G oog le BadWeB | Login/out | Topics | Search | Custodians | Register | Edit Profile

Buell Forum » XBoard » Buell XBoard Archives » Archive through April 16, 2005 » Harley guys don't do the wave? » Archive through April 12, 2005 « Previous Next »

Author Message
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message

Midknyte
Posted on Monday, April 11, 2005 - 10:49 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I got a thumb (up) from one cage this weekend and an "Is that a Firebolt?" from another. Even "they" are catching on. Some anyhow.
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message

Scitz
Posted on Monday, April 11, 2005 - 10:51 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I think some of the Jap sport bike riders don't wave because they're to busy trying to figure out what kind of bike your on because it looks so cool and different.
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message

Stryker_buell
Posted on Monday, April 11, 2005 - 10:58 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I believe that the reason the some Harley rides don’t wave is because when they raise a hand to wave, the fringe from their jacket slaps them in the face.
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message

Cyko_bob
Posted on Monday, April 11, 2005 - 11:08 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Smile and wave...make 'em wonder what you are up to...not a big deal to me if someone does not wave. They have to live in "their" world, not mine.

Besides, when I was growing up in Texas (long time ago), everyone waved, whether they drove a car, pickup, or a tractor. That is no longer the case with the population growth...but I still wave when I get the urge...or as someone posted, a thumbs up if I really like it...another Bueller or some such idiot

Cyko Bob
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message

Slaughter
Posted on Monday, April 11, 2005 - 11:23 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I'll wave when I can leggo the bars. I know I'm not always paying attention to other riders - cos I'm watching something else. I guess that means I don't return waves too. (Dang Buell riders NEVER wave)

If some yuppie on a Harley CYABFDAMF - or whatever alphabet soup he's riding doesn't respond to a wave, I don't take it personally. Also, they're more likely to be "too cool" to wave and will do the little 2-fingered "V" without letting go the bars - or an under-the-bar kinda wave. (just an observation)

(Message edited by slaughter on April 11, 2005)
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message

Tucsonxb9s
Posted on Monday, April 11, 2005 - 11:29 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I would guess the majority of bikes I pass regardless of make wave back...it's just a matter of over or under. Cruisers and sportbikers do the down low where it seems Goldwingers and Bimmer riders tend to be above. Why is that???

My first generation Miata used to get waves...you'd hit the button that would "blink" the retractable head lights up and down. Funny thing was the first time someone did it to me I thought there was something wrong with my car!
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message

Mike_bolts
Posted on Monday, April 11, 2005 - 12:07 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I've noticed that on recent rides, the Harley snobs don't wave anymore. I can't figure these guys out, typical scum bags... doctors.. lawyers... Everyone else does, so I just keep on waving. I'll stop at the local ice house on my way home and they won't even say hello until they see that "American Motorcycles" logo on the tank. Usually then I get "why did you buy a Buell and not a Sportster?" questions. Oh well... some people will never get it!
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message

Scitz
Posted on Monday, April 11, 2005 - 12:16 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

To me a Sportster is like buying a 4 or 6 cylinder Mustang. You want to look cool and be part of the crowd but your on a slow over priced POS.
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message

Slaughter
Posted on Monday, April 11, 2005 - 12:20 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I've heard that "real motorcycle" thing too.

Guy at the usual biker coffee/potty stop in the hills asks me why I didn't buy a "real bike" instead of (his stupidity) - a "modified 883" (I was on my XB9) - duuuuh....

I told him - you mean a Yamaha? (he didn't get it)
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message

Bonesbuell
Posted on Monday, April 11, 2005 - 12:30 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

give a few taps on the top of your helmet, that should get their attn (it means police ahead, slow down)
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message

Diablobrian
Posted on Monday, April 11, 2005 - 12:38 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

the "Harley guys" will even sometimes refer to a sportster as "half a harley". I wonder what that makes the Buell in their eyes?
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message

Road_thing
Posted on Monday, April 11, 2005 - 12:51 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Mike_bolts--scroom, we geologist scum still wave...

