No disrespect intended!

[trikebldr]

I spent most of this past weekend giving a LOT of joy rides in my sidecar rig. Lots of family and friends from all over the U.S. are here in town for our church's world conference, and I am doing lots of duty as taxi and chaufeur to and from several events. There are a lot of bikes out on the road, too, and invariably they see a sidecar rig and give the low-hand salute as we pass by going the other way.
Several of my riders have asked me why I don't return the gesture, and one fellow even turned around and followed me to ask the same. WTF? So, I figured to explain this to all of my fellow Voyagers here, too!
Just be aware that a sidecar rig's steering is different and it takes total control 100% of the time, with BOTH hands on the bars! It makes any instrument adjustments or radio tuning a split-second thing. Very few bikes can be tuned to ride with just one hand SAFELY for very long with a sidecar at highway speeds. So, when a sidecarist doesn't return your salute, don't shoot! He's just being a good pilot! Besides, we do nod instead of salute.

[HMB Don]

Thanks for the explanation.

There are many times when I also nod back to other motorcyclists. And it always when I can't take my hands off the handle bars for even a moment, like heavy traffic.

Bruce, turn that sidecar rig north to Hurley. Sure would like to meet you in-person.

[trikebldr]

Bruce, turn that sidecar rig north to Hurley. Sure would like to meet you in-person.

I had planned on it as far back as eight months ago, but my doctor has me on a short leash for a while. Tony knows why. I even had reservations for five days at the Day's Inn where everybody stays, but cancelled that just a month ago after double checking with my doc. She doesn't even like it when I take a quick ride to Topeka and back (120 miles round trip!).
"Is there a doctor in the house?".

BTW, if anybody is cruising through the Kansas City area and needs a stop for the night, we have lots of space for camping, and can help out in case of breakdown. Tools, transportation (bike and people), welding.

[Lucasind]

The whole "biker solidarity wave" has certainly changed over the last 40 + years ! back in the day, it was the raised fist, then went to something else , then to something else....... I just give the 2 finger PEACE sign off the end of my left handlebar (except in hard corners) without ever taking my hands off the bars.
that's all ya get !