Have things changed in the last 6 years

[STRAMASHER]

Originally Posted by Sally

Everyone waves round here, think it gets worse the more south you go...

Which also applies to alot of other things...

Of course I know you mean the country as a whole, Sal!

Think its cos there is not that many of us about. Not that you would think that on the lochside on a sunny sunday.

I feel like Andy The Bastid if I fail to return a friendly wave/nod/salute/ shimmy or shoogle.

Of course, weegies and fifers are my best friends...

Haha

Originally Posted by xXBADGERXx

[Paul the 6th]

Originally Posted by cornish lass

bikers don't seem to acknowledge each other like they used to, there's me nodding away to other bikes and hardly ever get a response, or is it just me?

Originally Posted by Lozzo

lots of miserable negative guff

Think lozzo answered your question there cornish lass.. if you wanna nod or wave, go for it. I only ever got waved or nodded at when riding solo - the moment my missus was on the back it was as if I was invisible. Strange.

Originally Posted by Paul the 6th

Think lozzo answered your question there cornish lass.. if you wanna nod or wave, go for it. I only ever got waved or nodded at when riding solo - the moment my missus was on the back it was as if I was invisible. Strange.

Strange indeed - wifey and I were out on Sunday with kids-a-pillion and got nods from all and sundry. Sunday riders, racer boys, the lot.

Actually, 'cos I'm still fairly new to the biking thing (only passed my test last year), I'm probably less jaded than some of you, so I still nod to just about everyone. Including learners, mostly because I could never understand why nobody acknowledged me on my 125 with L-plates. The truly worrying thing was that I found myself nodding to a bike the other day.....in the car!

[kaivalagi]

I have to admit if I get no nod/wave/acknowledgement back on a calm stretch of road I mutter the words "miserable bastid" quite a lot, I swear when riding quite a bit though, usually "oh ****!" It does seem to be the weekends mostly where nodding is lost, must be all those part timers who don't know better yet....I like the notion of belonging to a like minded group who love to ride and all that jazz

I stopped nodding to Harley/Cruiser riders for a while though, I had one cheeky f**k shake he head at me in reply to a nod....I wasn't good enough for him and his overly chromed up, over weight, under performing, last century bike...

I only tend to nod to the same riders I see on the daily commute, maybe were saluting each others stupidity when we were riding the cold winter days.

Will always nod back out of politeness on other occasions, but got fed up of being churchill the nodding dog, and getting very few back.

[BanannaMan]

Originally Posted by xXBADGERXx

You become just that little bit more British with each post

LOL!
Believe me, after the lot of typical fecking Americans I've had to put up with for the past two weeks, that's quite a compliment.

Originally Posted by kaivalagi

I stopped nodding to Harley/Cruiser riders for a while though, I had one cheeky f**k shake he head at me in reply to a nod....I wasn't good enough for him and his overly chromed up, over weight, under performing, last century bike...

Did the shaking cause him to lose his balance and crash, leaving a 1/4-mile wide crater?

Originally Posted by cornish lass

Been out of the saddle for the last 6 years but am really enjoying being back! There is one thing I have noticed though, bikers don't seem to acknowledge each other like they used to, there's me nodding away to other bikes and hardly ever get a response, or is it just me?

My theory is that other riders see SVs and think "Girls Bike". And girls, like scooter and Harley riders, aren't proper bikers.