So what's your nod?
Discussion
Great ride out on Sunday and plenty of nodding going on and after a while I was starting to play the 'guess the nod game' with some success as follows:
1. Sports bike - starts with a stare moving to a 45degree right headbut - I like this one lot!
2. Tourer - looking straight ahead with a slow nod - easily missed at anything above 20mph.
3. Harley/chopper - nothing - too cool for school?
4. Trailey - side ways jerk - like gesturing it's over there mate!
4. Big naked (the bike!) - slow roll of the head with what I imagine to be a wink going on in there.
5. Classics - quick jerky nod - usually last minute but they all count.
After considering my findings I passed a convoy of 4 or 5 bikes so thought I'd try them all out in one go, sadly I was giggling too much to get them all in but if you were one of them please accept my apologoies.
So what's your nod then?
1. Sports bike - starts with a stare moving to a 45degree right headbut - I like this one lot!
2. Tourer - looking straight ahead with a slow nod - easily missed at anything above 20mph.
3. Harley/chopper - nothing - too cool for school?
4. Trailey - side ways jerk - like gesturing it's over there mate!
4. Big naked (the bike!) - slow roll of the head with what I imagine to be a wink going on in there.
5. Classics - quick jerky nod - usually last minute but they all count.
After considering my findings I passed a convoy of 4 or 5 bikes so thought I'd try them all out in one go, sadly I was giggling too much to get them all in but if you were one of them please accept my apologoies.
So what's your nod then?
davidn said:
outlaw biker said:
I bang my head against the tank three times.
Not seen that one but I'm liking the sound of it, but what bike?![smile](/inc/images/smile.gif)
Nah, I usually nod, but its very rare any bugger nods back.
Tonto said:
I vary mine. This is a good idea when you meet a BIG group coming the other way, otherwise you'll get dizzy nodding 50 times. Sometimes I put my hand up. That covers about 10 bikes at a time in a close group.
In Europe, a lot of the continentals use their legs rather than nod.
I once stopped on a narrow country lane in the car to let a convoy of about 50 or 60 bikes past. Every one of them nodded or waved and I waved back. Now I know how the queen feels waving continuously from her limo. It is a tough job and she certainly earns her keep In Europe, a lot of the continentals use their legs rather than nod.
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outlaw biker said:
davidn said:
outlaw biker said:
I bang my head against the tank three times.
Not seen that one but I'm liking the sound of it, but what bike?![smile](/inc/images/smile.gif)
Nah, I usually nod, but its very rare any bugger nods back.
Edited by davidn on Tuesday 14th October 23:31
davidn said:
outlaw biker said:
davidn said:
outlaw biker said:
I bang my head against the tank three times.
Not seen that one but I'm liking the sound of it, but what bike?![smile](/inc/images/smile.gif)
Nah, I usually nod, but its very rare any bugger nods back.
Edited by davidn on Tuesday 14th October 23:31
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Adam_W said:
im still too busy trying to stay on my bike to nod, not likely to get a reply with L plate and a 125cc tho anyway hehe
Was still on a 125 only last month and get no more or less nods than now, a bikes a bike mate so I always nod to L plates as it made me grin and spurred me on when I got one.davidn said:
Adam_W said:
im still too busy trying to stay on my bike to nod, not likely to get a reply with L plate and a 125cc tho anyway hehe
Was still on a 125 only last month and get no more or less nods than now, a bikes a bike mate so I always nod to L plates as it made me grin and spurred me on when I got one.Adam_W said:
davidn said:
Adam_W said:
im still too busy trying to stay on my bike to nod, not likely to get a reply with L plate and a 125cc tho anyway hehe
Was still on a 125 only last month and get no more or less nods than now, a bikes a bike mate so I always nod to L plates as it made me grin and spurred me on when I got one.![smile](/inc/images/smile.gif)
Waaaay back when: used to be a custom for bikers to make an 'O' with finger and thumb to tell the guy going the other way that the next stretch of road was pi.. er, plo... I mean Police-free.
Don't see that these days
Then again I suppose it's not the fuzz you need to worry about, they rarely hide in farm gateways anymore.
Don't see that these days
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round here, and over in the north west where I'm occasionally found, it seems to be the norm that you nod to say hello and either flash the beams a couple of times and / or give a slow down gesture with your hand if there's 5-0 ![smile](/inc/images/smile.gif)
Really nice when you get warned, which you often do I've found, but it makes it all the more annoying when you're not, especially by a fellow biker.
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Really nice when you get warned, which you often do I've found, but it makes it all the more annoying when you're not, especially by a fellow biker.
Ordinary Bloke said:
I love the continental 'lazy extended index finger' without taking your hand off the left-hand grip, I hate the hands-off head-nodding waving look-at-me greeting...
Me too! It's way more cool and when there's a group coming the other way you can just keep your finger up rather than doing the whole nodding dog thing! Gassing Station | Biker Banter | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff