When to do the motorcycle wave

Are you fucking serious? This amount of autism is concerning...

>>16996707
I thought /o/ was supposed to be the only thread where you can get actual help. So, what you're saying is only biker wave on the bike? All I'm trying to do is say hey, I ride too

>>16996731
not that anon but
yes it's only acceptable if you're on a bike, no one knows that you ride so they don't give a shit.

In germany no one really waves anymore. at first it was only harley riders and bmw adventure bike grandpas but now rarely anyone waves back.

Also dont wave when you are not on a bike.

>>16996684
Are bikers all fags or something? Seems like only gays would wave at each other like this. Like, am I gonna wave to everyone I see driving a Tahoe? Hell no, I ain't gay

>>16996766
It's just a "stay safe" sign, we all have buried a biker friend.

>>16996760
Thank you. I'll stop

>>16996684
From what I've seen around here:
- People who drive Harleys only wave to other Harleys
- People who drive other bikes wave to other bikes
- There's this one group of people I forgot the name of that nobody waves to/waves to nobody
Never seen anyone do the wave to anyone not on a bike though, so I think that's a no-go.

>>16996684
> Wave
Humans only have two hands. It's a nod.

>>16996760
What, I have the exact opposite experience
Harley and bmw-tourer guys usually don't wave, everyone else does
I wave at everyone that isn't on one of said bike-types and wave back to everyone

>>16996766
No, you aren't going to wave at every Tahoe owner and that's normal, but bikers seem to have a bit of a brotherhood. I don't stop every time I see a car on the side of the road, but if I see a biker on the side of the road, I stop and see if I can help, unless I need to be somewhere.

I usually get the wave when I move my car over to the side of my lane so he can split lanes

>>16996787
I ride a BMW, I wave to everybody. Except scooters. Fuck scooters.

>>16996788
>bit of a brotherhood
That's literally the definition of gay anon

OP here. I ride a Suzuki DR650 and I ride around Monmouth County (Central) NJ in USA. I wave to every bike and 99% wave back with the exception of the way too serious Harley riders that even other Harley riders make fun of

>>16996802

Dual Cross isn't in either crotch rocket or cruiser camp so people in Dual cross tend to get the most nods.

Except autistic chopper/big Harley retards.

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>>16996791
>riding at night
>see some motorcycle lights coming the other way
>wave
>its some 16 year olds on a scooter
>kill me pls

>>16996802

Do you commute or offroad more? I'm assuming that NJ doesn't have that many offroad opportunities because I saw many people from NJ say they just go to NY or PA to ride in trails.

>>16996684
I only wave to other bikers when i find another biker in heavy rain

>>16996790
Isn't this supposed to happen?

>>16996790
Cuck

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>>16996817
>be too young to buy a car
>welp. gotta take the ruckus out so I can at least feel the wind on my face
>pushittothelimit.mp3
>see someone coming down the road
>this is embaressing, I didn't plan for this shit
>they're gonna know I'm a loser
>he waved
>FeelsNotSuicidalMan.jpg

Waves only acceptable on a bike.

>>16996817
Only way to redeem yourself is to track him down and get that wave back... Through force.

If I don't know you, I'm not going to initiate the wave. Even if you do that initiation, I'm lifting my left hand middle finger and index finger off my handlebars in acknowledgement. Overpopulation, and the bikes being dirt fucking cheap, manufacturers targeting the yuppies, and Sons of Anarchy have damn near ruined motorcyclism in the states. Just my 2 cents.

>>16996904
Damn you are cool.

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>>16996781
This is normally true.
But Im the only dual sport in my city (never seen any other in 2 years) so I get waves to by both big Harleys and crotch rockets.
Feels good man

I have owned multiple types of bikes and I wave at all riders. If you are on two wheels with an open cockpit I typically wave. I even wave at trikes. Exceptions are when you don't want to relinquish a hand on the bars...but even then I usually throw a couple fingers up in acknowledgment or give a head nod. I have had people on all types of bikes wave and/or not wave. It is not bike specific...rather whether the rider is cool or not. The initiation of a wave tends to be more frequent when you are on a similar type of bike as the one waving.

>>16996904
>>16996924
He has a point though.

>>16996924
Most times I act like I don't even see them. Not cool. Just an asshole.

No wave to

> >250 cc
>Cruisers
>(moto)scooters

>>16997009
what is wrong with 250cc?

>>16996760
>Don't wave when you're not on a bike.
Fuck you fagtron, I'll wave whenever I want.

>>16997009
Been on Harley's for almost 10 years and I feel like those guys are more deserving of a wave than anyone. Most times, they are fresh riders tryingto/in the process of falling in love with motorcyclism.

Or...It's all they can afford and are just trying to get to where they are going.

>>16997009
The guys on the 250s and scooters ^

>>16997009
Do you mean more or less than 250ccs?

>>16997030
>Been on Harley

>Cruiser faggot
>Opinion discarded

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>>16997048

I don't wave or nod, I just do a wheelie

>>16997068
Beastmode

bikes in my town wave at me just because I drive a stick.

I don't even ride

>>16996684
I usually wave to riders I know in person (I was doing track days for few years straight including doing stuff like renting the track and organizing a track day).

I usually wave back to riders on street/sport bikes but tend ignore riders on harleys and other kind of cruisers.

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>>16996684
Lol this expectation is one of the stupidest things. I have just about nothing in common with the average harley faggot or old man on a touring bike. Waving in general is some reddit tier secret club cringe shit

>>16996794
[it's ok to be gay intensifies]
i assume y'all never been to the bike thread

>>16996760
Islam really is ruining your shitcountry

>>16996766
Jeepfags do it for some reason

>>16997009
Damn! That's edgy

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>>16996791
This. But also HD and BMW riders are usually snobs.

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>>16997009
Do you make exception for 2 stroke master race? Also do you amerifats actually wave with hand? In Australia it's the head nod.

>>16997190
LOL so many noob mentality morons round here. Did it ever occur to you that people own multiple types of bikes? That Hardley faggot might also have a bike just like yours at home too...and I have also met bad-ass, "old guys" who drag race and could run circles around me at a road course.

No secret squirrel shit bout it. You sound like the derppit fag here...not them.

Cringe indeed. It seems almost every time I come in here some giggity faggot is spouting ridiculous shit. /o/ /dbt/ is for the weakminded. Have fun with that. Good luck.

i wave at everyone on 2 wheels. If i was a scootfag id cum if chad McR1 waved at me. If i'm not on the bike or wearing a helmet I wouldn't wave tho

>>16996684
>only acceptable on the bike
>it's gay as fuck anyways
I never give the wave.

>>16997190
>Has a picture named squad
>Calls others faggots
Sure kid. Head on back to the /dbt/ containment thread.

>>16997462
why did you post a guzzi?

I wave to passenger to get across the street.

So when Im riding and a group of riders are single file a few bike lengths separated do I wave at the first bike then just continue to hold my hand out. Or do I do a parade wave to each individual bike as we pass?

>>16997488
Yep. That's why i only post my bikes in dbt that trigger the spergs. Their jimmies are so easily rustled

I'll wave at anyone on a motorcycle (or three-wheeler). Won't wave at scooters.

Most people wave back. I've waved at groups, cops (local and state) and one cop at a speed trap and they all waved back (not sure the speed trap cop wasn't waving me over but whatever).

I think part of the wave/no wave difference is where you live. I'm in the northeast and I may see one other rider in my commute to work, not always coming from the opposite direction. So I don't get a chance to wave that often.

