For those who like to wave

[JustPassinThru_imp]

Most bike riders I see on the road wave and a lot of caters do too, I guess they are riders also. Some Pirates wave, some don't; I usually wave to everyone - no harm in being friendly.
In the mountains everyone, and I do mean everyone, waves. When I'm riding the Ural almost everyone waves and many give a thumbs up too. Once again, some Pirates ignore me - smart folks.

I always want to give the Pirates a bag of candy and compliment them on their outfit.

[Nemo_imp]

Cormanus

This is picky I know, sorry, but this is a right handed wave.....

Of course it is. He's in Australia.


Yeah... Throttle lock.

[Cormanus]

Cormanus

This is picky I know, sorry, but this is a right handed wave.....

This is picky I know, sorry, but this is a right handed wave.....
Fair call.

[Riko_imp]

I try to wave at everyone on 2 or 3 wheels. But My experience is similar to Lone Ranger's. While out on the K 1600 it seems everyone waves, including the Harley riders. The CB 1100 gets very few waves from Harley riders. None unless I wave first. I long ago stopped caring whether or not someone waves, but it is interesting. Some bikes just seem to generate more respect than others. Does the CB maybe look a little like a scooter from a distance until you get close, and it's too late?

is that a serious question??
No, really, you're wondering that?

How in gods name can you mistake this CB with anything like a scooter?
It couldn't be farther away from a scooter.

Its a naked retro bike.

Ow, and my current ride is a Burgman 650.
From the front it can look like a genuine motorcycle.
Proof:

But a CB can never look like a scooter, not for even 1%...

Strange question.

[ApathyCurve_imp]

I wave to everybody: scooter pilots, even Harley drones. Everyone is taking the same risk. Whether they wave back or not is of no concern to me.

[kevbroce_imp]

Most of the time I'm first to wave. But today some dude with a side car beat me to it.

It was Jay Leno.

[Inhouse Bob]

Most of the time I'm first to wave. But today some dude with a side car beat me to it.

It was Jay Leno.

Now, that's pretty cool.

[alphonsus_imp]

I started riding in the UK, and there, since we ride on the left side, it's a nod, rather than a wave, to greet fellow riders. It's pretty cool actually. However, in London, nobody nods. There are just way too many bikes, and not really a feeling of camaraderie. It's a selfish city by and large, people focus on themselves mostly - similar to what I found living in New York. Once you leave London though, I found that most everyone in the UK nods.

In Hungary where I live now, there are a lot fewer bikes, and generally everyone waves to each other. Similar to the US, it's an upside down (or vertical) peace sign, or just an index finger.

I wave to everybody, but scooter riders have to wave first

Well, I greet every oncoming motorcyclist by a gentle lift of my left eyebrow.

(Ok, basically in earlier times I waved every other motorcyclist, but then we were a small crowd of non conformists, riding motorcycles. Today it's just everybody's hobby and there are too many out there. At some days, I wouldn't get my left hand back to the handle bar, as I could be continuously waving.)

When I was a student, I gave a lift to a friend of mine with my old car. While he was steering the car, he waved to an oncoming Porsche and the Porsche driver by surprise waved back. "Do you know him?", I asked. He replied: "No, but Porsche drivers greet each other." "Hm", I said, "But this is no Porsche and also you don't own a Porsche at all." "Also future Porsche drivers.", he casually mentioned.

[Headbanger02_imp]

Cormanus

This is picky I know, sorry, but this is a right handed wave.....

Of course it is. He's in Australia.


Yeah... Throttle lock.

Of course it is. He's in Australia.


Yeah... Throttle lock.
Didn't think about that australian wave being that they drive on the opposite side of the road, that being said, how do you wave in aussie land, kinda hard with the throttle hand I would think......?

[MikeOxbig_imp]

Most of the time I'm first to wave. But today some dude with a side car beat me to it.

It was Jay Leno.

Very very cool, but not surprised. Leno is a true car (and bike) guy, a real gear-head and supposedly very down-to-earth when talking to people at car shows. He has been known to show up to local small car shows like Cars and Coffee and Supercar Sundays and people casually chat with him.