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Posted by JagLite
- June 25, 2015, 23:15:20 PMI just got home yesterday at 5:30 from a 3,278 mile ride from Sant Rosa, CA to Anchorage, Alaska and took notice of who waved and who didn't along the way.
I wave at everyone, including the cars and trucks I pass since I knew I would be passing many of them again with my frequent gas stops.
Most Harley riders acknowledged my presence with a "cool dude" mini wave and/or a head nod while a few were "too cool for school" to see anything but themselves as the Lone Wolf.
The motorcycle rider who was the most likely to ignore me really surprised me though, it was the adventure riders on the big BMW GS bikes (1100, 1190, 1200).
At red lights, gas stations, and on the ferry's the rich guys ignored me, as well as others who weren't riding the proper adventure bike, or possibly weren't riding an expensive enough bike.
No matter, there are snobs and prejudiced people everywhere.
One thing that made me notice the BMW GS bikes was how clean the bikes were.
Obviously not ridden on any dirt roads, while my Drifter was so dirty I feared the customs agent at the border crossings might charge me with smuggling dirt from one country to another!
I did get waves from almost every rider of every type of bike so the non-wavers were the rare occurrence.
Especially once we were away from the cities and out in the wilderness.
Posted by DC
- June 13, 2015, 02:58:45 AMQuote from: jmbo on June 09, 2015, 07:49:14 AMI was on a recent ride for returning WW2 vets from a trip from DC. They counted about 340 2 and 3 wheelers there. After parking at the mustering point, I walked away from my bike. I looked over at it from a distance and saw people posing for pics with it. Most were firemen and a few cops.Most of the boys here in Harley country will still give me a high sign. Honda guys rarely and crotch rockets - never! The one thing I do find is a total lack of curiosity over the Drifter. I hear other stories how guys walk away from their Drifter only to find a crowd assembled around their bike when they return. Never happened to me here in Harley country.
I usually ride in local groups with all kinds of bikes. Some groups are HD-centric and others are metric-centric. It varies. I do run into some snooty types that think their bike is better than everyone elses. Mostly when riding it's the crotch rockets that almost never wave back.
When I pull up to a light next to another bike, I always say hi to the rider, and we strike up a 30 second conversation. Most of the HDers compliment me on the bike first thing, and I reciprocate.
Posted by badboy194
- June 12, 2015, 22:16:55 PMQuote from: chief on June 10, 2015, 10:57:52 AMDon't care one way or the other. I wave, if possible, to every two-wheeler. You never know who is riding that Vespa, sport bike, etc. I love riding anything on 2-3-4 wheels... and the bike doesn't make the rider cool, the rider makes the bike cool... i.e. Steve McQueen... and me... and you...
I am with you exactly on the wave. HD guys here wave to me more than I wave to them. Never had a problem with anyone on what I ride.
Posted by Pilgrim
- June 10, 2015, 19:54:51 PMThe next day he and his dad were at a gas station and I passed on my bike, I told him I seen them and he said " Did you wave down low" 
Posted by CDNRatMan
- June 10, 2015, 19:48:23 PMOh but you are wrong, see you are not counting properly, when you get married you get old, have children get older, have grand kids and one foot is in the grave the second is on a banana peel........I only got married and stopped the aging.....lol
Posted by Pilgrim
- June 10, 2015, 19:40:52 PMI'll be 57 this year...my daughter just turned 25. 
older than Barn but not near as old as you Rat. 
Posted by CDNRatMan
- June 10, 2015, 18:09:25 PM Wait one, you have a 5 year old grand son?
Need to go and look at your gallery again, I did not realize that you are even older then I thought......your like older then GB.....and he is old.....
Posted by greenbarn
- June 10, 2015, 16:16:21 PMQuote from: Pilgrim on June 10, 2015, 12:03:49 PMI wave to most everyone unless I need both hands on the grips...could care less whether they wave back or not. I was teaching my 5 yo grandson the motorcycle wave the other day...was explainin why you dont stick your hand up in the wind but keep it down low...he though that was so cool. He ws into trains from 2-4 but now he's into motorcycles. He likes baggers.
Sounds like Grandpa's Lil Buddy....
Posted by Pilgrim
- June 10, 2015, 12:03:49 PMI wave to most everyone unless I need both hands on the grips...could care less whether they wave back or not. I was teaching my 5 yo grandson the motorcycle wave the other day...was explainin why you dont stick your hand up in the wind but keep it down low...he though that was so cool. He ws into trains from 2-4 but now he's into motorcycles. He likes baggers. 
Posted by chief
- June 10, 2015, 10:57:52 AMDon't care one way or the other. I wave, if possible, to every two-wheeler. You never know who is riding that Vespa, sport bike, etc. I love riding anything on 2-3-4 wheels... and the bike doesn't make the rider cool, the rider makes the bike cool... i.e. Steve McQueen... and me... and you...
Posted by gdrudd13
- June 10, 2015, 08:08:42 AMI haven't noticed the HD group in particular not waving. Sport bike riders around here don't all that often. The ones that strike me more as a true motorcyclist do, but the "squids" never do. I usually notice the not waving thing more around certain times of the year. Usually the (few) perfect riding days in the spring and fall when all the fair weather riders get the bikes out for their once or twice a year ride. It spans across all makes and models though, no one group in particular is more at fault than the other. Maybe HD, but I think that's just because they're more popular than other makes and models so there are more of them.
Posted by CDNRatMan
- June 09, 2015, 10:04:14 AMUp here it is hit and miss, but the sport bikes seldom wave to anyone, and a lot of the H-D guys are too worried about parts falling off so they are not looking to wave. Me I am so happy to be out riding I wave to near anyone but the E bikes.
Posted by pcarrell
- June 09, 2015, 08:29:40 AMWe still get waves from most of the cruiser guys, but the crotch rockets are a 50-50 shot.
Posted by jmbo
- June 09, 2015, 07:49:14 AMMost of the boys here in Harley country will still give me a high sign. Honda guys rarely and crotch rockets - never! The one thing I do find is a total lack of curiosity over the Drifter. I hear other stories how guys walk away from their Drifter only to find a crowd assembled around their bike when they return. Never happened to me here in Harley country.
Posted by greenbarn
- June 08, 2015, 23:47:50 PMIt occurred to me the other day, that it **seems** like maybe the HD riders are waving less to me. Any other Drifters experience this??? The thought occurred to me that perhaps they think the Drifter is a new Indian - and don't like it.... 
Infringing on their USA-made territory.??
I don't really have a big enough sample size to say for sure yet, just thought I'd ask.