But if you live in Florida or Texas, you'd need one of these on your bike to wave at every bike you saw.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7tBHoq49RU

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>the entirety of this thread
Autism

Wave or don't wave, even if you're on a bike or not

Who cares? If you're gonna let other people dictate what you do then you might as well just put a collar on and rename yourself "bitch"

Ya most people who ride have lots of bikes. I have a gsxr 1100 a supermoto, trials bike, Zuma 50 and a zero fx. The scooter is just for beer runs in sandlas my favorite is the fx but that never goes far from home charger. I mostly ride the supermoto and everyone waves at that except the real 1% biker gang guys they don't seem to wave much.

>>16996684
> Small bike, L plates
> Give nod to pair of bikers going the other way, while stopped at lights
> Nod returned
> Lights change
> One guy zooms off pulling a wheelie

I'd say it works.

>>16997696
Im wondering about that too, usually I do a combination of both

>>16996684
>Regular bikes of any kind (Enduros, spportfags, cruisercucks)
Acceptable to wave.
>Trikes
>Scooters
>Shit trash like the Can-Am Spyder or those Slingshot things
Do not wave.

So much scooter hate I love riding around my modded 50cc doing 50mph.

>>16997830
What about ppl who have a a medical issue and can't ride a bike and are stuck on a trike?

I even show up to bike night on the scooter for lolz. It's all Billy badasses on their sport bikes with 5 gopro cameras.

>>16997893
There is a difference in a custom trike vs a boomer can am.

>>16997863
Sucking 50 throbbing cocks*
Ftfy

>>16997910
Everyone I see on a can-am spyder is of the redguard variety

>>16997956
I'm not trying to be cool and 50mph feels scary fast with those little tires. Kinda like when I'm going 180 on my 92 gsxr 1100. But I can understand scooter hate if you live in a state where they don't have to be licences, insured or ware helmets. We don't even let white trash ride scooters here.

>>16997985
Cool story bro!

>>16998026
I know 180 is max on the old 92 full exhast, jetted and airbox delete that's also indicated so might be less on the GPS. as for the Zuma 50 on the flats 25 up a steep hill. u jelly I can tell.

>>16998046
>he wrote it on 5chang
Must be tru!!!!

>>16998062
You must ride a scooter in the aforementioned state that doesn't require a licence, insurance registration or helmet.

The fuck is a biker wave

>>16998154

It's when you see another guy on two wheels and you wave like a little girl

i usually roll down my window and do the wave at a motorcycle, if they dont wave back i will deliberately go on the oncoming lane or drive over the barrier in my jeep and run them over. shows them for disrespecting my cager and to know their place on the road

>>16997020
it's ">250cc". therefore, no wave to bikes with engines over 250cc. and if you have exactly 250cc, worry not: you're still in anon's secret club. It's not like it was >=250cc.

>>16998296
Did you think this was actually funny at some point

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>>16996766
>>16996794
>>16997293

>>16998334
back the fuck off!?!?

>>16996684
They are fags and they do that kinda gay shit

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>>16997638
Because i have one...

where did the wave come from? i tough of this theory. i remember a documentary where plane manufacturers after the war started to build motorcycles and allot of the war pilots bought them. and i know that they saw each other as brothers of the sky. so they waved at each other out of respect. could this be it?

>>16997307
WRX owners do it too. I actually like it, it always makes my day a little better. The best I ever got was from an old guy in a blue 2.5RS. He was stopped and just stuck his arm out the window and gave a full blown wave instead of the typical three fingers or nod.

>>16997068
Theres this guy in my neighborhood that keeps doing wheelies on his Enduro when he sees me on my scooter, one day ill find where he lives and slash his tires. Fuck that guy.

>>16999132
New ones tend not to for me and my GD body, but anything from 2010 and back usually wave

>>16999285
I got a wave out of a 2016 STI the other day in my bugeye after I passed them. Then they gave me the cheeky flyby as I was getting off the highway. There's also a guy I've seen more than once with a new one that doesn't wave but he might just be new to the Subaru club.

