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Re: People and crappy attitudes
Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2010 5:20 pm
by High_Side
ceemes wrote:I wave most of the time, tho I do notice its mainly the posers on choppers who don't wave back. But as for universal hand signal for bikers, I think there should be one that could be used to warn on-coming riders that a speed tax collector has set up shop just down the road. Couple of times while riding home, I've spotted an unmarked RCMP mini-van pulled off to the side of the other side of the highway usually around a bend just awaiting for some poor soul to blast by, then a few minutes later see an on-coming rider heading straight into the trap. Apart from flashing my high beams at him or her, we've no way of warning them. And with headlight modulators, odds are they wont notice the warning. I was thinking a hand sign, something thing like holding out your arm with your palm outward and fingers spread wide open, and then clenching into a fist...sort of like showing 5-0......just a thought
I've seen and used the left handed low-down bastketball dribble which seems intuitive to slow it down when you see it. Works for warning of moose ahead too btw.
Re: People and crappy attitudes
Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2010 3:44 pm
by Brackstone
High_Side wrote:
I've seen and used the left handed low-down bastketball dribble which seems intuitive to slow it down when you see it. Works for warning of moose ahead too btw.
Someone on the forum once said knocking on your helmet used to be universal for police ahead.
Re: People and crappy attitudes
Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2010 2:52 am
by High_Side
Brackstone wrote:High_Side wrote:
I've seen and used the left handed low-down bastketball dribble which seems intuitive to slow it down when you see it. Works for warning of moose ahead too btw.
Someone on the forum once said knocking on your helmet used to be universal for police ahead.
In 24 years on the street I have never seen that one...perhaps there are different signals in different areas
Re: People and crappy attitudes
Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 2:12 am
by Locopez
High_Side wrote:Brackstone wrote:High_Side wrote:
I've seen and used the left handed low-down bastketball dribble which seems intuitive to slow it down when you see it. Works for warning of moose ahead too btw.
Someone on the forum once said knocking on your helmet used to be universal for police ahead.
In 24 years on the street I have never seen that one...perhaps there are different signals in different areas
Knocking on the helmet....yeah that is the one I have been using for about 10 years. I have found that to be very common here in Cali. Have even seen the hand down low/basketball dribble.....
Maybe we should get someone to get a study going and make a job of it?????
Re: People and crappy attitudes
Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 1:33 pm
by pinger05
Here in Colorado Springs just about everyone waves at everyone.
Re: People and crappy attitudes
Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 7:51 pm
by sapaul
Are you talking about on bikes are just in general. I have this picture of like the stepford wives with everyone smiling and waving
Re: People and crappy attitudes
Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 9:35 pm
by Grey Thumper
I don't wave all the time (I'm in Asia, and there are way too many motorcycles on the road to do that), but when I do, I'm pretty indiscriminate.
I can't really predict who'll wave back. Most of those who do are on sportbikes (simply because most of the big bikes around here are sport bikes). Bmw riders tend to wave back too (same brand and all that jazz). Scooter riders practically never wave back, possibly out of shock that they're even being acknowledged.
Re: People and crappy attitudes
Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2010 6:01 pm
by JC Viper
I noticed that around here the scooter riders are the least expected to wave or wave back because to them us regular motorcycle riders are considered noisy, dirty and wannabe tough guys. It's a NYC thing I guess and mostly with these damn hipsters who think they're too cool for norms. Maxi scooter riders are cool though.
Next up would be the "hardcore" Harley guys and waving is not a thing to do when you're wearing tattoos, bandana, half helmet, tank top and jeans. You can't look like a nice guy waving at people if you wanna look like a Hell's Angel.
Other than that many riders wave to each other or at least give a nod or some other acknowledgement except when braking, turning, cornering etc.
Re: People and crappy attitudes
Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2010 6:42 pm
by BuzZz
Around here it works like this....
Spring comes and everybody pulls the bikes out and they wave to anything on 2 wheels like special-ed rejects.
During the summer the waving tapers off until early fall when the waving pretty much stops unless you are in the middle of nowhere (lots of nowhere around here) and then you wave at any bike just because you both know you are part of the same club and we all stick together.
Then in late fall when it gets colder and there are far less bikes on the road, people start waving at each other again. Just because we feel it's 'us against them' again.
Then in winter we all just scowl and don't wave to anybody for anything cause the bikes are put up for the winter and we are all miserable....
Re: People and crappy attitudes
Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2010 9:15 pm
by JC Viper
And then global warming hits the northern hemisphere and the riding season extends to all year round for most folks. Waving commences.