An interesting moment on the road

**Dooly** · 8th January 2009, 07:22

Originally Posted by 86GSXR

Career ramifications are a sorry reflection on the workforce these days, but hopefully, just hopefully things will improve. Bike cops still have a lot of fun, they must, how couldn't they? I would if I were them once I'd read the rules

I know a few bike cops, they ride sprots bikes including Gixxer thous.
They ride just as hard, slow, and fast as us.
They know the shit they would get in if they are caught doing whatever.
They are radar detectored up too.
They accept its part of it.

In fact one did a runner from a HP cop one day I was with him.
Ok, he did'nt know it until I told him when we stopped miles away, as he did'nt see the HP in the bushes, and then pull out to come get us, as we blasted past the Taupo plains at a tad over 100 kph.

He did say his career would of been over if he had been ticketed etc etc at that speed.
20 yr veteran too.

**Big Dave** · 8th January 2009, 07:49

Originally Posted by jrandom

But riding a bike all the time is a pain in the arse.

Oh rly?

Please explain.

**86GSXR** · 8th January 2009, 08:08

Originally Posted by Dooly

I know a few bike cops, they ride sprots bikes including Gixxer thous.
They ride just as hard, slow, and fast as us.
They know the shit they would get in if they are caught doing whatever.
They are radar detectored up too.
They accept its part of it.

In fact one did a runner from a HP cop one day I was with him.
Ok, he did'nt know it until I told him when we stopped miles away, as he did'nt see the HP in the bushes, and then pull out to come get us, as we blasted past the Taupo plains at a tad over 100 kph.

He did say his career would of been over if he had been ticketed etc etc at that speed.
20 yr veteran too.

Exactly. And it's sad that we have to hammer the good guys in order to compensate for the minority (non cops) who can't play by the rules. Whatever happened to the good old fashioned slap on the wrist and a warning. That should be enough for those with some sense of responsibility. Glad you guys weren't stopped that day

**Dooly** · 8th January 2009, 08:16

Originally Posted by 86GSXR

Exactly. And it's sad that we have to hammer the good guys in order to compensate for the minority (non cops) who can't play by the rules. Whatever happened to the good old fashioned slap on the wrist and a warning. That should be enough for those with some sense of responsibility. Glad you guys weren't stopped that day

It was about 10 years ago when I was younger, dumber?, and a bit reckless on the roads then.
Not sure what the rules were then regards impound, licence loss for speed etc.
He was on a new TL1000 and me on my new RF900.
I was sucked onto his draft right behind him.
Speedo was showing 270....oops mean 107.

We were pretty well running the bikes in.
Just decided to give it an open up on the Taupo plains on the way home.

**Insanity_rules** · 8th January 2009, 08:24

Originally Posted by WuZards-Eugene

about a month ago I was on Cruisy Wednesday ride, stopped to see what was happening with sams bike, then since there were another 5 people there helping I buggered off up the rimutakas. Daringly I caught up to a Copper on his beemer. Once he hit the hill he went ballistic, couldnt believe what I was seeing. I cautiously kept up with him on my ZX10, passing cars left right and center. We catch up to richie from tss, then stop at the top. The cop pulls in as well an has a friendly chat with us, jesus who would have thought. Only when he said that its a pain in his arse to ride the bike all the time was when I stopped liking him. Seemed like a good bloke tho.

Snap, I was one of the bikers who stopped to help Sam. Saw Ritchie on his way down too. Jeez his bike sounds good wound up and scooting the hill, go the CBR.

**86GSXR** · 8th January 2009, 08:38

Originally Posted by Dooly

It was about 10 years ago when I was younger, dumber?, and a bit reckless on the roads then.
Not sure what the rules were then regards impound, licence loss for speed etc.
He was on a new TL1000 and me on my new RF900.
I was sucked onto his draft right behind him.
Speedo was showing 270....oops mean 107.

We were pretty well running the bikes in.
Just decided to give it an open up on the Taupo plains on the way home.

I think it was just demerits and the fine. I did 3 months walking in 89 for speeding on my 85 Gixxer. It was a fair cop though (except for the one late at night on a deserted road at about 12k over) and I did get a lot fitter. Never drove once but I was glad to get it back. Oh, and new bikes do need running in properly eh lol

**Dooly** · 8th January 2009, 08:43

Originally Posted by 86GSXR

Oh, and new bikes do need running in properly eh lol

Yep, used to ride to Taupo sedately on its first real ride, give it heaps on the way home, all done.
Never any probs with them.
Had a few new bikes in the 90s, did that to all.

**86GSXR** · 8th January 2009, 08:51

I loved running in the new Trumpys, not one ticket either (touch wood)

**MsKABC** · 8th January 2009, 08:55

An ex of mine was/is a cop. He rode a bike for a short time, a beemer. I remember trying to push-start the bloody thing down our driveway one day

He was a pretty quick rider - used to register his bike & car to the address of the cop shop in case he ever got pulled over

Not biker cop-related, but a funny story dad told the other day.... Him and a couple of mates were on their way home from a shooting tournament, pulled up at some lights next to a patrol car. The guy in the back of his van was a bit merry and had been squirting pedestrians with a big water pistol. He then turns it on the copper!!

Cop turns his head to look at them ever so slowly, bends forward toward the floor dramatically...(Dad's behind the wheel yelling at his mate for being such an effing dickhead

, thinking "oh no, now we're really in the crapper")... and then whips out a water pistol of his own and shoots back!

**The Stranger:Me** · 8th January 2009, 09:00

So you just discovered that Police are human and felt you needed to share this amazing revelation with us?

**86GSXR** · 8th January 2009, 09:02

Lol, the day I got my license removed I was lying in bed early one wet Monday morning and I hear the whole conversation about my license through my stereo which had picked up the bikes radio transmission. Next thing there's the knock on the door and the helmeted

says he's really sorry but can he please have my license. It was really funny in a painful kind of way

**wbks** · 8th January 2009, 09:54

I see the busa comment earned me a few reds from what I can only assume are the people who run from the slow holdens and beemers! lmao

**awayatc** · 8th January 2009, 10:15

Done about 5000 kms over the last few weeks, Norf and Souf.....but the biker that seemed to enjoy himself almost as much as myself, or maybe even more was riding a police beemer......into Motueka, and later on that same day out of Motueka....
Oh, and just before he twisted his throttle to blast past some lingering cage he gave me a very exuberant wave.... both times.....

you could tell he was enjoying the ride just as much as any other biker,....
(pretty sure he was speeding just as much as I was by the way....)

Happy new year to all!