>>16999092
2 fingers toward the ground for "rubber side down" meaning don't lay your back down

>>16996760
Bikers are really friendly here in France

Everyone above 125cc will even salute you if you're in a car and make space for them to pass

>>16996766
It's more of a community thing, because there are less bikers on the roads.

i used to fucking hate the wave because i thought it was gay. after awhile you feel bad for not waving and it just kinda becomes second nature. i have a harley road king and a gsxr 1000 so i always wave at every bike i see - even scooters and those fucking arrogant dickheads on the bmw's. i also drive a jeep wrangler so i'm stuck waving at those faggots too.

>>16997696
If it's a line of bikes I usually just keep my arm extended unless road/riding conditions prevent me.

>>16999143
You cannot wheelie your scooter:(

>>16996766
Sport bikers never wave to harleyfags.

>>16999132
S197 Mustang GT's do it too. We're a bit more niche but we do it

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>>16996946
thats because Dual-Sports are Moto-Sexual by their nature

>>16999783
Not with that attitude!

>>16997738
>Drinking Powerade
>not drinking the vastly superior Gatorade
shamfur dispray

>ride moped
>get waves from everybody except Harleyfags

if I see a harley I automatically know they're not gonna wave. The only exceptions are people on antique/older harleys.

I've started flipping them off more often than not

frantically start waving the moment you spot them

then do a wheelie and flip them off

>>16999971
I do this to harley guys too, not a wheelie but I just wave like a madman

Never you should flip everyone off.

>>16996684
It doesn't matter a shit if you ride - When you're in a car you're a cager, we all are.

Surprise surprise, if you're on a bike and you wave to a bike then they will respond.

Fucktard

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I use to wave or head nod to other bikes

Sports bikes were 50/50 how ever the lower the cc more chance of a wave

Adventure bikes always way

Cruisers 30/70 to wave unless its another
cruiser then its more 80/20

Scooters sometimes waves but odds are they dont ride much and require both hands on the bars

Patch members very rarely wave

Dont wave at those scooters with two wheels on the front, they can go fuck them selves

You'll never get a wave in a car unless a motorcycle is lane splitting and you move over giving them more room.

>>16996760
riding in germany and almost every rider I encounter waves or waves back desu

Basically I wave to everyone on two wheels if I'm underway or I nod if I'm at an intersection. Never get anything back from scooter riders so I just tend to not bother with them anymore. Young supersport riders tend to also be on the low side for waving back.

>>16996684
in UK we drive on the left so its impossible to wave, as the right hand has to be on the throttle at all times.

We nod, but not everybody nods which sucks.

I've stopped nodding first, if they nod I will back, but its just embarassing nodding and being left hanging like that, like a hanging high 5.

I nod to pretty much everyone apart from scooter-cunts and noticeably mongy kids on small bikes.

Harley's/cruisers/chops almost always nod or wave.

Many years ago, I bought an Aprilia AF125 cheap from a friend as it had issues. I was coming down slip road onto the dual carriageway and the electrics melted causing me to pull up in a fairly shitty place. About 5 minutes later a couple of rough looking guys riding chops came past and immediately stopped to help me. I was a proper 18 year old squid back then as well. Dudes were cool as fuck, so I always nod to chops regardless.

>sell my z800 cause in need of cash
>get a 250cc yamaha scoots
>dont wave or expect waves
I know my place.

>>16996786
Fuck off britbong

>>16996684
Just don't do it. It's fucking stupid to begin with.

I'll return waves provided that it's safe to do so, but I never initiate it (I guess because on some subconscious level I feel like an asshole). I don't know you and you don't know me and the only thing we have in common is that we are riding motorcycles at the same time. It all just seems like a silly reason treat another motorist on the road like we are part of some special club even though we're not.

>>16996760
>Also dont wave when you are not on a bike.
kek.

>>16996684
When you see anybody on something with more than 50cc

>>16998353
ASS TO ASS

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>>16996684
What does it mean when bikers do the biker wave to people in a truck?