Got the learn from a cop [Archive]

R6_kid

12th May 2009, 17:13

As I was pootling my way through the perpetual carpark that is the Northern Motorway into town this morning I saw a motorcycle cop, no biggie, the traffic had started flowing at a decent place and so I fell back in line with moving traffic and continued on my way.

As we approached the Harbour Bridge it packed up again and I decided to go back to lane splitting (at a slightly reduced pace) and after only 50-100m the cop was on my tail, so i pulled back in line expecting some sort of telling off. But no, he passed me at the pace I was doing before pulling in and continued off up the middle of the two lanes. I figured I would make use of the free escort and pulled in behind him - this is when it got interesting. He started accelerating - at first we were doing around 25-30kmh over what the traffic was doing, but he kept on going, to the point where I was questioning WTF I was doing - there was no way I was gonna stop in time if a car decided they wanted the other lane.

I backed off and let him do his thing, he was certainly going for it, panniers and all, no lights on though. Turned out he was 'responding' to a seven car nose to tail on the otherside of the bridge - I was left somewhat in awe of the pace the biker cop was doing while lane splitting. I don't know whether I'd tell him he was the man, or a bit of loose unit, but it was impressive all the same!

No doubt he would give the mormons a run for their money!

davebullet

12th May 2009, 17:15

I heard Chuck Norris was visiting NZ and this is proof.

Infact, I am wrong. Chuck Norris doesn't visit NZ, NZ visits Chuck Norris.

AllanB

12th May 2009, 17:23

Chuck Norris is cool. Period.

Chuck Norris does not lane split - lanes split for Chuck.

Skyryder

12th May 2009, 18:09

I suspect some bike cops can realy ride. Use to ride with a guy years back and he became a MOT traffic cop. In those days we sometime use to ride the tussocks on the Port Hills. No off road bikes in those days.

Personaly I think 'all' HP cops should have their bike licence. At least they would have some or perhaps a better understanding of what it's like out there on a bike.

Skyryder

RantyDave

12th May 2009, 18:17

I suspect some bike cops can realy ride
I think it's probably all of them. After all, how many of us actually have any training other than a BHS course?

Dave

Gubb

12th May 2009, 19:02

Oh how I chortled at those seven cars this morning.

DarkLord

12th May 2009, 19:14

A friend of mine who is a cop and has ridden police bikes on duty before told me about how thorough the motorcycle training courses are that they have for police.

Not surprising if he can handle things that well considering what they have to go through to be able to ride a police bike.

Dave Lobster

12th May 2009, 19:26

I followed one down the northern a few weeks ago. I was amazed at how many people couldn't be arsed to use their mirrors to see him.

He had a far more useful horn than me for shifting the fuckers out their way!! Not as many people calling him a wanker...

dpex

12th May 2009, 19:53

As I was pootling my way through the perpetual carpark that is the Northern Motorway into town this morning I saw a motorcycle cop, no biggie, the traffic had started flowing at a decent place and so I fell back in line with moving traffic and continued on my way.

As we approached the Harbour Bridge it packed up again and I decided to go back to lane splitting (at a slightly reduced pace) and after only 50-100m the cop was on my tail, so i pulled back in line expecting some sort of telling off. But no, he passed me at the pace I was doing before pulling in and continued off up the middle of the two lanes. I figured I would make use of the free escort and pulled in behind him - this is when it got interesting. He started accelerating - at first we were doing around 25-30kmh over what the traffic was doing, but he kept on going, to the point where I was questioning WTF I was doing - there was no way I was gonna stop in time if a car decided they wanted the other lane.

I backed off and let him do his thing, he was certainly going for it, panniers and all, no lights on though. Turned out he was 'responding' to a seven car nose to tail on the otherside of the bridge - I was left somewhat in awe of the pace the biker cop was doing while lane splitting. I don't know whether I'd tell him he was the man, or a bit of loose unit, but it was impressive all the same!

No doubt he would give the mormons a run for their money!

You may remember, in one of my earlier dissertations, that I went and asked the bridge cops for their opinion on lane splitting.

The dude I spoke with was an ordinary biker. He was a biker first and a cop second. That was very evident in the way he spoke.

He yakked about his training in Pommy-Land, over the years, and I yakked about the lack of biker training in New Zealand land. That led him into recounting some of his observations of many bikers, both in the UK and here.

