That biker just waved at me! What do I do!

[DaveC]

I get/return waves from everyone, except scooters.
I guess my scooter trike doesn't fit in any categories

[inuyasha]

Originally Posted by DaveC

I get/return waves from everyone, except scooters.
I guess my scooter trike doesn't fit in any categories

Hi Dave
Welcome aboard
Its good to see you
Take care and ride safely dear friend
Yours Hank

[DaveC]

Thanx Hank
Good to be here
Think I'll stay

God Bless you and your family

[Dragonsparks]

I wave to everyone, I think it's a southern thing. Like yes sir, no sir, yes mam, no mam, excuse me, please & thank you. Which nowa days you only hear when someone is trying to get your money.

Dave

[richardthescooter1]

I too wave when I see motorcycle, scooters... (Awesome) Lets ride!

[inuyasha]

Originally Posted by Dragonsparks

I wave to everyone, I think it's a southern thing. Like yes sir, no sir, yes mam, no mam, excuse me, please & thank you. Which nowa days you only hear when someone is trying to get your money.

Dave

Hi Dave

Nothing is ever lost by courtesy. It is the cheapest of the pleasures costs nothing and conveys much. It pleases him who gives and him who receives, and thus, like mercy, it is twice blessed.
Erastus Wiman
Take care and ride safely dear friend
Yours Hank

[AVGuy]

I wave or am waved to by a lot of other bikes. Cruisers mainly, sport bikes hardly ever. Most of the other scooters around here ride them because they've lost their drivers license and don't care about the scooter lifestyle, they just use them for transportation and don't wave back.

[thumper650]

I've given up on waving. If you're on the side of the road I'll stop to offer help, but waving just isn't my thing anymore.

[tinstar]

Wave and be courteous.

[Jaybird09]

I wave at every single biker or scooter on the road... All through I find it funny that almost EVERY single biker on the road will give me the "v twin" wave back or before I get a chance to wave, but every single person on a scoot I wave at has NEVER waved back. I figure either the scoot riders around here have no idea what I am doing or are just to dumb to wave back. I think it's great that all the bikers wave (sideways peace sign, aka V-Twin wave) when I do or wave to me before I do. I've made some great friends doing so... And have even talked a guy into swapping rides! He took the scoot and I jumped on his 2010 Harley Davidson 1450cc. But I've been riding for years and can ride anything under the sun. Drive safe and remember... We are all a brotherhood on the roads! Help your fellow brothers on the road...

Honda PCX 150
2013

[ckizer]

The reason I sometimes don't do the wave to motorcycle riders who do it to me first is guilt. I'm afraid they are going to start waving, then feel cheated when the realize I'm on a scooter instead of a motorcycle. I'd love to wave, I love being friendly and wave at people in cars, and people in yards. I just don't want the biker to feel like I think my scooter compares. Even though I chose a scooter over a motorcycle and could have bought a motorcycle. I'm guessing most drivers are cool, but often around here it's hardcore gang style bikers that wave to me, just don't want to cheat them. Any motorcycle riders weight in?

[epyon96r]

I get waves from about half the bikers around my area. Today a sport bike rider didn't wave at me, instead he did a fist pump! What does that mean???

[inuyasha]

Hi
"The bikers creed"
I ride because it is fun.
I ride because I enjoy the freedom I feel from being exposed to the elements, and the vulnerability to the danger that is intrinsic to riding.
I do not ride because it is fashionable to do so.
I ride my machine, not wear it. My machine is not a symbol of status. It exists simply for me, and me alone.
My machine is not a toy. It is an extension of my being, and I will treat it accordingly, with the same respect as I have for myself.
I strive to understand the inner-workings of my machine, from the most basic to the most complex.
I will learn everything I can about my machine, so that I am reliant upon no one but myself for its health and well being.
I strive to constantly better my skill of control over my machine. I will learn its limits, and use my skill to become one with my machine so that we may keep each other alive. I am the master, it is the servant. Working together in harmony, we will become an invincible team.
I do not fear death. I will, however, do all possible to avoid death prematurely. Fear is the enemy, not death. Fear on the highway leads to death, therefore I will not let fear be my master. I will master it.
My machines will outlive me. Therefore, they are my legacy. I will care for them for future bikers to cherish as I have cherished them, whoever they may be.
I do not ride to gain attention, respect, or fear from those that do NOT ride, nor do I wish to intimidate or annoy them. For those that do not know me, all I wish from them is to ignore me. For those that desire to know me, I will share with them the truth of myself, so that they might understand me and not fear others like me.
I will never be the aggressor on the highway. However, should others mess with me, their aggression will be dealt with in as severe manner as I can cast upon them.
I will show respect to other bikers more experienced or knowledgeable than I am. I will learn from them all I can. However, if my respect is not acknowledged or appreciated, it will end.
I will not show disrespect to other bikers less experienced or knowledgeable than I am. I will teach them what I can. However, if they show me disrespect, they will be slapped.
It will be my task to mentor new riders, that so desire, into the lifestyle of the biker, so that the breed shall continue. I shall instruct them, as I have been instructed by those before me. I shall preserve and honor traditions of bikers before me, and I will pass them on unaltered.
I will not judge other bikers on their choice of machine, their appearance, or their profession. I will judge them only on their conduct as bikers. I am proud of my accomplishments as a biker, though I will not flaunt them to others. If they ask, I will share them.
I will stand ready to help any other biker that truly needs my help.
I will never ask another biker to do for me what I can do for myself.
I am not a part-time biker. I am a biker when, and where ever I go. I am proud to be a biker, and hide my chosen lifestyle from no one. I ride because I love freedom, independence, and the movement of the ground beneath me. But most of all, I ride to better understand myself, my machine, the lands in which I ride, and to seek out and know other bikers like myself.
-Anonymous
Whether scoot motorbike motorcycle or trike its all the same to me
Take care and ride safely
Yours Hank

[scootnwinn]

I live that Hank. Any motorcyclist who thinks I am not a real biker because I ride a scooter is given the opportunity to try to keep my tail light in sight in the mountains. I have yet to have any of them take me up on the offer...

[amac1680]

Originally Posted by Slab Hardcheese

When I was on the Viva, I actually had motorcyclists pull back their arm when they realized I was on a scooter. From a distance, it could have been mistaken for a crotch rocket from the front.

I wouldn't attempt to wave at motorcyclists if I were on a scooter. Like it or not, (but you do seem to understand it) scooter riders aren't seen as equals to a motorcyclist. They most likely will not wave back. But, if a motorcyclist waves at you first, by all means, return the gesture. Don't worry about them feeling "cheated". They aren't going to dwell on it.

If a biker pulls his arm back then he suffers from a deep rooted personality flaw. Feeling inadequate is no way to go thru life and trying to compensate with a large machine is well Freudian to say the least.

You boldly point out that you wouldn't wave if you were on a scooter. Ill give you credit very few would admit to such low self esteem. Do you let others dictate how you live all aspects of your life ?

Other motorcyclist may not dwell on it but you do. You sir have made two post here both on the same topic. On a scooter site no less. It seems to rub you the wrong way. You're a sham, a wannabe screaming "look at me look at me".

Are the big boys on their big boy bikes not paying enough attention to you?

You're a very big guy on the nameless Internet from the nonsense you spew to the childish, sexist garbage in your profile, now removed. How very very big of you.

I rode HDs for forty years and have seen tons of your type.
Little man big bike.

Again the emporeor has no clothes.

Be Big,
AMAC