I still remember the day that it happened. I was out enjoying a ride on a day bathed in the warm orange and red hues of fall. Then, as I was looking down the road while another motorcyclist rode by, it happened. The motorcyclist startled me with a hand gesture and before I began to understand what had happened another motorcyclist rode by and gave me the same gesture leaving me confused. "What is this about? Do I know them? Was I supposed to return the gesture? Did I do something wrong?" I miss the earlier days of motorcycle riding, the days when bikers weren't waving at each other. I can't remember if riders didn't have to wave at each other years ago or if it was that there were just so few of us riders that we just didn't need to wave very much. Maybe this is why many riders buy motorcycles that look like they are from the past; they are reminiscing about a different time, a time without waving. But tim