He had a really good sense of humour and a complete grip on who he was, what his job is, and how to determine the silly from the bad.

I'd lay odds he was the dude who you tracked through the traffic.

Good bloke.

Fatjim

12th May 2009, 20:41

Personaly I think 'all' HP cops should have their bike licence. At least they would have some or perhaps a better understanding of what it's like out there on a bike.

Skyryder
I'm gonna have to call you one this one mate. I doubt the motorcycle cop that pulled me over a couple of weeks ago had a bike of his own, in fact I would have put money on it. He had now idea about what we riders have to put up with or do to survive on the roads. And don't say "he was riding a bike dickhead". there's a world of difference if your bikes white with blue lights.

sparky.scott

12th May 2009, 20:51

Never seen a biker cop yet, then again i dont live in the big metropolis of Auckland

YellowDog

12th May 2009, 21:00

I nod to a biker cop on most mornings. We have never spoken but I feel like I know him and that he wouldn't stop me unless I did something really silly.

Like has already been said, biker cops know the roads and what bikers have to put up with to survive.

roy.nz

12th May 2009, 21:12

I love the biker cops and wish i could have some of those nice blue lights to move some dicks out of my way. The dudes can ride, i also followed one and was also like shit let him go you wont keep up.

crash harry

12th May 2009, 21:22

I nod to a biker cop on most mornings. We have never spoken but I feel like I know him and that he wouldn't stop me unless I did something really silly.

I had the same situation. Turned out he was a KBer - I only found that out when he pulled some 4WD that pulled out on me and nearly wiped me out right in front of him at the intersection that I saw him at most mornings. It was beautiful (except for the bit where I nearly shat my pants). I heard he's moved on from being a BykieCop (or however he spelled it) these days - mores the shame, he seemed like a good sort to have out there looking after us!

cave weta

12th May 2009, 21:25

If yer ever get stopped around Orewa by a really short HP lady constable who is about 40 years old and cute and lovely with a heavy pommy accent ask her if she's Caroline with the CBR600.

She came last summer and did a day in the dirt with me- she was such a honey!

CookMySock

12th May 2009, 21:31

I'm glad you didn't follow him much harder - he would have ended up taking your riding into account, rather than just getting on with his job.

Cops are just commercial drivers really. Statistically, they would have to be more careful than you or I.

Steve

mnkyboy

12th May 2009, 22:44

If yer ever get stopped around Orewa by a really short HP lady constable who is about 40 years old and cute and lovely with a heavy pommy accent ask her if she's Caroline with the CBR600.

She came last summer and did a day in the dirt with me- she was such a honey!
Is she hot - !pix

scuzeme

12th May 2009, 22:50

Chuck Norris is cool. Period.

Chuck Norris does not lane split - lanes split for Chuck.

Hahahaaaaaa hearty laugh from Scuzeme

Slyer

12th May 2009, 22:52

Fuck Chuck Norris.

cave weta

12th May 2009, 22:54

129108
Is she hot - !pix

Ladies dont sweat..

1vanvan1

12th May 2009, 23:00

Swoop

13th May 2009, 12:18

Caroline with the CBR600.

She was such a honey!
You meet the nicest people on a Honda...:first:

Cr1MiNaL

13th May 2009, 12:35

I can do that at the same speed with m rear wheel spinning....

1vanvan1

13th May 2009, 12:38

I can do that at the same speed with m rear wheel spinning....

My rear wheel is always spinning when I am going any speed :Pokey:

Deano

13th May 2009, 12:48

I work with an ex MOT bike cop - he was in the force back in the 70's.

He has told me a few stories about how the bike cops would race each other to accident scenes, sometimes with disastrous results.

vifferman

13th May 2009, 13:52

Chuck Norris does not lane split - lanes split for Chuck.
That's technically correct. He just rides in the middle of the lane, or wherever else he chooses to, whether people choose to get out of the way or not.

kunoichi

13th May 2009, 14:10

Biker cops must have intense training. My mate is training to become a biker paramedic (the rapid response bike is finally coming into action), and one of the requirements he has to fill is to do and ace the cop riding coarse.

