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From: shallman@drutx.UUCP (ShallmanJT)
Newsgroups: net.cycle
Subject: Re: "Hello there"
Message-ID: <892@drutx.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 21-Aug-84 01:49:48 EDT
Article-I.D.: drutx.892
Posted: Tue Aug 21 01:49:48 1984
Date-Received: Thu, 16-Aug-84 00:32:43 EDT
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Organization: AT&T Information Systems Laboratories, Denver
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Keywords: touring,waving (hands)

I have found the "Hello there" gesture to be accepted
and returned differently in different parts of the 
country.  Also, it depends greatly on the type of biker
involved as to how they will respond, for example:

1)  Riders in Wisconsin never wave at anybody, its an
    unwritten law.....

2)  Riders in Denver never wave because they are too concerned
    with the cars behind them trying to become the cars in front
    of them without changing lanes........

3)  Riders on bikes with cafe fairings never wave, they are
    preoccupied with driving fast and looking cool.  Besides,
    they can't see you because of their tinted faceshields 
    and mirror lens sunglasses..........

4)  Riders on Harleys (are you kidding!) never wave, Riders
    on Harleys never even acknowledge your existence.....

5)  On full dressers (Gold/Silver Wings, Ventures, Voyagers, etc.),
    the passenger always waves, the driver may or may not wave, 
    depending on whether he is busy tuning the radio, adjusting
    the radar detector, filling the coffee maker or programming
    the VCR........

6)  Riders on bikes without fairings never wave because if they 
    let go of their death-grip on the handlebars with one hand
    to wave, the air blasting them in the face will remove them 
    from their bike, besides, waving doesn't fit with their image....

7)  Riders that ride without helmets never wave, first of all
    it does't fit with their image and secondly they can't see
    you because of the wind in their faces........

8)  Riders never wave at you until you wave at them, and I'll be
    damned if I'm going to wave first and then not have them
    wave back......

9)  Riders on bikes under 500cc don't wave, they don't consider 
    themselves part of the same group, besides they're too 
    concerned with keeping they're rears from falling asleep
    from the vibration and watching out for semi's trying to 
    mow them down......

At least thats the way things appear to me.  It should be noted
that my opinions are not to be construed as unbaised...... and are
definitely not those of my employer.......

James Shallman   
Room DR31E48
American Telephone and Telegraph Information Systems Laboratories (ATTISL)
11900 N. Pecos
Denver, CO  80234