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Old 04-20-2011, 12:02 PM
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Originally Posted by IAMSWUTIAMS
I just wonder how many "wave" threads there are in the archives.
I'm guessing as many as the oil threads...


I'll wave, but not to bicyclists. I like to wave at scooters when riding with my friends to freak them out. I figure the scooter people are just misguided.
 
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Old 07-19-2011, 11:31 AM
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Originally Posted by OldMike
LOL, "tradition"
Back in the 70's I saw a cartoon in an Easyriders magazine. It was a drawing of a Harley dresser dash and one of the lights had the tag "Honda rider approaching, prepare to wave". I don't remember this wave stuff from back then, I guess it's a new tradition.
In the sixties all I remember is we did the 'raised fist' thing...sometimes. I suppose it was the forerunner of the 'wave'. Even in the seventies and early eighties I can't remember anyone doing the wave unless you were a Braves fan.
I do like the wave better'n the closed fist {but, mind you...if'n ya passed a one %er and he gave you a smile and a raised fist...you gave him one back, I know I always did.}.
So...when the heck did all that 'wave' stuff start happening, anywho?
{And I, for one, wanta keep it going unless it's during a bikefest.}
 
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Old 07-19-2011, 04:54 PM
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You know if you waved at every freaking bike on the road now a days you'd look like a gay midget in a circle jerk , just saying ............
 

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Old 07-19-2011, 07:31 PM
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thought there was a thread about "just saying"?
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Old 07-19-2011, 11:37 PM
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I was waveing at the fine looking lady on the back of your bike, not at some dude i dont even know let it die...
 
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Old 07-20-2011, 08:01 AM
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Originally Posted by bigpercentcountry
How do they do the wave in the UK, do you have to take your hand off the throttle? That would get annoying really quickly.
We don't tend to wave for exactly this reason. Instead you get a variety of nods - some regular, some a sort of sideways twist.

I never wave, but that's only because I have a waiver.
 
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Old 07-20-2011, 10:08 AM
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I keep wavin but its up to you to wave back wont be no ofence taken enjoy the ride and do your own thing
 
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Waving is like Facebook, "I didn't care for you then and guess what, nothing has changed"
I will give the nod only if I have seen you in my travels or ya got a nice OL on the back. Lol
 
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Old 07-20-2011, 06:05 PM
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i ride a cafe styled nightster and i get more waves from sportbikes than i do harleys or cruisers in general.
 
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Old 07-20-2011, 06:28 PM
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I live in South Georgia and we wave at everybody. Cages pass each other they wave, bikes wave, if we in the yard and someone goes by we wave at each other. When I first moved up here from Florida I thought I was being mistaken for someone else. Until I realized it's just the way they do it here. If I see someone on the road and they don't wave I don't get offended just figure they ain't from around here.
 


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