Call me a knob, I don't care.

Discussion in 'UK Motorcycles' started by turby, Apr 3, 2010.

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    turby Guest

    I am not a brand snob. I don't care what you ride. And normally, I'm
    pretty friendly on the road. If a rider waves at me, or shows some
    kind of attention, I'll usually return the favor. Harley, sportbike,
    Beemer, hell, even a scooter will get a nod or a wave from me. But
    these freakin' weirdos who glue pink or purple mohawks on the top of
    their helmet are too much. I don't want anyone to think I might
    actually be friends with someone that whacko. I ain't waving at no
    frickin' pink mohawk.
     
    turby, Apr 3, 2010
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    petrolcan Guest

    Hello and welcome to 2005.
     
    petrolcan, Apr 3, 2010
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    turby Guest

    I guess we're a bit behind the times here in the new world.
     
    turby, Apr 3, 2010
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    G Daeb Guest

    You're a knob.

    Just like I'll be told **** OFF pretty instantly.

    Personally, being nodded to or getting a quick
    perk on the headlight or whatever mattered to
    me when I was learning. Hard to believe that's
    over 20 years ago now.

    I had a lay-off, for various reasons, of about 12
    years from it all and nowadays I simply no
    longer acknowledge anyone in that manner on
    the roads.

    I co-operate with trucks and vans just as I do
    in a truck, van or car when they overtake me
    and am conscientious about doing whatever
    I can to stay in their mirrors--I know what you
    feel like when you've gone past any kind of
    two-wheeler in such a vehicle--you just want
    to make sure you have passed them safely
    without distracting them or chaning their
    otherwise course of action on the road.

    There is an argument that says I maybe
    could be rather more diligent when it comes
    to nodding to those learners I have a very real
    respect for--those who are doing in what I
    consider to be "the traditional way"--despite
    the 250 and later 125 limits weren't introduced
    here until the late 1970s and early 1980s.

    But in all fairness, it's hard to tell just how
    much experience they have, and I wouldn't
    want to wreck the rep of motorcycling by
    causing one to be overwhelmed with self-
    conscious pride or uneasy embarrasment
    and go piling into something or, worse,
    someone.

    As such, these days I tend to assume any
    kind of gesture other than genuine signals
    to other road users (brakes, indicators)
    contravenes The Highway Code; and in the
    same way I should ignore a car full of teens
    flicking obscenities at me through the back
    window with the stereo on full, I just tend
    to ignore it.

    Obviously if someone claims to be in some
    kind of genuine trouble (hazards going) I may
    offer to help still; but even that residual goodwill
    has been somewhat eroded of late.

    I did have to train myself out of it too, making
    a conscious effort not to.

    As far as I'm concerned it's not big, it's not
    clever, and if people wish to meet up with
    other local bikers then they should get out
    to local biking pub's.

    But if people wish to stick bright eyecatching
    things on their helmets I have no objection;
    I'm sure they'll be equally as noticeable to
    monoglot cagers as they are to your good
    self.

    G DAEB
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    G Daeb, Apr 6, 2010
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