Why I kissed Waiving goodbye

[Perazzimx14]

Well fellers I done goofed. This morning, I decided to go for a quick ride to check some changes I made to the bike and before I knew it I waved at a guy on a metric cruised coming the opposite direction. After a quick stop at the gas station back under way I encountered a guy on a spyder and damned if I didn't wave to him. A few miles later two Harleys of all thing coming the opposite direction and uncontrollably my left hand went up. A few more miles down the road I ran across a guy on a Harley trike and his partner on a 2 wheels Harley and this time I was prepared and did not wave but gave them a nod. Then as I rode past a golf course I haphazardly waved at a golfer. Damned if he didn't wave back. On the road back to the house I ended up waving at a couple more riders on sport bikes and one on a motard and then as I pulled into the development a landscaper of all people waved at me so i wave back as much as it pained me to be cordial.

So there you have it, turns out I'm an indiscriminate compulsive waver. I really though my mother raised me better but I guess not.   

[kingoffleece]

As the kids nowadays say, "You do you."

[travelingbyguzzi]

I get tired of waving. I really do. Especially in the city. But I usually return a wave. Especially in Kansas or Nebraska.

[SIR REAL ED]

Well fellers I done goofed. This morning, I decided to go for a quick ride to check some changes I made to the bike and before I knew it I waved at a guy on a metric cruised coming the opposite direction. After a quick stop at the gas station back under way I encountered a guy on a spyder and damned if I didn't wave to him. A few miles later two Harleys of all thing coming the opposite direction and uncontrollably my left hand went up. A few more miles down the road I ran across a guy on a Harley trike and his partner on a 2 wheels Harley and this time I was prepared and did not wave but gave them a nod. Then as I rode past a golf course I haphazardly waved at a golfer. Damned if he didn't wave back. On the road back to the house I ended up waving at a couple more riders on sport bikes and one on a motard and then as I pulled into the development a landscaper of all people waved at me so i wave back as much as it pained me to be cordial.

So there you have it, turns out I'm an indiscriminate compulsive waver. I really though my mother raised me better but I guess not.   

Nothing wrong with putting out a good vibe!  Karma is real!

I usually wave at pedestrians.  Motorcyclists need some good PR.

[Dr. Enzo Toma]

I get tired of waving. I really do. Especially in the city. But I usually return a wave. Especially in Kansas or Nebraska.

I recently did a trip from IL to CO on a Honda Trail 125 and passed through KS on US-36. In some areas of Kansas, folks driving cars and trucks even lifted their hand from the top of the steering wheel to give the oncoming rural wave. The cagers are in on it too!

[bad Chad]

I always thought it would be fun to give the finger to riders who wave at me.  I have never done it for several reasons, but I think it would be interesting to observe the various reactions it would likely produce.

[PJPR01]

I always thought it would be fun to give the finger to riders who wave at me.  I have never done it for several reasons, but I think it would be interesting to observe the various reactions it would likely produce.

You wave first - Step 1
They don't wave back - Step 2
You get pissed, and give them the finger - Step 3
They turn around and chase you - Step 4
You end up having a beer together and discussing the spirit of waving - Step 5

Winning plan!!

[Tkelly]

Bad idea to give anyone you don’t know the finger these days,risk of ass kicking or worse.

[brider]

They got to wave first.Too many Harley riders here won’t even look at you if you wear a helmet or ain’t riding their brand. “If’n it ain’t a Harley it ain’t a bike”

I too am tiring of the waving thing and I don't adhere to it unless I feel like it. I just returned from a weekend trip and just HAD IT with waving at a string of multiple bikes over and over...especially when in a corner....I decided I'm not takin' my hand off the bars on a 2-lane sweeper with limited sight lines to wave, just almost seems lame.

Regarding the quote, I ran into many bikes at the campsite and elsewhere, and without fail the non-Harleys acknowledged my presence and quipped about my nice red Norge. Never a Harly rider, parked next to several along the way, at the beer store and once at an ice-cream shop, sitting next to a couple also having ice cream at the same picnic table. I said hi, they meekly acknowledge, then said nothing. I am not offended or even annoyed, just amazed.

[Bulldog9]

Nothing wrong with putting out a good vibe!  Karma is real!

I usually wave at pedestrians.  Motorcyclists need some good PR.

