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tone64 17-02-08 08:52 PM

Iggy Bikers
 
:sad: Is it just me, or is the nod of the head or a wave dying out ?
I have noticed over the past few weeks that there has been a bit of ignorance and no acknowledgements going on..........:(, I know the cruiser / harley boys are a law to themselves:smt037........................or may be i need to change my deodorant...lol:rant:

ASM-Forever 17-02-08 08:57 PM

Re: Iggy Bikers
 
Some nod....some don't.

Personally i have given up nodding first, for the most part. Too many anti-social gits won't nod back. If someone nods then i'm usually happy to reciprocate.

Having said that sometimes i'm just not in the mood. :)

tone64 17-02-08 09:01 PM

Re: Iggy Bikers
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by ASM-Forever (Post 1420605)
Some nod....some don't.

Personally i have given up nodding first, for the most part. Too many anti-social gits won't nod back. If someone nods then i'm usually happy to reciprocate.

Having said that sometimes i'm just not in the mood. :)

I think i will adopt the same approach, instead of being ignored, and feeling a d*^k #-o

kitkat 17-02-08 09:18 PM

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i got a lot of nods today and also a few waved. Also a few waved their leg - which I found rather strange. friendly bunch up here

maultin 18-02-08 07:28 AM

Re: Iggy Bikers
 
maybe coz i am relatively new to the biking thing, i always nod, but i can see how it must get a bit tired after years of it.

i have noticed some folk dont return the gesture, but that could be down to traffic ahead, how busy the road is, etc

blueto 18-02-08 07:39 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by tone64 (Post 1420613)
I think i will adopt the same approach, instead of being ignored, and feeling a d*^k #-o

Tone...dont feel like a d*<k

IMO its not whether they nod back or not. You had the cursity to nod in the first place and its only the arrogant sods who dont nod back who need a lesson in socialiasm.

I dont give a monkeys if a biker nods back or not. Its the fact that i keep the aprreciatiation of the other bikers going by giving them a nod in the first place. :D

petevtwin650 18-02-08 08:22 AM

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If I'm enjoying myself I'll wave otherwise just nod, but was out yesterday and everybody responded. Even the cruiser boys.:cool:

+1 to Blueto's post.

Baph 18-02-08 08:32 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by tone64 (Post 1420613)
I think i will adopt the same approach, instead of being ignored, and feeling a d*^k #-o

There's no need to feel bad about not getting a response.

I *always* nod/wave etc, and when i don't get a response (unless it's like last weekend and the end of the Dragon Rally around here) then I laugh at the sad gits. They're either busy planning, in which case fair play, or they're just too stuck up to bother.

It bares no reflection on me if someone I don't know ignores me. I remember Blue posting a thread about imaginary situations being funny, this is one of them for me. :D

Durbs 18-02-08 09:42 AM

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I always seem to get a nod, even from the scooter boys. Have also perfected the both-thumbs-on-side-of-helmet-wiggling-fingers salute to amuse small children in the back of cars.

Stu 18-02-08 10:50 AM

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+1 I nod when i want & don't always check for a reply, the reply is not important. Just think where we would be if nobody did anything until someone else did it first.

thebluelion 18-02-08 01:27 PM

Re: Iggy Bikers
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by tone64 (Post 1420601)
:sad: Is it just me, or is the nod of the head or a wave dying out ?
I have noticed over the past few weeks that there has been a bit of ignorance and no acknowledgements going on..........:(, I know the cruiser / harley boys are a law to themselves:smt037........................or may be i need to change my deodorant...lol:rant:

Yesterday was the first real ride out i've had was with a cpl mates one on a Ducati the other an R6 but i noticed not as many guys nodding back like they usually do, maybe it was the cold weather and their necks had froze up, found it all a bit strange. After a while i thought F--k it and nodded at every biker i seen scooters harley's the lot lol

ljharmitt 18-02-08 04:24 PM

Re: Iggy Bikers
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by tone64 (Post 1420601)
:sad: Is it just me, or is the nod of the head or a wave dying out ?
I have noticed over the past few weeks that there has been a bit of ignorance and no acknowledgements going on..........:(, I know the cruiser / harley boys are a law to themselves:smt037........................or may be i need to change my deodorant...lol:rant:

I know how you feel, i'm the same at the moment!

Brooga 18-02-08 04:37 PM

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Ill always nod, that is if im not skidding up the road on my head..

But no sometimes youre just a little to focused to even notice another biker nod at you. Ive got this habit anyway being a bus driver we always wave at each other.. hell ive even found myself nodding at buses while on my bike hahaha! oh god..:smt005

ranathari 18-02-08 05:02 PM

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I nod when I remember to, which isn't often enough! There were a lot of weekend riders where I used to live, who thought they were the dog's ******** and rode along in a world of their own, ignoring every other biker on the road. Every single one of them used to wear one-piece leathers, ride a race replica and never nodded.

