Just today I've noticed that if they don't have a helmet on they don't wave back as much. Draw your own conclusion. It matters not what they ride. Just my oberservation for todays ride.
Jack
Just today I've noticed that if they don't have a helmet on they don't wave back as much. Draw your own conclusion. It matters not what they ride. Just my oberservation for todays ride.
Jack
One of my funniest "wave" encounters happened in Katy Proper... this guy wore the do rag, fingerless leather gloves, leather vest... the 1%er look all the way... rode a Burgman. I would see him at least once a week on the way home, think he worked at the Dollar General there off Katyland.
He'd give me the typical low hand wave... I'd wave back. One day he had his SO on the back... she waved, I waved back... you'ld think she won the Lotto by her reaction... She got this biggest grin... was tapping on the dudes shoulder... started waving again... funniest thing.
Could have been...
If not waving makes you a dick, I guess I'm a dick about a third if the time. Sometimes I don't feel like waving first, and if there's a lot if bikes out, I get tired of it after a while. I almost always RETURN a wave, tho. I do like some of the thoughts expressed here... if you're on two wheels your in... that might be my friend when I break down.
It is entertaining to see the differences. Around the Minneapolis area here, there are a lot of low, pointing-at-the-ground waves. In Iowa, I've seen a lot of hand-in-the-air high waves - actually waving the hand back forth, like trying to get someone's attention in a crowd. In Missouri, EVERYBODY waved at me as if I was their neighbor. Sometimes get a helmet nod, and I've noticed mostly newer riders doing this. Maybe they haven't learned the local customs yet.
I always wondered too, if riders told their female passengers to handle all the waves. Usually with two people, I see the chicken the back wave.
That was supposed to be "chick on the back..."
Dang auto-correct.
I actually ride a Harley and a Connie (more time on the Connie). I have found that regardless of what bike I am on, some Harley riders do not wave. They are usually the older one %'s, or at least wannabes. Some metrics (sport and cruisers), also will not wave when riding my Harley, even when I wave first. I wave at everyone, regardless. I know the number of riders is increasing so I can see why a lot of people get annoyed with it.Just smile & keep waving regardless of a return wave specially to the 1%'ers