Got my Restricted, then fined.

[Switch]

So at 1:15pm i sat my Restricted Licence test. They stuffed up so i ended up only having a 5 minute practical test and they waivered the whole other page. SWEET AS!
So me being a dick, thought i'ld take the exhausts off my bike tonight(they are broken) (VERY LOUD without em), and take it for a ride and go hang out with the usual Friday night crew. HEAPS of cops around all night, so i refrain from riding, and let my bike sit there.
Anyway, everyone ends up heading for home so i do the same. Off i go, down the first right, theres a cop parked down a side street, i pull in the clutch to quieten the engine, look in the mirrors, didnt see him coming, SWEET AS, off i go, giving it hell (bad idea). 1k ish up the road here comes this cop, flying up behind me flashing lights. I pull over, he gets his megaphone out and tells me "Please step off your vehicle" (at this point i thought about putting my hands behind my back and lying down, just for a laugh). He walks over, looks at the bike, then asks what i'm doing, why i was going so fast.
Me - "But i wasnt speeding officer?"
Him - "Well i had to do about 140km/h even 160km/h just to catch up to you". (he was in a 80km/h zone)
Me - "But i wasnt speeding though!"
Him - "Are those modified exhausts are they?"
Me - "uuhh..nope, they are broken"
Him - "Alright then, can i see your licence"
I passed him my licence, and off he went to check stuff out, and then noticed i was on my R. He questioned me about that and then got his ticket book out. As he was writing it i asked him -
"I guess i don't get a warning then (in sulky voice)"
Him - "Your warning was for speeding and not having silenced exhausts"
Me - "But i wasnt speeding!!"
Him - "Well you seemed to be going very fast"
Me - "hhmmpphh :angry:"
So he writes me a $400 ticket for riding after 10pm on a restricted licence. Its a bit of a blow when ive never been pulled up before. Yeah i deserved it in a way, but im still pissed off. Plenty of other boy racers he could have chosen.
So i got my restricted at 1:15pm and got ticked at 1:08am
Oh i forgot to mention, i was about 50metres away from home :-/

Life sucks, :angry:
:whocares: i'll live...
Watch out for cops. And stick to your licence conditions!

[scracha]

Watch out for cops. And stick to your licence conditions!

If you're riding on 1am on a restricted license, then why on earth did you bring attention to yourself by removing your baffles?

[Fat Tony]

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[cynna]

$400 that sucks. never realised the fines for licence restrictions were so expensive

[Switch]

If you're riding on 1am on a restricted license, then why on earth did you bring attention to yourself by removing your baffles?

Wasnt planning on being out til 1am :sad:

[Switch]

$400 that sucks. never realised the fines for licence restrictions were so expensive

Yeah i was shocked. When i read it i was like $400!!!!??? And then he said he could fine me more for not having a silenced exhaust :-/ Spose i got off a bit lightly

[chanceyy]

but nuffing quite like drawing attention to yourself ... kinda like painting a big huge bullseye on ya back saying come get me .. !!!!

so how could they refuse ... & just how fast were you going ?? would have been over the speed limit since you gave it hell & all

[ajturbo]

:nono: hahahaah.. bummer, a bit like the time i was towing my brother, i was in the minin and he was on his push bike.... hahahah :nono:

[thehollowmen]

You'll also note this has 25 demerits later.

[kiwifruit]

get used to it, they will nail you every time given half the chance

[Drum]

Yeah i deserved it in a way ....

Um, yep. You know you did.

I don't like to see anyone get taxed like this, but if you were a resident trying to get sleep nearby, or some hoon on a loud bike woke up your baby at 1am, I think you would see the point!

[Racey Rider]

Life doesn't suck.
You just made Bad Choices.
At least this time the bads choices only cost you Money.

Thanks for sharing.
We all Live and Learn.
Hopefully someone else will read your experience, and think twice before trying this.

Racey

[Brett]

Why remove the baffles on a hyosung?

[Grub]

"Broken" baffles on a 2005 bike?? Even for a Hyosung that's a stretch.

I've never *got* the noisy can thing for this very reason. They're like honey to bees, they attract attention. Especially at 1am. Have you ever sat outside at 1am and listened? You can hear bikes 2km away when they wind up ... and that's prolly the ones that are baffled

[iwilde]

Your bad, handle the jandle!

[Titanium]

Why remove the baffles on a hyosung?

My thoughts exactly ....... and giving it heaps ...... hmmmm must have been doing at least a hundy ......:zzzz:

[KLOWN]

Have you ever sat outside at 1am and listened? You can hear bikes 2km away when they wind up ... and that's prolly the ones that are baffled

I have, sound awesome dosen't it !:rockon:

[KLOWN]

My thoughts exactly ....... and giving it heaps ...... hmmmm must have been doing at least a hundy ......:zzzz:

Its a hysung so giving it heaps would have been about 80kph. You should've tried this excuse on the cop. lol

[Street Gerbil]

Welcome to the club, pal! I got my restricted and my first speeding camera ticket on the same day.

