Waving,Worked it out,Maybe!

**Jackrat** · 27th December 2003, 07:43

Boxing day,Time for a ride.
Think I might pop out an vist Lee & Gail out west Auckland way,Hate the motoway but time to bite the bullet an do it.Waiuku to Hobsonville,not qaultiy
Kms but we do these things Aye!.Heading out of Waiuku an a Triumph Thunder bird coming the other way,Give him a wave,Nothing,Give him the finger...Oh yeah he saw that.The double take almost had him in the ditch,he,he,he.Bikes running like a clock,Pipes crackling away,Sun shineing,Carving up the cages all the way to the motoway,Bliss just bike an me

Up the southern,Traffic like rush hour,Humming along an see a head light coming up behind,Move over to give em, room but he tucks in,Cool.
Looks like an R1-R6,He won,t stay long.Sure enough five minites an he drifts to the next lane an pulls away,Quick look an a big wave,wave back.Happy guy
Very nice bike.New market fly over an catch guy on new Triumph America.Give him the nod,He stares straight ahead don,t talk to jappers,Brand
new bike,brand new Jacket, boots,helmet,Brand new middle age crisis.
Come round bend before the westy turn off,Nissan Maxima doing 60Km,Flick around em, an watch Mr Triumph just about run up his bum,Yep got that right.Half way up the western an spot Mr plod,Aggggh Shet,Drop throttle check speed

Only doing 100Km anyway,Guilty or what!.Oh well get to mates place,Yarn Yarn Yarn Beer Yarn.Off home more motoway :disapint: .
Get passed by FJ1100-1200,Give him a wave nothing,Don,t talk to commoners huh,All the best gear with girl in cotton blouse an open face,Say no more.Pass old XJ650 wave,nothing again.
Off the motoway at last,Carving up the cages again,Flash bike coming the other way FAST,Get the big wave,wave back.
So there ya, go Iv,e worked this wave thing out.
The verdict,Buggered if I know.
Happy travels folks.

**onearmedbandit** · 27th December 2003, 21:01

Hmmm, I've got to say its been six years since I've been back on a 'proper' bike, so I kind of forgot about the old wave issue. But since I've been back on bikes, god damn if no-one other than sportbike riders will wave. I laugh at all the mid-age crisis wanna-bes trying to reclaim their lost youth, or whatever their excuse/reason is.

It seems to me that if you're on a sportsbike, you're considered lower on the food chain than if you are on a Triumph (what an ironic name), Hardly Workingson, or for that matter, any Italian bike. Doesn't bother me though, after my accident I've learnt to laugh at the small stuff, and its ALL small stuff.

**Jackrat** · 27th December 2003, 22:14

LOL, Yeah got to agree about Triumph,How they could put the name Bonniville
on that wanabe a harley thing is beyond me

I was out of the NZ bike scene for about seven years while over sea,s.
A heck of a lot has changed in that short time,Like where have all the bikes gone? There are nowhere near the amount of young people on bikes anymore,Thanks to Jap import cars I guess.
A few of my old riding mates here have given it up due to The more rigid and expensive laws.

It seems once they could finaly afford a flash Italian bike they couldn,t afford the speeding tickets

Iv,e noticed a lot of the bikers today are very isolated from one another,IE sport bike riders,cruisers,Italian riders, and of course a lot of Harley and BMW riders have always been prats.The born again dudes are always eazy to spot,Ya only have to watch em, in traffic for five minites to pick em,But at lest their out there and thats what counts I suppose.
As for me,,Never met a bike I didn,t like.
Big sport bikes interest me but I sure don,t ever want one.
That would be a dead Rat fer, sure .How many HP did you say

Anyway I never thought of a bike as a status symbol.
Thats kind,a strange really

Cheers.

**Motu** · 28th December 2003, 11:56

Yep,that's my take on it too - a ramdom event that requires a random response.It actualy seems to more of a sports bike riders thing,and waving to dirt bikes is not done either.A few weeks ago I took my XT400 up the Awhitu peninsular,the same day some riders from this site went up,I think I saw them coming back,times and number of bikes matched....only one gave a halfarsed flutter of the hand,the rest didn't even blink.I posted a few pics of my ride (I went to both heads of the harbour that day) but no one said - hey,was that you?

