To Nod or Not to Nod...

I have even nodded to bike cops knowing that I'll get no response, just for the off chance I'll get a reply

I'm a nodder and or waver, unless I recognize the rider as a snooty winger......

I wave at cops on bikes, and sometimes they wave back...

A year ago I ran into one my old customers from the last bike shop I worked for, and he said, "Haven't seen ya for a while!" I said, "You see me every day, but yer too stuck up to wave at me on my Buell!!" I think it hit home, cuz now I see him waving at folks on bikes unlike his own

I usually nod, unless it's a motor-scooter or a Harley. I'll bet HD riders would die if they knew I'd put 'em in the same category!

Saw a bloke go past as I was coming off the CityLink in Richmond the other day, on the way home from work. He was also riding an XB. Nodded, then pulled a quick wheelie as he crossed in front of me. Cracked me up!

It's funny how many bikes will drop back when they hear the exhaust note, to have a closer look. So few Buells on the road here in Melb.

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The dude abides....

If ya ever see the Glide in my avatar, ya better wave!!! LOL!!

I wave.

Air intake fell of my BMW on the highway once. 3 different bikers went past me as I tried to stick the bloody thing back where it came from. Only one of them stopped and it was a Harley rider.

Never judge a book by its cover I say.

I always stop when I see a scooter on the side of the road, especially when they put out the "Broke down" flag, which us semi-grey beards know is placing your helmet on the ground about 20 meters behind your bike.

Do that in Oz Fuzz and when you put it back on you will more than likely have an unwanted passenger of the poisonous/venomous kind!!!!

Not cool when a spider makes its presense felt on your favourite set of twisties!

That would put quite a damper on your day!!

So, how do you go about camping trips?

you sit there all night holding the mortein and a big stick at the ready!!!
Nah, we're all immune these days, been bitten so many times by the wildlife. drop bears are the worst.

Hog riders in Adelaide generally dont wave, although mostly the non-outlaw hog riders. I've nodded at outlaws before and they've nodded back. 99% of beemer riders dont nod. I think the rest of us are beneath their dignity to acknowledge. But even some of the young dudes on gsxr r1 fireblade rocketships don't nod either. Its the real riders who nod, the ones who get it, you know, understand the bond between riders and have lived the life, living and breathing motorcycles whatever you ride. commuter riders dont seem to get it. boy racers dont seem to get it. On the long stretches between towns in the bush, people get it. Everyone nods then, even car drivers.

In coming.
charge

Now where's that bomb shelter gone.

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