How to wave

Submitted by yugen852 on Sun, 07/26/2009 - 03:19
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Elwood and other hd guys, don't get angry:
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Submitted by Elwood1960 on Sun, 07/26/2009 - 12:21.

Angry . . .me . . did I mention I am spending my second day shopping at the gun show? ((-;< So many assault weapons, so little time . . . LoL

The Harley wave is two fingers down, as in "rubber side down". (-;

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The Two Finger Wave

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Submitted by JtownJJA on Mon, 07/27/2009 - 12:19.

Isn't the two-finger wave supposed to go along with the two-wheels, as in "Hey, we have something in common. We ride a two-wheeled vehicle instead of the 4-wheelers everyone else around us is driving". At least that's what I read when I was trying to figure this all out. Of course there's "The Californian" wave, as shown in the BBM article "Motorcycle Hand Signals". It's pretty cool, but not for beginners.

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Submitted by Elwood1960 on Mon, 07/27/2009 - 13:55.

No grand research in my understanding of the two finger down thing. Just what old school gray beards tell me. Not so much as a "safety" thing, just a recognition that we all hang it out there when we hit the road. They are not saying "ride safe" . . . more like "ride it like ya stole it, but done F up". ((-;

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Turns out that I wave in the

Submitted by zeppelinfromled on Mon, 07/27/2009 - 21:55.

Turns out that I wave in the "harley way" according to him. I keep my hand below the grip. I find that all of the sport bikes that I wave at return and/or initiate in the same way So do the cruisers. It seems pretty universal.

Sometimes I do more of a two finger thing and sometimes just the whole hand. For me the two finger wave is based on the peace sign. It's not that I'm saying "peace" to them, but the 2 finger wave has just become a salutation I guess.

Sometimes I also just do a bit of a wave from the grip without actually taking my hand off of it. That's usually if I'm just feeling lazy.

I also love that he's saying "I always keep both hands on the bars in curves like this" while at the same time he's pointing to the curve (while in it) with a hand clearly off the handlebars.

Yeah. "I alwayse use both

Submitted by yugen852 on Mon, 07/27/2009 - 23:40.

Yeah. "I alwayse use both hands" and he's pointing with one.