Grace travels outside of Karma

[bad Chad]

Karma, is a lovely quaint notion, but that's all it is, it does not exist.  For every time an event happens that's attributed to Karma, there are far more that get no help from karma.   Saying an event is do to karma, is like saying a broken clock tells the time of day.

[Perazzimx14]

Karma, is a lovely quaint notion, but that's all it is, it does not exist.  For every time an event happens that's attributed to Karma, there are far more that get no help from karma.   Saying an event is do to karma, is like saying a broken clock tells the time of day.

I know when I forget to wind the grandfather clock and the hands stops it still give the correct time twice per day.

[SIR REAL ED]

I always thought it would be fun to give the finger to riders who wave at me.  I have never done it for several reasons, but I think it would be interesting to observe the various reactions it would likely produce.

For some, not waving is the equivalent.....

[SIR REAL ED]

Karma, is a lovely quaint notion, but that's all it is, it does not exist.  For every time an event happens that's attributed to Karma, there are far more that get no help from karma.   Saying an event is do to karma, is like saying a broken clock tells the time of day.

Karma is more like a fun concept.  Kinda like schadenfreude.  Or believing in Santa Claus.

Seeing a mean person get hurt or suffer a loss, may not be cosmic justice in the absolute sense, but it can be very reassuring to those who do the hard work of disciplining themselves to not be A-holes just cause it feels good in the moment.

Not that I have ever met any people like that in real life or even on the internet.....

[Bulldog9]

Karma is more like a fun concept.  Kinda like schadenfreude.  Or believing in Santa Claus.

Seeing a mean person get hurt or suffer a loss, may not be cosmic justice in the absolute sense, but it can be very reassuring to those who do the hard work of disciplining themselves to not be A-holes just cause it feels good in the moment.

Not that I have ever met any people like that in real life or even on the internet.....

This is why I prefer Grace

[Perazzimx14]

This is why I prefer Grace

Me too, especially around 1969

[Bulldog9]

Me too, especially around 1969

I go for the original........ but Ms Kelly is a close second 

 

[SIR REAL ED]

This is why I prefer Grace

Fair enough.  Grace, or the closest equivalent for some people, grrrr-ace, is a personal choice. 

Karma is the universe saying "well played, here's an atta-boy for you" or "not so fast bubba, you ain't getting away with it this time."

Schadenfreude is the warm fuzzy feeling of seeing cosmic justice dispensed appropriately, at least in the eye of the observer.

Or as they say in the South, "That's why stupid is supposed to hurt!"

[plainjs]

I was riding into England from Scotland on the M6 Motorway, late at night, it was a long, cold, miserable ride, 2 hours in and 2 to go if I'm lucky, coming the other way I see a lone headlight cutting through the sleet, I acknowledge him dipping his brights for me with a wave of my hand, he returns it and we carry on. That was 50 years ago and I've waved or nodded on occasion since, meeting a fellow traveler after a long stretch of road, long enough to remind you that it has been a long while (whatever that means :) usually being the trigger.

This waving at every tosser you come across is distracting and strikes me as a bit daft.

Rode to Sturgis last year and was amazed there weren't "wave related" pileups all along the way :)

[Perazzimx14]

I was riding into England from Scotland on the M6 Motorway, late at night, it was a long, cold, miserable ride, 2 hours in and 2 to go if I'm lucky, coming the other way I see a lone headlight cutting through the sleet, I acknowledge him dipping his brights for me with a wave of my hand, he returns it and we carry on. That was 50 years ago and I've waved or nodded on occasion since, meeting a fellow traveler after a long stretch of road, long enough to remind you that it has been a long while (whatever that means :) usually being the trigger.

This waving at every tosser you come across is distracting and strikes me as a bit daft.

Rode to Sturgis last year and was amazed there weren't "wave related" pileups all along the way :)

I for one draw the line at waving at "tossers" 

[Huzo]

You wave first - Step 1
They don't wave back - Step 2
You get pissed, and give them the finger - Step 3
They turn around and chase you - Step 4
You end up having a beer together and discussing the spirit of waving - Step 5

Winning plan!!

Or they pull out a gun and shoot you…

[Bulldog9]

Or they pull out a gun and shoot you…

Only in the movies 

[SIR REAL ED]

Only in the movies 

Shhhh... don't deny the non-Merkins their fantasies about Merka!