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oddly enough, the harley guys usually wave, it's the sport bike guys that don't

Have you ever had someone blink their lights at you instead of waving? I just waved back, but isn't headlight/horn sgnaling mean something? (forgive the noob)

And I have to say most sportbike guys wave at sportbikes and most cruiser harley guys only wave at cruisers. I wave at everybody

i have to say i agree with Bike Phreak, i've seen more cruiser to cruiser and SB to SB waves than anything else...i have a cruiser and i wave at everyone, but i get more return waves from the cruisers...my boyfriend has a SB and he calls us cruiser riders snobs because he says he gets more waves from other SB riders!

we were on a ride together the other day, passed three guys on SB with my boyfriend leading, he waved at them and they all waved back, but when i waved, they all put their hands back on their bikes! biker snobs are really irritating...

i say, wave at everyone! you may just make someone's day!

I was riding into town the other day and there was a cruiser coming the other direction. Soon as I put my hand out to wave instead of just not waving back, he actually pulled his hand off his grip and put it in his lap. I felt like throwing my helmet at him.

yea , life sure does have a lot of bottoms in it.

Basically, if you wave at anyone and they see you, they should acknowledge by waving back, knodding, whatever. I dont really care if they're riding a bicycle , a scooter, a moped, a motorcycle, or doing a crabwalk down the side of the road, just wave back or acknowledge, because if you dont, you're an "O Ring". end of story.

But yea, there are a lot of bottoms. Oh well.

Riding my classic Honda I seem to get waves from everyone, sport bikes, cruiser, standards, enduro's, scooters. Pretty much everyone but the Harley clowns.

Sometimes I think this waving thing gets out of hand.

On days when there are alot of bikes out I feel like I'm waving all the time. I've even seen guys waving at me from across a 4 lane highway with a 50' meridian in the middle!

I try to wave back as much as I can or give nod but I just can't keep up with them all.

that reminds me, i have an old Jeep CJ and there is a similiar wave . Usually its fine because you dont see them on the road that much. But If i take it to a jeep show or something, sometimes i see a row of 10+ cj's. Am i supposed to wave to all of them?

Yea, sometimes it gets a bit out of hand..

I get people waving when I'm stopped at a light and both hands are occupied. I either nod or hold the clutch in with thumb and index finger and wave with the other three.

I was the asshat on the other end of that deal once. Saw a bike stopped at an intersection while I was making a left. Waved to him, and the car in front of the car in front of me stopped to make a right hand turn RIGHT after the intersection. Nearly rearended someone. I felt like an idiot.

I like to wave at little kids when they wave. Whether they're walking, or in a car, or on a bike, anything. It's always nice when you can see the smile on some little kid's face when you make his day.

Just today coming home from work, there was a kid sitting in between to older guys in a truck. He turned around and saw me and waved like a maniac. I waved back and he thought that was the coolest thing. I passed them outside of town, the guy in the driver seat even had a smile as I passed and waved to the kid again.

Recently I've been discouraged regarding the whole waving thing. I can't remember the last time I was waved to by anyone who wasn't on a sport bike. Because of this, I find myself waving to less and less people.

The only exception is the ocasional wave from Goldwingers.