolled up next to me and hit me with the "Sup Bro?.." ..
all i could envision was.. " if i kick the one closest to me.. he will domino into the other one.."

then the #$%^ light changed..
the moral is .. NEVER THINK.. DO!!

[JohnBoy]

on the bike i dont wave to nothing but bikes (unless you count single or two finger waves ) however when i was towing the bike down to race meets i waved to bikes then. cant say why i do it like that, it just seems to happen... wierd

[Ixion]

It was a bike cop.

A woman bike cop ? That's interesting, didn't know there were any. She certainly should know better !

[Pixie]

lol I was riding home over the harbour bridge and there was a van with school girls in it and because my visor is tinited they obviously couldn't tell that I was a chick and they were waving at me, and blowing kisses I had the biggest grin on my face, and shot them a quick wave before hooning off into the sunset hehe

How do you know they couldn't tell that you were a chick?

[Pixie]

Ive got a better story and not urban either a guy i used to play rugby with dislocated his hip in a maul and the medics put it back in for him only problem was his testicle had traveled into the socket of the femur and pelvis and when the leg was popped back in........................you can guess the rest needless to say he screamed and fainted cool huh?

What's that called? WTS ( Wandering Testicle Syndrome)?
How the hell did it get all the way over there?