It pays to wave to motorcycle cops!

[schlemoc]

I wave even when I am in a cage. I used to mountain bike all the time, and waving really does pay off. Some people though just dont care and believe they own the road, and that's when it gets dangerous. Still working on a bike. Definately wave, it pays off.

[airforce1]

Originally Posted by 2WheelFun

I rode with a group of about 25 riders a few weeks ago in Spokane Washington...about 75 miles from where I live. Before we took off for the ride one of the older riders told me the cops really dislike bikers in Spokane. We finally took off and about an hour into our ride we come upon a motorcycle cop heading toward us. I am nearest to the inside of the lane and as we see eye to eye we both give one another a big wave and he keeps going. When the group came to a stop and we all began talking...the older rider who was right behind me walks over and say's...I cannot believe that the motorcycle cop waved to you! They never wave to us as they just don't like us...(they all ride sport bikes) and I replied...well...I was riding my geezer glider (2003 1500 Vulcan Classic) and they all began to laugh.

old threads never seem to die,
y'all don't look one day older in that 3 year old post than you do today!
"Geezer Glider"?
hmm,
does that make me a Cruiser "Curmudgeon"?

[airforce1]

old threads never seem to die,
y'all don't look one day older in that 3 year old post than you do today!
"Geezer Glider"?
hmm,
does that make me a Cruiser "Curmudgeon"?

[RivZX6]

Originally Posted by Mr_Lycos

No bike cops in NY either. At least not outside of the city.

Eh, no STATE cops that are on bikes in NY. Several cities have bike cops. Troy for example, as I've been pulled over in a car by one before. Generally though these are the more laid back cops from my experience.

[capncalyx]

Karma never worked for me Spok. And the biker cops that have ever pulled me over have been dycks. Maybe they think they are even MORE holier than though than regular cops, idk. The only waive ive given to a cop in the last 10 years is the one fingered waive (im sure you can guess which finger).

[CTRider]

Originally Posted by capncalyx

Karma never worked for me Spok. And the biker cops that have ever pulled me over have been dycks. Maybe they think they are even MORE holier than though than regular cops, idk. The only waive ive given to a cop in the last 10 years is the one fingered waive (im sure you can guess which finger).

I do believe your last sentence answers the reason for the second one...

[windsurfdog]

Originally Posted by CTRider

I do believe your last sentence answers the reason for the second one...

Yeah...look where it got Dennis Hopper...

[capncalyx]

Originally Posted by CTRider

I do believe your last sentence answers the reason for the second one...

Naw, i didnt start doing that until this last year, theyve been dycks for years now.
One of the last ones(no i didnt give this one the bird although he deserved it) on a bike - he was actually leaned over it while standing beside with a radar gun - then proceeds to jump out into the MIDDLE of my lane to direct me to pull over like he was landing a plane. After i was all nice about the ticket i told him that he should be careful and that maybe thats not the best way to pull someone over whos doing 70mph. What if for any reason i couldnt stop? Or by slim chance that i just didnt see him in the glare of the sun? Then he wanted to be a real smart azz about that so i told him maybe next time my brakes would *wink wink* accidently fail. He told me to get on down the road basicly. Maybe i shoulda just asked him who pyssed in his corn flakes that morning. He was one of the young ones and apparently pretty tightly wound.

[Parrish]

I no longer have a cage, so I ride my bike everywhere. I'm always passing bike cops on the road and never forget to give them a wave and a friendly nod. Without fail, they return the gesture. I'm a firm believer of trying to spread the kindness around. I wave to all bikers anyway (cruisers and sport bikes alike), so it's nothing more to wave to cops as well. I've yet to be pulled over on my bike, and while I'm sure a regular wave doesn't hurt, I'm confident the giant milk-crate strapped to my sissy bar every other day doesn't make me look like a very appealing target to charge with being a speed demon! Don't laugh too much. I'm an English teacher, and NINETY student journals are too big to fit in a bookbag!

[Jamie C.]

Originally Posted by capncalyx

Naw, i didnt start doing that until this last year, theyve been dycks for years now.

I tell ya what... come to Tennessee and try that "one finger salute"... You'll be lucky to get out of here alive.

Try it in Metro-Davidson County, and I know you won't.

