Bike snobs

[HBARleatherneck]

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[Great-Kazoo]

If you'd bother to have fully read and understood the poll options you MIGHT have a slight idea of why the hell I posted the way I did.

Option 1: I ride a Harley and I wave.
Option 2: I ride a Harley and you don't, bugger off!
Options 3-6 are irrelevant.

Do you not see how the OP already has it in his pea brain that if you ride a Harley and you don't wave its because the other rider is NOT on a Harley? And thus they are somekind of dicks because of it... Did I REALLY have to spell that out for you?

It has not one god damned thing to do with being cordial. People wave all the time, if I don't know them, I typically figure they thought I was someone else, a simple case of mistaken identity, and just go about my business. There's no elitist mindset to it at all. While I've made it very clear I'm not exactly a people person, I can assure you there are quite a few people in this very forum whom I've met and I'd wager they'd likely agree I can be a very civil, if not a pleasant person. But most if not all who take the time to know me will also tell you I maintain an EXTREMELY low tolerance for bullshit.

As far as helping, I've stopped for many riders on the side of the road but I'll say right now that sometimes such an act can be a double edge sword. Many times you stop and they're fine, just stretching legs, waiting for others to meet up, bike is too hot, or maybe they genuinely need a little assistance and you can be helpful. But I've stopped before and ended up sitting in cuffs on the back of a state cruiser while my info was being checked out. My appearance was apparently cause for alarm. When you hear "We don't want any trouble!" before you can even ask the question of whether or not they need help, it kind of makes you stop and go "huh?". My stopping freaked this guy's ol lady out and she immediately dialed 911. Long hair, tattoos, and certain patches apparently scare the hell out of some people. Sometimes minding one's own is just a better way to help have an enjoyable day.


Badger

I know you, you're my cousin. Same family, long on hello, short on bs.Tattoo's, long beard, no patches [lifetime far, far away]. They put you in cuffs? wow i got guns drawn, gently placed in the prone position, then tossed in the car and carted off.
No Good Deed goes Unpunished.
When we do right, No one Remembers
When we do Wrong, No one Forgets.
Hey i just missed someone that waved......

[palepainter]

I have allways ridden a harley. 6 in the last 20 years.

I never wave at anyone. I dont know you, we are not friends. Just because you have a loan on a bike, doesnt mean we are brothers. I dont wave at every dumbass in a car. Whats the difference?

Actually, I occasionally wave. Out here if you are alone and I will probably wave. I will wave at people local to me. In my truck, or on my bike. Once I get to the city, no more for sure.

I really hate it when you go to Sturgis, and dumbasses want to wave. Damn, there are 8 quadrillion bikes, do we need to get a rotator cuff injury by waving at a damn rally?

But, its not because I ride a harley, that I dont wave. Its because I am an antisocial A-hole.

This....Exactly my sentiments. No time to wave when you are dodging idiots on the road.....

[kanekutter05]

Bottom line...you don't wave, you're being rude. End of story. If you're fine with that then that's your problem. But it's rude, plain and simple.

[Bailey Guns]

Bottom line...you don't wave, you're being rude. End of story. If you're fine with that then that's your problem. But it's rude, plain and simple.

OK...that's just bullshit. If I happen to be paying attention to some dumbass cage driver that's trying his damnedest to kill me and don't feel like jeopardizing my already compromised safety to wave to you, it's not being rude. It's being a smart rider.

Or maybe I've chosen not to wave because, big surprise, there's other things out there in the world to pay attention to besides you and your waving little hand. Maybe I didn't see you. Maybe I'm looking at the instruments on the bike. Maybe I'm watching the deer on the side of the road that you didn't see because you're too busy waving to all your "brothers".

If your little butt hurts because of that then you need to reassess your priorities while riding.

End of story. Plain and simple.

[soldier-of-the-apocalypse]

The wave is gay IMO but do what you do

[car-15]

OK...that's just bullshit. If I happen to be paying attention to some dumbass cage driver that's trying his damnedest to kill me and don't feel like jeopardizing my already compromised safety to wave to you, it's not being rude. It's being a smart rider.

Or maybe I've chosen not to wave because, big surprise, there's other things out there in the world to pay attention to besides you and your waving little hand. Maybe I didn't see you. Maybe I'm looking at the instruments on the bike. Maybe I'm watching the deer on the side of the road that you didn't see because you're too busy waving to all your "brothers".

If your little butt hurts because of that then you need to reassess your priorities while riding.

End of story. Plain and simple.

^^^ this ^^^
I guess since I drive a pickup I have to start waving at every pickup I pass..... this thread makes me want to flip off everone who waves at me while i'm on my bike, just because I now know it chaps their ass when I dont wave back.

[KestrelBike]

I rode sport bikes (had 2 stolen, the other I sold to start saving $$$ and it got stolen from the buyer 3 days later lol, they found it in mexico the next week amazingly) and in Cali, 98% of everyone waved back, including the harley riders. When someone didn't wave back, they were usually a harley rider, fat, old, with long grey hair and a "F you, sportbike rider" attitude. They'd stare at you and not wave. Real tough!

[10mm-man]

Waving, after a while get's to be a pain in the ASS! To many bikers, got tired of it after a bit... Don't feel snubed Harley guys don't always wave to Harley guys...

[kanekutter05]

OK...that's just bullshit. If I happen to be paying attention to some dumbass cage driver that's trying his damnedest to kill me and don't feel like jeopardizing my already compromised safety to wave to you, it's not being rude. It's being a smart rider.

Or maybe I've chosen not to wave because, big surprise, there's other things out there in the world to pay attention to besides you and your waving little hand. Maybe I didn't see you. Maybe I'm looking at the instruments on the bike. Maybe I'm watching the deer on the side of the road that you didn't see because you're too busy waving to all your "brothers".

If your little butt hurts because of that then you need to reassess your priorities while riding.

End of story. Plain and simple.

Well you can justify it however the hell you want, it's goddamn rude. If you're not a good enough rider to wave safely then I suggest riding on less populated roads. I ride safely and I wave...why can't you?

Oh that's right, because you don't care about being rude to other riders. I guess you'll just keep on thinking I'm stupid for waving at you an I'm gonna keep on thinking you're a rude asshole for not waving.