Quote from: Fly Nena"The other exception to the waving rule is Harley riders, except no one has really figured out just why they are an exception. Some say that it is because, having spent so much money on a bike, he and his tremendously expensive ride are holier than other bikes on the road and therefore do not have to wave. Some say it is because they are enjoying the ride so immensely that they are blinded by joyful tears. Still others say that the thousands of dollars in additional bolt-ons and chrome and chopped-out-forks have thrown the bike so far out of its natural balance that if the rider takes even a finger off the bars, the Hog will throw its rider into the ditch and wrap itself around the nearest tree.

Whatever the reason, Harley riders very seldom wave... even to other Harley riders. "

That link on waving is truly hilarious!

She is a Seattlite and a woman on a bike! I wish I were ghey and she were ghey!

She didn't mention MY favorite wave though, hand down, palm forward, thumb and two fingers out. "Yeah, I'm cool, you're cool, hi" ( or "I'm not afraid to let go, see?") So cool. The ones that really piss me off are the silly squid boys on gixxers who drive with their clutch hand on their thigh but still won't wave.  Jerks.

Those Harley riders are such jerks they usually actually turn their head the other way when I wave, but every once in a while they notice I'm a woman before they rememeber they're too cool to wave and I get 'em :lol:
-Becca

Hmmm.. i get the feeling you dont like guys much.

Quote from: RashadHmmm.. i get the feeling you dont like guys much.

Oh my gosh! You couldn't be more wrong if you were Rush Limbaugh!

Quote from: Fly Nena

Quote from: RashadHmmm.. i get the feeling you dont like guys much.

Oh my gosh! You couldn't be more wrong if you were Rush Limbaugh!

yeah, thats true.. what was i thinking

Quote from: Fly NenaShe is a Seattlite and a woman on a bike! I wish I were ghey and she were ghey!


Whatever women do they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good. Luckily this is not difficult.
Charlotte Whitton
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^oh yeah.

OK, I guess I see how someone could get that impression...As far as the pro-woman quotes, hey man, this is a site devoted to the GS500 and we women are definately a minority so it seemed appropriate to use a good pro-lady quote...

But the truth is I positively ADORE men, I mean, without men around how would I ever get those pesky stripped bolts loose? How would the trash make it to the curb? Who would scrub my back?

Oh yeah, I forgot...I'm single, I have to do all that by myself, shaZam!!

I have been reading along and cannot stay out of this thread any longer. What does it matter how you wave? Thats not the point. It's all about acknowledging the fellow bikers. No matter how you do it, it's the thought that counts.

 -Anti

Yeah Anti, you're right, I wave at everyone except the Harley riders, and that only because they are clearly embarrassed by any fraternization with a 'rice burner', even the scooter kids...And big smiles too. Half the time I'm hoping and wishing the hotty on the gixser would just please turn around and ask if I wouldn't like to go for a ride together...Becca

i dunno about all this anti- harley stuff.  i've met very few harley riders, but the ones i have met are cool guys.  i mean, i work with a guy who does motocross, and rides harleys.  not all harley guys are jerks, some just like the bikes.  to exclude a certain people based upon stories of "mean old harley guys" seems kind of silly.  i mean, wouldn't you be pissed off at other bikers if they all refused to wave at you because of your bike...  i'd probably stop waving back too.

Thanks Akky, I was about to go dig that up from an earlier thread.

Yah, it is kinda sad and funny, you get a motorcycle and immediately get an extended family of people who have your back.

But if for some reason you don't wave you are an ass.
If you have a Gixxer (enter fav too fast sport model) you are a squid, or a wannabe, or a danger, and definitely don't have your head screwed on straight.
If you have a Harley you are mean, vindictive and probably not law abiding.
lol, and if you are female and vocally appreciative of other females, or question male prowess, you are a man hater.

Last weekend I saw a Harley rider and his lady wave at every bike that passed them on hwy 9 here in SC.
My best friend rides a gixxer and sometimes his hand is on his leg and he forgets to wave back, coz it's all still new.
And I am regularly called a man hater, regardless of the fact that I have a husband, mostly male friends (my own, not my husbands) and twin boys.
So you wave when you can.

-brid
why stereotype? plenty of reasons to dislike folks on an individual basis

And I didn't type fast enuf, akky's quote was better

no doubt the male friends, husband, and sons, are a cover for your deviant man-hating ways!!  i'm on to you ladybrid...  you better watch your step.  

:lol:
women scare me, catty, backstabbing, competitive things who spend too much time on hair and make up... I'll take the company of grubby little boys (whatever their age) any day

I wouldn't hold the door for ya.

 -Anti

FYI to anyone travelling in the Kansas City Metro Area. Here, everyone waves to everyone with almost no exceptions. There are a few asses with bad attitudes who don't wave but they don't fall into any particual stereotype.

I've even had Jeeps with the top off wave to me.

Quote from: Fly NenaYeah Anti, you're right, I wave at everyone except the Harley riders, and that only because they are clearly embarrassed by any fraternization with a 'rice burner', even the scooter kids...And big smiles too. Half the time I'm hoping and wishing the hotty on the gixser would just please turn around and ask if I wouldn't like to go for a ride together...Becca

Im liking this side of you.    Too bad your so far away, id ride with you

BTW, i hope you didnt take off your quote because of me hun, i was just playing  I can tell your a very respectable woman who just wants people to know where she stands. Same to you ladybrid.

Wave to everyone regardless but for good hardley bashing times go to Cycle Worlds forum and tell real Hardley guys what you think. I get a lot of kicks from poking fun at them. Be warned that goes both ways and does not make for the ideal forum like good ol GSTwin here.

I'm with Pablo. I try to wave to them all (when I can), if they don't wave back, that's their problem. I've even caught myself doing it in the car.

I don't flip anybody off, no sense in being rude.

If your hands are free, open doors for people too  
I get a nicer smile for opening a door for a guy than I do for saying "thank you" when they open it.

(still holding on too tight to the grips while scooting around the parking lot to wave)

two wheels, motor, rolls down the street with someone aboard....wave at it...