[airforce1]

Originally Posted by Parrish

I no longer have a cage, so I ride my bike everywhere. I'm always passing bike cops on the road and never forget to give them a wave and a friendly nod. Without fail, they return the gesture. I'm a firm believer of trying to spread the kindness around. I wave to all bikers anyway (cruisers and sport bikes alike), so it's nothing more to wave to cops as well. I've yet to be pulled over on my bike, and while I'm sure a regular wave doesn't hurt, I'm confident the giant milk-crate strapped to my sissy bar every other day doesn't make me look like a very appealing target to charge with being a speed demon! Don't laugh too much. I'm an English teacher, and NINETY student journals are too big to fit in a bookbag!

WOW!
That's amazing!
I did NOT realize that "English" was still taught!
Given the demographics in the "un-united" states and the growth of "txtngl", what would be the point of teaching "English"..
An increasing percentage of the population in "Jolly Old England" is ...not...
English!
Methinks English is going the way of Latin... merely an amusing subject
It's really unfortunate, not to say pathetic, that the linguistic instrument is increasingly less played well. After all, the language is a reflection of our thought process and I (sigh) am sad to see its decline as the decline reveals the deterioration of the educational process. That's not a reflection on the educators, by the way. I did that for more than a decade.
I might give the "one finger salute" someday, but if it was to a "copper" it would my thumb up! Most of them work well and give us peace.
Sigh, if more folks understood that they have certain rights, but that those rights are the results of careful thought and determination on the part of folks who fought real opression... but then I am just... ah well.
Salute to those who teach.
I used to like being called "professor" until I looked it up and found the definition:
"One who professes to know something".
Humbled.
Have a good day and pray for a better tomorrow!
Meanwhile, the motorcycle awaits. It is ready, willing, able and compliant!
No wonder whatsoever that we like it!

[airforce1]

Originally Posted by Parrish

I no longer have a cage, so I ride my bike everywhere. I'm always passing bike cops on the road and never forget to give them a wave and a friendly nod. Without fail, they return the gesture. I'm a firm believer of trying to spread the kindness around. I wave to all bikers anyway (cruisers and sport bikes alike), so it's nothing more to wave to cops as well. I've yet to be pulled over on my bike, and while I'm sure a regular wave doesn't hurt, I'm confident the giant milk-crate strapped to my sissy bar every other day doesn't make me look like a very appealing target to charge with being a speed demon! Don't laugh too much. I'm an English teacher, and NINETY student journals are too big to fit in a bookbag!

Please send photo of the milk crate full of books on the back of the bike!
It is SUCH a metaphor!
Grin, my friend, we will likely not ever get off the planet alive!
email me anytime

[CTRider]

Originally Posted by airforce1

WOW!
That's amazing!
I did NOT realize that "English" was still taught!

Sure it is. It's just become one of those subjects where people think "when an I ever going to need this stuff out in the real world...?"

I actually took almost 3 years of Spanish in school. About the most I can do is buy is order a beer or buy a hat (which I suppose can come in handy, I guess).

However, the one phrase they never teach is: ¿Dónde está la Embajada norteamericana? (Where is the American Embassy?). I'm pretty sure that learning that phrase (in the appropriate language) should be one of the first things you learn when travelling to any non-English foreign country...

Then you can order all the beer and hats you want...

[Vulcan900]

Here in JAX FL a police officer just shot a 16 year old kid in the leg for running away from him. The kid was un-armed, and afterwards was not charged with a crime. The kid just got shot for nothing. The running joke is the cop was overweight and couldn’t catch the kid.

I nod out of respect. Not for the person, profession, or the badge... but because they can make your life he11 (legally and illegally) if they are so inclined and get away with it. Just ask the kid.

[dwayneb236]

Originally Posted by Vulcan900

Here in JAX FL a police officer just shot a 16 year old kid in the leg for running away from him. The kid was un-armed, and afterwards was not charged with a crime. The kid just got shot for nothing. The running joke is the cop was overweight and couldn’t catch the kid.

I nod out of respect. Not for the person, profession, or the badge... but because they can make your life he11 (legally and illegally) if they are so inclined and get away with it. Just ask the kid.

could you post a link to that. I'd like to read a few more details. I'm sure there was more to it than what you just stated. Not saying the cop was right or wrong, but it helps to know more of the story..

[VindianaJones]

Originally Posted by Vulcan900

Here in JAX FL a police officer just shot a 16 year old kid in the leg for running away from him. The kid was un-armed, and afterwards was not charged with a crime. The kid just got shot for nothing. The running joke is the cop was overweight and couldn’t catch the kid.

