Police bike, before, during and after

**rastuscat** · 9th September 2013, 21:47

Originally Posted by Drew

I was gonna ask this.

With all the stuff on a cop bike, I imagine the charging system would be beefed up, but the battery should be able to remain pretty much standard. My electrical knowledge is shit house though, so I'm probably wrong and the things run two truck batteries.

The differences between my personal RT and a work RT-P are quite vast.

The RT-P has a second battery, responsible for running the flashing lights, siren and radios. That way, you can leave the flashing lights on at a scene, run that battery flat, and still have the main battery to start the bike with.

The problem we had though, was that the RT and RT-P are a touring bike, but we use them mostly around town, where they have their greatest strategic advantage.

Man Hoover Billy-T

Maneuverability.

If you don't keep the revs above 2000 for a fair proportion of the time, the aux battery just wouldn't charge. You'd lose your sirens first, then the lights would fail, due to the reducing voltage as the aux battery declined.

It's not the bikes, which I love. It's the way we use them, the job we give them to do.

Sigh.

**Gremlin** · 9th September 2013, 22:13

One thing you may be interested in, I believe the older RT-P ('07) had standard transmissions, but I suspect somewhere around '09 ish the RT-P's got the altered first gear, which makes the low speed work easier, plus the strain on clutch and transmission... Can't confirm that tho...

So about that better work stories... I think I'd rather keep my bike intact thanks

btw, was he stealing the road cones or retrieving them?

**T.W.R** · 10th September 2013, 00:07

Originally Posted by rastuscat

After.

Geesh that jerry built stuff stands up to a cooking better than the things the wops build

pic is a few years old

**gloplg** · 10th September 2013, 01:06

Glad you are ok Rastus. Shame about your bike, I guess shit happens.

**5150** · 10th September 2013, 06:15

That will buff out....

**nzspokes** · 10th September 2013, 06:31

Originally Posted by rastuscat

The differences between my personal RT and a work RT-P are quite vast.

The RT-P has a second battery, responsible for running the flashing lights, siren and radios. That way, you can leave the flashing lights on at a scene, run that battery flat, and still have the main battery to start the bike with.

The problem we had though, was that the RT and RT-P are a touring bike, but we use them mostly around town, where they have their greatest strategic advantage.

Man Hoover Billy-T

Maneuverability.

If you don't keep the revs above 2000 for a fair proportion of the time, the aux battery just wouldn't charge. You'd lose your sirens first, then the lights would fail, due to the reducing voltage as the aux battery declined.

It's not the bikes, which I love. It's the way we use them, the job we give them to do.

Sigh.

Easy fix.

**roogazza** · 10th October 2013, 10:55

Noel Talent ?

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**willytheekid** · 10th October 2013, 11:25

Originally Posted by rastuscat

...If you don't keep the revs above 2000 for a fair proportion of the time, the aux battery just wouldn't charge. You'd lose your sirens first, then the lights would fail, due to the reducing voltage as the aux battery declined.
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Between bursting into flames & the above...they reallly shouldn't have passed a WOF check huh

...we may have to start pulling YOU over for vehicle checks!

Hope the bike gets replaced in time for summer mate

**Edbear** · 10th October 2013, 12:18

Originally Posted by nzspokes

Easy fix.

**R650R** · 10th October 2013, 16:36

Originally Posted by rastuscat

For the techies, the battery was a BMW factory one, about 12 months old. Don't blame the battery, it was the cable chafing on the frame.

Hhhhhmmmmm these things always tend to happen after a trip to the workshop. Had similar thing with truck but no fire, mechanic fitted new batteries, didn't quite route the cables the same and battery box cover not properly refitted (the design allows lazy people to secure it improperly....) Another driver had same thing and the lights/electrics went out as he was doing the slingshot across the Mohaka bridge at night. He needed a new seat cover after that, was a dark night too, no moon even...
Then there's that American brand of truck that keeps doing mobile BBQs on the ones that have had a second steer axle retrofitted in NZ which of course means the wiring loom gets disturbed/rerouted....