[Switch]

Its a hysung so giving it heaps would have been about 80kph. You should've tried this excuse on the cop. lol

Yes about 80km/s was all i could give it, but the noise from the bike made it sound a lot faster. I regret it now, but it is fun to listen to it without exhausts. Yes, let this be a lesson to all of you :P
BASHING THREAD :spanking:

[Switch]

You'll also note this has 25 demerits later.

Bugger, i checked and didn't find they took demerits for this. I'm guessing they will send me a letter in the mail telling me?

[Swoop]

In the words of Windsor Davies... "Oh dear, how sad, never mind".

[Boob Johnson]

In the words of Windsor Davies... "Oh dear, how sad, never mind".lol.

*Must remember to NOT ride around with my baffles out at 1am with loads of cops around & then try speeding away from one after I pass it so to draw attention to me braking the law for multiple incidences including not being licenced to do so*



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[scumdog]

$400 that sucks. never realised the fines for licence restrictions were so expensive

And don't forget: all breaches get 25 demerits too. (Even if you're driving a manual car when your licence says "automatics only")

[pritch]

While the your story does engender sympathy, and you did have bad luck,
on the other hand you lergely created the bad luck yourself.

At least your story wasn't one long whinge like many on here. It seems that you do realise that you stuffed up, so there is hope:yes:

Don't get too enthralled by the sound of the exhaust. A guy I know used to like his exhaust note so much he rode with his head turned so he could hear it better. Eventually, and fairly predicably, he went straight up the arse of a car.

When he got out of hospital and got his bike back he was so pleased to be riding it he did exactly the same thing again. Exactly! Straight up the arse of another car.

[Switch]

While the your story does engender sympathy, and you did have bad luck,
on the other hand you lergely created the bad luck yourself.

At least your story wasn't one long whinge like many on here. It seems that you do realise that you stuffed up, so there is hope:yes:

Don't get too enthralled by the sound of the exhaust. A guy I know used to like his exhaust note so much he rode with his head turned so he could hear it better. Eventually, and fairly predicably, he went straight up the arse of a car.

When he got out of hospital and got his bike back he was so pleased to be riding it he did exactly the same thing again. Exactly! Straight up the arse of another car.

Yeah, i don't think i'll be riding the bike after 10pm for quite some time :nono:
Luckly i don't want to go deaf in one ear, so the pipes will stay on from now on. An expensive way to learn a lesson :doh:

[avgas]

If you're riding on 1am on a restricted license, then why on earth did you bring attention to yourself by removing your baffles?
Fun.....i did the same.
Why own a bike otherwise. Its right up there with burnouts, and wheelies.

[KLOWN]

Fun.....i did the same.
Why own a bike otherwise. Its right up there with burnouts, and wheelies.

is that y the zxr is so loud?

[avgas]

is that y the zxr is so loud?
Mate that was nothing to my gb......i used to scare the few cos they thought the cop chopper was comming.
But yeah i loved the sound of that z - barking

[Shadows]

Its a hysung so giving it heaps would have been about 80kph. You should've tried this excuse on the cop. lol

With the exhaust system removed it would have been running like a bag of arseholes, so probably not far wrong.
Not to mention potentially harmful to the motor.

[scracha]

Fun.....i did the same.
Why own a bike otherwise. Its right up there with burnouts, and wheelies.

There's more to biking than being a fuckwit and annoying everyone. I'll try riding up and down your street in the wee small hours with the standard loud viffer exhaust and see how much you enjoy it.

[Switch]

Rawr :Pokey: Grumpy?

[Ivan]

Yep same happened to me cruising along and for some reason I dont know why someone had L Plate off my bike heading down to gas station to fasten it mr policeman fines me 400 bucks for breach of licence .
50 metres away from the gas station

[Switch]

Yep same happened to me cruising along and for some reason I dont know why someone had L Plate off my bike heading down to gas station to fasten it mr policeman fines me 400 bucks for breach of licence .
50 metres away from the gas station

Sucks doesnt it. Here i was thinking i was on the home straight.

[Patrick]

Plenty of other boy racers he could have chosen.

But they weren't attracting attention to themselves with noisy exhaust...

[davereid]

Yeah glad you weren't riding down my street at 1am with no baffles !

[Switch]

But they weren't attracting attention to themselves with noisy exhaust...

Have you seen a 'Hamilton Boy Racer'? or should i say, heard?

[Max Preload]

$400 that sucks. never realised the fines for licence restrictions were so expensive

I think it changed in '99 - used to be just a provisional license period extension. Now it's $400 per breach.

It's the only reason I bothered to get my full in '2001 after 11 years on my learners (only ever had a 250 before I had ANY 'bike license... and never owned a car until '98). Had to rent GN250 to do the test and leave my VF1000R at the rental place - shame!