Wave to bikes while driving a car?

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Mag7C
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Wave to bikes while driving a car?

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This morning I was really tired coming home (driving a car). Out of habit I tried to wave to an oncoming bike and smashed my fingers into the window. :lol: Stupid cager.
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I've gotten waves from cars, usually from people who are obviously bikers when they're not contained.
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#3 Unread post by Toyuzu »

:laughing: :laughing:

I find myself almost doing that same thing all the time. I usually stop short of banging my fingers on the window, though. :wink:
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Been there, done that. Felt REAL silly about it, too. :D
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Gummiente wrote:Been there, done that. Felt REAL silly about it, too. :D
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#6 Unread post by Telesque »

I get waves from people in cars sometimes, but I think most of them know who I am, or at least I think I know who they are. :) Other than that, it's usually just little kids or something, who I always wave back to.
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#7 Unread post by BuzZz »

I do it everyday, and they wave back. Small towns, eh. :wink:

In a cage, the trick is to lift your hand off the wheel and towards the windshield, not to the side like on a bike. It is easier for them to see the wave that way.
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#8 Unread post by allawybiker »

I caught myself doing it today and before I could manage to hide my hand, my wife saw it and started laughing hard... U see, I've been riding for a month - first bike - and she thinks I am just going nuts... Come to think about it, I guess I am! :)
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#9 Unread post by Sev »

I've thought about doing it...

One of the things that I noticed today is that guys on harleys and other cruisers are a LOT less likely to wave at me now that I'm out on a sportbikish type ride. Jerks!
Of course I'm generalizing from a single example here, but everyone does that. At least I do.

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Sevulturus wrote:I've thought about doing it...

One of the things that I noticed today is that guys on harleys and other cruisers are a LOT less likely to wave at me now that I'm out on a sportbikish type ride. Jerks!
welcome to the club. my last bike was a big cruiser and i got waves from everyone now on the katana its rare for cruisers to aknowledge me. and sport bikes just dont care about anyone else(so it seems).

i find making eye contact before waving helps them relate that your not just some punk on a crotch rocket.
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