do we wave at harley bikers... if they wave at us?? or are they considered our enemies???

Anybody on two wheels with a motor is OK. I've still got my Harley T-Shirts laundered, and folded, in a bag in my garage for when I get another one. Heck, I even wave to the kids on the motorized skateboards. They're the worst for not returning a wave; either too cool or too intimidated.  :dunno: :mrgreen:

if someone waves to me, i'll wave back....harley guys can't tell that our GS is more of a sportbike, when they see the round headlight and no plastic they wave thinking that we ride a cruiser...here in my city, harley and other cruiser guys don't like sportbikes but they wave to me when they see me....

I wave back. I'll try to return any wave from anybody, including cagers. There are no enemies, except for the cell-phone weilding SUV driver.

Wave, it is rude not too, well it is here in the South.  

hehe, I wave to any fellow sportbiker unless their rounding a corner and don't have a hand free [ya ya know after you turn to switich gears so where's the third hand at? :nana: ] and pretty much anyone that rides by on a big crusier and has one of the little "hat helmets" I give them a salute  

I wave at everyone on a bike, no matter what it is.  I let them feel like the jerk for not waving back.

-Paul

If you're on two wheels I wave when I can and nod when I can't. Only time someone in my area doesn't wave back is when they don't see me. ALL the bikers are really friendly here.

Scott

I've always found that "Real" riders, including Hardleys, will wave back... you can tell the fakes from their equipment which is worn on Sunday only. Real riders ride and have no need to imagine what to look like. The fakes don't know what to look like so they fake a persona.

Cheers

^ Funny I noticed that too.  I took my bike out yesterday, there were MANY bikes out.  I was waving all day.

But I noticed a couple of times where there were lots of Harleys riding in a group the younger type guys would not wave, while the stereotypical "old Harley guy" with his white beard flapping over his shoulder would put out a hand.

Seems like those guys don't worry about what you ride, as long as you ride.

-Paul

I try to wave at eveyone on a bike, even some who aren't - heck, yesterday I waved at someone on a horse!   :lol:

People have a stereotype in their heads about "bikers".  By waving and being friendly it may make some people think twice about us.  

Ride safe!

I try to wave at everyone on a bike as well. If the wave is responded, it makes the ride more enjoyable. Sometimes I wave at kids and chicks riding on horses too

I've been thinking about what GRU wrote about the look of the GS. Perhaps fewer Harley riders would respond to my wave if I put a full fairing on my bike?

Quote from: RingoI try to wave at everyone on a bike as well. If the wave is responded, it makes the ride more enjoyable. Sometimes I wave at kids and chicks riding on horses too

I've been thinking about what GRU wrote about the look of the GS. Perhaps fewer Harley riders would respond to my wave if I put a full fairing on my bike?

yeah, harley guys don't see the fairing so they wave thinking we ride a cruiser....

two wheels you get a wave, 4 and you get a finger, but only if they deserve it.

Oh yes, a wave to any rider on two-wheels is just common courtesy if safe to do.

The wave variations are part of the fun. Included are the two-fingered wave - often meaning two-wheels (rather than "peace" for those old folks like me). The index-finger wave for riding is #1 (also offered by HD riders mistaking my sport standard for a cruiser). Then there is that other-fingered wave reserved for cell-phone using cagers :nana:

Are there other variations?

In the middle of January everyone waves and even smiles.  
I smile because l can go back and tell my wife "See I'm  not the only one out there".

I wave at all two-wheelers, motorized or otherwise, with few exceptions  (There's guy down the street who bought one of those Autoworks 50cc "choppers" that sounds like a gas-powered leaf blower.  I'll wag my head at that guy).  If they're riding like an @$$hole, I'll shine them on.

If I'm out in the country on secondary roads I wave at everybody: especially farmers, joggers, equestrians and Amish folks in the surrounding areas.  I've had occasions that I was helped by a total stranger and I consider it a gesture of "paying it forward".

I'm finding I'm getting waves by almost everybody, with the exception of 1%er white trash who aren't worth the effort to flip off anyway.

i wave at all bikes.  If i cant then my passenger will if they're up there.  In the country i wave at tractors and horse-drawn buggies as well.  I see it as if its 2 wheels, they're in ok in my book.  Even the tiny little dual-sports.  It's curtousy sp.?

my and my room-mate waved at a phoenix mc cop, he waved back whils in a turn. he rashed that f[censored]er up :dunno:

I'm from the "bikes is bikes" generation.  I consider it a BIG FINGER to not wave back at me.  We're bikers, sport or not or beard or not.  Whatever.  It's two wheels.

A buddy of mine rides a harley and a sport bike.  He said Harleys always wave and Sport bikes sometimes wave.  We should try harder.

Two wheels means a wave.  That's how it should be.