Your bike cops

[bgd]

Are they bikers or just cops. Seem to remember ('70s?) that all mot cops had to do a few years on bikes before they graduated to cars.

Bike cops in Kent are bikers and in the job because of bikes and generally get a lot of respect from local bikers. Not that there are many left - about 3 years ago there were 70 odd, there are now 6. Cameras are cheaper to run, I suppose.

[FROSTY:Me]

Dude police bikers are there because they want to be
they are generally bikers in civvy life too--well those Ive met anyways

[Blackbird]

...and they don't mind a bit of speed as long as it's done safely.

BGD - how is the lovely Kent nowadays? I'm married to a Maid of Kent and got married at Hildenborough Church 32 years ago

[bgd]

...and they don't mind a bit of speed as long as it's done safely.

BGD - how is the lovely Kent nowadays? I'm married to a Maid of Kent and got married at Hildenborough Church 32 years ago

Kent today is just great. Expecting 28deg - not a cloud to be seen . Of course weather is supposed to turn tomorrow and be crap for the rest of June.

I'm just outside of Tonbridge so know Hildenborough well.

[moko]

Are they bikers or just cops. Seem to remember ('70s?) that all mot cops had to do a few years on bikes before they graduated to cars.

Think you`ll find that`s the wrong way round mate,Cops have to have 2 years experience in cars before they can train on the bikes,and the training is very,very rigourous.That`s why so many "fast" bikers wonder how the lardass BMW caught up with them despite their heroic riding.
I think you`ll find that all bike cops are bikers,they have to be bloody keen to get the job in the first place.
I was on the Plymouth megaride at the weekend,6000 bikes doing a charity run and expertly marshalled by the police,I`m pretty sure all the bike cops were there voluntarily.Everything went smoothly,a bit of speeding had a blind eye turned,the odd bit of stupidity had the offender getting a warning look.After the run they were brilliant,walking around talking to everyone,giving out leaflets to free riding assessment days they hold(again voluntarily).If you`re on a bike in Devon and Cornwall give the bike cops a nod and you`ll get one back.
I`m from Kent as well by the way,beautiful downtown Dartford,the Monaco of the Thames Riviera.

[riffer]

My father-in-law was a bike cop for MOT in the 70s.

He's still a motorcyclist.

[igor]

My father-in-law was a bike cop for MOT in the 70s.

He's still a motorcyclist.

having to ride one of those old english shitters or a honda that needed concrete poured down the frame.

me i got the R80TIC in the late 80s, those were the days, short sleeved shirt, no jacket, tapped out at 165kmh. OSH who.

why did I join the MOT.

to get paid to ride a bike of course, no other reason.

Taupo was lovely in the summer, but in the winter we parked up the bike when the wind chill factor got way down, leather jackets. Firk it was cold up the Napier - Taupo highway.

Still rememeber the cop who got hypothermia in Rotovegas. was out that day to. it was colddddddddddddddddd

[bgd]

...,beautiful downtown Dartford,the Monaco of the Thames Riviera.

Heard Dartford called many things but never that

[Lou Girardin]

having to ride one of those old english shitters or a honda that needed concrete poured down the frame.

me i got the R80TIC in the late 80s, those were the days, short sleeved shirt, no jacket, tapped out at 165kmh. OSH who.

why did I join the MOT.

to get paid to ride a bike of course, no other reason.

Taupo was lovely in the summer, but in the winter we parked up the bike when the wind chill factor got way down, leather jackets. Firk it was cold up the Napier - Taupo highway.

Still rememeber the cop who got hypothermia in Rotovegas. was out that day to. it was colddddddddddddddddd

Leather Jackets! How soft is that.
We had Line 7 plastic, all the insulating properties of an ice cube.
We always said that 2 types of person joined the MOT. The hoons that wanted immunity and to be paid for hooning and the jobsworths.

[igor]

Leather Jackets! How soft is that.
We had Line 7 plastic, all the insulating properties of an ice cube.
We always said that 2 types of person joined the MOT. The hoons that wanted immunity and to be paid for hooning and the jobsworths.

u had the heating qualities of being 200kms north

at sea level

and 600000 fellow Jaffas to keep ya warm

arf arf arf

[Motu]

And did you get to wear jodpers Lou? Poor buggers,silly helmets,plastic jackets and jodpers - but we thought the boots were cool,coulda killed a cop for those.

[merv]

When I was young living in Napier the traffic cops were employed by the City Council back then and they got to rip around on the extremely high powered LE Velocettes. Way to go.

[Redstar]

All this chat about Blighty has made an expat a bit homesick! being from Devon (Exeter) I was once a member of the Suzuki Owners Club, we used to meet at a pub at Kennford or something at the bottom of Holden Hill if my memory serves. that was an awesome hill bit like Bombay hill. they built the M5 but left the old A38 and that was mean and twisty and we used to have it all to ourselves :
Now the chairman of the Club (Chris?) he was a bike sargent in the police.
I got off speeding once cause I had a SOC patch. But at the next meeting he embarassed the crap out of me for doing it. the message got through.
I did have respect for that bit of discreation.
I dont know any Bike cops in NZ maybe if they put themselves out with us I could be persuaded they have a heart? Come on Bike cops arrange a meeting we can all get pissed togeather and race between pubs

[Lou Girardin]

And did you get to wear jodpers Lou? Poor buggers,silly helmets,plastic jackets and jodpers - but we thought the boots were cool,coulda killed a cop for those.

Yep. johdpurs, carry your lunch in the pockets. Ditched the helmets as soon as we could get a Doctors certificate saying they gave us headaches.

[Da Bird]

I have been a motorbike cop in Auckland for the past 4 years - not many jobs you can get paid to ride a bike... have been riding for about 16 years and just bought a CBR1100XX Blackbird ... now where am I going to put that radar detector????