Bandit Alley
GENERAL MOTORCYCLE FORUMS => GENERAL MOTORCYCLE => Topic started by: jbrough7 on May 03, 2006, 07:23:03 AM
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C'mon now, admit it - there you are riding down a lonely country road and you drop your left hand down and practice your wave!! Am I right?
Do you go for the cool 45 degree point going down toward the other bike? The smaller index finger point? The full hand slap method? Or the Queen Elizabeth curleque??
Be honest! :motorsmile:
Jim
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You do dontcha ROFL... Wavin at the bushes J ???
I never really thought about it. Mine was always just lift the left hand about 3 inches and point at them casually with 2 fingers (index and the one next to it), kinda like a sideways one-two peace sign. I always did it to cops as we passed on 2 laners just to acknowledge I was aware of the road, and most flicked a wave back through the widshield. Really only a couple looked staraight at me and snubbed.
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I usually go for the biggest, gayest wave I can muster. Think the Jim Carey character in Dumb and Dumber or Forest Gump whe Lt. Dan shows up on the dock of his shrimp boat. :bigok:
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I usually go for the biggest, gayest wave I can muster. Think the Jim Carey character in Dumb and Dumber or Forest Gump whe Lt. Dan shows up on the dock of his shrimp boat. :bigok:
LMFAO !
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I just lift the four fingers of my left hand without letting go of the bars. Oh, well, I used to until I put the V-Strom handguards on. Now I nod.
It's safer than taking your hands off "the wheel".
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I don't practice it, there are enough bikes on the road around here I don't need to do that. :lol:
I do the sideways peace sign, like Mike, but do it below the bars instead of raised.
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hell most of the guys around here ride hardly ablesons and dont wave at all. and the stunta dorks dont wave either. i have all but givin up on waving at anyone most of the time. i wave at the guys riding beemers in the rain like me they are real riders. ohio has the most unfriendly riders i have come across. when riding out of state everyone waves at everyone. cruiser guys mostly snub ya.
mike
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If it's a Harley, I stand on the footpegs, lift my shirt, and rub my nipples. :grin:
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If it's a Harley, I stand on the footpegs, lift my shirt, and rub my nipples. :grin:
:duh: TMI! :clubme:
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If it's a Harley, I stand on the footpegs, lift my shirt, and rub my nipples. :grin:
Scooter Slut.
:lol:
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If it's a Harley, I stand on the footpegs, lift my shirt, and rub my nipples. :grin:
ROFLMAO! :banana:
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I was ridin home from work yesterday and saw another rider coming my way. Instantly I thought of this thread and the Forest Gump wave. I smiled to myself and without further thought I began to wave like a retard. I was a big exagerated wave and I kinda bounced up and down. Then I started to laugh. I laughed the rest of the way home (10 min). It was a great and healing laugh, thanks PitterB4 and jbrough7.
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I was ridin home from work yesterday and saw another rider coming my way. Instantly I thought of this thread and the Forest Gump wave. I smiled to myself and without further thought I began to wave like a retard. I was a big exagerated wave and I kinda bounced up and down. Then I started to laugh. I laughed the rest of the way home (10 min). It was a great and healing laugh, thanks PitterB4 and jbrough7.
Oh man - I got a good belly laugh picturing that!
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hell most of the guys around here ride hardly ablesons and dont wave at all. and the stunta dorks dont wave either. i have all but givin up on waving at anyone most of the time. i wave at the guys riding beemers in the rain like me they are real riders. ohio has the most unfriendly riders i have come across. when riding out of state everyone waves at everyone. cruiser guys mostly snub ya.
mike
I USE THE LOWERED TWO FINGER SIDEWAYS PEACE SIGN WAVE.....
I WAVE TO ALL OF THEM, WHETHER THEY WAVE BACK OR NOT.....
MOST RIDERS IN THIS AREA WILL WAVE, EVEN THE DIE-HARD HARLEY RIDERS.....
WHAT I FIND TO BE REALLY FUNNY, IS WHEN I WAVE TO PEOPLE RIDING SCOOTERS, AND THEY DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO.....
SOME OF THEM WAVE.....
SOME DON’T WAVE.....
BUT, THEN THERE ARE THE ONES WHO GET STUCK BETWEEN WAVING AND NOT WAVING AND ALMOST FALL OFF OF THE SCOOTER TRYING TO DECIDE WHAT TO DO.....
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I wave with a raised above the bars quick "regular" wave. If it's a Harley I will sometimes put both arms straight up and wave them like a kid trying to stop an Ice cream truck. At least if the rider looks "too cool".
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Sideways peace sign for me. I wave at anything on two or three wheels. I figure the trike and scooter riders need a lift. Who needs to practise?
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C'mon now, admit it - there you are riding down a lonely country road and you drop your left hand down and practice your wave!! Am I right?
Do you go for the cool 45 degree point going down toward the other bike? The smaller index finger point? The full hand slap method? Or the Queen Elizabeth curleque??
Be honest! :motorsmile:
Jim
Yes, I use the "hang lose" thumb and pinky finger pointing down. I was in Hawaii last year & rented a Road King and rode it around Ouahu. All the wave backs were "hang loose". I thought it was so cool that I've used it ever since.
John 98 Red B12
50k miles
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On my trip to PCB for Bike Week I waved as wildly and crazily as possible....I was just that hapy! :beers:
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I normally just nod me head. sometimes If I know im gonna be getting really drunk after dropping me bike home. Ill wave madly.
