Sorry, I'm not waving

[MarkJJ]

So generally I'll give a wave to a fellow motorcyclist as I pass on by.

Not too long ago I had someone wave at me but I didn't wave back. Because you see they weren't on a motorcycle. They were on a trike. Not a motorcycle that's been modified into a trike. But one that looked like the trike photo I attached here.

So why is a tricyclist waving at me? We arn't the same. It's not the same category. Sure they are just as uncaged as a motorcycle but the physics and the experience are quite different. I'm sorry but I'm not waving to people on one of these things

[Serenitynow]

I had a similar question...with all the scooters on the road ...well, do you wave at them? I wave to all motorcyclist, even the Harley guys that don't wave (OK just some of them are guilty of this). But a scooter? Are we as bad as the Harley guys if we don't wave to scooter guys?

[blacktoad]

No wave to trikes, scooters, Hardleys, or fat chicks.

[Heffay]

now i see why this forum is struggling.

at least the ducati riders that i ride w/ are nice... (and un-full of themselves)

[ruse]

I haven't seen a trike yet, but I wave to anything on two wheels. They might not go as fast, but they are putting themselves out there no less (though maybe more) than we do.

[NorDog]

Originally Posted by Heffay

now i see why this forum is struggling.

at least the ducati riders that i ride w/ are nice... (and un-full of themselves)

Sweet! Wish I had said it!

When I lived in LA most riders didn't wave. No big deal, everyone was focusing on not getting pulverized while lane splitting at 50mph.

Here in Texas every rider waves, except the 1%ers of course. I even have old farmers/ranchers in old pick ups wave at me when I ride. Heck, they wave even if I'm in my truck.

Guess what? It's about being courteous and gracious. Some are too "bad" for that type of stuff. I certainly was once. But as I got older I figured out that there's never enough friendliness in the world, so I try never to turn my nose up at it when I see it.

I ride a S4RS and an H-D FXDX. I've owned BMWs as well and have ridden Hondas, BSAs, and others. I would love to have a restored old H-D Servi-Car (trike) to tool around on in town. So, I get the "H-Ds suck" from some group or another. And I get the "Jap bikes suck" from H-D riders. And I get the BMW's suck from... Well, you get the idea.

Trust me when I say there are more important things in life to worry about than the need to be better than the stranger who's being kind to you. Many things.

[eichh]

Heffay and Nordog those two statements are spot on.

[TJR178]

Originally Posted by eichh

Heffay and Nordog those two statements are spot on.

+1

Don't be a snob.

[zwp]

I knew a guy who rode a trike because his legs were in bad shape due to an old motorcycle accident. He had to give up two wheels, but the trike gave him a little of what he missed about riding.

[zatod123]

Well sead. Wave at them all