Demise of the "Biker nod"?

[KiwiCol]

I'm going to google that bike n have a look.  I don't know what it is either.

[KiwiCol]

Is this you Daytona? 

[Andre]

Col, that looks like the Address 110. The one I saw was the Address 125

https://web.archive.org/web/20130606183056/http://www.globalsuzuki.com/motorcycle/moto/street/FL125/spec.html

[KiwiCol]

Yeeeees, well, probably economical I suppose, but so is walking . . .    besides, my frame is too big for that frame.

[Proteous]

Here in the UK (though there are regional differences) you dont generally nod to scooters or learners... Its as if, and i have heard it said " they are not proper bikes " I nod to all the ones in proper gear and if they nod first.. However if they are in shorts and T-shirt and wearing flip flops on their feet and have bags of shopping hanging off their bars then they get the finger..... They are lucky i dont push them off.

[Mick_J]

I don't wave a scooters (unless they wave first) but I do wave at learners on proper bikes.  Some think they have not earned the right but they are on two wheels, face the same difficulties and problems I face and have to put up with the roads and weather I think they have earned the right.  If they are ignored by the biking community and not encouraged to take up biking they may turn into another ignorant car driver.

[Daytona]

No col that's not me,I'm about double the size of him and mines the faster moto gp colours,,,looks like I have to accept that when I'm nipping into town etc on it I'm no longer a "biker" then, yarp,

[seth]

I don't wave a scooters (unless they wave first) but I do wave at learners on proper bikes.  Some think they have not earned the right but they are on two wheels, face the same difficulties and problems I face and have to put up with the roads and weather I think they have earned the right.  If they are ignored by the biking community and not encouraged to take up biking they may turn into another ignorant car driver.

To be fair scooter riders have to put up with the same as us and with lower top speeds small fuel ranges and little wheels does make life hard for them .
They might not have proper bikes but should earn respect for putting up with the same crap as we do.
I have friends that travel big distances and tour on scooters .

[Mick_J]

Good point Seth but it a scooter FFS. 

[seth]

I know what you think but they are on 2 wheels just like us .potholes and bad road surfaces affect them even more and they have much less power than "real bikes".
I go to an occasional scooter rally they are great fun and different but in a good way.

[Daytona]

Reckon I've got this wrong to me a scooter is a Vespa or lambretta that the mods have,now where's me tracky bottoms a me black hoodie?

[seth]

Sorry yes to clarify I'm on about proper scooterist not bike stealing neds.
 

[Daytona]

Flippin ekk Seth not am I only not a biker  ,im now a thief that rides round nicking stuff,,lol,

[seth]

No no @Daytona your far to old to be a ned.
I'd wave to you 

[Daytona]

Cheers Seth,gonna put my two tone suit on now a listen to some ska.