Give some thought to attending the Buell BBQ gathering at el Ranchito Chingadero this Saturday--see the Houston Buellers thread under Storm Fronts--I wanna see that CityX up close!

rt
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message

Buelluk
Posted on Monday, April 11, 2005 - 01:36 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Mike_bolts..the non waving Harley riders me off as well ( sometimes )..but keep the Harley rider abuse down ,a lot of the guys on this site rides Harley's as well as Buell's
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message

M1combat
Posted on Monday, April 11, 2005 - 01:46 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I generally do the Two finger low wave... If they don't wave, I convert it to the one finger high wave...
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message

Daveinm
Posted on Monday, April 11, 2005 - 01:55 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I get more waves from the Harley guys when I'm on my Harley than when I'm on my Buell.
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message

Xb9rski
Posted on Monday, April 11, 2005 - 01:55 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

the "Harley guys" will even sometimes refer to a sportster as "half a harley". I wonder what that makes the Buell in their eyes?

"I've always heard that the Sportster's are chick bike's"

"Ride it till it seizes"

Ski
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message

Diablobrian
Posted on Monday, April 11, 2005 - 02:06 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I've heard the chick bike thing too, and I wasn't attempting to abuse anyone, merely posing a question
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message

Kootenay
Posted on Monday, April 11, 2005 - 04:01 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Around here, most guys wave, even the "badass Harley" types wearing the fingerless gloves. I usually just drop my hand for the ol' "low wave." One guy on a cruiser the other day waved back so high and hard I thought he might fall off his bike...
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message

Daveinm
Posted on Monday, April 11, 2005 - 06:10 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

My sportster isn't even close to being a chic bike. Then again, it's not really a normal sportster either.
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message

Jeremyh
Posted on Monday, April 11, 2005 - 06:21 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

for sakes if it has the damn logo on it its a damn harley. if it sais buell well guess what...its a freaking buell. if some cornhole wants to be an about the sportster or the buell being half a harley or not a "real bike" let him/her, all that matters is that regardless of what dumbasses like that say... the fact is it is a REAL motorcycle no matter what. For sakes hello.... 2 wheels,motor, and guess what its a damn motorcycle.
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message

Slaughter
Posted on Monday, April 11, 2005 - 06:25 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I drink dark ale. I don't say hello to people who drink pale.
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message

Jeremyh
Posted on Monday, April 11, 2005 - 06:28 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

i'll wave to anybody on a harley or any motorcycle for that matter but just because they drive a harley doesn't mean i think they are the . Personally i'd rather own something with an S&S Engine. Like the Big Dog Ridgeback.
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message

Leftcoastal
Posted on Monday, April 11, 2005 - 09:34 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Please do not get annoyed or take it personal when the Harley riders don't wave. From my observation of other Harley riders (I've been riding H-D's for 35+years, Buells for the last 8 or 9) most of them are such pi$$-poor riders that you really want them to keep hold of the bars!
AL
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message

Buells Rule!
(Dyna in disguise)

Posted on Monday, April 11, 2005 - 10:09 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

keep the Harley rider abuse down ,a lot of the guys on this site rides Harley's as well as Buell's

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message

Sleeper_777
Posted on Monday, April 11, 2005 - 11:24 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

If I'm in heavy traffic I tend not to wave and look at other motorcyclists as it takes away my attention from the cages around me. Otherwise I wave.
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message

Xbolt12
Posted on Monday, April 11, 2005 - 11:48 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Maybe they can't hang on to the beer, the ape hangers, and wave at the same time.

As for the GoldWings and BMW's, it's hard to wave while loading another CD and plotting your course on the GPS and taking a call on your cell phone : )

xbolt12
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message

Nedwreck
Posted on Tuesday, April 12, 2005 - 12:30 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Everyone waves here. Sorta. The big thing seems to be the low wave. Kinda like "Hey, you got a low tyre" or something.

Me? I do the Beauty Queen. Just coz I'm a smartarse.

Bob
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message

Shawn_9r
Posted on Tuesday, April 12, 2005 - 12:59 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I think they don't wave or the preferred "shaka" back here in Hawaii is because my bike is "louder" than their's.

Shawn
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message

Brucelee
Posted on Tuesday, April 12, 2005 - 09:32 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

What's a Harley?
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message

Blackxb9
Posted on Tuesday, April 12, 2005 - 10:16 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I noticed I got more waves when it was colder out and only a few bikers were on the road. 99% of bikes I passed gave the wave. Now with all the bikes on the road guys just seem to be tired of it.
« Previous Next »

Topics | Last Day | Tree View | Search | User List | Help/Instructions | Rules | Program Credits Administration