Bike snobs

[car-15]

I ride a harley and a suzuki, and the only people I wave at are the dipshit drivers that cut me off.... with one finger

[Bailey Guns]

OK...we need to get the poll results to the point where the percentage of people who respond "I like Pi" is 3.14159.

And, no. I have nothing better to do.

[Irving]

If someone doesn't wave at first, you should try waving your 1911 at them to see if they share your other favorite hobby.

[rondog]

Hey, back when I could still ride, I always waved at the non-Harley riders....

[T-Giv]

Aren't they too busy fixing them to wave back?

I certainly condone the Jeep wave and have no issues with it I was merely mocking the idea of this thread. Everyone has different opinions regarding if they want to wave or not. If you're into waving, then wave. If you're not, then don't wave. If you ride your Lazy Boy on wheels (Harley) and think you are tough shit down at the local bar and are too cool to wave then so be it.

[kanekutter05]

Ok, here it is.... I ride a Harley and I don't wave at ANYONE, unless I happen to know them.
Why yes, I am, thank you for noticing and QUIT waving, you look like an idiot. Seriously, it has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with what you or anyone else rides. I ride what I like, and I'm guessing most everyone else does the same. Good for them, seriously. It doesn't matter to me what or if they ride, the fact that two complete strangers rides DOES not make them members of somekind of elite fraternity..... get over it.

GET THIS IDEA OUT OF YOUR HEAD RIGHT NOW!!!! We, as in you and I, ARE NOT BROTHERS!!!!! The term "brother" is AN EARNED STATEMENT and YOU have NOT earned it! A brother is someone I'll regard with highest respects as extended family. In tough times, he will have my back, and I will have his. "I am my brother's keeper". The only thing you've made it clear you and I have in common, is that we each ride motorcycles...... YEAH!!! Do you want a cookie or something?

Again, seriously.... I personally don't give one ounce of a damn what/if you ride. I'm not snubbing you at all by not waving, I simply don't care who you are, why you ride, what you ride, or how your day is going...... "Why?" you might ask.......... Now you've asked the right question:

You've failed to make a formal introduction to myself or my brothers personally. So you can pass by and wave every day until your hand falls off and you'll never get one in return. Sure, maybe we're dicks, and that's a term I wear quite proudly actually.... someone has to be one or most of the rest of the population continues on with stupidity because they don't realize they're doing so. But personally I think it boils down to the simple fact that you are not known..... Why should we wave at you? You could be some happy little pedofile riding down the road looking for your next local elementary school to stake out. You might be a total moron willing to vote for Obama. YOU very well MIGHT be someone I wouldn't like if we met formally, and THAT good sir.... is why you DON'T DESERVE MY RETURN WAVE.

Runs and rallys..... been there done that, have gotten completely turned off to the idea because I'm just not a people person and I tend to point out stupidity at a moments notice with NO regard about whose feelings get hurt. Get over it, get over yourself, and lighten up. You're just as small as the rest of us in this world.... you want a "community"? There it is... the human race.... read it and weep or celebrate it like some of the rest of us. The only ones going to care about how butt-hurt you are because people don't wave are other dillweeds who somehow think that riding a bike gives them some sort of ENTITLEMENT! What are you, two-wheeled OWS asshats?... YOU DIDN'T GET A WAVE, YOU WANT YOUR FREE WAVE!!!!! F/U.

You want respect? EARN IT

You want a wave? EARN IT

You have a bike? Then shut, up and enjoy the ride Sally. There's an entire beautiful planet out there to see and your silly ass is worried about what other riders think of you, so you go into a public online forum and make a post about it...... FUGG'EM!!!!! Ride on, and quit your bitching....


Rant over.


Badger

Well I think this response proves that they're not waving because they are dicks. It just floors me that a grown human being would actually think like that. Oh and Badger...whether you like it or not you ARE a part of the motorcycle community. Just like you're a part of the CO AR-15 community. Just like you're a part of the Bailey, CO community. Would it kill you to at least be cordial to someone who is in the same community as you? Man...you and Jim need to get together and talk about how much you hate your fellow man, how stupid people are who know less than you and how macho you guys are for not forming any type of personable traits in your personality.

OT though...I've even been behind a Harley on the road and a Harley will be coming the other way and wave at the first guy and then intentionally not wave at me. Now I know it's not all Harley riders, just like I know that not all non-Harley riders are nice people either. But it just seems like the majority of Harley riders want nothing to do with non-Harley riders. Pretty elitist of them, but to each his own.

I guess some people just are dicks at heart...

[Irving]

Kanekutter, it starts with just waving, then all of the sudden it is, "I was broken down on the side of the road on my Heritage Softtail when some guy driving an F-150 Harley edition drove by and didn't even stop to load my bike and take me home for free! I thought we were all a community?!"

[rondog]

I've always ridden Harleys, but honestly, I'd always wave at other riders or return their wave. I never did the "snob" thing, but I would always let the conditions determine whether I'd wave or not. Sometimes a quick wave is easy, but other times I didn't see theirs in time, or I was changing lanes, or there was heavy traffic, or in a sharp turn, etc.

It's not always safe or easy to give a wave, and those people wouldn't get a return wave. Nothing about being a dick, it was all about what I was doing at that instant and how important my attention and concentration was at that moment. I'll always be polite to other riders, but I'll never compromise my own safety to do so. That's what it boils down to, IMO, and people who get offended at being "snubbed" should consider that it may not have actually been a snub. Although it quite often is, sad to say.

I have to admit though, that I do tend to giggle when I see some guy on one of those Japanese Harley-clone bikes with tall apehangers, leathers, cutoffs and patches, trying his damnedest to look like a real bad-ass 1%'er and acting all tough-guy I'ma kick-yo-ass bad mo-fo. I gave up all that "biker regalia" shit 30 years ago. Hell, I won't even wear Harley t-shirts anymore. I have no need to try and impress any-damn-body. When I rode, it was for me and my comfort and my pleasure, not to go out profiling or chest-thumping. But those guys are good entertainment.

Sadly, I don't know if I'll ever ride again. After the lumbar surgeries I've had, I'm just very leery of the risk. If I hit a hard bump or pothole in a damn car, it brings tears to my eyes from the pain. Just thinking of shocks to the spine while on a bike scares the shit out of me. Maybe after a year or two it'll heal up enough to not be a problem, but right now, NFW.

[kanekutter05]

Kanekutter, it starts with just waving, then all of the sudden it is, "I was broken down on the side of the road on my Heritage Softtail when some guy driving an F-150 Harley edition drove by and didn't even stop to load my bike and take me home for free! I thought we were all a community?!"

That's quite the jump...but I get what you're saying. I just don't understand the attitude of "don't know you, don't wanna know you, probably wouldn't like you if I did" that guys like Badger have. It's just a very elitist and exclusionary way of thinking and just bothers me to no end.

[Irving]

Can't you just ride standing up the whole time and let your knees take the blow Ron?

That's quite the jump...but I get what you're saying. I just don't understand the attitude of "don't know you, don't wanna know you, probably wouldn't like you if I did" that guys like Badger have. It's just a very elitist and exclusionary way of thinking and just bothers me to no end.

I posted that example because I have seen it before. It was on a 2nd generation Integra forum. Some guy was complaining because while he was broken down on the side of the road, he saw another 2nd generation Integra drive by and was all butt-hurt that the other guy didn't pull over to help him. I told him to get real.