The nod

LeoN88

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So after riding out for the first time yesterday on my bike (cbr600) i noticed that nearly all of the sports bike riders gave a nod when passing whereas all the rest dont is me is this some unwritten thing as when i was learning to ride on a cbf500 didnt get it once or was that just because i was a learner haha?
 
I get it off sports bike riders, but people on adventure type bikes (BMW GS, KTM etc.) very slim chance of a nod, and you've got better chance of drawing blood from a stone than you do from getting a nod from a Harley Davidson rider it would seem, lol.
 
It does depend what you're on. Now I'm riding the Pegaso I get a lot less of it from sportsbike riders, but more from adventure bike types and commuter bikes. When I had my Mille it was the other way around, and when I was on the Fazer 1000 I used to get them from most people.

Can't remember about the bike before, too long ago!

In winter you get nods from everyone just for being out on it.
 
I ride a Supermoto, I nod/hand signal any motorcyclist and 99.9% return the gesture.. Stereo-types are very hard to nail down, although BMW GS riders and poser Cruiser types do have a majority that won't acknowledge other bikers. I'll still signal them though, I won't play their game and let them spoil and devide 'our little club' with their snobbery.

So basicaly I feel that signals are really an indervidual thing not a bike style/size thing.

The greatest sin of all has to be riding past a fellow biker who's machine is decked even if you happen to be driving a car at the time..
 
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Don't generally get a nod from BMW riders (my mate is one and he never nods either!) but the other day this guy on an 1150GS gave me a full blown salute. Made me chuckle :)

I nod at everyone not in a car - even cyclists and horse riders lol
 
I try and nod at every motorcyclist. Why discriminate? It's better to have people feel that they are part of the club rather than on the outside looking in.

I found that when I had my L plates on, I got much fewer nods than I do now. There's definitely a section of the biking populace that don't acknowledge learners.
 
PardonTheWait said:
It does depend what you're on. Now I'm riding the Pegaso I get a lot less of it from sportsbike riders, but more from adventure bike types and commuter bikes. When I had my Mille it was the other way around, and when I was on the Fazer 1000 I used to get them from most people.

Can't remember about the bike before, too long ago!

In winter you get nods from everyone just for being out on it.
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Thats how i thought it would be as not a single cruiser or naked bike etc gave a nod yet the sporties did! I guess it also depends on the area as on the outskirts of london theres quite a few bikers so i guess not everyone is going to nod to every bike!
 
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Same as previously posted. I nod at everyone except plums riding in t-shirts n shorts :)

Oh, I also nod to ambulances and the old bill. Reason being I might need them some day :)
 
I nod at everyone, bar chavs on scooters, idiots not wearing any kit and anyone on a lesson or anything, except for the instructors. I love it, love the biking community as a whole.
 
I nod at everyone other than chavs basically, most nod back generally, but it does depend on the weather, hotter weather = more bikes but very few more nods (Generally :p)
 
I nod to everyone who is on a proper bike, most people nod back.

packs of bikers get a friendly hand gesture otherwise I would be going past them looking like I was having a fit :D

mopeds get nothing as they annoy me.
 
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