I now feel warm and fuzzy inside

[Darth-Simba]

Because I get nods returned off other bikers now that I am not on a scooter. When riding my old scooters probably 1 in 20 bikers nodded, now on my YBR 9 in 10 nod.

I feel a proper part of the biker community now, does that make me a saddo? Maybe but I don't care.
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Yamaha YBR 125cc 11 plate

[gavbriggs]

In my view it's a two wheel community everyone needs to be part of something!.
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Recent bikes: Varadero 125 - Mod 2 3/2/14 - Bandit 1200 SK4

[TheSmiler]

Give it a few weeks and the nodding will die off, not that it bothers me at all. You will get about 3/10.
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CB125>CG125>GN125>ER5>K100RS>R1100RS>K100RS
A2 completed 23/07/15 Ready for the Golden Crisp Packet

[DSK]

You'll notice harley riders won't nod. Ive taken to waving enthusiastically in a very camp way. I figure it's more their language.
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Current Bike - 1990 CBR600 FL Benetton edition.

[Rogerborg]

Nodding? What's that about?
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Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
GONE: HN125-8, LF-250B, GPz 305, GPZ 500S, Burgman 400 // RIDING: F650GS (800 twin), Royal Enfield Bullet Electra 500 AVL, Ninja 250R because racebike

[MC]

Probably been nodded at twice... ever... by older blokes with beards.
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Yamaha MT-03 '08 (crashed)
Honda XR-125L '04

[recman]

[deadwolf]

I usually greet fellow riders by standing up on the pegs and doing several rapid pelvic thrusts in quick succession. It's a great way to burn carbs too!
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Motorsapien Art

[yen_powell]

[FretGrinder]

https://i.imgur.com/S8EFExo.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/NVd9Adr.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/UR85SrA.jpg
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Yamaha MT-09

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[FretGrinder]

[ScaredyCat]

There's one on my commute, he rides a street triple, never nods. He's dead to me.

And don't think changing your crash helmet and then starting to nod is going to work either... dead to me, dead.
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Honda CBF125 ➝ NC700X
Honda CBF125 ↳ Speed Triple

[The Shaggy D.A.]

There's a guy I pass daily on a CB500, and have done for a couple of years now. I nod every time, but not a single nod back, the bastard. Mebbe he's just the type that doesn't nod to Alhambras.
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Chances are quite high you are not in my Monkeysphere, and I don't care about you. Don't take it personally.
Currently : Royal Enfield 350 Meteor
Previously : CB100N > CB250RS > XJ900F > GT550 > GPZ750R/1000RX > AJS M16 > R100RT > Bullet 500 > CB500 > LS650P > Bullet Electra X & YBR125 > Bullet 350 "Superstar" & YBR125 Custom > Royal Enfield Classic 500 Despatch Limited Edition (28 of 200) & CB Two-Fifty Nighthawk > ER5

[Dave70]

The nod thing's fine by me, do it myself most of the time, except if I'm negotiating a busy junction or something.

However, the leg waggle...what the hell is that about? I refuse to take part in such shenanigans.

[The Shaggy D.A.]

Dunno about a waggle, but it's easier to stick your leg out when passing a large group of bikes coming the other way, than spend a minute doing Churchill* impressions.


* The nodding insurance dog, not the WW2 prime minister. Nor the tank. And not the china company, either.
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Chances are quite high you are not in my Monkeysphere, and I don't care about you. Don't take it personally.
Currently : Royal Enfield 350 Meteor
Previously : CB100N > CB250RS > XJ900F > GT550 > GPZ750R/1000RX > AJS M16 > R100RT > Bullet 500 > CB500 > LS650P > Bullet Electra X & YBR125 > Bullet 350 "Superstar" & YBR125 Custom > Royal Enfield Classic 500 Despatch Limited Edition (28 of 200) & CB Two-Fifty Nighthawk > ER5

[Dave70]

[The Shaggy D.A.]

Was it a Rimmer?

https://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8e74ggVP91r2f9ceo1_250.gif
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Chances are quite high you are not in my Monkeysphere, and I don't care about you. Don't take it personally.
Currently : Royal Enfield 350 Meteor
Previously : CB100N > CB250RS > XJ900F > GT550 > GPZ750R/1000RX > AJS M16 > R100RT > Bullet 500 > CB500 > LS650P > Bullet Electra X & YBR125 > Bullet 350 "Superstar" & YBR125 Custom > Royal Enfield Classic 500 Despatch Limited Edition (28 of 200) & CB Two-Fifty Nighthawk > ER5

[Dave70]

[maph3rs]

This nodding malarky is dangerous....especially when going round a bend....waiting to see if they reply.....then looking back.....rejection....hurts so much......nearly as much as the barrier your heading towards!!!

[ADSrox0r]

Heh, nods for nods sake are alright but it's the ones in the pissing rain, 5am commute in the dead of winter that are actually meaningful. Those are the 'eyup fella, guess we're both fucking mentlists then eh?' nods that are a genuine mark of mutual respect.

And no, you won't get nods from Harley riders. Or 'adventure bikers', you know the ones on their all too shiny BMW with matching official Bimmer clothing and luggage that's never had more than a Marks & Spencer sandwich and a flask of tea in it.

[ScaredyCat]

[Hefty]

[ADSrox0r]

To be fair some bikers actually dont know about nodding so he might think you're a bit of a fan of rainbows and cupcakes.

[Dibble]

A f-ing Harley rider did a w-nker sign at me, a f-ing Harley rider on a brand new f-ing Bad Boy Big Bob Dark Low something with a F-ing brand new Harley jacket, Brand new lid and the F-ing ink still wet on his pass certificate did a w-nker sign at me.

He had just given Harley £15k or whatever in the hope owning a Bad Boy Big Bob Dark Low might mean he had an orgasm with someone else in the room did a w-nker sign at me.

Sorry but this has been upsetting me for a week now.

[Nexus Icon]

Did he know you then?







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Greetings from Shitsville!