marking this for when i get a trailer...

 

Wave if you want.

Why do you trailer your bike?

 

Just keep hands at the 10 & 2 position . The rest will work itself out .

 

Spotted this elsewhere on the Internets. Figured it would fit right in here:


"I love motorcycles, and I love riding. Like many of you, what first drew me to bikes was not just the experience of riding, but the feeling that I'd become part of a special community—a brotherhood, really. Nothing calms me more than a long ride down the interstate, waving to the members of my beloved clan.

Except when I pass Harley guys. I hate Harley guys. Hate, hate, hate. When they pass me on the highway, you know what I do? I don't wave. With their little tassle handlebars and the studded luggage and the half-helmets—

God, they drive me crazy.

You know who else I hate? BMW guys. Oh, I do hate those guys. I don't wave at them, either. They think they're so great, sitting all upright, with their 180-degree German engines. God, I hate them.

They're almost as bad as those old *******s on their touring motorcycles. You know what I call those bikes? "Two-wheeled couches!" Get it? Because they're so big. They drive around like they've got all day. Appreciate the scenery somewhere else, Grampa, and while you're at it, I'm not waving to you.

Ducati guys—I don't wave at them either. Why don't they spend a little more money on their bikes? "You can have it in any color you want, as long as it's red." Aren't you cool! Like they even know what a desmo-whatever engine is, anyway. Try finding the battery, you Italian-wannabe racers! I never, ever wave at those guys.

Suzuki guys aren't much better, which is why I never wave at them, either. They always have those stupid helmets sitting on top of their stupid heads, and God forbid they should wear any safety gear. They make me so mad. Sometimes they'll speed by and look over at me and you know what I do? I don't wave. I just keep on going.

Please, don't get me started on Kawasaki guys. Ninjas? What are you, twelve years old? Team Green my ***. I never wave at Kawasaki guys.

I ride a Honda, and I'll only wave at Honda guys, but even then, I'll never wave at a guy in full leathers. Never, never, never. Yeah, like you're going to get your knee down on the New York Thruway. Nice crotch, by the way. Guys in full leathers will never get a wave from me, and by the way, neither will the guys in two-piece leathers.

And I'll tell you who else I'm not waving at—those guys with the helmets with the loud paintjobs. Four pounds of paint on a two pound helmet–like I'm going to wave back to that! I'll also never wave at someone with a mirrored visor. Or helmet stickers. Or racing gloves. Or hiking boots.

To me, motorcycling is a like a family, a close-knit brotherhood of people who ride Hondas, wear jeans and a leather jacket (not Vanson) with regular gloves and a solid-color helmet with a clear visor, no stickers, no racing gloves and regular boots (not Timberlands).

And isn't that what really makes riding so special?"

 

Harley riders don't always ride back because it might void the factory warranty. Goldwing riders don't wave back because they aren't sure if it was a wave or the finger you gave them. BMW riders don't wave back because it's not proper riding posture. Sport bike riders don't wave back because they are too busy pulling their flip flop back on.

 

HA this is awesome!!! Even though I own a Harley I would say about 30% of the people that I pass across wave at me

 

I just completed a 4600 mile trip from Wisconsin out to Boise, Idaho, up to Glacier, down to Yellowstone and then through the Black Hills and back to Wisconsin. I found that owners of all makes of bikes wave and we waved back. It's just being friendly.

 

I guess I must have been the exception, when you rode thru Denver you passed me on 70 and I waived to you only to get no reply - then again you might have been busy checking for forum posting violators as you did have your laptop opened and balanced on your handlebars and your big gulp in your cup holder as you cruised past me - - lol, JK

 

Sorry, dude. I'll wave next time.

 

I think this will go the way of all oil threads. LOL
I'm going to guess 80% wave and 20% don't.

I ride about 10K a year - Rolling Thunder, Canadian HOG rallys etc. I wave to all riders - even scooters (that drives them crazy) and there's not very many that DON'T wave back. I found myself not waving a few times because I was looking at something else and didn't see the other rider in time to wave back. I did feel a little guilty at the time.
I've been waving for over 50 years and will continue to do so. If you wave back - great, but if you don't - I don't care. You either didn't see me of you couldn't give a f%$# - it doesn't bother me.
There are many different types of wave. I do the old traditional wave, left arm up above the shoulder with hand open. The one I don't care for is the lazy finger pointing at the ground wave. If I actually do see it (the rider usually has on a black glove against a blacked out engine so you really can't see it from afar), I can't tell if he's pointing at something on the ground or waving. At least it's an acknowledgement so nothing wrong with it.
If I had to pick a certain type of rider that waves back the least amount - it would be the "old school motorcycle gang" type. Just my observations.