Iggy Bikers

Originally Posted by tone64

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........................or may be i need to change my deodorant...lol

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

Originally Posted by tone64

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........................or may be i need to change my deodorant...lol

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

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..

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!

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

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]

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

Originally Posted by blueto

....... its only the arrogant sods who dont nod back who need a lesson in socialiasm.

Yeah, stupid capitalists and their big expensive bikes!

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...

Originally Posted by thedonal

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!