I reckon they should make it available to the public. I know that I could do with more training, and i can't necessarily afford to gain experience by risking and possibly crashing my bike every couple of months...tho it's seeming like that's how it's happening lately. :(

R6_kid

13th May 2009, 14:33

I reckon they should make it available to the public. I know that I could do with more training, and i can't necessarily afford to gain experience by risking and possibly crashing my bike every couple of months...tho it's seeming like that's how it's happening lately. :(

The view with regards to 'advanced' rider training is that people have a tendancy to use the extra skill when it's not needed rather than saving it for situations that require the 'super human effort'. That is, that in general, people you know they can rider faster, ride faster.

In the ideal situation Police officers are accountable for their actions 100% of the time - you aren't going to see them carving up winding back roads at a great rate of knots unless there is a requirement for them to do so. Whereas you or I are likely to do this simply because we enjoy it better than perhaps doing it at the speed limit.

greminn

13th May 2009, 15:52

Chuck Norris is cool. Period.

Chuck Norris does not lane split - lanes split for Chuck.

Chuck Norris doesnt do weelies, its just the earth tilting for chuck norris.

bull

13th May 2009, 16:43

Fuck Chuck Norris.

:Oi:Oh you don't Fuck Chuck Norris - Chuck Norris Fucks You!:devil2:

Hans

14th May 2009, 09:57

I suspect some bike cops can realy ride. Use to ride with a guy years back and he became a MOT traffic cop. In those days we sometime use to ride the tussocks on the Port Hills. No off road bikes in those days.

Personaly I think 'all' HP cops should have their bike licence. At least they would have some or perhaps a better understanding of what it's like out there on a bike.

Skyryder

I suspect all of them can ride. Certainly better then most of us... No offence.
We probably would ride like that too, if we spent as much time on a bike as them lucky sods do.
What I miss here in NZ is the attitude of the bikie cops in most of Europe. They're usually more interested in racing you on the twisties or waving at you to give you any grief. And feck, can some of them ride.

Deano

14th May 2009, 22:02

Photo 1.

What a legend. One finger over the brake, not hanging off at all, panniers dragging.

Cool.

Photo 2.

How long did the cop follow before deciding to pull them over ?

Dilemma.

howdamnhard

14th May 2009, 22:24

I reckon they should make it available to the public. I know that I could do with more training, and i can't necessarily afford to gain experience by risking and possibly crashing my bike every couple of months...tho it's seeming like that's how it's happening lately. :(

EH , your not crashing your bike every two months are you? If so chill out and take it easy, binning as you know is no fun. Have you been able to identify whats going wrong?

Supertwin Don

15th May 2009, 01:58

Who the fxxx is this "Chuck Morris", anyway????:bleh:

fredie

15th May 2009, 02:40

bike cops learn too lay the bike down when riding :Police::eek:

Pixie

15th May 2009, 10:12

I think it's probably all of them. After all, how many of us actually have any training other than a BHS course?

Dave

Ha Ha you think NZ Police get training

Guns,Car driving,Bike riding it's fuck all

Drew

15th May 2009, 10:36

DarkLord

15th May 2009, 10:40

Drew

15th May 2009, 10:42

I think it's probably all of them. After all, how many of us actually have any training other than a BHS course?

Dave

I dont think their training would be worth a knob of goat shit compared to the experience of a lot of people on here.

awayatc

15th May 2009, 11:27

Photo 1.

Photo 2.

How long did the cop follow before deciding to pull them over ?

Dilemma.

After pulling himself was over?......

buellbabe

15th May 2009, 12:21

Impressed with those really tight turns...very good control.

SEE! big cruisers CAN go round corners LOL.

FJRider

15th May 2009, 12:42

Ha Ha you think NZ Police get training

Guns,Car driving,Bike riding it's fuck all

The Ministry of Transport officers, prior to being merged with the Police Force, did considerable training on motorcycles. And, had to do a considerable amount of time on the road ... on a bike. Before the were allowed to progress on to a car for patrol duties.
Most (ok some) of the older HP members may have done this training. To assume they have little or no training, or they lack ability to do their job, would be silly.

The Stranger

15th May 2009, 12:49

to the point where I was questioning WTF I was doing - there was no way I was gonna stop in time if a car decided they wanted the other lane.

Where's Gareth and what have you done with him?

Quick sell that Volvo.
I remember a certain trip to the drags one friday evening, someone was 2up, lane splitting - it's ok, I wont mention the speed on a public forum.

Lias

15th May 2009, 13:36

Like these dudes!

That would definitly be the wrong cop to try and run from wouldnt it.