The biker's "CODE" of friendly hello's? NOT today!!!!

[Elembytes]

Wow---my crest has fallen!

My wife and I were out ryding this afternoon-a 2 wheeler come up from behind me to on the highway---I raise the hand (Friendly) to say "HEY" and he goes barreling by us giving us a THUMBS-DOWN to us. Sheesh! So much for the code of the "bikers"!!!! My wife said, "Wait until he is in his 50's and has health issues, he'd give anything for a Spyder and won't be giving the thumbs-down then! I just couldn't believe it. That was a first!!!!

[Doc45]

I've had a few Harley riders give me a not so friendly greeting. Being a former Harley guy myself, I have noticed that some don't think you're "cool" unless you're on a chopper or bobber. I always rode Ultra Classics and Road Glides. I would wave at them anyway, just to p*** them off.
But you're right, someday they will be old too and still want to ride, hope I'm around to say 'see, it ain't so bad'.

[SPYD1]

It's just some people...not all. I agree. Most are good, unfortunately some are not.

[otter28169]

I wave no matter what. We are all free of our cages when we are out there, nothing else matters.

[ARtraveler]

It's not worth it to get upset at those who don't reply with the "wave" or give a less than friendly sign. That's their problem, not ours.

[boborgera]

. I would wave at them anyway, just to p*** them off.
.

As i have grown older, I've learned that pleasing everyone is impossible,
But p***ing everyone off is a pice of cake.

[Bob Ledford]

I flash the headlights, wave or nod the helmet. If that isn't good enough for you then maybe a seagull at 50 MPH to the head will get your attention

[flaggerphil]

Really, the only people I've had that have "looked down" on me for riding a Spyder have been a very few Harley riders who don't wear helmets. I probably have over 85 % of people I wave to wave back...and some that don't either didn't see me or couldn't wave. That's about the same as when I last rode 2 wheels...my Yamaha V Star 1300T that I traded in on my RT.

And I've only had one person say anything negative to me about the Spyder. That was a helmet-less Harley rider at a charity ride over a year ago. He said something about how he'd rather just drive his truck when he got older than ride a Spyder. His wife and daughter told him to shut up about the same time I said something about him maybe not being a real rider, then. His wife laughed.



I still can't stop anywhere when I'm riding the RT without people (including bikers) coming up to me and asking questions like crazy. It's kind of neat.

[Spidergirl]

It does not matter what we ryde but that we ryde!!!

[budro]

Really, the only people I've had that have "looked down" on me for riding a Spyder have been a very few Harley riders who don't wear helmets. I probably have over 85 % of people I wave to wave back...and some that don't either didn't see me or couldn't wave. That's about the same as when I last rode 2 wheels...my Yamaha V Star 1300T that I traded in on my RT.

And I've only had one person say anything negative to me about the Spyder. That was a helmet-less Harley rider at a charity ride over a year ago. He said something about how he'd rather just drive his truck when he got older than ride a Spyder. His wife and daughter told him to shut up about the same time I said something about him maybe not being a real rider, then. His wife laughed.



I still can't stop anywhere when I'm riding the RT without people (including bikers) coming up to me and asking questions like crazy. It's kind of neat.

What does helmet have to do with anything? I have friends that are & I am a non-helmet wearer. I have never heard any of those i know say any thing like what you say about us, about folks like you. I just can't for the life of me understand why they would not want to wave at you ---Budro

[Bob Denman]

It's not worth it to get upset at those who don't reply with the "wave" or give a less than friendly sign. That's their problem, not ours.

DON'T let it ruin a perfectly good day...

[serf]

What does helmet have to do with anything? I have friends that are & I am a non-helmet wearer. I have never heard any of those i know say any thing like what you say about us, about folks like you. I just can't for the life of me understand why they would not want to wave at you ---Budro

I will say that most the people that don't wave are on Harleys, but a lot of Harleys still wave. For the most part around here the no helmet crowd also happens to ride Harleys, but in Indiana you see less people wearing a helmet than people who wear helmets.

