Only just read this thread cos it caught my eye whilst browsing posts, and thought to myself what does it matter whether anyone waves at us or not, personally I dont care if you wave or not, we are still in a free country, I ride a zx9 and if being pedantic I would call it a sports tourer, and I wave at anything that passes me, except when Ive got the right wrist twisted and the pedals going round like mad, but even then I still manage a nod, if I'm passing a group going in the other direction I will nod or wave at the first one that passes, if I wave at all of them then I'm not really concentrating properly on my own riding.
If we could all start by accepting that all 2 wheelers are motorcycles and not put each type into a category.
Lets all get out there and wave at everything on 2 wheels and the habit of doing it might come back.
My favourites are the 50cc L plated scooters, you can wave nod shake a leg at them all day but theyre too busy holding on to the bars for dear life to get a hand off.
The best wave I ever got was a BMW rider on the M4, I was in the outside lane going West and he was in the opposite o/s lane both doing about 80-85, this bloke stood up, let go of the bars and gallantly bowed to me, gave me a smile for the rest of the day. Live and let live, theres plenty of road out there for all of us.
PS snogging is deffo out of the question, well at least till I get to know you better