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Saluting oncoming riders?
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(09-18-2018, 04:57 AM)apex1_imp Wrote: I wave at all, except for Polaris Slingshots, which really are like cars. I also don’t wave during Bike Week in Daytona—there is an unwritten but well understood rule that waving is suspended during Bike Week. Way too many bikes.

that's not how you spell "Saturn Sky."
(09-18-2018, 12:56 AM)DHB_imp Wrote:
(09-17-2018, 02:24 AM)EmptySea_imp Wrote:
(09-17-2018, 01:34 AM)Retsel_imp Wrote: Had to look it up! Heard it many times but never new. Is this accurate?

Squid = Stupidly Quick, Underdressed, Ignorant and Dangerous (motorcycle Slang)

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I don't really believe that the term "Squid" was originated from an acronym, but maybe I'm wrong. I've heard it directed mainly at young and newish riders who are overconfident and under-qualified. I'm not sure exactly how one would identify these characteristics while passing a motorcyclist traveling in the opposite direction except in fairly rare instances, but perhaps DHB has a different definition for the term.

I wave at every motorcycle or scooter that I notice, at every little kid whose head turns from the sidewalk as I pass on the street, occasionally at bicyclists if they are out in the middle of nowhere working really hard, and accidentally at fellow Jeep owners when I forget that I'm on my bike.

I don't really believe that the term "Squid" was originated from an acronym, but maybe I'm wrong. I've heard it directed mainly at young and newish riders who are overconfident and under-qualified. I'm not sure exactly how one would identify these characteristics while passing a motorcyclist traveling in the opposite direction except in fairly rare instances, but perhaps DHB has a different definition for the term.

I wave at every motorcycle or scooter that I notice, at every little kid whose head turns from the sidewalk as I pass on the street, occasionally at bicyclists if they are out in the middle of nowhere working really hard, and accidentally at fellow Jeep owners when I forget that I'm on my bike.
I don't know where the term came from, but it's pretty easy to identify them as they approach. No helmet, shorts and/or flip-flops, and traveling too fast are the usual indications.

I don't know where the term came from, but it's pretty easy to identify them as they approach.
I like that acronym, but I always understood "squid" to refer to their squishy, unprotected nature, like their invertebrate cousins. for example, harley bros who wear nothing but a little leather vest and sunglasses for protection are still squids, even though they are not stupidly quick.
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Saluting oncoming riders? - by MaFiHa_imp - 09-16-2018, 05:37 PM
RE: Saluting oncoming riders? - by Rocky_imp - 09-16-2018, 07:22 PM
RE: Saluting oncoming riders? - by MaFiHa_imp - 09-16-2018, 09:04 PM
RE: Saluting oncoming riders? - by DHB_imp - 09-16-2018, 09:47 PM
Saluting oncoming riders? - by Retsel_imp - 09-17-2018, 01:34 AM
RE: Saluting oncoming riders? - by pdedse - 09-17-2018, 01:59 AM
RE: Saluting oncoming riders? - by EmptySea_imp - 09-17-2018, 02:24 AM
RE: Saluting oncoming riders? - by aschem_imp - 09-17-2018, 03:18 AM
RE: Saluting oncoming riders? - by QimmiQ_imp - 09-17-2018, 03:26 AM
RE: Saluting oncoming riders? - by Nemo_imp - 09-17-2018, 03:35 AM
RE: Saluting oncoming riders? - by EmptySea_imp - 09-17-2018, 04:17 AM
RE: Saluting oncoming riders? - by Banned_imp - 09-17-2018, 04:47 AM
RE: Saluting oncoming riders? - by Wisedrum - 09-17-2018, 05:34 AM
RE: Saluting oncoming riders? - by Django - 09-17-2018, 07:21 AM
RE: Saluting oncoming riders? - by Roper_imp - 09-17-2018, 11:04 AM
RE: Saluting oncoming riders? - by Cormanus - 09-17-2018, 06:57 PM
RE: Saluting oncoming riders? - by peterbaron - 09-17-2018, 08:43 PM
RE: Saluting oncoming riders? - by DHB_imp - 09-18-2018, 12:56 AM
RE: Saluting oncoming riders? - by EmptySea_imp - 09-18-2018, 04:03 AM
RE: Saluting oncoming riders? - by apex1_imp - 09-18-2018, 04:57 AM
Saluting oncoming riders? - by MMC_imp - 09-18-2018, 07:04 AM
RE: Saluting oncoming riders? - by misterprofessionality - 09-18-2018, 07:10 AM
RE: Saluting oncoming riders? - by Cormanus - 09-18-2018, 08:18 AM
RE: Saluting oncoming riders? - by Cormanus - 09-19-2018, 06:18 AM
RE: Saluting oncoming riders? - by riggies_imp - 09-19-2018, 07:05 AM
RE: Saluting oncoming riders? - by Ben70_imp - 09-19-2018, 09:45 AM

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