the wave. -nklr

[notanymoore]

Amen to that. The 60's and 70's American and British bike riders were always on the side of the rode working on their bikes while I was whizzing by on my Honda CB350. Change the oil, filters regularly and replace the battery every few years and away you went. Wasn't fancy but it got you there with a minimum of fuss and muss. Heck, the Honda CB750 almost put those guys out of business. They has to restict imports over 650CC just to keep Harley Davidson in business. A lot of HD riders nowadays are upscale wannabe's. They put as much into their rides as the original sticker. A mullet and leather vest complete the package. Don't wave. And their excrement doesn't smell either. Don't even mention the old-timers; they're hopeless.

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "roncriswell@..." wrote: > > Stupid is as stupid does. Those kind of Harley guys drive me crazy. > They aren't all like that. Probably mostly new propagandized riders > who have ridden nothing else. All bike manufacturers should give a > salute to the Japanese for raising the bar on quality of build and > reliability which made all others keep up ot go out of business. Back > in the late 60's to take most non Japanese bikes on a cross country > trip, well...... you really had to be a good mechanic and go to the > right church. If you owned a British bike it was common to rebuild in > about 20,000 miles .... and ...hey how bout the brakes and lights > back then? My Cushman scooter had about a 1 candlepower headlight. > Its a wonder I didn't get killed riding at night on that piece of > crap. Its amazing I ever got it to stop. > > Criswell > On Jul 22, 2009, at 8:32 AM, transalp 1 wrote: > > > I'm one of the many riders that would stop to help someone without > > regard > > to what brand is on their gas tank. > > So, call me an old school waver. > > My mechanic friend was on his yellow GL1800 coming back from > > Daytona one > > year and stopped to help a HD rider. > > Before he could get off the bike, the man in trouble hollered out > > something > > like, "I don't need no help from some rice riding s.o.b." > > Dan just shrugged and said, "Your loss. I'm a professional > > motorcycle and > > aircraft mechanic. You can just sit your a** right there and wait on > > someone else." and left. > > eddie > > > > > [Original Message] > > > From: Joe Nelson > > > To: > > > Date: 7/22/2009 8:44:59 AM > > > Subject: Re: The wave. -NKLR > > > > > > Speaking of The Wave, in this month's Motorcyclist magazine, Mike > > Seate > > editorializes against what he calls "one of the sport's most enduring > > annoyances." > > > > > > He says it used to mean; "Hi, friend. If something goes wrong, > > I've got > > your back." Today, it's more like "Hey, I bought a bike, so I'm as > > cool as > > you, right?" Mike goes on to characterize The Wave as an "overt > > display of > > kinship between people who've never actually met is big-time > > phony." And as > > "showy, self-serving and theatrical." His premise is that it's > > annoying at > > best and dangerous at worst. > > > > > > Geez, lighten up, Mike. > > > > > > JOE in WI > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >