Sport Bikes and Harleys
#21
06-25-2007, 06:00 PM
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RE: Sport Bikes and Harleys
I used to wave to every biker that I passed until I started reading this forum. Now, since Ive heard this question so many times, whenever someone waves to me, I give them the finger and swerve into their lane to try and run them off the road. Then I ride straight home and log on to HDForums to see if one of you "Wave" guys has posted about me flippin you the bird and trying to make you wreck. 
#22
06-25-2007, 06:03 PM
RE: Sport Bikes and Harleys
I'd rather put up wit roadrash for a week,,,than wear a leather all summer....butt thats my choice.... I don't gear up to go down,,,,I gear down to go up in the summer....and I do wave to all,,far and few between around here....
#24
06-25-2007, 06:11 PM
RE: Sport Bikes and Harleys
ORIGINAL: AZ Rider
I don't wave. I don't want to wave. I'm not going to wave at a hundred other bikes who come toward me everytime I ride. Some really need to get over this. A guy not returning a wave doesn't indicate anything except that he doesn't want to wave.
I don't wave. I don't want to wave. I'm not going to wave at a hundred other bikes who come toward me everytime I ride. Some really need to get over this. A guy not returning a wave doesn't indicate anything except that he doesn't want to wave.
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06-25-2007, 06:24 PM
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RE: Sport Bikes and Harleys
I waved to a scooter rider the other day, does that count for anything?
#26
06-25-2007, 06:48 PM
RE: Sport Bikes and Harleys
I came off the rice burner side and I think HD guys wave moreoften than not. I use to wave back from My turbo 750. Now Busa riders hardley ever wave back. But that could be from the leaning over ifI let go ofbars my 17 year old scrawny arm will cave in as I fall off my bike. For me I chenged over because I older, rounder, and being hunched over for 150 miles is sure way to miss work the next week
#27
06-25-2007, 06:55 PM
RE: Sport Bikes and Harleys
ORIGINAL: Suki
My son and i "debate" this subject MANY, many times, and i'm sure it's been discussed on this forum NUMEROUS times, but id like to see other's opinions, as well...
My son, Nate, who rides a GSXR says the "Haaaarley" riders are the "snobs" and the ones who never initiate the "wave" and my personal feeling is the Harley folks almost always will wave first, (even when i rode a metric, for many years, HD people always waved to me) regardless of your ride and it's the sport bike 'kids' who don't wave. We ride a lot together, yup the Dyna along side the Gixxer, bridging the "gap", and as a pair, i'd say 90% of the time, all riders wave, but solo, unless i wave first, ususallythe crotch rockets won't/don't, and vise versa, he says the Harley folks don't. So, in your opinion, who's snobbier, Harley people or Sport people and why do you guys think that is? j/c....
My son and i "debate" this subject MANY, many times, and i'm sure it's been discussed on this forum NUMEROUS times, but id like to see other's opinions, as well...
My son, Nate, who rides a GSXR says the "Haaaarley" riders are the "snobs" and the ones who never initiate the "wave" and my personal feeling is the Harley folks almost always will wave first, (even when i rode a metric, for many years, HD people always waved to me) regardless of your ride and it's the sport bike 'kids' who don't wave. We ride a lot together, yup the Dyna along side the Gixxer, bridging the "gap", and as a pair, i'd say 90% of the time, all riders wave, but solo, unless i wave first, ususallythe crotch rockets won't/don't, and vise versa, he says the Harley folks don't. So, in your opinion, who's snobbier, Harley people or Sport people and why do you guys think that is? j/c....
#28
06-25-2007, 07:02 PM
RE: Sport Bikes and Harleys
I'm a sport bike, BMW and HD rider and I wave to everyone no matterwhat I am riding or they are riding. I do notice one thing being a member of other boards, mainly the sportbike board I frequent, is that the HD riders are the ones most concerned with "the wave" and what other riders are more/less snobbish. I find it very funny how many of you are mostly concerned about who waves and who doesn't, who's the most snobbish of the riders and the other, IMO, silly and childish "rituals" or issues you come up with. I have many friends, across many makes, riding styles and ages and NONE OF THEM are as particular or as opiniated as some of the HD riders. Granted, I think many of you could care less what someone rides or who waves, but by beating the wave vs. no wave and the "ricers vs. HD riders posts in the ground tells me you should be riding more and worrying what everyone else thinks/feels MUCH less.
As long as you are on two wheels, does it really matter what you ride?
Just my .02,
Tank
As long as you are on two wheels, does it really matter what you ride?
Just my .02,
Tank
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06-25-2007, 07:29 PM
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RE: Sport Bikes and Harleys
ORIGINAL: ken thompson
Is that a pic of you in your avatar wearing YOUR gear.
ORIGINAL: FACTION95
Well my opinion comes from being an ex-sport bike rider. I would always read on the forums or see in person someone down on a sport bike. Dead or severely injuredbecause of no geara like squid. Or get up and walk away becauseof a good leather jacket. So gearing up is a huge thing. It makes the difference between life and death. Soeven going down at 30MPH with just a wife beater and your talking skin graph city! Its always a personal choice and statistically sport bikers go down way more than cruisers. I've been down and its a painful experience not only physically but mentally and financially as well. I know that summer is here. But wear your gear.
Well my opinion comes from being an ex-sport bike rider. I would always read on the forums or see in person someone down on a sport bike. Dead or severely injuredbecause of no geara like squid. Or get up and walk away becauseof a good leather jacket. So gearing up is a huge thing. It makes the difference between life and death. Soeven going down at 30MPH with just a wife beater and your talking skin graph city! Its always a personal choice and statistically sport bikers go down way more than cruisers. I've been down and its a painful experience not only physically but mentally and financially as well. I know that summer is here. But wear your gear.
#30
06-25-2007, 07:50 PM
RE: Sport Bikes and Harleys
Ohboyohboyohboyohboyohboy!!!!!! ANOTHER WAVE THREAD!!!!! I don't wave anymore. I blow a kiss and then do the Macarena when passing other bikes. On rare occasions I'll stand on the pegs and expose my genitals while blowing snot out of my nose. And with a full-face helmet it's pretty messy.[sm=gobble.gif][sm=biker.gif]