05-09-2007, 09:04 AM | #1 |
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The following was lifted...er, "borrowed" from:
http://www.ravenshadow.com/KLR650/site_index.html Top Ten Reasons Why Harley Riders Don't Wave Back
Top Ten Reasons Why Dual Sport Riders Don't Wave Back
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05-09-2007, 10:30 AM | #2 |
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Well, personally, I weave at everyone.
I see another bike coming at me in the other lane, I weave at it. I see a car, I weave at it. Occasionally, I am so sober that I'll be scared to weave at a semi-truck, but usually I'm either drunk or stoned enough that I don't care, so I weave at them too. I admit, when I first heard that it was a tradition for motorcyclists to weave at each other, I thought it was kind of nuts. I was a new rider and weaving at all was kind of a challenge. But I wanted to be a good biker, so I did it. Sure, I laid the bike down a few times at first, but I got the hang of it. Then, after doing it successfully a few times and seeing the looks on the other riders faces -- well you can tell they are impressed and it really is a blast! At first, they sometimes look like they aren't going to weave too, but don't go thinking they're being unfriendly. I've learned that what they are really doing is seeing how good you are at this weaving thing. If they don't weave, you show them you know what you're doing and keep weaving right at them. If you do it right, they will always weave too, sometimes right at the last second. After I found out how much fun it was, I couldn't resist spreading the practice to cars, trucks, bicycles and even pedestrians. People love it! They beep their horns, they yell, they give you all kinds of waves. Sometimes they even turn around and follow you for awhile, which is when you show 'em what you've got and lose 'em. Then turn off on a side street and wait for 'em. When they catch up, pull out and weave at 'em again. They'll beep and wave with just as much excitement as they did the first time! Obviously, it's a matter of personal preference. But I highly recommend weaving at least at other bikes, if not at everyone you see. I promise if you do this you'll meet new people and be the talk of your neighborhood in no time. I remember the first time I tried weaving at someone. I was on the way to work (yeeccchh!!) and weaved at a garbage truck right off. The guy must've been a biker, cause he weaved right back at me. That gave me some more practice with the weave, too, cuz the guy hanging off the side of the truck was so impressed by our weaves that he momentarily forgot where he was, and fell off the truck! And I did a kinda "reverse-weave" and weaved AWAY from him (I know that's not the right way to do it, but he was a pretty big fella, and I didn't think I could make it over him). He must have hurt his hand in the fall, or something, cause when he waved at me to compliment me on my weave, he didn't manage to get all his fingers extended. I rode on, and pretty soon had a chance to impress a pedestrian with the biker's weave (TM). He responded by making funny faces at me. I guess he thought I should have washed my bike, tho, cause I think I heard him say something like "muddy feller". About halfway to work, I met a group of about 4 cages and weaved right at them. Boy! were they ever impressed. They commenced to return my weave, all at the same time! Must be a lot of bikers around here. Funny thing, though. One of them must've not been a biker, cause he weaved the wrong way. That guy must have sure pissed off the other three, too, cause there was sure a lot of bent sheetmetal from that one guys bad weave! Man, this was fun! I weaved at a bicycle rider later on. Hell, he at least had the right number of wheels, right? He weaved too, and raised his fist in salute to my perfectly executed biker's weave (TM). I weaved at a dog, too. One of those little yap-yap rat-dogs, though, instead of a real dog. I even added a new touch to the weave... I goosed the throttle a little. Little dogs must not like loud pipes- the little shit nearly jumped out of his skin! I was having a blast demonstrating the biker's weave (TM) to any and all. I even weaved at a State Trooper later that day! He was really impressed. But you know those guys... he didn't weave back. But he did turn around and follow me. When he caught up, I got to explain the biker's weave (TM) to him- it's history and uses and everything! Man, was he impressed with my knowledge of biker customs! He liked the whole story so much that he asked me to follow him. I got to tell all about the weave to the Magistrate, too! Well, the Magistrate liked it so good that he made me an appointment to tell the whole story about the biker's weave (TM) to some Judge somewhere. I think they're planning to make the biker's weave official, or something.... Well, that's all for today. I gotta go practice that weave some more, so I can have it pretty well perfected when I get to show-and-tell for whoever that Judge guy is.
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05-09-2007, 01:59 PM | #4 |
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Weaving, waving... what's the difference...
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05-09-2007, 10:30 PM | #5 |
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Both of these have been making the rounds of motorcycle forums for years. My copy of The Weave is 3 years old at least.
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05-10-2007, 11:47 AM | #6 |
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What about Vespas?
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05-11-2007, 06:00 PM | #7 |
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Cute I will have to send this to my HD riding father. [img]smile.gif[/img]
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