Sincere Thank You to Two SportBikers

[dcarver]

Riding home from WesternFjrRoundup.. Hot. As in 113F hot.

..finally hit 'home turf'.

every corner, known.

Wick it Up, Baby!

At well past a buck20, round the sweeper,

two serious looking sport riders (full leathers, knee pucks, you know the look)

are BOTH giving me the *frantic* tap the helmet **** doode, slow down, LEO ahead!

The first sporty must have grinned as he saw me grenade the brakes..

typical behavior - front fork dive, headlight dipping...

The second sporty - he must have been giggling in his helmet as he saw my thumbs-up;

"I get it, THANK YOU!"

Let's just say these two fine riders saved my Candy Butt Bacon today.

So, whoever, wherever you live and or ride,

Thank You.

 

[majicmaker]

Amen, Brother. It's a beautiful thing when an unknown rider helps another rider. I do it all the time when I can. It's good Karma.

 

[HotRodZilla]

That's better than a wave any day!!

 

[FJRay]

Damn hooligan.

 

[Auburn]

SWEET!!!!!

 

[DennisJ]

My wallet has been saved a couple of times since I first started riding and only once have I managed to actually bump into the warner. Pre-diabetes days so I shared a couple of beers at the tavern just two blocks away from where I was living then. Turned out the guy lived about 1/2 mile from me and we ended up riding together a few times. I couldn't keep up him on my best day but it was fun trying and learning.

 

[garyahouse]

...are BOTH giving me the *frantic* tap the helmet... slow down, LEO ahead!

I don't recall ever seeing this "signal," nor would I have known what it meant if I did see it.

Guess I lead a sheltered life.

Gary

darksider #44

 

[mcatrophy]

...are BOTH giving me the *frantic* tap the helmet... slow down, LEO ahead!

I don't recall ever seeing this "signal," nor would I have known what it meant if I did see it.

Guess I lead a sheltered life.

Gary

darksider #44

This is a fairly standard signal. One of a number included in this list (it's still Friday, isn't it?)

 

[jmgrif]

Had a similar situation just the other day! I wasn't "yet" travelling above the posted but as I was about to increase my speed a Harley type went by and I thought he was tapping to top of his helmet? It seems sometimes that the Harley crowd don't like to wave to anything except other Harley's? Anyway I thought he was indicating radar ahead or ?. A little while later a passing sport bike rider gave the raised middle finger rotating in a circle which here in this part of Canada has meant the same thing as the tap on top! Either way I was the benefactor! Thanks to both!

 

[Geezer]

I always ride and drive with a radar detector, so I am usually more aware of speed traps than other riders and drivers. I have the habit of warning other riders of the traps so much that I found myself tapping the top of my head to warn a Harley rider last week while I was in my car. I was in my convertible and the top was down, so I know he saw me. I don't know what he made of it.

 

[n2osx]

I am glad that your bacon was saved. I was raised with the helmet tap as the "cop" signal and it surprises me that most of my friends that I ride with thought that I was high when the conversation came up.

 

[BigOgre]

I always ride and drive with a radar detector, so I am usually more aware of speed traps than other riders and drivers. I have the habit of warning other riders of the traps so much that I found myself tapping the top of my head to warn a Harley rider last week while I was in my car. I was in my convertible and the top was down, so I know he saw me. I don't know what he made of it.

Would love to know what he was thinking.

 

[RadioHowie]

So Donnyboi....whaddya break???

:finger:

 

[beemerdons]

So Donnyboi....whaddya break???

Rumor has it the victim was a bowling ball this time, he was out of anvils! jes' sayin' and nuff said, ese!