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Old 09-28-2005, 07:44 PM   #1 (permalink)
Ludo
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Bike: 2006 C50 Black & 1986 Honda Shadow 500
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Default Motorcycle cops and the biker community

I'm sure some of the forum members are motorcycle cops so I'll take a shot at a naive question I can't ask anyone else.

I'm newly endorsed and I love the feeling of the biker community about as much as I love riding.

In that spirit I make a point of waving all bikers unless I don't notice them in time (which I take as a sign I wasn't being aware enough of my surroundings).

In doing that I have waved several times at cops on bikes, I was almost surprised the first few times to see they responded in kind. A couple times this happened while I was speeding and I got the wave back just the same.

So... Is there some kind of more open and tolerant relation between bikers and officers on two wheels or I'm just tripping?

When I was a kid (in France) I was dreaming of being an American motorcycle cop and ride a Harley all day... I didn't manage to pull that off, but I have to say that these guys waving back to me went a long way in making me think they are every bit as cool as I thought when I was a kid.