Do you wave?

andy gaw

What I meant was tap where stripes would be.........unless of course your doin' over the ton:D

faceman

I dont wave in dublin cos there are so many of us. But outside dublin i do. (Or nod i should say) Some harley guys tend to wave in dublin.

MrPudding

macnab wrote:

Update: I just rode 27 miles, I passed about 9 bikes, I nodded at them all (even the couriers) but I didnt get one reply. I will not give up.

I have to say my experience so far is the exact opposite. IN both the UK and here in Ireland I get nods or waves from the vast majority of other bikers....and I am on a beemer. Go figure.

On this subject. I am fairly new to biking, November last year. I did not realise there was the whole waving and nodding thing. It was a very pleasant surprise. I lov ethe whole "being in a club" kind of feeling it gives.

Also, on Friday I was riding up North and I had to pull over to make a phone call. A guy on a Harley passed me, drove on, found somewhere to turn and then came back to check I was OK. Top bloke!

MrP

MizzKattt

I try to wave every time. Sometimes when I'm focusing on the million and one obstacles coming at me in the city, I'll forget to look for another rider.

sutty

I nod in the city and wave in the open road. Just a safety thing I guess. But I always do it when I see the the other biker coming. That said, I find the "fair wather bikers" You know the lads, No armor and more than likely a helmet a size to big. I dont nod at them, as I gave up last year.

The Doktor

sutty wrote:

That said, I find the "fair wather bikers" You know the lads, No armor and more than likely a helmet a size to big. .

Oi... they`re not fair weather bikers... they`re just gob****es.
Some of us have no choice but to drive our cages most of the time.:p

art

Copper just nodded to me on the way home tonight as I was passing him at a junction, and whilst I was in the middle of ****ing around with my visor (which maybe he interpreted as a wave??). Anyhow, fair play to him

drunkymonkey

Don't think that bikers that don't wave are being snobby or unfriendly, they might just not be that experienced!

when i started riding i was a bit afraid to take my hand off the handlebars in case i'd crash! Or if a fellow biker nodded i was surprised because it was a new thing for me and being so surprised they're already past you by the time you think of nodding back!!

so they mightn't be that used to it yet! But yeah i always give a nod, rarely wave cos i think its a bit poncey to be honest looks like your using to much effort just to say hello when a friendly nod would be sufficient!

DonkeyRhubarb

Nodding / waving is like cruising the Shannon. Just about everybody does it except the snobs that own their own huge boats.

I always look ahead and give a nod and lift my right break hand, but not taking off bars. Safety really, but I always give a nod. It's a good community for the most part, let's keep it that way.

guil

i always nod when i pass another biker, 90% of them around kildare always nod back aswel