The "Wave"

[mach1]

I do it on my gs when i see them do it and i also do it on my boat on the ;lake.

[Iron-Man]

I've only been rideing for about 3weeks now and even though my uncle has been rideing for about 40years he never explained that to me but when i was out and someone rideing a ninja nodded to me i just though it polite to do it back then all of a sudden i noticed almost all riders nodding, well except some guy on a harley which looked like a yellow NY taxi haha. i dont hold it against him as clearly he has to keep up appearances haha

all in all i think its awesome the waves, nods finger gestures are awesome as i dont have any friends who ride and my uncle only rides once or twice a year now so it lets me know i'm not on the road entirely on my own = )

- KC -

[bassmechanicsz]

I always do two fingers pointing to the ground when passing another motorcyclist assuming i am not in a turn or shifting then i will just give a nod.  It is the best thing ever i think that motorcyclists all wave and acknowledge everyone and around me even the harley guys will wave. 

The only people i consistently don't get waves from are the guys who are out for the weekend and can't even ride their bikes in a straight line. 

One time i was riding home from my friends house and was going the opposite way of some sort of charity ride and i rode past easily 100 bikers all lined up and i'd say 80% of them all waved.  It was pretty cool looking riding past a long line of motorcycles all with their left hands pointed down to the ground.

I have also had a few sportbikes instead of waving pop up into a wheelie to go past before.

[rydethis]

We should all start blowing kisses!!!   

[tt_four]

I thought Mike Seate was from Pittsburgh, why's he talking about germany? Maybe I'm thinking of the wrong guy.

I'll wave if I'm cruising around. I definitely don't take attention away from what I'm doing to wave if it's not a good opportunity. As far as people waving in the middle of a turn, I don't think I'd bother unless I was turning with my legs/body and could take my hand off. I'm always amazed when I see pictures of guys taking a nice corner with their knee on the ground AND their inside hand touching the ground. That's definitely not the time I'd choose to take a hand off my bike for a photo-op.

[cafeboy]

We should all start blowing kisses!!!   

You can do that, others may get beat up for it.

[Iron-Man]

We should all start blowing kisses!!!   

are you posting in the right thread!? i'm not sure blowing kisses would get the right response really.

if someone did blow me a kiss though i'd definatly blow one back 

- KC -

[cafeboy]

if someone did blow me a kiss though i'd definatly blow one back  

gotta check the neck first  

[bassmechanicsz]

I don't think i would know what to do if someone did start blowing me kisses from another bike while riding.

[rohde88]

The "wave" is odd as this is the second vehicle where the "wave" seems mandatory.  In my Jeep I get the "wave" all the time and I wave back as well.  On the bike I still get the "wave" as well.  These are the ONLY two vehicles where I have noticed this is common.  And guess what, I love it!  .

Then you ain't driven a Rangie (Range Rover). Pricey as to buy new but cheap as to buy 2nd hand. Rangie drivers wave at each other.

Michael

You can't be referring to new RR owners. Down here they don't even see other cars, let alone care about other RRs.

Corvettes have a pretty good wave, I always wave at C4s and modded 'vettes, but usually not stock C5s or C6s.

[JB848]

Can't we all just get along and wave to everyone reguardless of what they riding or driving?

[dohabee]

I wave at pretty much everybody on a bike. Ill wave at a scooter or moped if they initiate it.

does anybody else do the hand signal to warn other bikes when there is a cop ahead?

[rohde88]

does anybody else do the hand signal to warn other bikes when there is a cop ahead?

I tap the top of my helmet

[bill14224]

I agree with JB848.  I wave at all bikers.  To me it shows solidarity.

We are not like everyone else, the sheeple.  We are independent.  We like to have fun.  We are willing to take calculated risks to inject fun into our daily lives.  We are a threat to bureaucrats who want to control and regulate everything, eliminating anything that's fun by taxing it until we can't afford it or regulating it until it becomes unfeasible.  They would love nothing more than to pass a new regulation requiring motorcycles to have 4 wheels and seat belts.  After all, it's for our own "good", they like to say.  There is nothing more dangerous to liberty than do-gooders, and only one thing stops them, fear of us, and let's keep it that way.  The bigger the bike rallies get, the weaker the anti-everything bureaucrats get.

We don't fit-in with their plans for a homogenized, plain vanilla, totally controlled society.  They're hoping we'll kill ourselves off in short order, or lose our spirit and fall in line.  Let's stick together and prove them wrong.  We know how to live.  They're too afraid to live so they try to control our lives instead in an attempt to soothe their own woosiness.  They merely exist, stifling everything they touch.  Despite their $100,000+ Ivy League educations they have tiny compartmentalized bigoted minds.  Everything must fit neatly into rows and columns in their spreadsheets so they can analyze and control it.  We don't fit their spreadsheets very well, do we?

They must be stopped by those of us who love liberty, so I say vote against entrenched bureaucracy, send money to those who will fight them, and keep waving!  

[JB848]

bill14224 your comments are too deep for this time of the day Sheesh. LOL 

[rohde88]

I agree with JB848.  I wave at all bikers.  To me it shows solidarity.

... They're too afraid to live so they try to control our lives instead.  They merely exist, stifling everything they touch.  Despite their $100,000+ Ivy League educations they have tiny compartmentalized bigoted minds.  Everything must fit neatly into rows and columns in their spreadsheets so they can analyze and control it.  We don't fit their spreadsheets very well, do we?

I take offense to that. I graduated from Cornell and while I did work with spreadsheets I don't think you can so easily categorize all ivy leaguers like you did.

[PaviSays]

I did work with spreadsheets

That made me lol. ^^ 

Haha there's no parallel between education and those who oppose riding.  Anyone who rides has caught the bug, and that's reason enough for me to wave. 

[JB848]

I love spread sheets does that count?

[natedawg120]

i waved to a blow up chef Saturday and multiple college car washes.  Hell i even stoped at one and washed my bike for a small donation.  As a bonus i had extra buffers

[Paulcet]

Anybody read the August edition of Motorcyclist? It's called "Permanent Waves" by Mike Seate. I was a little taken aback when he was a complete a$$ about it saying it wasn't necessary and they don't do it "over there" so why should we. I understand the safety part where the guy did it in a curve. But, seriously if you are so insecure about your bike that you can't lift your hand off for a 2 second wave should you really be on the road?

If you can't wave in a curve you're a wuss: