Nodding etiquette !
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Nobody(i think)has told me this but i generally nod to every other biker except scooters,not that i don't want to but i think thats the general concensus,i feel like i should though,in fact the odd scootered one will nod unexpectedly and i have to put in a really quick,overexageratted,late nod,or sometimes out of pure guilt if i'm too late with said nod i'll do a quick 180 turn and make a point of crossing their path again just to right matters:-)I remember i used to get a buzz when i was going through my test and somebody would fly past on a Fireblade or something and nod.
A triumph daytona, and I always nod, even to scooters. They don't nod back, but they might learn..
I was taught this by my instructors. I also nod instructors and pupils when I see them.
I have given up nodding goldwings, and harley style bikes. They never nod back. I think they don't really see themselves as "bikers" but something else.
Either that or they haven#'t seen me, which is worrying. So I have decided not to add to their distractions.
Ive started sticking my foot out as well.... too much time in france..
I was taught this by my instructors. I also nod instructors and pupils when I see them.
I have given up nodding goldwings, and harley style bikes. They never nod back. I think they don't really see themselves as "bikers" but something else.
Either that or they haven#'t seen me, which is worrying. So I have decided not to add to their distractions.
Ive started sticking my foot out as well.... too much time in france..
Mad Dave said:
Suzuki Bindit 600 (Bindit as its now a write-off). I generally nod to all bikes (unless at a bike show, then it would just get a bit silly!) except for scooters and shiny cruiser types. The majority of people nod back.
I felt a bit uncomfrtable admitting I'm not to keen on nodding to the shiny customs bikes,we should start a club and liberate !
dugless said:
Suzuki Bindit 600 (Bindit as its now a write-off). I generally nod to all bikes (unless at a bike show, then it would just get a bit silly!) except for scooters and shiny cruiser types. The majority of people nod back.
I felt a bit uncomfrtable admitting I'm not to keen on nodding to the shiny customs bikes,we should start a club and liberate !
so if I do actually get one them i'll be a social outcast???
Honda CBR600fx
I usually nod to bikers outside of London.
Inside London its too dangerious to not concentrate on the road as numptys pull out all over the place and you need to have a 6th sense to take everything in.
I think that other bikers in London also think the same.
When outside London though and going for a blast (or did when the weather was better) i would nod and most bikers would nod back. Found that scooters don't and crusers don't. though hardle surprising as most of the scooters are ridded by 12 year olds and have no understanding of the nodding etiquette.
I usually nod to bikers outside of London.
Inside London its too dangerious to not concentrate on the road as numptys pull out all over the place and you need to have a 6th sense to take everything in.
I think that other bikers in London also think the same.
When outside London though and going for a blast (or did when the weather was better) i would nod and most bikers would nod back. Found that scooters don't and crusers don't. though hardle surprising as most of the scooters are ridded by 12 year olds and have no understanding of the nodding etiquette.
BMW K1200RS. I nod to all bikers including scoots. NOT Harley types who think they are so 
above the rest of us mere mortals that their shit don't stink. I think they look real twats in open-face helmets,with all that chrome, leather saddlebags and the dangly bits on their handlebars. Real bikers they ain't on their underpowered posing machines! 
above the rest of us mere mortals that their shit don't stink. I think they look real twats in open-face helmets,with all that chrome, leather saddlebags and the dangly bits on their handlebars. Real bikers they ain't on their underpowered posing machines! outrider said:
BMW K1200RS. I nod to all bikers including scoots. NOT Harley types who think they are so
wtf? so If I see you in a few months time (hypothetically) on my shiny bike and nod to you, you're going to pull a finger at me just because you can't see the point of my bike?
a couple of tigers and a blackbird, I nod to everyone except scooters, and of course I give a left-hand wave or finger point (hand off bar) when in europe, as is the custom....
I used to nod to scooterists, but they never ever return the favour so I gave up.
I tend not to nod when inside the M25 as quite often it's too dangerous to divert your attention from the task ahead.
>> Edited by barry sheene on Tuesday 21st December 14:23
I used to nod to scooterists, but they never ever return the favour so I gave up.
I tend not to nod when inside the M25 as quite often it's too dangerous to divert your attention from the task ahead.
>> Edited by barry sheene on Tuesday 21st December 14:23
Suzuki Bandit 600 S, I nod to all bikers (including the BiB) but not to scooters riders (round here there just stupid 
) 90% of the time I get a nod back, if they don't it doesn't bother me as I will still nod to the next biker, and the next and the n..................... so on and so on 
) 90% of the time I get a nod back, if they don't it doesn't bother me as I will still nod to the next biker, and the next and the n..................... so on and so on Gassing Station | Biker Banter | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff