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**Lou Girardin** · 7th November 2003, 07:15

The Women and cops theory. the chances of a warning are directly proportional to the amount of cleavage or height of skirt. In the case of bikers, it's the fit of the leathers.
lou

**wari** · 7th November 2003, 09:26

Is it the fit of the leathers or what fits into the leathers or what doesn't fit into the leathers ... ??

Now i'm confused

I better go lie down ...

**Coldkiwi** · 7th November 2003, 11:14

hehe, what a laugh! Poor Wari.

Yeah, the pretty vs demerit points rule certainly applies for girls. My G/f got let off driving friends after 10pm on her restricted just by smiling nicely at the copper (I need to get me a blond wig and see if it works for me too!)

Do you suppose wearing a 1 piece race style suit when you get pulled over absolutely guarantees you'll get a ticket? I mean... I have a race replica bike, a racey style suit and I'll probably be wearing my race grade W2 boots if on a weekend ride... I'm just a bloody target aren't I? I think I should sell the gixxer and buy a nice sensible BMW R80 and some conservative BMW branded riding gear.

**Lou Girardin** · 7th November 2003, 12:29

Might work if the cop's gay or female.
Lou

**MikeL** · 7th November 2003, 12:42

Ah... the penny drops. I was wondering why I haven't yet been pulled over on the Suzuki, having attracted the attention of the boys in blue on several occasions while riding the Honda.
GSX1200 = retro style, conservative-looking with screen and pack rack, about as far from a race replica as you can get (apart from an R80, that is...).
You poor guys on your gixxers and Firestorms and R1s are getting all the attention!

**Slim** · 7th November 2003, 16:45

OK. Here's the story from as close to the horses mouth as I can get:

They have been tasked to stop a motorcycle a day and they are targetting the riders that flout the conditions of their licences ie: learners not displaying an L plate or doing more than 70km/h.

I have, of course, pointed out to my "source" that it's kind of difficult to pick this small group out from the rest, and so they're really going to have to target all bikers. It's pretty difficult to tell a 250cc bike from bigger machines when you're travelling and it's damn near impossible when you're travelling behind a bike. And some learners ride bigger bikes than the 250cc they're allowed to.

**SPman** · 7th November 2003, 17:28

Originally posted by Slim
OK.
They have been tasked to stop a motorcycle a day and they are targetting the riders that flout the conditions of their licences .

Like....not exceeding 100 kph....?

**Firefight** · 8th November 2003, 11:19

The problem I have with being singled out and turned over by the cops,while on my bike, is that everytime they put your name in to the computer, for either a QP (query persons details) or a QVR ( query regitstered owner), you name is logged on the computer at the police comms center ( now shared with Fire service comms)
this info is kept for sometime, it shows time ,date, and cop unit # and location that where you were pulled over, remember you might not have got a ticket,In fact you might not have done anything wrong,, so if you get pulled up again, within the next few days, it will flag as " PREVIOUSLY QUERIED" that is not good, if the cop was trying to make up mind about if he should give you a ticket, that little flag "Previously Queried" will decide it for him.

It is not uncommon to have been logged two or three times within a few days,so you can imagine how hard it will be to talk your way out of a ticket in that situation, add a sport bike race leathers, and you fuc#4d

**Marmoot** · 8th November 2003, 11:27

might be classified as "defamation"
Then, if you sue the bas^&rd, you might get good compensation

hmm.....might even afford a new bike

**igor** · 10th November 2003, 20:26

Originally posted by Firefight
The problem I have with being singled out and turned over by the cops,while on my bike, QVR ( query regitstered owner), you vehicle is logged on the computer at the police comms center this info is kept for 8 days, it shows time ,date, and cop unit # and location that where you were pulled over,

gee u guys talk some shit

the facts above are now correct

a couple of points

- if ya dumb enuf to speed on SH1 you deserve the ticket. (bit like going into a pub in Otara and asking for a punch in the head)

- whats the chances of being stopped . SFA unless ya dumb enuf to draw attention to yaself. some of u guys must have a sign on ya head "pick me"

I neva get hassled on the AG

**Firefight** · 10th November 2003, 22:38

Originally posted by igor
gee u guys talk some shit

the facts above are now correct

a couple of points

Hello Igor, thank you so much for your pleasant reply,Not sure which part of my post you found incorrect, but thank you so much for you interest, Its seems you are able to confirm my point, that is, when pulled over by the cops and a QVR or QP is done that fact is held in the police comms center computer for some days, , and if checked again that information will come back with "Previously Queired " and as I stated , this can cause the cop to be more likely to issue a ticket.

As for your other ramblings about SH1, I have no idea what you are on about ?

I guess It must mean something to you, so that great.

do have a nice day

firefight.

**Slim** · 11th November 2003, 07:53

Originally posted by Firefight
Hello Igor, thank you so much for your pleasant reply,Not sure which part of my post you found incorrect, but thank you so much for you interest,

As for your other ramblings about SH1, I have no idea what you are on about ? I guess It must mean something to you, so that great.

I dunno. I thought his comment about SH1:

"If you are dumb enough to speed on SH1 you deserve the ticket. "

was pretty straight forward, and I agree completely. Especially on the Pokeno to Huntly stretch - bloody swarming with coppers these days.

**scumdog** · 11th November 2003, 08:40

You guys must have a different breed of of cop or yourselves must be different up there, I have only been pulled over twice in the last 7-8 years (can't remember longer than that!!) on my bike, once for a check on my licence and once because my no. plate was bent and "unreadable" (I reckoned I could read it!) and after a bit of discussion I rode off without a ticket.
Only one of my riding mates has had a ticket that counts and he decerved it, doing 240km + on SH1 in the middle of the afternoon and trying to do a runner, cost him his licence for 6mnths, another mate got a ticket for riding his H-D on a learners licence.
And no, for the record I don't ride like a granny all the time

Also I lnow a few cops, a previous check on you does not ensure you will be getting a ticket but your attitude most likely will be the influence if the thought of giving you a ticket is marginal.

**Coldkiwi** · 11th November 2003, 11:47

Originally posted by igor
- whats the chances of being stopped . SFA unless ya dumb enuf to draw attention to yaself. some of u guys must have a sign on ya head "pick me"

thats what I'm saying... I think these race styled 600's, 750's 1000's (nevermind zx12's and busas etc) are pretty much that. As mikeL pointed out, the GSX looks decidedly more conservative than some of the bikes people here ride and the natural assumption made by onlookers/cops is that the guy who looks like he's going racing probably is. Having said that, I've only been pulled over on the GPX and ZXR for lane splitting and once for speeding but that may be more to do with me being more alert for cops since i've had the ZX6R and now the GSXR.

**Marmoot** · 11th November 2003, 15:46

Can someone confirm whether being Asian (especially on a plastic rocket or in a fastcar) is just the same as having a label "ticket me" stuck on my forehead?