Cars vs motorcycles

Now that the temperatures are finally starting to warm up after a frightfully long and cold winter, I took my motorcycle out for a couple rides this past weekend. It was good to be back on the open road, taking in the fresh air, cool breezes and navigating the turns on some of my favorite roads in the area. But do you know what I liked the best? Waving to the other motorcyclists as they past by me. Unless you have a motorcycle yourself, you probably haven't experienced this custom. After all, when was the last time someone waved at you in your car? Unless it was someone you know personally, it was probably never. Well, sometimes other car drivers will wave the middle finger at you! But with motorcycles, everyone is a friend. Everyone is a fellow brother or sister on two wheels. If you pass another biker on the road, you wave, and they don't even have to be on the same kind of bike. Sports bikers wave to cruisers, Harley riders wave to Honda riders, touring bikers wave to choppers, and so on. It's kind of a nice feeling when you are riding and having someone wave to you. It brings back memories of life back in "the old days" when people had a little more courtesy and life wasn't so rushed. So if you're driving behind a motorcycle and you see another one approaching from the opposite direction, look for "the wave". It's pretty cool!