Now I live in London where no-one nods at all!

magicrat 18-02-08 08:38 PM

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To be honest I never really noticed the nod/wave dying out. Maybe we're just all more sociable up here in the north east ;)

sv650nutter149 19-02-08 12:30 AM

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reference this nodding/ waving.... i mostly do it second but if i have a good tune on my mp3 then i do it first....i never wave due to the fact that last year a female motorcyclist was killed on the brighton run.... some ppl say she was waving to other ppl and went into the back of another vehicle.

5hort5 19-02-08 12:41 AM

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I always nod, singles or groups, I always do, one of the bits I love about riding a bike. On the borders ride out on the weekend I got about a 70% response (at a guess) and was happy with that :-)

lukemillar 19-02-08 01:12 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by blueto (Post 1420886)
....... its only the arrogant sods who dont nod back who need a lesson in socialiasm.

Yeah, stupid capitalists and their big expensive bikes! :p :wink:

thedonal 19-02-08 01:18 PM

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I tend to nod most of the time- generally first, but if I'm concentrating on my situation, then I may not, or if I'm in a bad mood, then perhaps I might not. I am a fairly moody/sulky type, and proud of it!

I have formed the opinion that there's no point judging someone who doesn't nod back- they could have many reasons and when you can't even see their facial expression under a bike lid, it's best not to form opinions that could well be wrong.

Frinstance, I may nod a lot (my poor neck!), but unless I know someone, I rarely chat when I park up at Rykers or Newlands etc. Others may do it the other way round...

blueto 19-02-08 01:52 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by thedonal (Post 1422534)
I tend to nod most of the time- generally first, but if I'm concentrating on my situation, then I may not, or if I'm in a bad mood, then perhaps I might not. I am a fairly moody/sulky type, and proud of it!

I have formed the opinion that there's no point judging someone who doesn't nod back- they could have many reasons and when you can't even see their facial expression under a bike lid, it's best not to form opinions that could well be wrong.

Frinstance, I may nod a lot (my poor neck!), but unless I know someone, I rarely chat when I park up at Rykers or Newlands etc. Others may do it the other way round...


jesus you sound like a friendly bloke to approcah!:rolleyes:

chakraist 19-02-08 02:18 PM

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I nod all the time, some guys on choppers or cruisers don't nod back. I like nodding at chavs on mopeds because they look really shocked, or like i've made a pass at them. Good stuff.

ukrobuk 19-02-08 02:22 PM

Re: Iggy Bikers
 
What do you do if you pass a group of 20+ bikers?

DoubleD 19-02-08 03:49 PM

Re: Iggy Bikers
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by ukrobuk (Post 1422642)
What do you do if you pass a group of 20+ bikers?

one long nod if I can or hold up hand and wave.

I sometimes nod when sat in my car and I have had a few nods back.

yorkie_chris 19-02-08 03:58 PM

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I nod to the first one and last one. Chances are the rest will have seen it.

Brooga 19-02-08 04:38 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ukrobuk (Post 1422642)
What do you do if you pass a group of 20+ bikers?

I activate my "Hi bikers!" helmet mounted neon sign.

Ceri JC 20-02-08 03:09 PM

Re: Iggy Bikers
 
I always nod outside the M25. Even to scoots and Harley riders (who are far and away the worst for not nodding back though, in spite of what others here may claim). I've had a scooter rider stop and help me when I flatted my battery and I know bikers who ride scooters, so I can't not consider them bikers too.

Lissa 20-02-08 03:12 PM

Re: Iggy Bikers
 
I wave to everyone. Very rarely don't get an acknowledgement, even from cruiser riders and police riders.

If I don't then no biggie. Just because you're on a bike it doesn't mean you're not just a miserable git anyway:D

plowsie 20-02-08 04:09 PM

Re: Iggy Bikers
 
I nod to anyone, sometimes even pushbikers, I acknowledge generous car drivers etc too. With bikers if they blaitantly look at ya and dont nod/wave I just think oh well.

tone64 20-02-08 05:44 PM

Re: Iggy Bikers
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Brooga (Post 1422840)
I activate my "Hi bikers!" helmet mounted neon sign.

lol :p, what page are they on in the busters catologue, "i gotta get me one of those":clown: lol

Durbs 20-02-08 07:53 PM

Re: Iggy Bikers
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by ukrobuk (Post 1422642)
What do you do if you pass a group of 20+ bikers?

Drop the bike on its side and play skittles, my record is 18.

thebluelion 21-02-08 12:00 AM

Re: Iggy Bikers
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Lissa (Post 1424148)
I wave to everyone. Very rarely don't get an acknowledgement, even from cruiser riders and police riders.

I always nod at plod and they always nod back, thats the biking ones lol the cage ones are a miserable lot lol

phil24_7 21-02-08 03:12 AM

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Everyone's friendly down here, even the commuters nod. It's a raretly that people don't nob or wave back down here and many of them are harley/cruiser types or the local biker gang (the Aquila).


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