In Norway,the most common is to just lift the left hand from the handlebars, and if there's a speed trap, or a hazard, e.g gravel or sheep in the road, one does as Old Scratcher describes,signaling "slow down" by pumping downwards with the palm.

Has no one else seen the two fingers down?

Originally Posted by Looty

Has no one else seen the two fingers down?

Nope. But I've both given & recieved two fingers up, many times.

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Personally I like the two fingers down. Now the other day a female cager was talking on the phone and cut me off I managed to mustard up a one finger up wave....a sort of digital communication of a different kind.

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I learned not to give wave sign with clutch hand at a stop. Almost home one day I was at a light just as it changed, a bike went by and waved. I waved and clulnk, bike shut off.
DUH, as Homer would say.

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LMOA! Funny.

(But I don't buy into the "signaling to stop" sign. Looks like you're signaling to turn right.)

I give a nod and if there's trouble ahead for the passing biker palm of the hand pushing down. Trouble is most kids on sports bikes go pass so fast by the time I get my hand up they've dissapeared in my rear veiw mirrors and over the horizion

A nod seems to be the preferred salutation, here in Facist Britain. I've only ever seen a wave from an old boy on a vintage bike - very friendly. 'The nod' varies from 'Good to see you out today mate' to 'bah humbug, I can't be arsed knodding at you and your pesky Bonneville' (usually from pseudo-racers and up-themselves cruisers). When there are too many bikes around then most people tend not to nod, for reasons stated above.

Oddly enough though....just yesterday, whilst plodding along a dual carriageway at no more than the national speed limit, I was pleasantly surprised to see a motorcycle cop coming the other way who gave me a 'Good to see you out today mate' nod! It did occur to me that he might just be trying to get rid of a wasp from his helmet. But for a moment, my worldy woes eased off and life in Old Blighty seemed a tad less...well, facist.

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Originally Posted by Old Scratcher

I doubt it'd catch on here either. You'd look like a dog looking for a tree.

LOL So that's why I get funny looks off people when I do that to stretch my legs when I've been in the saddle too long, mind you by then I am usually ready for a wee stop as well

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