Harley riders don't wave.

[Toad Rider]

Anyone else notice this?  I'm beginning to dislike Harley riders.  They are quite stuck up about their bikes. 

[heatherg11]

agreed.....most of them don't wave to me either. don't know if they just don't wave at sportbikes (I know, GS isn't really a sportbike..but you know what I mean) or anything not a harley???

[VSG]

A bunch of Harley (or at least cruiser type bikes) waved to me in the past few days.  Maybe they just don't like bikes with fairings.

[spc]

+1  I'll ride with a group of supersports and they'll lose me in the straights but I'll see harley riders just ignore them then wave to me.   

[makenzie71]

I pass more non-harley guys who don't wave.  Harley riders ALWAYS wave to me no matter what I ride and I get more sport riders than anything else ignore me.  I used to complain about this until that one day I woke up and realized no one really gives a shaZam!.

[spc]

Mak, I think you need happy pills......life just isn't that bad  ( said while staring at the 2, 4 inch pins that have been in my wrist for a month)

[ArkRider]

This topic just came up on the BMW board I'm on.  Most blame the Harley riders for being stuck up and in their own "I'm a rebel" world.  I think that their are all kinds on all different bikes.  I wave because I'm having a great time doing what I love to do and they are all part of the "brotherhood".  If they don't wave back, so what.  Maybe they were watching traffic, maybe concentrating on that noise to see what part is going to fall off, maybe they are ass holes.  There is a good artical on "The Wave" at http://www.shinnysideup.com/msf/The%20Wave.htm and a funny one at http://www.shinnysideup.com/msf/WaveII.htm.

[pandy]

Majority of Harley riders wave to me around here, and if we meet up at a traffic light, we chat in 99% of the cases! 

Whatever the case, I wave because I enjoy being a part of the motorcycle community, and I figure if they don't wave back, they're busy at the controls...and if they don't wave back on purpose, 1. I rarely pay attention to whether or not someone waves back anyway, and 2. that's their problem. 

[Black Sunshine]

I have only ever been waved at by a trike rider! Here its all about the nod 

[pandy]

I have only ever been waved at by a trike rider! Here its all about the nod 

Cuz you're busy with the wave hand, right?  (And don't make that dirty, peoples!  )

[NiceGuysFinishLast]

I wave at everyone, assuming I'm physically able, and if they don't wave back.. so what?

I sometimes go to wave when I'm in the car, then realize I'm not on the bike..

[makenzie71]

I do that all the time...I'll wave spontaneously while driving only to have the rider look back at me like I'm a retard...

[Black Sunshine]

I have only ever been waved at by a trike rider! Here its all about the nod 

Cuz you're busy with the wave hand, right?  (And don't make that dirty, peoples!  )

With the missus  .

Waves just doesnt happen round here, in all the time on the roads I've had one wave in 11 years! Minus pedestrians at the mega ride. I should do a write up about different types of nod. Straight forward, sideways, a kinda roll, the list probably could go on if i got into precise angles....

[pandy]

I should do a write up about different types of nod. Straight forward, sideways, a kinda roll, the list probably could go on if i got into precise angles....

That would be cool! 

Do you folks have a middle-finger wave, too?   

[heatherg11]

I sometimes go to wave when I'm in the car, then realize I'm not on the bike..

my roommate did that a couple of weeks ago....we still laugh about it to this day.

[darb85]

I wave, dont much care if they wave back

on that, First time I was out on the bike a guy on a harley waved, I proceeded to lift my arm over my head and wave like a 4 year old waving good bye.  Ill bet they still laugh about that on.  I had to look like a complete dink!!

[Black Sunshine]

Only for the chav scum on 50 mopeds, I hate them. Trying to race away from a set of lights, the procedure is left hand in the air middle finger up in first gear, power past them, click into second clutchless adding another finger for the V.

[pandy]

One time I was out riding, and someone had their whole arm up and waving back and forth at me (kind of like a kid trying to get his mother's attention). I thought that was just THE most adorable thing I'd ever seen!    I'm a sucker for passion on two wheels! 

[pandy]

Only for the chav scum on 50 mopeds, I hate them. Trying to race away from a set of lights, the procedure is left hand in the air middle finger up in first gear, power past them, click into second clutchless adding another finger for the V.

[darb85]

One time I was out riding, and someone had their whole arm up and waving back and forth at me (kind of like a kid trying to get his mother's attention). I thought that was just THE most adorable thing I'd ever seen!    I'm a sucker for passion on two wheels! 

Ya that was me on my first ride. Once.