And another thing....

....why are sportsbike riders all miserable gits to non-sportsbike
riders? [1]

While my my bike was being serviced, I got the courtesy bike - an
ER-5[3]. Not a single nod or wave from anyone on anything sporty. Back
on the ZX-6R and everyone acknowledges me again.

Definitely a bizarre experience.

[1] self excluded - I'm not proud, I wave to anyone [2]
[2] Thinking about it, that could explain why I get strange looks from
plod manning speed traps.... ;-)
[3] which reminded me why I _hate_ unfaired bikes.....

 

Grow up you moron.

"All wave at the Middleaged tosser on the boy's bike"

I don't wave to anyone. **** 'em. It's an out-dated throw-back to
the "aren't we all discriminated against" bollocks, and the olden days
when bikes were so shoddy (read: British) that it couldn't be
guaranteed that you'd reach your destination.

 

Ben Blaney wrote

**** off Ben and give billy no mates a chance. Prolly the only human
contact he gets is a wave from a biker going rapidly the other way. If
it makes him feel wanted and safe then that is his fantasy and he should
be allowed to keep it.

 

It's a little bit like saying hello to complete strangers - something a
lot of people only do when on holiday. Thewn consider how people that
nod on bikes wouldn't acknowledge he same person they nodded to if they
were both walking down the street in their leathers moments later.

Isn't human nature odd?

 

One aims to please.

 

There's an illuminating example of this in one of Eric Berne's books
on social interaction.

 

I don't wave to anyone. **** 'em.

I do! I dont care how sad you think I am, I have finally passed my test,
have been riding for two months and still love nodding at other bikers and
being nodded at. I have just been out on it now for a quick desperate ride
between bad weather days and nodded at 2 other bikers. So there!

By the way, thanks to everyone who advised me before taking the test, it was
much appreciated.

Leila Ferguson
NOT a sad old nodding lady but a triumpant biker at last!

 

<Clicks on the Amazon bookmark.>

 

"What do you say after you say hello" and "Games People Play" are the
only ones I've read. V. interesting.

 

<snip>

I`ll wave or nod at anyone on a bike, being the happy, dippy soft **** that
I am.

Some of the more miserable/arrogant towards SOB sportsbike riders can be
quite fun anyway. I had the pleasure of one whilst coming back home after a
jaunt in Wales one evening. This particular speciment, out with his similar
colour-coded friends came along side me at a set of lights, upon which I
gave a small "had a nice day frigging around on the same roads as me and my
550 eh?" nod. A lot can be said with one nod....

Anyway, he just looked me up and down, sneered and started giving throttle a
good blipping, the body-language clearly meaning "How dare you look at me
and my colour co-ordinated matching leathers from the depths of that rattly
old twatter you`re riding".

This self ego-massage carried on for a few more seconds until the lights
changed, upon which he gave the motor a good, solid revving and...
Stalled. Wobbled. Nearly fell off.

**** me. I nearly fell off laughing myself. Come the next set of lights, he
wouldn`t even look at me, and proceeded to take off at a leisurely rate that
even I could surpass.

Happy days.

 

Story, told here before but bear repeating IMO...

Years ago I used to work with a old git that took pride in stopping bikes
coming through the lanes in heavy traffic. Just because he was stuck he
didn't see why they should keep going.

Anyway, he didn't know I was a biker and I didn't rise to his comments as I
was biding my time.

One day he came in obviously flustered. Seems he'd noticed that bikers
waved to each other and said
"These buggers all know each other, If I upset one they might all come after
me"
I just said "Oh yes..." and walked away grinning.

From that day he always gave bikes *lots* of room.

 

He was talking about people with bikes...

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OK, OK, so I've been told millions of times before not to exaggerate.

 

Indeed...

<waves>

 

Hey, 'twas only an observation.

You were one of the grumpy gits on the A3 this morning and I claim my
prize....

Funny you should say that it's down to mechanical reliability though -
back in my dodgy Land Rover days was surprised to find that Landie
owners do much the same thing.

 

Like a child in a bus queue.

 

Absolutely not true, not one iota.

--
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"Nemo repente fuit turpissimus"

 

Not only do I wave at anything on a bike, I also wave at other Multipla
drivers...

 

Sure, that *might* be the reason.

 

I'm universally disliked by the other brits that live in our village.
One is expected to be friendly to complete strangers, just because of
having something in common ie; nationality. I generally have nothing to
do with them, as they're usually the sort of people I'd avoid in *any*
country.

--

Paul.
CBR1100XX SuperBlackbird
BOTAFOT #4
BOTAFOF #30
MRO #24