Oh,in case this might offend someone,let me make it clear....I don't care!

**mangell6** · 28th December 2003, 12:37

Originally Posted by Motu

Oh,in case this might offend someone,let me make it clear....I don't care!

Received this in an email yesterday

...Why is it that anyone thinks they're entitled to go through life without ever being offended? (c) by Randy Cassingham

Sort of makes you think.

I have a different conclusion from reading JackRats story. First wave, if no reponse, then the finger, that way I will know if they saw me and won't feel :disapint:

Mike

**marty** · 28th December 2003, 12:51

what's wrong with italian bikes? i always wave - even to hardleys, or when i'm hanging off the side going up or down the kaimais

**Jackrat** · 28th December 2003, 14:06

Originally Posted by marty

what's wrong with italian bikes? i always wave - even to hardleys, or when i'm hanging off the side going up or down the kaimais

Nothing wrong with em,what makes ya, think that?
I know most folks are friendly enough an would wave,give a nod or what ever,
These are just some more of my odd reflections on life.
It does strike me that folks are bit to concerned about just which group they belong to but

If you think it,s hard to wave when riding your bike hard,try it on an old XS

Mate ya, need both hands.
BTW,The best response I ever got to a casual wave was when I owned my first HD,I had just left home for work when a girl on a scooter came up the hill outside my place,I gave her a wave as she went past an the smile I got in return set the tone of the whole day.

Cheers.

**Motu** · 28th December 2003, 14:17

Originally Posted by mangell6

Received this in an email yesterday

...Why is it that anyone thinks they're entitled to go through life without ever being offended? (c) by Randy Cassingham

Sort of makes you think.

I have a different conclusion from reading JackRats story. First wave, if no reponse, then the finger, that way I will know if they saw me and won't feel :disapint:

Mike

I think you got me wrong there mate - I'm not saying I don't care if I offend anyone...just I don't care one way or the other about waving...so they shouldn't be upset if I didn't wave to them - or them to me.

It's a non...but all the same,very interesting issue to me

**mangell6** · 28th December 2003, 14:47

Motu,

so they shouldn't be upset if I didn't wave to them

I understood what you meant, but so many people do take offense when none was intended.

Mike
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**Jackrat** · 28th December 2003, 15:00

Originally Posted by mangell6

Motu,

so they shouldn't be upset if I didn't wave to them

I understood what you meant, but so many people do take offense when none was intended.

Mike
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Yep some blokes now days are starting to act like women

Time I shut the Ferk up huh

**SPman** · 28th December 2003, 21:43

Originally Posted by Jackrat

Yep some blokes now days are starting to act like women

Hey, I resemble that remark!

**angle** · 28th December 2003, 22:02

Went for a ride to Bethells today at 17.30, the actual ride was great as there were practicaly no cars on the road. On the way back met a girl on a naked/retro bike who had a small kid sitting just in front of her, gave her a nod, nothing in return, next there was a green TL S, gave that guy a nod too, nothing in return, and, finally in Titirangi Village saw another guy riding an old retro bike, wearing an open face helmet and sunglasses, nodded to him, in reply he just stared at me

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**SpankMe** · 29th December 2003, 08:57

The problem with sportbikes waving to each other as they pass going in opposite directions is that by the time you’ve realised you have been waved at, the dudes already passed you.

**Jackrat** · 29th December 2003, 09:52

Originally Posted by angle

Went for a ride to Bethells today at 17.30, the actual ride was great as there were practicaly no cars on the road. On the way back met a girl on a naked/retro bike who had a small kid sitting just in front of her, gave her a nod, nothing in return, next there was a green TL S, gave that guy a nod too, nothing in return, and, finally in Titirangi Village saw another guy riding an old retro bike, wearing an open face helmet and sunglasses, nodded to him, in reply he just stared at me

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Hey I know the guy on the Retro,He,s so buzy being pissed off he bought the thing he has no time for waving.
Aye Keith..