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Posted by CDNRatMan
- June 26, 2015, 22:42:34 PM 
perhaps in Mayberry OH you don't have them people. But I know what 49 is talking about. There is a small group of people like that even here. Auto parts store clerk, grocery store stock boy, computer tech guy, Home Depot floor associate, and such jobs as this, yet Friday at quitting time they become bada$$ biker dude, with the loud,make your ears bleed pipes, leather vest with the chains on front because they bought them a size to small. They talk loud, talk mean, try to be the Wild Ones in Hollister. Hang out at Timmies and try to intimidate people going in and out. Sad part is all the people are snickering at them because they look so funny.
Posted by greenbarn
- June 26, 2015, 20:19:59 PMWhat nice neighbors you have up there... 
Posted by 49Reo
- June 26, 2015, 16:38:40 PMPersonally I could care less; I find most of the Harley riders are too hung up on their "badd-a$$ image they are striving so hard for to even bother nodding to. I've gotten to the point if they wave I wave otherwise I don't. Same as fuel/rest stops; I'll be civil, but don't pull your "Billy Bada$$"crap on me, cause it don't wash...
There is a guy down the street from me, always trying to look/act/be tough, has a lot of people buffaloed. Drives past, if you are backing into or out of your driveway, he honks and curses, flips the bird, when I'm out front cleaning my bike he waves when he goes by.... When he honks and flips the bird at me I honk and wave back...a full hand wave, not the 'bird' wave... 
Posted by JagLite
- June 26, 2015, 10:33:23 AMI do indeed have pictures
Actually, I started a ride report last night but when I tried to preview it, everything was gone...
I was tired so I went to bed instead of getting frustrated.
Will try again tonight.
Posted by greenbarn
- June 25, 2015, 23:25:18 PMJag, I hope you got some pictures on that epic ride, and you plan to share them with us.....
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...