The feeling is mutual!

[NPloysa]

Driving down highway 285 today I was creeping up to pass a Dodge. I noticed it was a 3rd gen and as I got a little closer I noticed the Hemi emblem... it was missing! In its place was a chrome "C". I smile when I see a Cummins.



As I am passing him I check out the driver, just a little thing I do, to see what other Cummins drivers look like. Middle aged guy.



I look over at him and I nod. He nods back and I smile, as if I was saying, "Nice truck, good choice in engines!"



Right as I turn back to the road I see his eyes looking down to my pax door. Yep, he wanted to see if mine was a Cummins also.



Kinda like what bikers do with the little one finger on an extended arm gesture, recognizing you and your vehicle.



Cool



Nick

 

[Big_Daddy_T]

Whats the one finger for? I seen it this summer and was perplexed. Not the big one. The pointer finger. The guy had a nice bike. Is it like waving?

 

[NPloysa]

Yeah, if a rider sees a fellow biker in the opposite direction they outstretch their left arm and point to the ground with their index finger. Mostly the Harley riders waving to eachother. Most the crotch rocket drivers don't know what it is, from what I have seen.



Nick

 

[TxDieselKid]

Like Nick said, it's mostly the Hog bike riders that do it. Once I saw a few hog riders pass(on the other side of the highway) a crotch rocket, and they put their left hand behind their head, like "I see you and have little respect for your choice" i guess.



Just something intrested I noticed.





Andrew

 

[CHornsby]

99% of the rice rockets I see on the road outstretch their hand to me and me the same when I'm riding my rocket. Some harleys wave, some don't. It's not very usual for a Hog guy to wave at a rocket guy. That's their choice, but it doesn't stop me from waving. Whether they have respect for my choice or not doesn't matter to me ... . at least mine will be on the road letting me enjoy the nice days when their ride is being fixed and on the shop floor.

 

[Mtngoat]

CHornsby, I'll wave at ya!! I'm thinking aout mounting my TDR badge on my Harley!



Robin

 

[Boomer II]

Shoot, I wave at everybody, got 73,000 miles without any shop floor time on my 99 Ultra.

 

[Mtngoat]

Boomer-



Thats racking up the miles, I thot my 2000 Softail had a lot at 38k:--)









Robin

 

[Peter Campbell]

Harley is no longer owned by AMF. After AMF nearly destroyed the company, they did the employees a favor by making the total market capitalization affordable to the employees (almost putting it in CH 7). Who then bought it and turned it around. The AMF years were the worst, but if the bike is still running everything was re-done. It had to be to still be running

 

[Big_Daddy_T]

They talk about em leaking oil on the show room floor. Quality is way up but that forever stained my impression of the bike. I seen too many being loaded in the back of a pickup on the side of the road.

Ive been looking at the silverstar. I had a trouble free xj 900 seca and v65 magna. Both a lot of fun.

I did have to pay to have the carbs set up properly on the seca. The former owner thought he was an expert. You need some sort of 4 carb vacuum device to do it and he tried to do it by ear.

 

[rbattelle]

It's funny this came up, because earlier today I was thinking we should have a Cummins wave like the Harley guys do. I would have no idea what it would be, though. Maybe like the letter "C" people do when they dance that goofy "YMCA" song? Of course, you'd have to take your hands off the wheel. :-laf

 

[Ol'TrailDog]

Huh... , imagine that. All this time I thought the little finger thing had to do with boogers, go figure.



BMW 1976 R60 followed by a 1971 R90: Thank God I survived that epoch era. Did I ever tell about the time one of the after market handle bar mounts came free at 65mph Zoooomie...

 

[CHornsby]

Yes, I do realize that the new hogs are more reliable than the old ones. My father had two that I can remember and both of them were always being worked on ... . he was a mechanic. He ended selling both of them due to frustration with the amount of work that each required constantly.



But, I do realize that things have gotten better. The crotch rocket guys in general have some sort of chip on their shoulders against Hogs, and the same on the other end ... . in general. But, doesn't matter to me. Each one of us, no matter what bike you ride, have our safeties to worry about and ALL of the cars/trucks to watch out for because they won't and don't watch out for us!!! We're all equal when we're on 2 wheels. That's why I wave.

 

[Ncostello]

When I had my Harley back in the early 90's, I was not your normal rider around here. I liked my bike because of what it was... not what everyone thought about Harley. I would get on it and ride wearing whatever I had on at the moment because I wanted to ride. Once I had on running pants and a Hawaiian looking shirt and some tennis shoes. Some other Harley riders wearing chaps, sunglasses, buckle boots, black T-shirts, and German WWII looking helmets scoffed at me when they passed.



But in reality, they bought all that stuff the day they bought their new bike and hauled it home on a trailer behind their Lexus SUV (I'm guessing on the SUV). I was the one who knew how to tear the engine apart and install cams, jet the carb, and change the oil. Thats when I knew it didn't really matter if I waved at other Harley riders or not. Some are all about the image and not the bike. Guess I didn't fit in.



But I always wave at Dodge diesel owners. There is no faking owning a Cummins powered pickup!!

 

[David Oxland]

Got a'76 BMW 750 from new w/about 70000 miles never been opened.

I carry around a fake oilslick that I throw down when I park so that it makes me feel like a Harley or Norton.

 

[Diesel Gunner]

OK, so whats going to be our high sign?

 

[jrandol]

Originally posted by Diesel Gunner

OK, so whats going to be our high sign?

How abouts 2 smoke puffs consecutive?

 

[Sageair]

Originally posted by Diesel Gunner

OK, so whats going to be our high sign?

I think a simple thumbs up would be appropriate.

 

[DLBurns]

Harley vs Crotch Rocket

Originally posted by Mtngoat

Boomer-



Thats racking up the miles, I thot my 2000 Softail had a lot at 38k:--)









Robin

Had 30K+ on my 96 Road kInd when I sold it a few months ago and its's basically been parked since 2000.

Have to chime in on the Harley vs Rice burner issue... I bought my Harley to ride to events like Sturgis, Laughlin, Bridgeport and Reno as well as weekend around town runs. My son went to Reno with us a few years back on his Yamaha R-1, Reno is only 250 miles from here and he is Alot younger and in much better shape than most of us. Well the ride damn near killed him!! He would have never made it on a trip to Sturgis... in 98 we ran from San Jose to Wendover Utah the first day, that one damn near killed me!

Rice burners are way to fast on two wheels for this old man

 

[bmoeller]

Originally posted by Sageair

I think a simple thumbs up would be appropriate.

That will have to do 'til the rest of us have our trucks "fixed". I can't smoke YET.