I will be honest. I return waves but seldom initiate.

[StanProff]

What does helmet have to do with anything? I have friends that are & I am a non-helmet wearer. I have never heard any of those i know say any thing like what you say about us, about folks like you. ---Budro

The helmet, or lack thereof, has nothing to do with a riders additude. I don't think he said that all riders without helmets have a negative additude towards a 3 wheeler. Some riders do and some riders don't, with or without helmets. My experience is very few actually act in that negative way towards the Spyder. I could care less what anyone rides, two wheels or three. I have a half dozen two wheelers along with the Spyder in the garage, I can choose what I ride and I choose to ride the Spyder most of the time. It's a blast,,Its not a motorcycle and it doesn't pretend to be. It is not trying to be a motorcycle. It merges the open air of motorcycling along with the Handling of a sports car. It provides the safety benifits that can only be found in an above average car such as Electronic brake Distribution System, Stability Control System, Traction Control System, Anti-lock Braking system and Dynamic Power Steering system. These are some of the reasons the spyder has become my primary ride.
It doesn't matter what you ride, be safe, have fun and enjoy the fantastic scenery out there.

[gnirtsnod]

It's just some people...not all. I agree. Most are good, unfortunately some are not.

It's the insecure ones who are not. Don't be guilty of accepting their faults.

I had a guy that I met in heavy traffic on an overpass who screamed out of his pick-up yesterday, "You should buy American!" There are haters out there. If I could have had a dialogue with him, I would ask what bike he had in mind. Harley, no doubt. Well I've got one of those and I probably have twice as much in it as he had in his truck. Oh, and my Spyder was made in the Americas, not in Asia as the 'brilliant screamer' probably thought.

[boborgera]

I wave to everyone, Even to the Dee-we's on Bicycles, If they don't wave back , So what!
If they have a negative comment, Why listen!?.....

[hill27]

You have your good people and bad blow them off and keep riding

[flaggerphil]

What does helmet have to do with anything? I have friends that are & I am a non-helmet wearer. I have never heard any of those i know say any thing like what you say about us, about folks like you. I just can't for the life of me understand why they would not want to wave at you ---Budro

Don't know...all I know is what I see. It was the same when I rode two wheels.

I know lots of people who don't wear helmets and many of them are my friends. I see lots of helmetless riders wave back or express interest in the Spyder. However, virtually everyone who has acted negatively to the Spyder has been a Harley rider without a helmet. Only a very small percentage of Harley riders without helmets...very, very small...but there it is. I have no idea why. Only they know.

And I am NOT putting down people who don't wear helmets. I don't agree with them, but it's their choice.

[Grandpa Spyder]

Some people are just jerks no matter what you ride. I wouldn't let it bother me.

[Mo Lee]

People like that, I usually pass them back and in most cases the Spyder will do just that!

[spydermyke990]

It's like the "get a Harley like everyone else" which is a sheep mentality.... It's mostly ignorant people that spew that crap. Most of the crotch rockets, metric cruisers, and some Harley's would wave, I've had a couple full-dress Harleys give me the "I'm holier than thou" attitude. If anything it's mostly the idiots in the cages that cut me off or pass by me in no passing zones that get the "unfriendly" wave.

[IntoTheWind]

Ride what you like (two wheels or three) nothing else should matter, don't allow a few to rain on your parade.

[rc51ny]

Don't worry--I get the same response from some guys when I ride my sport bike as well. I don't get it--I wave at the rider NOT the bike--so who cares what you ride???

[Yelhelp]

I have had alot more people come up and talk to me or wave (bikers) than the few that do not.
As for the helmet not a choise here in New York , either you wear one or you do not ride.

[shrubs]

My Job is to provide a friendly wave. It's thier job to wave back. I did my job and it's up to them to do thier job.

[docdoru]

This is IMHO an isolated case: most HD or sport bikes returned the friendly wave. While on the Spyder we stopped on the highways to help other bikers in distress, others they stopped for us...