The art of nodding...

SPG · 2 Aug 2013 at 13:02

So who gets a nod and who doesnt ?

Harley Riders / Choppers = No nod + Scorn muttered in my helmet along the lines of "...kers"

Street Fighter = No Nod

Sports bikes/ Commuters = Nod maybe a wave.

Scooters = A nod if there riding it like a hooligan

Classic bikes = 100% Nod

Mr Blonde · 2 Aug 2013 at 13:10

If I'm not otherwise engaged in getting run over by something, everyone in sensible gear gets a nod from me, regardless of whether it's likely to be reciprocated or not.

petriodet · 2 Aug 2013 at 13:43

anyone who isn't being a ballbag and if the're wearing the correct gear gets a nod.

duc999 · 2 Aug 2013 at 14:30

No nods for Harley riders and those stupid things that look like a sofa with a trailer attached , pretentious and ignorant ******* all of 'em

Killer Carson · 2 Aug 2013 at 14:33

Nods for all except scooters (well maybe the occasional charity nod), bikes with trailers and quads.

NooBish AbbZ · 2 Aug 2013 at 15:21

I nod to anyone i see on a bike/scooter.

Question to throw back into the thread, do any of you have problems with nodding at people such as myself who is on a 125 with L plates?

Fireskull · 2 Aug 2013 at 15:33

Yea L plates get the finger....

bloodiedathame · 2 Aug 2013 at 15:40

I'd nod everyone except scooty puffs. Don't care if I don't get one back.

On Holiday · 2 Aug 2013 at 15:41

Everyone with gear. Not Harleys unless they do it first

Yes to anybody with L plates unless they've got no gear!

ShakenNstirred · 2 Aug 2013 at 18:00

years ago it was always the bmw riders that never give them, seem to think there above you lol.

ElliorR · 2 Aug 2013 at 18:06

ShakenNstirred said:
years ago it was always the bmw riders that never give them, seem to think there above you lol.

Yes, the pendants

VoG · 2 Aug 2013 at 18:22

I nod to any one who gives me a nod, irrespective of what they ride.

On Holiday · 2 Aug 2013 at 18:29

VoG said:
I nod to any one who gives me a nod, irrespective of what they ride.

That too unless it's a squid on a ped desperate for acceptance

Dogbreath · 2 Aug 2013 at 18:31

Killer Carson said:
Nods for all except scooters (well maybe the occasional charity nod), bikes with trailers and quads.

That's about right

I even give (and get) the occasional nod to/from coppers on bikes.

SPG · 2 Aug 2013 at 18:36

Agreed L plates get the finger, its a rite of passage, its also training for when they buy a harley/ american/ chopper style ****.

Sagalout · 2 Aug 2013 at 23:52

ShakenNstirred said:
years ago it was always the bmw riders that never give them, seem to think there above you lol.

As someone who rides a BMW I have to agree. I nod to everyone but hardly get them back now - I think people aren't expecting it!

MonkeykingZX · 3 Aug 2013 at 00:14

Nod to everyone except people on scooters

SPARC · 3 Aug 2013 at 02:03

As a new rider I find this practice a bit strange. I don't know any other people who ride bikes - my dad did but he's long gone - so waving and nodding at other bikers was never spoke of within my circle of friends and therefor I never knew about it. I experience this almost every day out on my Hornet and sometimes I wonder why they do it. I've seen nods, waving and two riders sticking their leg out.

For me it's a bit strange to wave or nod to someone on their commute to work just because their method of transport is the same as mine, I don't do it to other drivers when I'm in the car. I have given the odd nod or wave but I don't know the person behind the visor so I don't feel comfortable doing it, maybe I'll get a bit of flak here but it just doesn't make sense to me.

Can anyone else relate to where I'm coming from or am I just a selfish ****

Scuzi · 3 Aug 2013 at 02:13

This thread is an example of why a lot of bikers are a bit mentally retarded. Any dumb **** can buy a rice rocket. It doesn't empower you with Moto GP levels of riding ability and therefore afford you the right to discriminate between the riders you think are worthy of a nod.

Based on those criteria, most of the people you afford a nod will be ****ers with nothing better in their life than a motorcycle that fits in with the crowd.

As far as I'm concerned, the whole practice of nodding, whilst decent and respectable in theory, is a complete diva arena. If it's something that makes you hard, then fair ****s to you but get a life.

Bikers are bikers. Introducing snobbery is pathetic.

2Thumbs · 3 Aug 2013 at 02:15

It's because you're/we're a large minority of the self-transporting public. Think I read somewhere that 3% of the UK population has a full bike license. That could be way off though.

It's the same with Classic Mini's. If you're in one and you see another coming the opposite way, it's the law to flash your lights and wave.