Biker Greeting

Scot · 10-18-2009, 11:09 AM

I'm not a waver. I used to wave. Back when seeing a fellow motorcycler meant something. I remember back when fellow motorcyclists stopped to make sure other stopped motorcyclists weren't in need of help in someway. Back when people loaned tools, helped wrench, or gave aid in someway to a fellow on the side of the road. That time is for the most part, dead. I still stop when I can but damned if anyone has checked on me when I'm stopped roadside. i had a clutch adjuster back out on an EX500 that I was fixing. I looked under the seat and no freaking tool kit. Too much tension on the cable to start the thread by hand. I just needed pliers. I probably saw 10 bikes go by in the 10 or so minutes of me monkeying around to fix it. That's why I don't wave. There's no brotherhood anymore. It's people fitting an image.

marko138 · 10-26-2009, 03:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Scot

I'm not a waver. I used to wave. Back when seeing a fellow motorcycler meant something. I remember back when fellow motorcyclists stopped to make sure other stopped motorcyclists weren't in need of help in someway. Back when people loaned tools, helped wrench, or gave aid in someway to a fellow on the side of the road. That time is for the most part, dead. I still stop when I can but damned if anyone has checked on me when I'm stopped roadside. i had a clutch adjuster back out on an EX500 that I was fixing. I looked under the seat and no freaking tool kit. Too much tension on the cable to start the thread by hand. I just needed pliers. I probably saw 10 bikes go by in the 10 or so minutes of me monkeying around to fix it. That's why I don't wave. There's no brotherhood anymore. It's people fitting an image.

I stopped for an old geezer on a Goldwing trike this summer. He said he was alright.

Rider · 10-26-2009, 03:50 PM

I greet all bikers as long as I see them. If I stick the hand out to wave and they don't wave back, the two fingers down quickly turns to one finger up.

CasterTroy · 10-26-2009, 03:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Scot

I remember back when fellow motorcyclists stopped to make sure other stopped motorcyclists weren't in need of help in someway. Back when people loaned tools, helped wrench, or gave aid in someway to a fellow on the side of the road.

Thats messed up!!

I stop now no matter WHAT the conditions, where or what I'm driving/riding.

I piss my wife off something terrible when I do that, because she's always paranoid about a trap or "bad people" but I stop regardless. One chick (didn't know it was a chick, she was built like Karl) simply needed to unchoke her carb, but the others this year I've stopped for were all waiting on a pick-up or the harley roadside service and just thanked me for stopping

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10-18-2009, 11:09 AM	#1
Scot Kneedragger Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Va Moto: varies Posts: 227	I'm not a waver. I used to wave. Back when seeing a fellow motorcycler meant something. I remember back when fellow motorcyclists stopped to make sure other stopped motorcyclists weren't in need of help in someway. Back when people loaned tools, helped wrench, or gave aid in someway to a fellow on the side of the road. That time is for the most part, dead. I still stop when I can but damned if anyone has checked on me when I'm stopped roadside. i had a clutch adjuster back out on an EX500 that I was fixing. I looked under the seat and no freaking tool kit. Too much tension on the cable to start the thread by hand. I just needed pliers. I probably saw 10 bikes go by in the 10 or so minutes of me monkeying around to fix it. That's why I don't wave. There's no brotherhood anymore. It's people fitting an image.

10-26-2009, 03:50 PM	#3
Rider Moto GP Star Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 12,156	I greet all bikers as long as I see them. If I stick the hand out to wave and they don't wave back, the two fingers down quickly turns to one finger up.