Wilsons Sandbox

At 12:38 AM 2/24/02 -0000, you wrote:

>I'm not one for the Harley-BMW-sportbike bashing thing but it was >funny to see them do that. Kind of like the playground wars when we >were kids ("YOU don't have the right shoes!"). Maybe some of those >old boys really might have an attitude. My friend and I had a good >laugh about it afterwards. Whatever... >

It don't have to be just Hardley drivers. All last summer when I was tooling around on the piston crippled baby calf, I'd wave at all other motorcyclists as I always do, and very few of them returned the courtesy. One time I was at a relatively large intersection and some rice rocket pilot was in the opposite direction of traffic. I waved and he just looked at me. Of course, on a 250 my 6'3" frame looks like a monkey screwing a football. Okay, so I wave again with bigger arm movements. He still ignores me. A double arm wave with a few jumps up and down finally gets him to tip his lid to me. I wave at everyone, including scooters. Bob Ray rode a Reflex all the way to Denali National Park in Alaska during the 2001 IBR. It ain't the fiddle, it's the fiddler. Thanks, *************************************************************************** Russell D. Stephan, Voice: (614) 760-3065 Senior Technical Analyst Fax: (614) 760-3360 Technology Management Consulting, Inc. email: rstephan@... 9980 Brewster Lane, Suite A. russell.stephan@... Powell, Ohio 43065 URL: http://www.tmconsult.com

> I wave at everyone, including scooters.

YOU WAVE AT SCOOTERS?!?!?! I NEEEEEEVER wave at scooters... Just kidding... "Mokan"

One time I was at a relatively large intersection and some rice rocket pilot

> was in the opposite direction of traffic. I waved and he just looked at

me.

> Of course, on a 250 my 6'3" frame looks like a monkey screwing a football. > Okay, so I wave again with bigger arm movements. He still ignores me. A > double arm wave with a few jumps up and down finally gets him to tip his

lid

> to me. > > I wave at everyone, including scooters. Bob Ray rode a Reflex all the way > to Denali National Park in Alaska during the 2001 IBR. It ain't the

fiddle,

> it's the fiddler.

I wave at all of them, if I am not cornering or doing something where my hand could be better used. The same way I speak to everybody, (I'm just an old farm boy) and some return the courtesy and some don't. I'm not sure if it is a matter of courtesy or just the way you grew up. Of course, I had to adjust that habit when I moved to Las Vegas or any area that the density of people made it impractical to do this. Also, there are many new bikers out there and they may not know or understand this custom. Back in 1972, on my first ride it took me awhile to get used to it. I thought they were waving because they knew me. Everybody knew everybody where I grew up. But, when I traveled farther away they still waved. I thought, boy this is neat, and I been doing it ever since. brent

I must live in a friendlier section of the country. About half the guys I see riding Harleys are kind enough to wave. Of course it may be out of shock since they are probably thinking "what the hell is that?". I even rode in a poker run that had approximately 300 harleys, 2 V-Max's (my brother's and a friend of his), and 1 KLR650 (me). If you just act like you don't give a F**K what they think, they are usually pretty friendly. And, since I don't give a F**K what they think, everyone was pretty cool. Even had one guy come up and start asking me about the KLR. It's wierd. Brad J. Morris A16 Illinois __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games http://sports.yahoo.com

Here is So Cal most riders wave, even about half the HD's . There are always the few who dont, maybe because they are watching the car about to turn left in front of them or whatever I always wave to any two wheels - hey i used to ride a scooter! The snobs are only belittling themselves - displaying their immaturity - thru their need to feel superior to others. They must not be very secure. Hey if i see a HD broken down on the side of the road maybe ill wave myself right on bye - karma! Ian

----- Original Message ----- From: "Brad Morris" To: "mokan710" ; DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2002 5:39 AM Subject: Re: [DSN_klr650] Re: Playground wars - NKLR > I must live in a friendlier section of the country. > About half the guys I see riding Harleys are kind > enough to wave. Of course it may be out of shock since > they are probably thinking "what the hell is that?". I > even rode in a poker run that had approximately 300 > harleys, 2 V-Max's (my brother's and a friend of his), > and 1 KLR650 (me). If you just act like you don't give > a F**K what they think, they are usually pretty > friendly. And, since I don't give a F**K what they > think, everyone was pretty cool. Even had one guy come > up and start asking me about the KLR. It's wierd. > > Brad J. Morris > A16 Illinois > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games > http://sports.yahoo.com > > Checkout Dual Sport News at > http://www.dualsportnews.com > Be part of the Adventure! > > Visit the KLR650 archives at > http://www.listquest.com/lq/search.html?ln=klr650 > > Post message: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com > Subscribe: DSN_klr650-subscribe@yahoogroups.com > Unsubscribe: DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > List owner: DSN_klr650-owner@yahoogroups.com > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ >

> > I wave at everyone, including scooters.

How about the Mopeds? Do you wave to them also? Is that a motorcycle or what..a slowped, not sure just wonderin. B.

Mopeds are like fat chicks when I was in college. Ride one every once in awhile and pray your friends don't catch you in the act... "Mokan" P.S. I still wave at them though (fat chicks that is). --- Brian A wrote:

> > > I wave at everyone, including scooters. > How about the Mopeds? Do you wave to them also? > Is that a motorcycle or > what..a slowped, not sure just wonderin. > B. >

__________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Greetings - Send FREE e-cards for every occasion! http://greetings.yahoo.com

> That list Mark posted , while I'm sure he is a nice guy, proved > absolutely useless for me at my local locksmith. That's why I went to > Kawi expecting to get hosed, but KW14's $2 each, why screw around.

Oh, I am, I am! I have all the list messages since I joined on my computer here, I just used FIND in Outlook Express and that's what I came up with. It must have worked for SOMEBODY, or it wouldn't have been posted, I assume. Anyway, that's the story and I'm stickin' to it. (Grinning) But, yeah. Here's the disclaimer: All, few or none of these blanks may work for you. *I* have no personal knowledge whether they do or not, I just pasted in a previous post... Mark Wise men still seek Him... Mark St.Hilaire, Sr A15 My Adelphia Email can be "iffy." If you don't get a response, please try: KLR6500@... HomePage: http://home.adelphia.net/~msaint/index.html KLR650 Motorcycle Pages: http://klr6500.tripod.com/