I nod out of respect. Not for the person, profession, or the badge... but because they can make your life he11 (legally and illegally) if they are so inclined and get away with it. Just ask the kid.

I've tried to stay away from this thread because its 3 years old and should have been left alone. But I'm confused. In my 47 years and over 30 of those have been driving and riding. I've never been harrassed by a cop unless I deserved it. I have many friends that ride and each and every one of them say the same thing. Of all those friends, the only ones who seem to get harrassed on a regular basis always admit to one thing ( or more ) They are constantly speeding or breaking the law in some way, shape or form. Of course the guys who say they were speeding, say they were only speeding by a little bit. ( maybe 5 to 10 miles an hour over the limit ) Or they were stunting. They never seem to get it. If your breaking the law, your breaking the law. There is no grey area here folks. How can you not expect that perhaps your being watched a little more closely than the average joe. If you can't stay within the confines of the law, then expect to get harrassed. Speeding is speeding, Stunting is stunting, Not stopping at a stop sign is just that, Not stopping. Of course the standard reply to this is, DONT THEY HAVE REAL LAWBREAKERS TO HARRASS? You are a real lawbreaker! The human condition is such that if you break the law and don't get stopped. You just do it more. Its a proven fact. You may not be holding someone at gunpoint but if you kill someone while speeding , say in a school zone or hurt someone while stunting, or hit a pedestrian while going through that stop sign. Do you not cause the same amount of grief for the persons father, mother, sister, wife, children. No matter what I say here, there will be a bunch of you who will swear your being harrassed. The thing is. WE, I, Most People. DON't CARE! This thread is just like the last one that was deleted. If you've got a problem with your bike, Lets talk about it. How bout that great car you saw last week? But quit with the bashing allready! Will this STUPIDITY never end? Oh and this thread had nothing to do with whether or not you or anyone else has been harrassed by a Leo, It was a question as to whether you wave at cops. Why does it need to dissolve into this crap again?

[dwayneb236]

Originally Posted by VindianaJones

I've tried to stay away from this thread because its 3 years old and should have been left alone. But I'm confused. In my 47 years and over 30 of those have been driving and riding. I've never been harrassed by a cop unless I deserved it. I have many friends that ride and each and every one of them say the same thing. Of all those friends, the only ones who seem to get harrassed on a regular basis always admit to one thing ( or more ) They are constantly speeding or breaking the law in some way, shape or form. Of course the guys who say they were speeding, say they were only speeding by a little bit. ( maybe 5 to 10 miles an hour over the limit ) Or they were stunting. They never seem to get it. If your breaking the law, your breaking the law. There is no grey area here folks. How can you not expect that perhaps your being watched a little more closely than the average joe. If you can't stay within the confines of the law, then expect to get harrassed. Speeding is speeding, Stunting is stunting, Not stopping at a stop sign is just that, Not stopping. Of course the standard reply to this is, DONT THEY HAVE REAL LAWBREAKERS TO HARRASS? You are a real lawbreaker! The human condition is such that if you break the law and don't get stopped. You just do it more. Its a proven fact. You may not be holding someone at gunpoint but if you kill someone while speeding , say in a school zone or hurt someone while stunting, or hit a pedestrian while going through that stop sign. Do you not cause the same amount of grief for the persons father, mother, sister, wife, children. No matter what I say here, there will be a bunch of you who will swear your being harrassed. The thing is. WE, I, Most People. DON't CARE! This thread is just like the last one that was deleted. If you've got a problem with your bike, Lets talk about it. How bout that great car you saw last week? But quit with the bashing allready! Will this STUPIDITY never end? Oh and this thread had nothing to do with whether or not you or anyone else has been harrassed by a Leo, It was a question as to whether you wave at cops. Why does it need to dissolve into this crap again?

+1000000000 fantastic point..

[azwiley1]

Originally Posted by Spok

I always wave at our men (and women) in blue, caged and bikers all alike...its just good karma to do so.

Hmm, I wonder how I would do that also, seems like sounds and good logic.

I will have to find some cops in blue first to try it, everyone here is brown and green.

[azwiley1]

Well, I see this thread going down the toilet already! Maybe instead of killing an entire thread, the mods should leave it open and drop the posters that cross the line. There are MANY of us in here that can openly and evenly discuss things like mature adults!

Anyway, smile it FRIDAY!!!!!!!!! and a 3 day weekend for many!!!!!!!!!!