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Started by WildRussian at 06-12-2010 2:33 PM. Topic has 4 replies.
  
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 06-12-2010, 2:33 PM
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WildRussian
 
Joined on 06-15-2009
Moscow, Russia
Posts 224
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Russian "Old Guardion Bikers" always:
- say "Good Morning" every day and "Thank you"(and kiss hes!!) to hes bike;
- raise hand (use highlight or horn) when meeting other biker on the road;
- if see other bike, that stop on side of road stop and ask "Have problem? Can i hel you?" And never ask money for two liters gasoline or other help;
- it is very bad, when helmet drop on the ground! Never ride today! If you need ride - kick foot to ground......
I miss-this tradition (also #2 & #3) go away to far times.....
It is in Russia... Do you have tradition like this?
Honda GL650 `83
Yamaha PW80 (Wife)
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Why i ride bike? - God give 4 foot to animal and to man - 2 only.
Age 38/25
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06-12-2010, 5:30 PM
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gopher
Joined on 11-06-2008
Sk.Ca. Age 56
Posts 601
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This is in semi-rural Saskatchewan Canada
#1 - No talking to my bike, but occasionally a pat on the tank when she has done well ( and no one else is around), but usually it'sjust a kind thought.
#2 - the greeting when meeting another motorcyclist on the road here is usually a low wave. The horn and light are warnings which mean 'get out of my way' or 'notice I'm here'.
#3 - stopping to see if a bike parked on the side of the highway is in need of help is a wonderful courtesy to strangers, same as in Russia, and one I also enjoy giving and receiving.
#4 - never heard of that one before.
1981 GL500I
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06-12-2010, 6:04 PM
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Northland
Joined on 03-26-2010
N.W WISCONSIN USA
Posts 237
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I pat them on the headlight after a ride.
The low wave or the thumbs up wave.......but only for riders with helmets.
Cold beer after every good ride !!
82 SILVERWING INTERSTATE
98 Honda F3 87 Yamaha TZR250 85 Yamaha XT350
Down the long and winding road.........on a route less traveled.......ridden by only a few.
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06-12-2010, 10:25 PM
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Sture (in Sweden)
Joined on 03-13-2006
Lund, SWEDEN, born -41
Posts 911
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1: No talking, no kisses, no names. Nice thoughts, for the most. Occasionally evil thoughts, like selling the damned thing, when it didn´t behave. Or blowtorch!
2. Low wave still pretty normal here, although it seems to be transforming into just a barely visible gesture with the left hand still on the bars. I´m phasing it out, altogether, more with each year. I never greet upright sitting old school Beemer riders or "fringe people" - or painted jackets. Why should I? They´re a different breed and often don´t wave back, anyway. Or bike cops. Of course.
3. Always, except for Harley riders. They have already paid well for the benefit of being broken down. This is a great one - between car drivers in the same situation most people wouldn´t care (or dare?).
4. This was a new one!
5. It´s always quite OK to ask to join a table at a biker´s café or the like. If you come on your own, you may very well be invited to share. Doesn´t happen as often at normal cafés or bars. Nice habit!
Sture
Honda CX 500 (B) x 4.
Honda CB 400 N (C) Superdream -82. M´lady´s learner bike.
Yamaha SRX 600 -86. Project, currently in wait mode.
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06-12-2010, 10:53 PM
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Blindstitch
Joined on 03-14-2009
Greenfield Wisconsin
Posts 9,838
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1: I don't talk to my bike. I do talk to myself.
2: Low wave unless there are a ton of bikes out or traffic. Or if I'm running across a lot of harleys not waving back. Bad enough they cant read but a wave is a friendly thing that everyone understands.
3: Most of the time. Especially if it's a honda.
4: I don't drop my helmet. I walk it from the house and hang it on my sissybar till it's on my head. If I believed I would go back into the house and get another helmet. If I drop all 5 I quit.
5: I've joined bikers. It's harder to join people in a cafe especially when it's a overbearing husband and his extra busty smile happy wife and daughter.
1979 CX500 Supertanker
ATGATT makes riding a bike like a sled easier.
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