Harley riders...

[$hooter]

Something I have been noticing for several months now and I am wondering if anyone else has noticed. This mainly points at Harley riders...not all of you (sorry) but well over more than 50% of you. When I am out riding and I see another rider, I always try to give a nod or a wave, but with most Harley riders...they just ignore you or look at you with this "you got alot of nerve waving to me on that NON-HARLEY scooter." What is THIER problem? Its like alot of them have some sort of "touch-me-not" attitude going and one other thing I have noticed is that the bigger the person is on the Harley, the less likely they are to acknowledge your existance. Now before all Harleys riders get bent out of shape...let me repeat...not ALL Harley riders are like this. I just dont get it...try to be nice and friendly to all riders and with some harley riders, I have even been shown the finger. I dont know if they are telling me their age...their IQ...or the number of times they beat their wife. Anybody else notice this?

[kurt]

Two weeks ago, while riding to and from the Harvest Classic Rally, I didn't notice any one type of rider not waving. 80% of all of them waved. I don't think it is any different locally. I have to admit, I don't go out of my way to wave at people six lanes away and across a retainer wall while commuting. Your area may be different.

[DFW_Warrior]

There are more wannabe bikers in the DFW area, and I tend to agree with Paul on this one. I've been ignored, given the "you think you're good enough to wave at me" look, and flipped off a few times too. Whats funny is that it for the most part, always comes from a rolling billboard for HD. Ah well.. I guess they have to make themselves feel important.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know for a fact that it's not all Harley riders. And I know that it's not bike, it's the rider. It just seems that "that" type of rider tends to pick a bike that lets him live out his Sons of Anarchy dreams he has at night.

[txbanditrydr]

Eh.... not trying to stir the pot but the true non-wavers (my experience only) happen to ride Goldwings.... go figure.

[charrito]

Eh.... not trying to stir the pot but the true non-wavers (my experience only) happen to ride Goldwings.... go figure.

mine as well...it's usually the guys messin' around with all their "gadgets".

[poser]

My parents wanted to start a motorcycle riders group at their church, and would talk to other bikers, and folks would get excited an very interested. That is until actual bikes come up in conversation, when they said they rode a Suzuki, literally all the Harley rides backed away and lost interst imediately.

They eventually gave into peir pressure and bought an Electra Glide and started the group :lol2: (but in fairness, a Harley is what dad was wanting, it had just been a long time since he had riden, so the Boulivard was the "starter" bike)

[$hooter]

Eh.... not trying to stir the pot but the true non-wavers (my experience only) happen to ride Goldwings.... go figure.

:rofl: just hope it wasnt me. I do miss waving sometimes, but I try not to. I will go out of my way to help a rider...Harley or not, if they need it, but some riders best not ride in the rain with that nose stuck up that high in the air...they gonna drown.

[poser]

oh and scooter guys never wave back either

[dukey33]

I use synthetic oil in my bikes.
:rofl:

Just ride and wave or don't wave. It's not a requirement, it's not a law. You're out riding to enjoy riding, not to get other bikers to wave at you.
.....or are you? :ponder:

[charrito]

oh and scooter guys never wave back either

If they let go it starts to wobble! :rider: JK!

[poser]

If they let go it starts to wobble! :rider: JK!

come to think of it, they usually look terrified

[patricjft]

If somebody waves at me, I wave back, as long as it is safe to do so. That includes guys on tractors and in pick up trucks out in the country. There really is no reason not to wave back or to return a negative/obsene gesture. Those that do that are just idiots on the negative/obsene gesture part. Not waving, just assume they do not have the confidence in their riding ability to do so (or have determined that they are not in a safe situation to do so) or didn't see you wave and move on.

[stacie074]

come to think of it, they usually look terrified

:rofl: :rofl::rofl:


sometimes i wave..sometimes i dont.. just depends on my surroundings and saftey .. in rush hour noooo way

[wonbyone]

As a newer Harley rider.... I can tell you this. I used to wave at everybody, but now that I'm so much better than others, I have tried to only wave at my peers. The problem is, I can't tell one bike from another going down the road, especially when they are coming the opposite direction with 140mph closing speed.
I guess I have not been trained well enough as yet... and I will bring this up at the next HOG chapter meeting, maybe they will offer lessons. I still get hot flashes remembering the first time I waved at a Yamaha touring bike and then realized my mistake... I felt really dumb.

V-Stroms are about the only bike I can sometimes identify, and that is only because they are so ugly... :nana: --Bill

[SilverBullet]

I couldn't say any particular type of bike, make of bike or age of rider waves more or less than the others. This is the same whether I'm riding my cruiser, dual sport or scooter.

Only slight difference I have noticed (very, very slight) is percentage of helmeted riders wave less. And I am a helmeted rider 99.9% of the time myself.

_

[jsb223]

Most riders around here wave...

[Soozy]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know for a fact that it's not all Harley riders. And I know that it's not bike, it's the rider. It just seems that "that" type of rider tends to pick a bike that lets him live out his Sons of Anarchy dreams he has at night.



o0OOO(Oh no!!! Could Bill or anyone else know about my 'nerdy scooter rider' dreams I have at night????!!!)

[SparkyBlue]

Eh.... not trying to stir the pot but the true non-wavers (my experience only) happen to ride Goldwings.... go figure.

They can't see around all of the "stuff" on their bike.

But agree, the wingers seem the most preoccupied. And, sometimes I don't wave either.

And I'm really starting to question the whole wave thing too. In some places, like a weekend in the Hill Country, there are too many bikes to wave at them all.

[wanabeguru]

Wasn't there another thread similar to this one???????

[patricjft]

I think there have been many threads on this topic here actually.

[dutchinterceptor]

They can't see around all of the "stuff" on their bike.

But agree, the wingers seem the most preoccupied. And, sometimes I don't wave either.

And I'm really starting to question the whole wave thing too. In some places, like a weekend in the Hill Country, there are too many bikes to wave at them all.

To me it seems like everybody on two wheels waves no matter what flavor they are riding. I'm getting a bit tired of the waving thing. I've noticed guys waving at me from the other side of the interstate.....at night! Geez. In heavily congested bike areas I won't wave unless I'm hanging off in a corner.:trust:

I do like to wave at trains though just to hear them hit their horn a few times. :lol2:

[ceddec]

come to think of it, they usually look terrified

Uh oh, now you done it....Jeanne is gonna bust you up some now and start calling you a scooter phobe. :wary:

[kurt]

I think there have been many threads on this topic here actually.

Yeah, there have:

http://www.twtex.com/forums/search.php?searchid=1816635

[charrito]

Wasn't there another thread similar to this one???????

Yes, and there will be many more...along with the ATGATT, the loud pipes, the FF vs half helmet.....:giveup:

[Gilk51]

As a newer Harley rider.... I can tell you this. I used to wave at everybody, but now that I'm so much better than others, I have tried to only wave at my peers. The problem is, I can't tell one bike from another going down the road, especially when they are coming the opposite direction with 140mph closing speed.
I guess I have not been trained well enough as yet... and I will bring this up at the next HOG chapter meeting, maybe they will offer lessons. I still get hot flashes remembering the first time I waved at a Yamaha touring bike and then realized my mistake... I felt really dumb.

V-Stroms are about the only bike I can sometimes identify, and that is only because they are so ugly... :nana: --Bill

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

I haven't noticed any difference except that almost 100% wave out on more rural roads. Commuting, I don't count for or against, I miss some and figure others miss 'em, too, due to the traffic and trying to stay alive.

[tricepilot]

You can get anyone...

http://photos.smugmug.com/photos/705275488_hxDUu-S.jpg

to wave:

http://photos.smugmug.com/photos/705276232_8CyT9-O.gif

[Cruzintexas]

I wave I don't care what it is. We are a brootherhood. Even on my Harley. Corner or straight we need to keep togather to protect our freedom...
Steve
PS I love motorcycles and I am a motorcycliest It doesn't matter the brand or type. In my 47 years of riding I have had a pretty big variety and I like them all..

[cdc]

I just wave and wave back whenever is safe, regardless of the type of bike. Rarely they do not wave, it could be they could not do it safely, did not see me, etc. . . .

