[Ducati] the Wave

Sun Oct 1 01:48:42 EDT 2006

I know it's juvenile but I once got so irritated a Harley rider at a stoplight who refused to acknowledge my wave that I flipped his kill switch off and slapped the porridge pot over his eyes when the light turned green.  We have a couple of "outlaw" types at the refinery I work at that used to refuse to acknowledge me until I started riding the center line, standing on the pegs and waving so frantically that they couldn't possibly ignore me...fellow oil workers and all.  Later, Moonbeam

Michael Lemire <ducatiboy at hotmail.com> wrote:   I grew up around some rather... How do you say? "Rough" Harley type 
individuals. (My father has some ties) "You had better not get a Jap POS" 
type advice.

They NEVER waved at "Jap" bikes (that included anything that wasn't a 
Harley) and when going to a Rally they usually stopped waving period as we 
came into town (so they wouldn't look stupid riding one handed for miles).

I thouhg it funny as hell when other manufacturers started "copying" Harleys 
to the point that these guys couldn't tell who they were waving at... Hence 
they mostly stopped waving.

When I got a bike (GS550 Suzuki) Most of them recognized me and would give a 
slight head nod to my wave. When I got my Ducati it was like they didn't 
recognize me anymore, So I would switch my wave as they got close and flip 
them off! That got their attention, some guy on a red sportbike giving 
1%ers the finger! LOL. Lucky for me they would then recognize me. :)

I still wave, (I don't give the finger anymore, I am too smart and old) even 
to Cops and the occasional scooter. I agree that it is a courtesy, 
harkening back to Knights on horseback, Be safe, good luck brother, I wish 
you no harm.

Thanks for listening to my rather drawn out story. We now return you to 
your regularly scheduled list.

Michael

>From: Stephen lee 
>Reply-To: Ducati Owners Group 
>To: Ducati Owners Group 
>Subject: RE: [Ducati] the Wave
>Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 20:58:02 -0700 (PDT)
>
>My big issue with waving came at a rally. When is it enough? How far away 
>from the center of activity is one no longer expected to wave? 1mile? 
>2miles? Should you base it on the number of waves per minute/mile? 20 wpm? 
>30wpm? I vote for 15 wpm to be the breaking point. As a matter of fact, 
>let's set the standard shall we? From now on, if you have the oportunity to 
>wave at 15 other two-wheeled vehicles in one Minute or mile, whichever 
>takes less time, you are thereby no longer expected to wave, nor should 
>you, thus avoiding any guilt felt by other parties to return said wave.
> Steve
> 02 ST4s
> Flower Mound, TX
>
>mike major wrote:
> A friend got pulled over by a cop who threatened to give him a ticket 
>for taking one hand off the bars to wave...The cops name was probably Barny 
>Fife. Later, Moonbeam
>
>Harlyn Jenkins wrote: I too wave at everyone. I just read somewhere 
>(probably from this list),
>that "if they don't wave back, it's okay - I was waving at the bike 
>anyway!"
>
>I have even started waving at the moto-police officers. I get about a 50%
>wave response from them.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: ducati-bounces at ducati.net [mailto:ducati-bounces at ducati.net] On 
>Behalf
>Of the Kid
>Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 8:12 AM
>To: Ducati Owners Group
>Subject: [Ducati] the Wave
>
>At least he waved and we all waved back.
> >
> > The wave...
> >
> > I am curious to know who out there gives the wave?
> > Do you give it to all bike riders or just guys on sport bikes?
> > Generally, it seems the Harley guys are to cool to wave and they
> > rarely wave back.
> >
>I wave no matter what (unless I don't feel comfortable taking my hand off
>the bar) Waving is a courtesy we extend to each other as if to say, 'hey
>fellow biker brother/ sister, nice to see you out on two wheels, be safe.'
>Its not a, 'I waved at you now you have to wave back at me', contest I used
>to take it personal when I didn't get a wave back, now I don't care.
>Its either their anal retentive problem, or they just cant take their hand
>off the bars. Maybe they just didn't see me. I like to think that they are
>just afraid that if they remove a hand from the bar, the bike will fly
>wildly out of control and lead to their 2 wheeled demise. It just doesn't
>matter. Perhaps if enough bikers wave at them they will lighten up and wave
>back.
>Charles Armstrong, aka... the KID
>'02 998
>'01 996
>
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