*BUSTED* your experiences

**John** · 20th November 2004, 19:52

Just wondering what sort of tickets your all getting? - if any :sly:

any stories would be great!

**Bonez** · 20th November 2004, 19:56

Originally Posted by John

Just wondering what sort of tickets your all getting? - if any :sly:

any stories would be great!

Hmmm, got caught racing an RX4 between Bulls and Palmy on my GSX750EZ.

**John** · 20th November 2004, 19:57

Originally Posted by Bonez

Hmmm, got caught racing an RX4 between Bulls and Palmy on my GSX750EZ.

the question being were you ahead? :P

**Bonez** · 20th November 2004, 20:02

Originally Posted by John

the question being were you ahead? :P

Now that would be telling.....................

**mattt** · 20th November 2004, 20:42

Originally Posted by John

Just wondering what sort of tickets your all getting? - if any :sly:

any stories would be great!

A fucking big one is coming my way

**jase** · 20th November 2004, 22:13

My first ticket was for speeding,going through a orange light,no warrent, no rego, failing to stop for flashing lights, and no licence.....I think it was about
$1500, and that was about 13 years ago, when I had no brain.

Oh , and a couple of speeding tickets (minor-ish).

Now I'm all legal begal with half a brain.

**onearmedbandit** · 20th November 2004, 22:32

I have been done for exceeding 200km/h (100 zone). I wont say what my indicated speed was, I will say I was lucky. 6mths disq and about $1500 in total costs. That was along time ago, about 10yrs ago, young and dumb and on a gixxer 750! Around the same period I also got caught on the back wheel at 131km/h racing a car. It was late at night, an empty industrial street, but (I know, I know) it was a 50 zone. Similar result.

I learnt my lesson pretty quickly, realising my life and licence depended on it (I had a serious accident that left me with a paralyzed arm) and I ride with the flow of traffic. The hills are the best anyway, plenty of various shape curves to crank her over in, and you can keep your speed (mostly) legit.

**StoneChucker** · 20th November 2004, 22:36

Originally Posted by onearmedbandit

The hills are the best anyway, plenty of various shape curves to crank her over in, and you can keep your speed (mostly) legit.

TRUE! Thats one of the reasons I love the Rimutakas! Btw, if I may, was your arm permanently paralyzed? Are you still riding? How??

Thanks,
Dave.

**scumdog** · 21st November 2004, 03:34

Originally Posted by John

Just wondering what sort of tickets your all getting? - if any :sly:

any stories would be great!

Getting lots of tickets for all sorts, - no seat belt, bald tyre, speeding, broken lights etc. oh, you mean RECIEVING as opposed to GIVING!!

In that case last ticket was in 1987 for speeding, before that one or two for no WOF etc.

**sAsLEX** · 21st November 2004, 05:16

"using a motor vehicle to the annoyance of any person" $600

**bear** · 21st November 2004, 07:41

Going up the Ngaranga Gorge in Wellington one night. There was a cop at the bottom who zapped me, then his mate waiting further up pulled me over in Johnsonville and advised that a ticket would be forth coming in the mail, as he didn't have time to write one out then, 108 in a 80 zone, so not too bad. (He needed to get back to revenue gathering)

**onearmedbandit** · 21st November 2004, 07:48

Originally Posted by StoneChucker

TRUE! Thats one of the reasons I love the Rimutakas! Btw, if I may, was your arm permanently paralyzed? Are you still riding? How??

Thanks,
Dave.

Yeah, permanently paralyzed. Ripped nervers c5-c8 & t1 straight out of my spinal chord. Hurts today like it did the day it happened. And yeah I still ride. Stayed off bikes for about 3 yrs, but a lot of my mates still rode, and the bug never went away. So I bought a couple of cheap 250's, a VTR and an RGV. Set up a thumb operated clutch on the right bar with a reversed clutch lever, and I've never looked back. Found also that I could corner as well as when I had both arms, so I played around on those two with the intention of really getting 'back on the horse'. By that I mean, getting another gixxer 750, later model same colours and reattacking that same corner that took my arm. I ride it probably 4-5 times a week now.

**erik** · 21st November 2004, 08:31

Hey StoneChucker, here's an old thread onearmedbandit posted (hope you don't mind me posting it, onearmedbandit) with pics of his clutch setup:

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?t=1748

Must take some skill to work the clutch like that, looks kinda confusing to me!

**erik** · 21st November 2004, 08:37

Oh, and back to the original topic, I haven't actually got any tickets yet, not in the car or on the bike. Had the bike since february this year, and have had my car license since about 1998. Hopefully with a bit of luck and careful riding I can keep it that way, but I'm guessing it's pretty much inevitable that I'll get a ticket one day.

**SuperDave** · 21st November 2004, 09:05

I've only received one traffic offence, fine of $80 for doing 62 in 50 zone, and that was in the car. I've only been riding for about 2 months and I'm always thinking when a ticket will arrive for speeding...