It’s important to give “the wave” to other riders on the road, whether they be driving motorcycles or scooters. I have watched the behaviour of different riders on the road (based on vehicle and gender) and it’s actually quite interesting the very clear trends I can notice.
Women. – I always do, but no woman has ever given me low hand wave when she drives by.
Crotch rockets. – There has been a rare exception or two where they will wave. They give the nod mostly. Their bikes are not really designed for the wave anyways.
Harleys. – Mostly always wave, the bigger the bike and the older the person, the more likely they are to wave. Unless they are people who only ride their motorcycles to and from work.
The commuter. – People commuting to and from work don’t wave. They are grumpy.
Scooters. – They will wave if you wave at them first, especially if they are newer drivers.
When I first started getting the wave, I was not sure exactly what they were doing with their hands. You pretty much just take it and stick lower than the bars and that’s it. I used to give the dorky schoolgirl back and forth wave because I was not sure about how to do the special hand signal. But there is none.
A guy driving by on a big chopper reached out to grab my hand once. He was wearing an orange shirt and I think I fell in love with him a bit.
