View Poll Results: Do you wave at other motorcyclists?
I wave at everyone
202
72.14%
I don't wave at anyone
36
12.86%
I wave only at other Harley riders
42
15.00%
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Road Master
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From: New Hartford CT
I think you've got it backwards. The raised fist, 'power to the people' thing came from that era of 60's activism, and became popular with bikers in the early 70's. I got my first street bike in 1972, and don't remember seeing it that year (or maybe I was so busy trying not to fall over that I just missed it). I sold that first bike in the fall to pay for a car and didn't get another bike until the Spring of 1974. When I got that second bike, I was greeted with a raised fist on my way home from picking it up. I was slightly surprised as I hadn't seen it on the road before, and didn't realize that it had become a common gesture among bikers. Don't forget, there were a lot less bikes of all types on the road back then, and some show of solidarity seemed important.
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From: Smoky Hills TN
70's = raised fist
80's = barely lift hand off bars
90's = tilt head back until you feel the sissy bar
00's = 'lowdown' wave. (Basically take hand and lower below your leg, and angle it away from the bike at 45*. You can either point one finger at the ground, or keep the hand open)
80's = barely lift hand off bars
90's = tilt head back until you feel the sissy bar
00's = 'lowdown' wave. (Basically take hand and lower below your leg, and angle it away from the bike at 45*. You can either point one finger at the ground, or keep the hand open)
I cant wave too busy...
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Some of us ol' curmudgeons, jus' refuse to change. It's a lot like building pans and shovels. IF what you're doin' is workin', why the H*LL "F" with it.
Ya, I 'tried' the "down low !!!" BS for a bit, but IMFUO, thumbs down.
Jus' not my 'thang', I guess.
I went back to "THE WAVE", left fist.
First I saw it was '70, BUT, 99% of my 'road time' previous to that, was done in SoDak. And the places we rode, NEVER saw other scoots.
IMHO, one of the 'reasons' for the "fist", was, it was visible from acrossed the median, on the "Super Slab". And those that rode in the early 70's, know, there jus' were not a lot of scoots out there. Rode across Iowa and into Ohio more than once, and you could literally go for hours, and not see another scoot on the Interstate.
I often wondered if it was not the "bad" connotation from the Olympics, that ultiumately lead to it's "demise".
BUT, it is "ALIVE and WELL", in the "Land of 10,000 Lakes, and a FEW WEIRDOS". Tryin' to get the OL to "get with the program". The fact that I "akst" her, is reason enough for her NOT TO!!!!
Someone 'akst' if 1%ers wave. "Old generation", NO !!, "New generation", sometimes. Jus' MFUO, tho.
Ya, I 'tried' the "down low !!!" BS for a bit, but IMFUO, thumbs down.
Jus' not my 'thang', I guess.I went back to "THE WAVE", left fist.
First I saw it was '70, BUT, 99% of my 'road time' previous to that, was done in SoDak. And the places we rode, NEVER saw other scoots.
IMHO, one of the 'reasons' for the "fist", was, it was visible from acrossed the median, on the "Super Slab". And those that rode in the early 70's, know, there jus' were not a lot of scoots out there. Rode across Iowa and into Ohio more than once, and you could literally go for hours, and not see another scoot on the Interstate.
I often wondered if it was not the "bad" connotation from the Olympics, that ultiumately lead to it's "demise".
BUT, it is "ALIVE and WELL", in the "Land of 10,000 Lakes, and a FEW WEIRDOS". Tryin' to get the OL to "get with the program". The fact that I "akst" her, is reason enough for her NOT TO!!!!
Someone 'akst' if 1%ers wave. "Old generation", NO !!, "New generation", sometimes. Jus' MFUO, tho.
