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#410439 Dutchman (User) Junior Boarder Posts: 100 Re:It's Just A Wave... 9 Months, 1 Week ago   Thom M wrote: Bushman52 wrote: When kids wave I usually pull the clutch in and hit the throttle. They love it! There was another thread here about when you knew you wanted a motorcycle. When I was around 6 there was a guy down the street who had a big ole HD. One day when I was staring at it, he came out of his house, smiled at me and asked me if I wanted to sit on it. I never forgot him or his bike. To this day if I'm riding down the rode and a little kid is looking at me I'll smile and wave at them. That's the only time I'll wave first. Same if I'm off my bike. That simple act by a biker 52 years ago started me on the journey I'm still on. When it is hot out we will often ride to an ice cream shop across the river. While we sit outside in the shade and eat our ice cream invariably some kids will wander over and take a look at the bikes. I always offer to let the little ones sit on the bike. The best part is when they reach for the throttle (I have 17" apes) and make "vroom" sounds. Everyone enjoys it and it puts "bikers" in a good light.   Logged     The administrator has disabled public write access. #410445 Booster (User) Gold Boarder Posts: 913 Re:It's Just A Wave... 9 Months, 1 Week ago   It's distracting to wave all the time, I will wave back most of the time but I don't initiate the wave.   Logged     The administrator has disabled public write access. #410446 BatmansRoadstar (User) Ever danced with the devil in the pale moon light? Platinum Boarder Posts: 1026 Re:It's Just A Wave... 9 Months, 1 Week ago   I used to get so mad when people would not wave to me! I now don't even look at them when I am waving...this way I don't know if they wave at me or not so I don't have to get mad ...seems to work so far!   Logged     Sig Pic deleted - larger than 450 pixels and 50 KB \"Big gulbs huh? Welp see you guys later!\"   The administrator has disabled public write access. #410496 Jonathan (User) Need more detail? Gold Boarder Posts: 785 Re:It's Just A Wave... 9 Months, 1 Week ago   I wave, even to people on the other side of the highway. Which is sometimes confusing for the cagers around me. Did I just shoo a bug off? Did I just flip someone off? Am I lane changing? Saying "hi" to ghosts?! It's a mystery!! If you don't wave back to me when I give you two fingers down, if I see you on the way back, I'm waving like m-f'in Forrest Gump to you. You know it.   Logged     Feel free to PM me and call my attention to any detailing or electronics questions! Find me on Facebook, make sure you mention you`re from RSC!   The administrator has disabled public write access. #410519 Starkruzen (User) Starkruzen Platinum Boarder Posts: 1460 Re:It's Just A Wave... 9 Months, 1 Week ago   I remeber back in the 70's the "wave" was your left arm extended at a 45% angle and a fist. Does anyone remeber that?   Logged     The administrator has disabled public write access. #410528 Thom M (User) When the going gets weird, the RoadStar gets going Gold Boarder Posts: 916 Re:It's Just A Wave... 9 Months, 1 Week ago   Starkruzen wrote: I remeber back in the 70's the "wave" was your left arm extended at a 45% angle and a fist. Does anyone remeber that? http://roadstarclinic.com/component/option,com_fireboard/Itemid,187/func,view/id,410519/catid,49/limit,10/limitstart,50/#410209   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #410539 DrumDon (User) Real men have twins! Platinum Boarder Posts: 1260 Re:It's Just A Wave... 9 Months, 1 Week ago   I ride a Harley, and I wave to all bikers. If they don't wave to me, I don't friggin care. As a former Road Star owner and rider, I understand the unspoken tension between metric and American. Ultimately, it's about the fact that we ride and we recognize others enjoying the hobby that we all have in common... whether we wave or not. Stereotypically it seems that the general opinion is that if you ride a metric and don't wave, you're just focusing on the road. But if you ride a Harley and don't wave, you're an asshole. You guys need to stop the stereotyping and desensitize yourselves a little and get over the fact that not everyone is going to wave back at you. Who friggin cares!   Logged     2001 HD Road King Classic   The administrator has disabled public write access. #410560 ttp (User) It never gets old. Fresh Boarder Posts: 44 Re:It's Just A Wave... 9 Months, 1 Week ago   Starkruzen wrote: I remeber back in the 70's the "wave" was your left arm extended at a 45% angle and a fist. Does anyone remeber that? Yep, I sure do. I posted a message on this thread earlier about that very thing. It was sometimes confused with a similar greeting of the period. Remember the Black Power movement of those times? Folks supporting that movement would greet one another with the same uplifted arm and clenched fist. We're a couple of old bastards, aren't we ? ? ? ?   Logged     I salute my military brothers & sisters.   The administrator has disabled public write access. #410561 ttp (User) It never gets old. Fresh Boarder Posts: 44 Re:It's Just A Wave... 9 Months, 1 Week ago   DrumDon wrote: You guys need to stop the stereotyping and desensitize yourselves a little and get over the fact that not everyone is going to wave back at you. Who friggin cares! Sir, if you don't friggin' care, then why comment at all? I've come from a '77 XLCH, and later a '90 FLHTC. My '09 Road Star has no equal, none.   Logged     I salute my military brothers & sisters.   The administrator has disabled public write access. #410568 DrumDon (User) Real men have twins! Platinum Boarder Posts: 1260 Re:It's Just A Wave... 9 Months, 1 Week ago   ttp wrote: DrumDon wrote: You guys need to stop the stereotyping and desensitize yourselves a little and get over the fact that not everyone is going to wave back at you. Who friggin cares! Sir, if you don't friggin' care, then why comment at all? I've come from a '77 XLCH, and later a '90 FLHTC. My '09 Road Star has no equal, none. Well sir, if you correctly read what I posted, you'd see that I said who friggin cares about the fact that everyone isn't gonna wave at you. I do care about getting my opinion out about oversensitivity on the subject matter, which is why I posted on this thread.   Logged     2001 HD Road King Classic   The administrator has disabled public write access.

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