krusty Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 What does it mean ?I have had a few do it when they pass me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swissie Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 Whenever this has happened with us, it has been a clear 'thank you' for letting them pass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 http://www.bikersoracle.com/rs/forum/showthread.php?t=3250 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krusty Posted August 20, 2010 Author Share Posted August 20, 2010 Thank you ladies , if I was on a motor bike I would stick my leg out to you. [Www] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chezstevens Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 You have been helpful, allowed them to continue safely. Used a lot in Italy, Spain and Greece. I use it less around Naples ... they are all out to kill you!! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vcruise Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 Over here when motorists see a biker in their mirrors they usually pull over as much as possible to allow overtaking this is very usefull & helpfull on a continous white line road . It is the bikers way of saying thank you also done when bikers overtake each other. If bikers are travelling in opposite directions they stick two fingers up, as a form of greeting not abuse as in the UK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceni Posted August 21, 2010 Share Posted August 21, 2010 Until now I just thought he was boasting and shaking off drips. One lives and sometimes learns.John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nephilim Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 I wonder if it has come about because of which side of the road we drive now!Back in the uk, the usual greet/thankyou when overtaking is a wave of the left arm. Try that here and you would have to use your right arm - hand off the throttle when overtaking, not good. So maybe thats why the right leg is used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG MAC Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 That and while accellerating the right leg isn't being used for much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericd Posted September 1, 2010 Share Posted September 1, 2010 The motorcyclist greetings vary as said above depending on which side of the road you drive on and what kind of bike you ride.In France the left arm stretched out at 8'0clock (your body being the centre of the clock) is a biker's known sign when passing another biker. As you know, in England the sign is a nod of the head thus avoiding lifting your arm/hand too high (although cruiser riders still use their hands one to another). You will notice that bikers overtaking and stretching their legs out as a thank you are in majority "Ninja" drivers of powerful beasts and not cruiser drivers.....try to hold your bike steady whilst accelerating with your left hand up in the air on handle bars no further apart than 35cm could be quite hazardous.Many years ago, a friend colleague of mine (the kind that would speed time oneself on a full run of the Peripherique in Paris, usually around 03h00 at the weekend) used to do wheelies at every encounter. He crashed a few times and i'm not sure if he is still alive to-date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sid Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 Also dealt with previously on here:http://www.completefrance.com/cs/forums/1411185/ShowPost.aspxSid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmcg Posted October 8, 2010 Share Posted October 8, 2010 As said before , very much a thankyou for coniderate and bike aware driving ! . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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