Do I have to wave back at scooter (mopeds)?
Tourer
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RE: Do I have to wave back at scooter (mopeds)?
Heck YEAH! They're out having fun too! Even though they rarely wave back.
Couple things I like about scooters:
1. Seeing older couples riding together. Wife usually looks like she is LOVING it. Husband looks like he wishes he was dead.
2. Pulling up to work in the morning and parking next to the 250+ lb. guy riding a little 50cc. (Iride a1200... GOD MY LIFE IS GOOD.) They never make eye contact, instead they steal the occasional glance and you can tell they're thinking.... f*ck. I hope when we walk away, everyone thinks the scooter is hers.
Cut them some slack, they're having fun, saving money on gas and you know they're imagining themselves on a Harley!
Couple things I like about scooters:
1. Seeing older couples riding together. Wife usually looks like she is LOVING it. Husband looks like he wishes he was dead.
2. Pulling up to work in the morning and parking next to the 250+ lb. guy riding a little 50cc. (Iride a1200... GOD MY LIFE IS GOOD.) They never make eye contact, instead they steal the occasional glance and you can tell they're thinking.... f*ck. I hope when we walk away, everyone thinks the scooter is hers.
Cut them some slack, they're having fun, saving money on gas and you know they're imagining themselves on a Harley!
Cruiser
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RE: Do I have to wave back at scooter (mopeds)?
That's it, the last person who wove to me on a scooter, I turned around and followed him, ran him off the road, and proceeded to pound the everloving snot out of him, all the while yelling, "what gives you the right to wave at someone on a motorcycle, you scooter driving moma's boy, huh? huh?"
Wow! Seriously, I've had someone on a regular basis wave to me on a scooter, I don't care, I wave back. Like jeramy said, I don't like to initiate it cause it's often never returned, be it metric, standard, scooter, skateboard, or pedestrian
Wow! Seriously, I've had someone on a regular basis wave to me on a scooter, I don't care, I wave back. Like jeramy said, I don't like to initiate it cause it's often never returned, be it metric, standard, scooter, skateboard, or pedestrian
Road Captain
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RE: Do I have to wave back at scooter (mopeds)?
Sport bike, scooter or Harley.
American, Indian, Mexican, African, Asian, European, Canadian, etc.
If they're on two wheels and they wave at me, I will always wave back when safe.
American, Indian, Mexican, African, Asian, European, Canadian, etc.
If they're on two wheels and they wave at me, I will always wave back when safe.
Cruiser
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RE: Do I have to wave back at scooter (mopeds)?
ORIGINAL: Tommo
When I was a lad you had a moped at sixteen,a 250 at seventeen then you had to pass your test.....thats why I reckon there's a lot of posts on here about Americans falling off their Harleys when they've just bought them.
When I was a lad you had a moped at sixteen,a 250 at seventeen then you had to pass your test.....thats why I reckon there's a lot of posts on here about Americans falling off their Harleys when they've just bought them.
Never did the moped/scooter thing. (Even tho you purists out there would call the Suzuki 80 a scooter. Sure felt like a "real" bike back then)
Tourer
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RE: Do I have to wave back at scooter (mopeds)?
AAAAhhhhha...you were the one who didn't wave at me when I was on my scooter! (LOL)
I did get a real sh*tty look giving a wave to some guy on a metric cruiser, outfittedwith the standard Harley wannabe pipesand uglygirlfriend package ...what a tool!
I did get a real sh*tty look giving a wave to some guy on a metric cruiser, outfittedwith the standard Harley wannabe pipesand uglygirlfriend package ...what a tool!
Cruiser
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RE: Do I have to wave back at scooter (mopeds)?
Yep...that was me!
I was a metric rider, so I always wave to the metrics...around here it's hard to get a wave from anyone on a Harley (West Central Wisconsin).
TKO
I was a metric rider, so I always wave to the metrics...around here it's hard to get a wave from anyone on a Harley (West Central Wisconsin).
TKO
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Road Warrior
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RE: Do I have to wave back at scooter (mopeds)?
I'll return the wave of anyone who waves at me, unless of course I'm in the middle of shifting or something, then I just nod. There's nothing wrong with being a nice person and acknowledging someone out there.
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