I guess how and what you ride plays a big part.
I don't mind the spandex crowd, my little sister is one, completed a frigg'n ironman competition, so I cut them slack... Well, some, I still have fun ;-}
The canals and bike trails are my favorite.
I have a shift kit so when I let off the throttle it drops to idle but freewheel coasts pretty darn quite, sneak up on rider quite...
With no traffic to worry about I get up a full head of steam speed then coast up next to them, smile, nod my head, say hi, maybe do a couple of token pedals, and then hit the gas lightly to slowly pull away before I open it back up to speed 100' or so ahead.
I generally get nothing but smiles and waves from them time and again.
The same goes for cops and pretty much anyone else for that matter.
It's not a 'mussel car' cool, it's a 'I like that guy' cool.
That certainly has made my riding experiences all the more enjoyable anyway.