Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 (Denver Mods 4/2/84) 6/24/83; site drutx.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!mgnetp!ihnp4!drutx!shallman 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 References: <1501@proper.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Information Systems Laboratories, Denver Lines: 54 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