| Author | Message | ||
     Crusty |
It's that time of year again! Let's debate the merits of waving! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7tBHoq49RU&feature =player_embedded | ||
| Patches |
Seen that on HawgRider's Forum the other day. Still Funny. | ||
| Glitch |
I wave. 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 tassel handlebars and the studded luggage and the half helmets - God, they drive me crazy. You know who else I hate? BMW guys. Oh, do I 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 bastards 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 have got all day. Appreciate the scenery somewhere else, Grandpa. Oh, and 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 as long as it is 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. God forbid they should ever 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 going. Please, don't get me started on Kawasaki guys. Ninjas? What are you, twelve years old? I never wave at Kawasaki guys. I ride a Buell. I'll wave at Buell 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 I-285. 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 loud paint jobs. Four pounds of paint on a two pound helmet - like I'm going to wave back at 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 like a family, a close knit brotherhood of people who ride Buells, wear jeans and a leather jacket (not Icon) 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 The Brotherhood of the Road so special? | ||
| Pso |
Glitch I would suggest that perhaps you could use an "Optorectomy" surgical procedure. That is the procedure in which the sugron severs the cord that connects your eye ball to your rectum and gives one a sh*ty outlook.  | ||
| Sekalilgai |
To me, motorcycling is like a family, a close knit brotherhood of people who ride Buells, wear jeans and a leather jacket (not Icon) 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 The Brotherhood of the Road so special? that's some funny s$%t !..oh yeah me too! | ||
| Glitch |
"Optorectomy"  | ||
| Nevrenuf |
damnit dave, i've never seen you get so vocal before and i promise not to go back and look for pics of you in your leathers so no one would construe you as a hypocrit.  | ||
| Ulynut |
Glitch, you left out these guys...  | ||
| Glitch |
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| Glitch |
Glitch, you left out these guys... They're on a scooter, they don't count (Message edited by glitch on April 10, 2010) | ||
| Slaughter |
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| Ustorque |
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| Whatever |
Yeah, like you're going to get your knee down on I-285. Nice crotch, by the way.  I don't wave to anyone with camel toe, myself. I have seen those kevlar re-inforced riding jeans for women in Cycle World and I am going to have to get some of those soon... Anyone I wave to just gets a few fingers up off the left handlebar anyway... I am not taking my hand off the brake with so many squids on the road... never...  | ||
| Crusty |
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| Bcordb3 |
Where is Dr. Phil when you need him! | ||
| Ulynut |
The best thing about riding in winter is that there's less people you have to wave to. I really get tired of waving to everyone. But it really really ticks me off when someone doesn't wave back. Should I go see a shrink now? | ||
| Nevrenuf |
that was just to good glitch. loved it. the only thing i think about when i'm on the buell and one of those dooragged schmucks passes me and doesn't wave is, i'm sure he would have waved if he knew i owned a harley.  yea right. | ||
| Etennuly |
All winter I make a special effort to wave at the only other riders stupid enough to ride in snow and ice storms. A test of their fortitude to see if they will release their grip on the bars. Since our weather went from snow three weeks ago to 80F, the squids have been crawling out to wear their shorts and wife beater Ts. Less people have waved thus far this year than any other year I can remember.....F'em! I don't need no stinkin' wave anyway. I'm not riding for their benefit. So if one of you, or them, happens to wave and I don't get to wave back because I've been conditioned by those riders I have met coming the other way so far this year, oh well.....HTFU! I know I'll get over it!  | ||
| Ulynut |
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| Xb9rnutt |
I always wave but if they dont wave back I just change it to a middle finger. It is funny though if you ride with a group of Harley guys you will always get the wave. | ||
| Sticks |
I used to wave at other bikers all the time. I really didn't think too much about it either way. Sure, whatever... Well, I had a nerve injury that made my left arm pretty useless for about a year and a half. All I had for transportation was my XB and a Sportster. No car at the time. I learned to ride okayish by lifting my left arm up onto the handle bars using my right (good) arm. I could ride once I had my hands on the bars and off I go... Hey, this isn't so bad, nice day. Oh look, a fellow rider. He waves, my reaction of course is to wave back. Yeah, so I didn't really wave so much as just let go of the bars on the left and couldn't get my arm back up there. I tried to sort of crawl my hand up like a spider but that didn't work very well. I was able to reach across with my right arm and get my left back hand back on the bars but it was spooky at first. It makes me laugh now to think about it but at the time it was kindof scary. I just got out of the habit of waving even though both arms work now. | ||
| 86129squids |
Is this a political thread? LOL I wave at most bikers, regardless of brand- unless there's just SO MANY on the road, then I give up. If they don't wave back, either they're noobs and too scared to remove a hand from the bars, or they're "just not doing it right", too cool to themselves to REALLY "get" what riding is all about. You're a biker, you're fandamily to me.  | ||
| 99savage |
glitch, Hope you don't mind if I rip you off. Will never think of anything that funny on my own. Good job. | ||
| Fast1075 |
I wave at everybody...so there... .. and I sometimes wear my leathers and my helmet is a bit loud...but I have a solid black one for those dark days...but when I'm mid corner trying to not run over the guy on the Kannatuna, in my black Buell adventure jacket and my black helmet with dark shield and black gloves...I don't wave then...I'm too busy screaming "Get the F---k out of the way" at the squid blocking my line.... What was I saying??? I have bike with funny brake. Oh yeah...I wave at most everybody...maybe it's just "different" in Florida.....gotta be nice...the roads are crammed with huge schools of pirates on tasseled up cruisers this time of year. | ||
| Cityxslicker |
i figured thats what the trigger finger switch was for. Why wave when you can flash? I especially like it when coeds in Jeeps flash... I love summer in this town. | ||
| Leftcoastal |
Gonna get me a broke bobblehead and make it into a bobblehand. Put a glove on it and mount it to the bars. Waves at everyone, good, bad or indifferent. That'll show the bastids. Leaves the hands free to point at stuff. Can't point at too much stuff, as we all know. | ||
| Mr_grumpy |
When I don't feel like waving I use....... The NOD. | ||
| Jaimec |
Haven't you guys read "The Book of Buell?" I thought that answered the question of waving once and for all!  | ||
| Paint_shaker |
Sometimes I wave... Sometimes I don't. Life goes on! lol | ||
| Patches |
This is the answer to your waving problem. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32WhJurJUiU |
