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Originally posted by V-Tail:
Waaaaay back, in the 1950s, when it was rare to see a VW, we used to wave.

Actually, mine had the semaphore type turn signals, so I used to hit the switch and flip the turn signal arm up and down.

Yep, my Dad always had bugs when I was growing up. I remember him doing this.

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Originally posted by ftttu:
I was really big into MINIS for a few years, and one of the things we’d do is flash our headlights, honk, and/or wave. If one was parked in a parking lot, you’d park your MINI next to the other so they could visit.

After the quirkiness wore off and MINIS were everywhere, I’m sure a lot of that MINI culture has ended. I met some of the best people during my MINI years.

When my wife got her '06 S it was still pretty common. 20+ model years on they're too plentiful now; though she got her first wave in years a few weeks ago.

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Originally posted by ASKSmith:


I wave to all bikers. Most wave back. Most that don’t ride Harley’s. I guess I don’t have the official dew rag they hand out to new riders.

I too wave to all bikers, in most cases it's the Harley riders who return the wave, and I'm kind of the exception around here, I ride a Harley, but I wear a helmet, most HD riders don't around here.

Sport bike riders rarely wave.

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Sport bike riders rarely wave.

They are holding on for dear life! LOL

Wave is common hear, not everyone HD or not returns it. Same when I've had corvettes, the wave is common courtesy.

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Originally posted by frayedends:

LOL... hard to top this one.

If I see one of my cars on the road I will literally stop and have a conversation with them, but I've only seen three or four on the road since I've owned my car for the last 2.5 years.

Many Corvette drivers use the “Corvette Wave” with other Vette drivers. Most return the wave. Some don’t.

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Originally posted by JPD217:


Sport bike riders rarely wave.

Maybe that's regional. Here in the southeast USA, we wave all the time.

The "low" hand wave (from sport bikers) doesn't have any special tribal meaning beyond
" at >55mph, I won't get my hand&arm blown back over my shoulder", or "in this heavy traffic, I'll probably need it back on the grip when some a-hole cager turns left in front of me."

Not so important if you're just cruising with hands on ape hangers.

Sportbike riders around here wave it’s the wannabe pirates, cosplay dudes and scooter drunks who rarely wave back. I have countered this by waving at them as obnoxiously and goofy as I can. (think Forest Gump waving at Lieutenant Dan) Sometimes they even wave back.

I dunno, it always felt kind of silly to me, we have no relationship, no kinship. lol When I was still riding, I would always politely wave back, but would never initiate. Besides, my bikes were in between, not a sports bike, not a Harley-type.

As for the Jeep wave, it's really uncommon here. I suppose because there are so many of them. Sometimes on my drive home from work I will count them, I've seen as many as 13 on the short 2.75 mile drive. (and I'm not talking Liberties or other Jeep products, just real "Jeeps") Again I have no kinship with you. If you're keeping some 35+ year old piece of junk on the road, maybe. At least I known some of your pain. But other than a sort of similar shape and a nearly irrelevant name, my jeep has nothing in common with your 2020 JK.

Mostly I just avoid eye contact now. lol

I wave at Harley riders, and usually get a return. If I give them a thumbs up and cup my ear, they'll give me a nice rumble when they go by.

flashguy

I got a Slingshot (a three wheeler) a few years ago and I was surprised people on motorcycles wont usually wave. I have had 21 bikes but I am too old now for a two wheeler.

If you do the low wave in a slingshot you will drag your hand on the ground,

That special secret motorcycle wave seems exhausting to me, it would get old real quick IMO

I watched a guy in front of me once on a motorcycle have to gesture nearly nonstop for miles he kept passing so many cycles.

Confirmation on the Subi wave. It's one of the things I miss most about not driving a WRX anymore!

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Originally posted by ARman:
I can tell you that the Subi wave is a thing ✌ is real.
I get a lot of them driving my WRX.


ARman