Quote from: Pakhan on May 29, 2008, 09:26:13 PM
I wave to anyone on 2 wheels with a motor, sometimes even scooters 

best wave video ever:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYXy9QSBoFs

I just had to point this out that his filming the video in Taiwan. Sweet thats where I'm from 

Quote from: Johnster on May 29, 2008, 05:02:30 AM
Fun, isn't it??     Just remember - EVERYBODY'S TRYING TO KILL YOU....and you'll be alright...

Welcome to the addiction, though!!   

-If I'm not mistaken, you said you were from the Boston area... Me too, and I love riding with new people, especially new riders...  PM me and we can meet up, go for a ride, and maybe practice some techniques and whatnot...

-john

+1 on that front. i have some good roads around the dedham area. funny the wave almost got me killed when i first started to use it way back in 1995. i actually wrote a story about it that i am pitching to some moto mags. be careful though. sometimes you want to wave back to somebody and you can forget that you need both hands to ride..... sometimes

the ron

Quote from: IZ on May 29, 2008, 11:44:59 AM
Welcome but are you NOT aware that we are in the middle of a gas crisis?!   

ZING

the ron

I always like mordeth13 video's 

I'm a total waver...just about anything on two wheels...just about....

It's part of the mutual understanding that we're badass.

e

Great post. But after going on those links I had a question. Where does the Monster fit in? I mean yes, it's a Ducati. But it isn't a fully faired sportbike. Are we considered sportbike riders still? Or are we naked riders? Anyway I salute, sometimes hand down and palm out, or the two finger thing while holding the left grip. I just wanna be polite, I do one finger salute cars that tailgate.

I wave at just about everybody, motorcycle cops included, if I'm not cranked over in a corner.  Sometimes, even then.

One of the only times I didn't wave was when I went to Laguna Seca for the US MotoGP, there were so many bikes on the roads, that you'd never have both hands on the bars at the same time.

By mutual consent, the whole area around Monterey turned into a "No Wave" zone that weekend.

Quote from: CountGreffi on May 31, 2008, 01:51:52 PMOr are we naked riders?

Depends on whether you're dressed or not...personally I prefer gear.

And on a more serious note, I find that the Monster tends to get waved back from more different types of bikes than a fully-faired sport bike.

Quote from: krolik on May 31, 2008, 02:25:22 PM
I wave at just about everybody, motorcycle cops included, if I'm not cranked over in a corner. Sometimes, even then.

Yeah....I had a passenger do an arms out fully extended wave while cranked over in a corner. It was actually enough to muck with my turn. I was not pleased.


Three turns later, she did it again. 

Quote from: someguy on June 01, 2008, 10:20:54 AM
Yeah....I had a passenger do an arms out fully extended wave while cranked over in a corner. It was actually enough to muck with my turn. I was not pleased.


Three turns later, she did it again. 

I had a passenger too nervous to wave at anyone, even on a straight...I think he was also too embarrassed.

The short, intense time I spent riding in the UK, the most common salute was the head nod.

I think the higher degree of training and safety focus forced on the UK riders makes them tend to keep their hands on the bars at all times.  It makes sense.

Most of the time it was me and Michy on the back of the ST4s, i didn't wanna take my hands of the bars.  So, I always did the head head nod salute.  It stuck with me, and I brought the behavior home with me. 

I'm going to stick to it and see if I can start a trend hera at home  :  the head nod salute; keep your hands on the bars.

Quote from: JohnnyDucati on June 01, 2008, 10:49:03 AM
The short, intense time I spent riding in the UK, the most common salute was the head nod.

I think the higher degree of training and safety focus forced on the UK riders makes them tend to keep their hands on the bars at all times.  It makes sense.

I thought it was because you are riding on the left, but the throttle is still on the right...you aren't going to wave with the right arm, and riders on the other side won't see a left arm wave.  Hence the nod instead.  At least this is what native UK riders have told me.

Quote from: msincredible on June 01, 2008, 10:51:18 AM
I thought it was because you are riding on the left, but the throttle is still on the right...you aren't going to wave with the right arm, and riders on the other side won't see a left arm wave.  Hence the nod instead.  At least this is what native UK riders have told me.

Darn it, why'd you have to bring up brilliant logic like that to refute my statements?   

Yes, you are correct - i didn't quite think that one through . . . must be getting old.  What were we talking about?  Oh yeah.  I remember parking roadside at the pubs, and the bikers driving past would nod, not wave.

Nevertheless, I did ride in Spain, France and Germany (on the correct side of the road) and the head nods far outnumber the hand wave, I think.  Of course, the French have too much ennui to wave anyway  . 

On one memorable trip, we took the ST from Southhampton to LeHavre by ferry, then on to Paris to visit my work buddy.  My pucker factor in Paris was definitely highly elevated - my hands were glued to the bars, I was not takin' em off fer nobody.

Anyway.  I seem to have picked up a lot of habits over there that I didn't ditch when I came home.  Probably that simple.

J
 

Quote from: JohnnyDucati on June 01, 2008, 11:54:48 AM
Darn it, why'd you have to bring up brilliant logic like that to refute my statements?   

Sorry...next on me.

Quote from: JohnnyDucati on June 01, 2008, 11:54:48 AM
Nevertheless, I did ride in Spain, France and Germany (on the correct side of the road) and the head nods far outnumber the hand wave, I think.

I only rode in Germany, but I remember getting both hand waves and nods there.

Quote from: JohnnyDucati on June 01, 2008, 11:54:48 AMMy pucker factor in Paris was definitely highly elevated - my hands were glued to the bars, I was not takin' em off fer nobody.

I don't blame you!  Traffic in Paris is crazy.  

However, I have to say, after taking a "moto taxi" (scooter) from Paris to CDG airport, I was really impressed at how much room they made for splitting bikes, far more considerate than California drivers.

Quote from: onederer on May 29, 2008, 11:25:38 AM
yep...i love it when little kids stare or jump and wave to me.
I rarely initiate a wave , but will try and return one dependant on whether it is prudent to do so at that moment.
I usually just give a nod or a finger wave from the clutch side.

THe other day I had a young kid come up to me when I was getting ready to take off riding and say "Nice Ducati!"  I was floored, he was like 7 years old..  I asked him if his dad had one and he said no but he has motorcycles and is going to buy a Ducati.  Of course, you know what the next question out of his mouth was...   

(if you don't I'll give you a hint - "Can you do a wheelie?")