Scooter riders and greeting

[Tubbsy]

Okay, I'm a little confused....are scooter riders part of the biking fraternity or what? Couple of times in the last few days I have tried to be friendly to them, with them returning looks that can only be described as fearful.....or maybe that's just my overactive imagination.


This morning though, parked up next to a lime green (really) scooter at the lights in the city...looked at the guy because he didn't look at me, gave a big smile and said "Morning!" He looked at me, looked at my bike......looked at my bike some more.....mumbled something sounding a little like 'hi' and then tootled off once the lights changed.

Whazzup with that? Where's the love?

[Gubb]

Can we have a KB wave?

[Mom]

Can we have a KB wave?

We have got a bitch wave

[Tubbsy]

"Can we have a KB wave? "

Sure.....the Fonz came up with one for us...ayyyyyyyyyyyy

[portokiwi]

I wave at everyone Or nod as that is more the done thing here in Auckland.... Scooooooters never wave back. Yes they get a big shock when you say hi at the lights.

[Burtha]

I'm currently on a metroscoot and confuses everyone, so I wave at harley gangs esp when I'm all in pink!

In general though, I find bikers are more wavey than scooter riders. But scooter riders go green and giggly when they talk to me, cos she is so big a purdy, tis quite funny.

[Tubbsy]

Ok, so it's not just me on my super cool Hysoung Comet. Ayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

[snuffles]

They fucking not part of my biking fraternity

Fuckwits should get off the road and get a car or man up and buy a real bike.

[MarkH]

I wave at everyone Or nod as that is more the done thing here in Auckland.... Scooooooters never wave back. Yes they get a big shock when you say hi at the lights.

I'll wave back to ya.

[Big Dave]

I don't wave in town. Get over it.

I do say g'day at the traffic lights.

[Mystic13]

They fucking not part of my biking fraternity

Fuckwits should get off the road and get a car or man up and buy a real bike.

So who hasn't had their caffeine or share of love today?



They're bikers just like the rest of us. And yep I always wave. (edit: but not in town) And when you pass a scooter out of town and wave for some reason scooter riders can be bloody enthusiastic wavers. Maybe it's because some riders didn't get any...

caffeine that morning and don't wave to them or whatever. But it has two wheels, it leans in corners, it lane splits, it rebels against the cage. Yep they're like us and part of the family.

The family is a bit small to start casting out members because they're young and pimply scooters or overweight drawling Harleys or ADHD Red Bull induced young adult GSXR's.

And the last time I looked you buy them at bike shops.

A lack of caffeine or s... is not a good reason to not wave at our fellow scooter bikers.

Oh, and if you don't wave out on the road because you think you've got bigger balls, then man up and have the balls to wave. They're family. You may not like having teenagers around because they can be a little odd or a little different but they're still part of the family as scooters are.

To mis quote JFK "Ask not how we are different, ask how we are the same!".

_______________________

We're all drifting off course to waving though. The original post was about some person on a scooter who didn't want to talk at the lights. It's either caffeine, sex,... they're just not into talking to people... they've done it before and missed the light change and had cars whizz past. Who knows why? it just happens.

[MidnightMike]

They fucking not part of my biking fraternity

Fuckwits should get off the road and get a car or man up and buy a real bike.

I think you might find that there is quite a few people with bikes and scooters.

I'm one of them, the scooters used for commuting and zipping around town.

And the bikes for rides on the weekends etc.

All good.

[Tubbsy]

I agree with Mystic13, we all get near misses from 'cagers'.....too small a fraternity to be casting people out.

Any scooter riders on here, you're part of the gang (the 'two wheel gang'), wave back and don't be afraid to say hi!

[Blackshear]

when you pass a scooter out of town and wave for some reason scooter riders can be bloody enthusiastic wavers.

Reminds me when some crazy wench in a tank top and jeans was almost over the handlebars waving back, with both hands

[Sky-hi]

I ride a scooter for commuting in auckland and I always nod or wave to scooter riders and bikers alike. Scooter riders only seem to wave back if they're on exactly the same scooter as me. Bike riders HARDLY EVER wave back. In fact I've had one shake his head at me and one give me the finger..