Just for the laugh sometime Im gonna get off the bike and any time a biker goes to go passed me Ill wave him down and shake hands with him then drive off. :motorsmile: :motorsmile:
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in perth it's all about the nodding :wink:
people don't really wave here for some reason?
however- being on a 250 you barely even get that :sad:
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I can understand that... it must be hard hanging onto the bike AND the earth down there, so a nod has to do the trick. :wink:
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in perth it's all about the nodding :wink:
people don't really wave here for some reason?
however- being on a 250 you barely even get that :sad:
I read how to do the down-under nod, and apparently it's because you are passing each other on the right side, and your throttle hand is a little busy.
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I like to start off early to the HD's with a subtle low 5 and raise higher and more obvious as they get closer without waving back ending up in a nearly Forest style wave until they finally give in...then a behind the helmet grin to myself for the entertainment of it all.
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Used to be everybody waved at me when I was on a cruiser...now, it's been lonely the last week as NOBODY has waved! What am I? Chopped liver?
Do the sportbikes not wave because I'm NOT on a sportbike? Do the cruisers not wave because I look too sporty? Maybe nobody waves because of my dorky helmet??
I'm starting to get a complex...maybe it's time for a drive-by wave or two!
:gatlin
jim
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Jimbro, my question is *when do you actually teach*? Do you sit in class and type while your students do "independent studies"?
(Sorry, just felt you needed a little abuse heaped on today!)
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Jimbro, my question is *when do you actually teach*? Do you sit in class and type while your students do "independent studies"?
(Sorry, just felt you needed a little abuse heaped on today!)
I've been wondering that myself! I figured he took roll every day, then headed to the teacher's lounge to, ahem, grade some papers or do some, ahem, research.
Ahem. Sorry, frog in the throat, I guess. :wink:
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I figured he took roll every day, then headed to the teacher's lounge to, ahem, grade some papers or do some, ahem, research.
I am sure that even in Canadia they have THOSE kinds of sites blocked on the school computers. He'll just have to keep doing his "research" at home.
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He's not responding now, is he. Perhaps he works harder than you think.
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He's not responding now, is he. Perhaps he works harder than you think.
heh heh heh...you said "harder"...heh heh heh heh.
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Don't make me come down there.
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Ha! Like a Canadian would need another reason to leave!
:toofunny:
:shock: Did I say that out loud? :shock:
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OMG I gotta get me some hip waders
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OMG I gotta get me some hip waders
I'll say! It's raining like a murph here today. No "Bikes on Beale" tonight!
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:clap:
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Desolation: Because I can't think of a proper rebuff I will fall back on:
"OH, YEAH??"
BTW, I really resent those snide remarks about me not working...I can remember just last month I worked really hard for a bit, there....had to go home and put my feet up afterwards...
:wink:
jim
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BTW, I really resent those snide remarks about me not working...I can remember just last month I worked really hard for a bit, there....had to go home and put my feet up afterwards...
Stop! You're KILLING yourself!
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>>hell most of the guys around here ride hardly ablesons and dont wave at all.<<
Oh, just give 'em a Sig Heil. They'll respond...
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Honestly, I can't understand what the heck is the problem about waving at Harley guys. I wave at them all the time and I'd say a good 90% of them wave back. Here's what I've noticed: When I had my '85 Shadow, which looks kind of like a Harley, more Harley guys waved back then sport bike guys, and I inititiated the wave. In riding the Bandit, more sport bike guys wave then Harley guys. But most Harley guys do wave. So who's really doing the snubbing here, Hmmmmm? C'mon dudes. Get off it. Just wave regarless of whether they wave back or not. We're all in this together. "Keep your stick on the ice".
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i dont bother with a wave. a nod works well for me. cheers me up when others nod back.
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Honestly, I can't understand what the heck is the problem about waving at Harley guys. I wave at them all the time and I'd say a good 90% of them wave back.... We're all in this together. "Keep your stick on the ice".
Most riders wave whether I am the initiator or the responder. Some HD-types don't wave and you do get a sense that they have a stick up their @ss instead of on the ice. And sometimes you can't wave, you are waiting to make a turn or otherwise engaged. The "crouch" rocket set don't wave when they are stopped, they rev at ya. And nobody seems to wave on bike nite, which is fine, I don't want to build up too big a muscle in one arm. (There are other activities which can cause the same problem!)
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OK, I've decided that waving to strangers is an anachronism in this day and age. Not to mention so many bikes out there.
I vote we discontinue :stop: the fruity waving thing and keep our hands where they belong! Who's with me?!! :banana:
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I vote we discontinue :stop: the fruity waving thing and keep our hands where they belong! Who's with me?!! :banana:
But then I'd have to ride with one hand stuck inside the wasteband of my pants!
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I vote we discontinue :stop: the fruity waving thing and keep our hands where they belong! Who's with me?!! :banana:
But then I'd have to ride with one hand stuck inside the wasteband of my pants!
Oh, Al! Can I get a WHOAAAA BUNDY!
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Oh, Al! Can I get a WHOAAAA BUNDY!
I wondered how long it would take anyone to bring THAT up!
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You guys are too deep for me! Anyway, I've started nodding at everybody and that seems better. A definite downward motion of the helmet indicates awareness of the other rider, but also your SUPERIORITY! :wink:
jim
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I've started nodding at everybody and that seems better. A definite downward motion of the helmet indicates awareness of the other rider, but also your SUPERIORITY!
Or that your helmet is so large, you can't hold your head up.
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You guys are too deep for me! Anyway, I've started nodding at everybody and that seems better. A definite downward motion of the helmet indicates awareness of the other rider, but also your SUPERIORITY! :wink:
jim
OK, so now we all know how to acknowledge you, with a downward nod. Wow, that is gonna keep EVERY motorcyclist EVERYWHERE really busy! :banana:
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You guys are TOO funny!! :thanks:
jim
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You guys are TOO funny!! :thanks:
jim
Who's making jokes?! :duh: