so i got pulled over tonight.....

[Pancakes]

........................ i would go to the track days, actually i plan on it, but i need to organise money(broke) and spare fairings (done!) in the event of a slip up as i will not be insured..............

Lets go backwards. If you've got no accidents in 4 years of paying full insurance tell your company to cover you for a trackday (non timed event, ra ra ra) or that you'll swap to Kiwibike who will. Either way your covered for the same $$'s your paying now. Problem #1 gone.

When I'm speeding or whatever I know that say 125K's = X demerits and X $'s and if I get stopped no matter what the situation is, no-one around etc I could well be ticketed and it's only one person's fault.

In your case you were on a 400 on your learners by the sounds of their interest in the time speeding on the wrong side of a double yellow line. Thats roughly 3 trackdays of fines right there. By doing that stuff you have already spent the coin so if you don't get snapped or you get let off it's luck not anything else!

I'm not trying to be a hater but your happy to cost yourselt $500 + for a minute at most of speed on the road but not $200 for a day on the track? Whats up dude? Look to the big picture.

[jafar]

Lets go backwards. If you've got no accidents in 4 years of paying full insurance tell your company to cover you for a trackday (non timed event, ra ra ra) or that you'll swap to Kiwibike who will. Either way your covered for the same $$'s your paying now. Problem #1 gone.

When I'm speeding or whatever I know that say 125K's = X demerits and X $'s and if I get stopped no matter what the situation is, no-one around etc I could well be ticketed and it's only one person's fault.

In your case you were on a 400 on your learners by the sounds of their interest in the time speeding on the wrong side of a double yellow line. Thats roughly 3 trackdays of fines right there. By doing that stuff you have already spent the coin so if you don't get snapped or you get let off it's luck not anything else!

I'm not trying to be a hater but your happy to cost yourselt $500 + for a minute at most of speed on the road but not $200 for a day on the track? Whats up dude? Look to the big picture.

He was on a 150 not a 400 & he has his full licence !!

[carver]

riding the FXR on my way to my mate's place at midnight, i passed on double yellow lines doing 75ish in a 50, and sure enough a cop in a sidestreet saw the whole thing - and didnt pull me up on it



was riding the FXR home from doing "stuff" with some mates at about 1:30 this morning. doing about 75ish in a 50, as you do....

out of nowhere i hear what sounds like a siren, i check the useless FXR mirrors to see those dreaded blue and red flashing lights

so being the awesome getaway vehicle the FXR is, i pulled over. cop checked the bike to make sure i hadn't stolen it, gave my licence a good hard look at (i've got my full), asked my address etc, and then returned my licence and let me go



must be my lucky day or something!

its the bike

i had a similar exp on my FXR...
you just cant run!

[motorbyclist]

Lets go backwards. If you've got no accidents in 4 years of paying full insurance tell your company to cover you for a trackday (non timed event, ra ra ra) or that you'll swap to Kiwibike who will. Either way your covered for the same $$'s your paying now. Problem #1 gone.

will do when they send the next bill

When I'm speeding or whatever I know that say 125K's = X demerits and X $'s and if I get stopped no matter what the situation is, no-one around etc I could well be ticketed and it's only one person's fault.

absolutely right

In your case you were on a 400 on your learners by the sounds of their interest in the time speeding on the wrong side of a double yellow line. Thats roughly 3 trackdays of fines right there. By doing that stuff you have already spent the coin so if you don't get snapped or you get let off it's luck not anything else!

I'm not trying to be a hater but your happy to cost yourselt $500 + for a minute at most of speed on the road but not $200 for a day on the track? Whats up dude? Look to the big picture.

He was on a 150 not a 400 & he has his full licence !!

exactly, read the post people! i'm grateful that i got let off on a speeding ticket which i should legally have got, as the cop used some common sense.

why are all you old guys calling me an idiot!? it was 1AM on a weeknight for christs sake! i was perfectly safe (well, safer than if it was 1PM and i was doing 50kph, i would never call a bike safe), and they thought so to.

its the bike

i had a similar exp on my FXR...
you just cant run!

lol i wouldn't run anyway - a dangerous driving charge looks very bad to insurers

and i don't blame the cop for checking my licence

[Pancakes]

..........they were more interested in my licence and my being out after 10pm, and i have no issue with them pulling me over to check that...........

Yeah sorry bro, it says got your full and FXR in the first post but this bit above made me wonder and you only have two 400's listed in your bikes, also somewhere in your posts you say you ride a 400? My bad, and yeah not hating on ya. I got done for 61 (in a 50) on a 4 lane road with no driveways or anything and a median strip. No other traffic at all and middle of the day. I didn't argue cos the guy seemed like he was going to pop at any moment and I was over 50 but was suprised to be stopped none the less. Was just pointing out more my attitude to being aware of the cost of speeding and thought if money was an issue you could probably afford a track day still? Can't pay a track day off interest free $5 a week tho eh?

[motorbyclist]

Yeah sorry bro, it says got your full and FXR in the first post but this bit above made me wonder and you only have two 400's listed in your bikes, also somewhere in your posts you say you ride a 400? My bad, and yeah not hating on ya. I got done for 61 (in a 50) on a 4 lane road with no driveways or anything and a median strip. No other traffic at all and middle of the day. I didn't argue cos the guy seemed like he was going to pop at any moment and I was over 50 but was suprised to be stopped none the less. Was just pointing out more my attitude to being aware of the cost of speeding and thought if money was an issue you could probably afford a track day still? Can't pay a track day off interest free $5 a week tho eh?

haha, yeah i know what you mean; my last ticket got me to take out that interest free overdraft banks offer tertiary students
i deserved it, and didn't argue (hell if i nailed it rather than pulling over i dunno if he would've caught up). they did me for 129 on an empty straight bit of motorway - lets just say i was happy with that figure - reasonable cop asked where i was going before writing the ticket, and i was running late for uni, so he chose an amount that wouldn't completely broke me.

the FXR is technically my littlest brother's, on the papers it's my dad's, but my brother isn't 15 till july so right now it's used to charge the battery or when any of the bigger bikes go into the shop/shed for work

[Macstar]

the FXR is technically my littlest brother's, on the papers it's my dad's, but my brother isn't 15 till july

Shit does that mean there's gonna be another one of your clan riding bikes around?!

[motorbyclist]

hehe, sure does!

[bomma]

better warn that lady that owns the oyster farm

[klyong82]

better warn that lady that owns the oyster farm