[Ducati] the Wave

Sat Sep 30 09:52:10 EDT 2006

And I ALWAYS wave to little kids, they get a BIG kick outta that.  (and a 
wheelie but I digress)

Michael

>From: "Michael Lemire" <ducatiboy at hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: Ducati Owners Group <ducati at ducati.net>
>To: ducati at ducati.net
>Subject: RE: [Ducati] the Wave
>Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2006 09:46:26 -0400
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>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.
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>Michael
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>>From: Stephen lee <sdlrodeo at yahoo.com>
>>Reply-To: Ducati Owners Group <ducati at ducati.net>
>>To: Ducati Owners Group <ducati at ducati.net>
>>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 <textike at yahoo.com> 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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