[JasonJ]

i commute daily and run across the same bikes a lot. the older guys on the harleys dont wave, but ive come across younger guys (20-50ish) on choppers etc that happily wave at me.

i'd love to know the origin of waving, riding a motorocycle 20 years ago in australia, everyone waved at each other too. its definately an international thing. i dont care who you are, if you're on a bike, yer alright in my book.

its just a wave, not a big deal. i'd pull over for any of 'em if i saw them broken down on the side of the road.

edit: and Trice, you make any thread you post in fun to read :)

[xtnomad]

I do not do rides less than a hundred miles now. And it seems that the farther that you are from metro areas allmost everyone waves, more when the next stop or gas area is more than 40-50 miles away. :giveup:

[$hooter]

I will try to keep count tomorrow. A few of us are going to make a run up to Ardmore, OK to have alook at a boat that I might buy. Anyone want to go for the ride, we are meeting at the IHOP on 820 and Beach St on the North side at 9 in the morning. Then we are going to go up thru lewisville to 35E to miss the race traffic.

Also, if anyong is considering buying a boat for an extra toy...holler at me. I have a good one with a brand new motor in it...not a rebuilt brand new...a new-new.

[SparkyBlue]

screw the wave, I quit. No one cares anyway.

[Tracker]

<snip>

I do like to wave at trains though just to hear them hit their horn a few times. :lol2:

:lol2: I still feel like a kid doing the "honk the train horn motion" anytime I pass a train engine. I'm proud to say I got an Amtrak engine to honk his horn on the way to the Pie Run last weekend. :mrgreen:

[DFW_Warrior]

Wasn't there another thread similar to this one???????

Yes, but there's also been 38 threads on what tire I should run on my Bandit, so I guess we can call it a draw.:lol2:

[igo-wfo]

Righteous....
I really wanna start a war......




I'm gonna run a car tire on my wing....


and when I get a flat, I'm takin' it to Bill to put a plug in it.


:duck: :-P

[tricepilot]

http://photos.smugmug.com/photos/705653444_tS5PT-M.jpg

[$hooter]

:lol2: I still feel like a kid doing the "honk the train horn motion" anytime I pass a train engine. I'm proud to say I got an Amtrak engine to honk his horn on the way to the Pie Run last weekend. :mrgreen:

That is fun...use to do it when I wa a kid. Now my grand kids do it to trucks, so I will have to mention it to them about trains. You know there is a web site with a place in Oklahoma that sells train horns with a compressor and a tank. Pretty expensive, but they are the real train horn. I have a bud that put one on his pickup...it is double loud and I think he paid about $1000.00 for them. But when he gets behind someone and honks it...people scatter.

[The Bruce]

Something I have been noticing for several months now and I am wondering if anyone else has noticed. This mainly points at Harley riders...not all of you (sorry) but well over more than 50% of you. When I am out riding and I see another rider, I always try to give a nod or a wave, but with most Harley riders...they just ignore you or look at you with this "you got alot of nerve waving to me on that NON-HARLEY scooter." What is THIER problem? Its like alot of them have some sort of "touch-me-not" attitude going and one other thing I have noticed is that the bigger the person is on the Harley, the less likely they are to acknowledge your existance. Now before all Harleys riders get bent out of shape...let me repeat...not ALL Harley riders are like this. I just dont get it...try to be nice and friendly to all riders and with some harley riders, I have even been shown the finger. I dont know if they are telling me their age...their IQ...or the number of times they beat their wife. Anybody else notice this?

Hmmm. I get this from guys on BMWs more than anything. The scooter guys get all excited when I wave at them. :wave:

[sharkey]

[mod. edit- I like South Park too, but some of the material is inappropriate here. :mrgreen: ]

[The Bruce]

Yeah, there have:

http://www.twtex.com/forums/search.php?searchid=1816635

It must be fun or we all wouldn't be doing it again. :lol2:

[STrider]

Yes, but there's also been 38 threads on what tire I should run on my Bandit, so I guess we can call it a draw.:lol2:

:lol2::lol2::lol2:

that's it. I quit waving, just to throw off the harley's don't wave demographic.

On a recent ride, pillion (first time for both of us), asked "whats the deal with the low wave?" I answered "it's the same as dogs sniffing each others butts. You don't ask why, you do because you do."

[Monica]

I nod my head. I can't wave (left arm don't work). So when the chick on the maroon SV doesn't wave, look for the nod. Ohh, my hubby right behind does wave :mrgreen:


And in traffic, sorry dudes, I'm surviving first, socializing second :lol2:

[tricepilot]

http://photos.smugmug.com/photos/705775870_xxfXw-O.gif

Use in place of a propeller :sun: