"The Wave" Protocol or Endangered Species?  by John Cerilli  How
many of you have "waved" or gave some other sign of
acknowledgment to passing riders, only to have nothing happen in
return? Are you offended or insulted by this? Do you "attain
happiness" when a passing rider returns your gesture? Do you not
wave at all, or is this mannerism completely irrelevant when
riding a motorcycle? This topic almost borders on the question:
"What is the meaning of life?" and my sense is that it may have
the same philosophical ramifications.  Let me start by stating
up front that the majority of my research was gathered from on-
line "riders" on one of the more popular electronic Motorcycle
Forums, which will remain anonymous in respect for those who
responded, and, for the fact that I neglected to state "up
front" in my message that I was researching material for this
article. For all you aspiring free-lance writers, this is an
electronic on-line and ethics "no-no" and the head "SysOp"
(Manager of the Material, On-Line Bi