The nod

LeoN88 · 13 Jul 2011 at 14:27

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?

kiel367 · 13 Jul 2011 at 14:31

yeh its pretty common mate

Mucky_Pup · 13 Jul 2011 at 14:32

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.

Red_knight · 13 Jul 2011 at 14:33

I nod to everyone - usually only get nods back from other sports bike riders.

Mucky_Pup · 13 Jul 2011 at 14:45

Red_knight said:
I nod to everyone

I do too, except chavs in tracksuits and trainers riding mopeds/2 stroke supermoto's.

eidolon · 13 Jul 2011 at 15:14

Red_knight said:
I nod to everyone - usually only get nods back from other sports bike riders.

Same here too.

PardonTheWait · 13 Jul 2011 at 15:28

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.

Hector · 13 Jul 2011 at 16:07

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..

Sagalout · 13 Jul 2011 at 16:14

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

Morbius · 13 Jul 2011 at 16:21

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.

LeoN88 · 13 Jul 2011 at 16:26

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.

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!

MADMAN69UK · 13 Jul 2011 at 17:31

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

Ghosteh · 13 Jul 2011 at 17:46

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.

SKILL · 13 Jul 2011 at 18:09

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

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Ghosteh · 13 Jul 2011 at 18:30

I've found London to be the worst place for it. Full of bikes, no bikers lol.

Freefaller · 13 Jul 2011 at 18:51

It depends if they are commuters or full on bikers... the full on bikers tend to be more responsive to nods than commuters.

Griffo · 13 Jul 2011 at 19:33

Ghosteh said:
I've found London to be the worst place for it. Full of bikes, no bikers lol.

I found the further out of London I got the more nods I got. I nod to all and sometimes even the cruisers return it, though less often.

LeftfieldTilt · 13 Jul 2011 at 19:50

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

mopeds get nothing as they annoy me.

stiv121 · 13 Jul 2011 at 20:03

I'm on a VT shadow and I get plently of nod's and I always nods back, only some times people sling me a deefy

gillywibble · 13 Jul 2011 at 20:05

Red_knight said:
I nod to everyone.

Same here.