Scooter riders and greeting

**chasio** · 13th April 2009, 08:57

Plenty of stereotypes here and not all riders fit them.

Some of us would prefer to cycle (rain or shine) to work until some bastard moves the office the other side of the city and makes it nearly 2 hours each way on a treadly or 30 minutes on a scooter. My GT200 wouldn't do 140kmh but I don't need it to as 120kmh is plenty for commuting. And the GT's underseat storage won't take a FF so it's in the Givi or on a helmet peg instead.

But the 700kms ride home from collecting the scooter at the other end of the island (while fun) got me thinking about doing that sort of thing more often but on a bike and a bit more gravelly. So I now have an XF650. If I have to do 700kms again, I'll be taking that! And yes, I have taken it out 200kms for some fish and chips when frankly The Codfather is better but the ride isn't.

I own a car and try to use it only when moving the dog (30kgs is not a backpack option) or the kayaks or the whole family.

FWIW I wear a full face, ATGATT and ride in all weather so everyone has to wave at me now

I'll nod or wave at anyone but I have kind of given up on cruiser riders unless they're on their own. Now is that me falling into stereotyping as well?

**Danae** · 16th April 2009, 17:00

If anyone sees a girl in a white helmet with a black and pink jacket chugging around on a silver scooter, it's me so feel free to wave.

**Dave Lobster** · 16th April 2009, 17:31

Originally Posted by Danae

If anyone sees a girl in a white helmet with a black and pink jacket chugging around on a silver scooter, it's me so feel free to wave.

Doesn't that description cover most of the girls on mopeds in auckland?

**scootnz** · 16th April 2009, 17:35

Ha ha!

How about blue helmet, grey jacket, orange vespa?

One of these days I must think about co-ordinating colours.

Originally Posted by Dave Lobster

Doesn't that description cover most of the girls on mopeds in auckland?

**Dave Lobster** · 16th April 2009, 17:59

Originally Posted by scootnz

Ha ha!

How about blue helmet, grey jacket, orange vespa?

Orange coop?? Avert eyes..

**DangerMice** · 16th April 2009, 19:40

Hmmmm, black helmet, black gloves, black jacket, black scooter. How boring am I?

Does the silver reflective piping on the jacket count?

**Blatman** · 16th April 2009, 20:55

Originally Posted by Danae

And what's this KB wave? I'm still quite newbish.

Here tis:

**Zerker** · 17th April 2009, 15:24

Originally Posted by Dave Lobster

It's reasonably easy to spot the difference between someone riding a scooter because it's cheap/shit/easier than the car/etc. and someone who is into bikes and happens to ride a scooter to work in the week.

If there's a chin on their helmet, they're worth waving/nodding at. If not..

Agree.

I'm a

rider for now. full face helmet, anything less is a sign your not aware of the risk's involved in riding (IMHO), or you don't care. My scooter holds just a full face helmet under the seat but as I usually need to carry/store anything else I take the helmet with me.

An accident is an accident, scooter or bike makes no diff to the damage you receive when you come off, take a run down the road and launch yourself face first into the pavement, did that hurt? so would coming off at 20km/h or 50 or 70.

I don't think I'm a motorcyclist or a biker, but I do think we share a commonality in the shit we take as road users.

I nod at other riders if we are both stopped or we are going by slowly, else both hands are covering the brakes and my eyes are too busy to nod.

I don't wave, I hope you don't find it rude but after many ignored waves I'd rather keep the hands doing something useful, potentially lifesaving.

Zerker

**Flatcap** · 9th June 2009, 09:32

Originally Posted by Zerker

I nod at other riders if we are both stopped or we are going by slowly, else both hands are covering the brakes and my eyes are too busy to nod.

I don't wave, I hope you don't find it rude but after many ignored waves I'd rather keep the hands doing something useful, potentially lifesaving.

Yes - it's hard to wave and give cagers the fingers at the same time

**Zerker** · 11th June 2009, 09:55

scooter has shitty brakes, needs both on to stop in a hurry unlike a bike that has the rear brake on the foot, you can take your clutch hand off and wave it around :P

now that I've been riding around town more I've noticed a large percentage of hamilton riders do actually wave, so I wave back, brakes be damned

**ready4whatever** · 23rd July 2009, 09:13

somebody should start a scooter gang just 4 laughs. imagine 20 scooters humming along among the cars

**Dave Lobster** · 23rd July 2009, 17:54

Originally Posted by ready4whatever

somebody should start a scooter gang just 4 laughs. imagine 20 scooters humming along among the cars

How fucking annoying would that be???

**klingon** · 23rd July 2009, 22:04

I've been for a ride with 120 scooters! It was great fun... except there were two of us on a borrowed Chinese import 50cc heap of rubbish. Funny thing is we only came 119th going up Chinaman's Hill. Someone was riding a worse scooter than ours!

The run was organised by Magnetos Scooter Gang. They're out there. Coming to get you while you sleep.