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i find the most nod free lot are the hardly worthitson riders
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I nod if the other rider is near enough or wave if they are several lanes apart but I have found that in Saudi when I had a 650 Burgman scooter, bikers ignored me and Harley riders still ignore me on my V-Strom.
Get this, I stopped on the road when I saw a biker stood by his Harley and I asked if he needed any help, he took a step back and said no despite the oil leaking from his engine so I said OK and went on my way. I had to come back down the same road two hours later and the bike was still there with the rider sat under a tree. I waved and kept going.
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camaraderie
The nod is a great sign of camaraderie, I did not realise about the nod until I bought the bike last year after ten years without one. I thought this is great, other bikers nod or wave at me all of time. Since then I have got into the swing of things and stop if i see a biker on the side of the road etc.

I think the world is a better place with the camaraderie of bikers.

If I am riding through Swansea now I will nod to every scooter just in case it is Kevin Hancock 750 !!!!

We should have a HUBBER wave like the freemason handshake but without wiggling your little finger.

I suggest making a circular motion with your hand, just like Obi Wan Kenobi in the star wars bar, ' these are not the bikers you looking for '


One motto for the nod / wave / footwave is always to treat others like you would like to be treated yourself.

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We should have a HUBBER wave like the freemason handshake but without wiggling your little finger.

I suggest making a circular motion with your hand, just like Obi Wan Kenobi in the star wars bar, ' these are not the bikers you looking for '


One motto for the nod / wave / footwave is always to treat others like you would like to be treated yourself.

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My god,

Your beginning to sound like this is a bloody movie like " Wild Hogs"!! And you all know how pathetic that was!!!

Please don't expect me to nod or foot wave but I will help if you on the side of the road and have a with you in the pub! Just stay out of the Latte scene!

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LATTE !!!!!

I will have a cappucino any day thank you very much....


I will still nod / wave / move foot etc to anyone on a bike.


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Your beginning to sound like this is a bloody movie like " Wild Hogs"!! And you all know how pathetic that was!!!
Try Freebird then

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Dividing up the bikers
I'd never really noticed all the subdivisions in biker before, but this thread set me watching them all today as they rolled into the local biker spot.

The Harley riders are all in denim, they're usually in their fifties and all seem to have attracted trophy blondes (is it the throbbing). They hang round together and definately don't talk to the ...

Goldwing riders who are about the same age, but still married and wear matching flip fronts and black fabric jackets, the wives won't let them talk to the Harley riders, but they're allowed with close supervision to talk to the...

Supertourists, who seem to ride solo but with significant others on their own smaller engined bikes, they're in touring gear and in their 30's to 40's. But the male of the species isn't certain about talking to the Goldwingers as they're worried that's what they'll become. They will talk to the Harley riders, but ...

.......No-one talks to the sportsbikers, because they're leathers are covered in neon vomit.

I was on a 125 Derbi Terra so of course everyone talked to me (I think it was my helmet).
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Been out today. Out of about 20 bikes coming towards me, 3 nodded or waved before me or at the same time. About 6 acknowledged me back and the rest didn't including 1 Harley rider riding a similar bike to mine!
I don't think it's anything to do with the kind of bike you ride or where you are. Just like some people shake hands when you meet or always say hello when they enter a room or office, others don't.
I do agree with the comment above about bikers being more friendly in the winter though. Kindred spirits easily recognized when you're both riding in sub-zero temperatures.
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I''ll nod or wave to anyone on any sort of bike, if the miserable ****ers don't want to wave/nod back thats thier problem. Doesn't hurt to be polite or friendly!
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I''ll nod or wave to anyone on any sort of bike, if the miserable ****ers don't want to wave/nod back thats thier problem. Doesn't hurt to be polite or friendly!

I absolutely agree...
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Many years ago a mate of mine had a Reliant Robin.
They used to wave at each other as well.
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I used to have a 2Cv and all 2CV drivers wave. Then I sold it and still waved and used to get very odd looks.
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Smile Baaaa!
You find a lot o folk up ere int' Dales nod at sheep an' all
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I've started doing the nod automatically to bikers now, even when I am back in the car; get some odd looks. I came very close to following a bike filtering through traffic the other day, caught myself just in time as I remembered I was in the car, not on the bike. Could have been ugly.
I feel your pain, man! I am constantly being yelled at, when I'm a passenger in a car, cos I forget you can't just filter down the middle. "But it is such a HUGE GAP!!!"
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Harley Nods...
HARLEY RIDERS:

Now thats interesting - because I WAS going to say, that Harley riders are almost always the exception: THEY ALWAYS NOD BACK!

EVEN, when I'm on my "poncy, carbon fibre, matt black, city girl, crotch rocket" Duke.

And - most often - they INSTIGATE the nod, or foot or wave whatever.

AAAAANNNNDDD --- in my experience, whenever I am stranded [THIS IS A FAR MORE REGULAR EXPERIENCE THAN MOST, USUALLY BECAUSE I FORGET TO PUT FUEL IN MY BIKE, OR IMPORTANT BITS FALL OFF, COS I FORGOT TO BOLT THEM BACK ON]the FIRST guys to stop, are ALMOST ALWAYS on Harleys/Cruisers/Big Shiny Things.


Don't hate me (harley) guys -- but I've always thought its cos they're kind of usually going SLOWER than the other bikers.. you know - just cruizzzing along, waving and nodding... with their big beards and bellies, just like lovely SANTA CLAUSES of the road, looking out for good deeds to do.

(ok.. maybe you can hate me a little... : )
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