Snubbed!
 

Well, what can I say, I was snubbed this morning by a fellow SV650 rider :(

Obviously, only having picked up my SV on Sunday, it's still a novelty to me. So was very excited when he pulled up beside me at the lights, it was like I didn't exist.

Please tell me, is there some unwritten law between naked and fared SV's / male and female riders on SV's / black or blue SV's .... I'm confused or am I just being too sensitive?

gridgirl :smt017

he was obviously just a muppet :wink:

Dont take it too personally, I would have probably ignored you also...cos I'm that kinda guy! :D :D :D

Re: Snubbed!
 

I dont think it was anything personal, I see this every day.

Most people just want to ride, not chat/make contact.

Only real exceptions I have had were a bus driver wanting to ask about my TomTom, and actually at about the same place (but on a different night) a young lady who I think was a courier, wanting to ask about my red pointy - she was on a red curvy (quite fittingly :twisted:) wanting to know if there was much difference in performance between our bikes. Another one was to make eye-contact, share a raised eyebrows and a shrug at the antics of a scooter rider with a guy on a Diversion.

David

Some people are just *****s

Some people dont like to chat at traffic lights. I dont, i might look at the bike next to me and nod to the rider, but genrally im keeping an eye on the lights for when they change so i can make a quick, safe getaway.

Or eprhaps he has visual imparment and thought you to be on a scooter...that sort of thing happened to me when i was using the Speedfight (phwoooor! what a beast!)

Matt

I wouldn't take it personally.

I don't talk to most riders I stop next to at lights, although having said that I'd always give a fellow SV rider a nod at the very least.

I don't talk, but I do give the nod / wave to fellow riders (to riders of all makes of bike, not just SV's - although not to scooter riders...).

If I did that in London I'd never have my hands on the bars!

I wasn't expecting to get acquainted with him, a nod would've been enough.
I usually just look and nod if they nod at me, maybe he could sense the whole gridgirl with a new toy vibe :oops:

The bike's going to take some getting used to, she's so sensitive and responds quickly, my Yammy was a real stubborn old goat.

Gonna post a pic in another thread.

GG

Probably thought you wanted privacy then....... :twisted:

oops, should've read that before I posted it :oops:

Riders are like cats, you never know what they're going to be. Some want to socialise, purr and sniff butt and some just want to be left alone, they're on their bike to get away from life/girlsfriend/crap/work. I respect both.

You've not practiced riding no handed :)

Must admit I don't ride through town, only down motorways, so it's just the occasional biker I see. Except for at the front of the queue at traffic lights :)

Ahhh, thought I recognised you off LB :wink:

Good choice of bike, and I'll give you a nod when I'm back on the road :D

christ, if a girl on a bike had pulled up and wanted to chat to me, i'd have been all "Hellooooooo..." :P

Not everyone sees bikes the same way, to some it is just a way of getting from A to B and don't really buy into the whole camaraderie thing. I mean the other (and some would say better) half doesn't nod or talk to other Peugeot 306 drivers she sees. I wouldn't worry about it myself.

i always wave or nod to other bikers(when possible) but have yet to meet a SV out on the road, :smt039

Thats because we are all hiding from you :)

Couldn't move for the bloody things in Shropshire at one point during the summer.

Some days i dont make eye contact with any bikes at the lights cos i'm just in that kind of mood... but i do normaly make an exception for an SV if i see one.

But a chick on an SV will always get a nod from me ;)

Corrected ;)

i know....but one day i will hunt you down :twisted:

Totally unwarrented and no offence meant but too good to miss - sorry Hovi5

Clue: We are all at your mums :twisted:

:P

8) Thanks mate.

Always a nod or a wave, costs nothing really. :wink:

I think you would find that Baph's scooter rider on Monday would beg to differ

OMG TFF

David

no your not :smt019

Filling the car up a few weeks ago, a blue curvy pulled up at another pump.. went an paid for my petrol then walked straight out to the other pump an started talking to the curvy owner (asked him if he knew about the .org 8) ) and then went back to the car.

Think he got a surprise to start with :lol:

Now where did this snub take place,and what time?
If it was London in rush hour it would not be uncommon,as there are too many bikes to wave at and too much traffic to think about much else.On an empty road,that's a bit different.

i have just been instructed to add... "if the girl was my girlfriend of course" :P

'Zackly. At the end of the day you're strangers. I'm always talking to people with interesting bikes at the lights, but not everyone does.

hehehe caught :P