Total Motorcycle Community Forums

Perhaps we're overrun with newbies, but I've been riding for two seasons and gotten maybe three waves... and the only people who respond to anything are the 'live to ride' crowd flashing the pitchfork. Where's the love? Do you respond to the wave, the nod, the devil's pitchfork, or what? Or are people just prejudiced towards '83 Hondas held together by duct tape?

Motorcycling is becoming too mainstream. People don't know to wave, nor care anymore. No one waves in Italy, because riding isn't something to wave about. It's a fact of life, like eating or sleeping. I like it that way, honestly.

here in CA it's pretty common.

although sometimes, i don't get waves or nods from cruiser riders.

but pretty much from other sportbikers, i almost always get a wave back or they wave at me 1st.

I can tell you people in MN on 82 Yamahas wave and get waved too. Trick is to wave first. You might not get a lot back, but you have to realize that a lot may be just getting the bike out from storage over da long winter, or that whole squid thing...