Unmarked police bikes

**BMWST?** · 7th May 2009, 22:11

how do they convince 4WD drivers to stop

**FJRider** · 7th May 2009, 22:20

Originally Posted by BMWST?

how do they convince 4WD drivers to stop

A warning shot through the back window ....

**6ft5** · 7th May 2009, 22:25

Anyone any comments on the entrapment idea?

I am curious if this has any legs?

**FJRider** · 7th May 2009, 22:41

Originally Posted by 6ft5

Anyone any comments on the entrapment idea?

I am curious if this has any legs?

Any difference to a mufti commodore tailgaiting (or at least a few seconds behind) you for a while on a twisty piece of road... ???

NONE I would say...

**pritch** · 8th May 2009, 08:10

Originally Posted by Gremlin

right is magnetic plate for radar, left is gps (plus music), to the left of that now, partially hidden behind the gps is the oxford display for the heated grips. Where you see the dial just to the right of the left grip is the old heated grips I had, thats now where the remote display for the radar sits.

Somehow, I'd like to sit a CB transceiver up there...

Under the seat is the puncture repair kit, toolkit, baehr communications box and a normal uhf cb handheld radio plus all the wiring. Its full.

edit: the button under the left switch block is the push to talk (PTT) button for the uhf radio...

Shit oh dear! Do you tow a trailer full of batteries around or what?

**Gremlin** · 8th May 2009, 11:17

Originally Posted by pritch

Shit oh dear! Do you tow a trailer full of batteries around or what?

The shop hasn't said anything yet, and they have fitted the lot

The uhf radio is currently the handheld type, so batteries (ie, pain in the arse) and doesn't draw on the system. The KTM has two auxiliary circuits, so grips and baehr into one, radar and gps into the other...

Find the ideal transceiver and I might have to start double checking loads

**BBzz** · 8th May 2009, 12:54

Question Wouldn't they have to be in fluro gear

**Muppet** · 8th May 2009, 16:42

Wonder what sort of bike the

were riding?

**Muppet** · 8th May 2009, 16:43

Originally Posted by Forest

They're not in NZ yet, but given that NZ follows the Victorian road safety model you might see them soon (or rather, not see them!).

http://www.theage.com.au/national/le...0506-av4p.html

Sticking my neck out here but I can't see it ever happening.

Dept is very aware bikes/bikers are vulnerable, last thing they'd want is too increase the risk by us not being entirely visible. Having been cut off a couple of times on a

bike by the 'I didn't see you/where did you come from?/you must have been speeding' brigade, it's quite obvious that despite riding a giant fluorescent snail with red and blue lights and two WW2 search lights at the front people just don't look hard enough.

**SPman** · 8th May 2009, 18:02

Entrapment is nothing new to NSW police. In '69 & '70 they used to drive around in Mini Cooper S s, complete with surf boards and fat wheels, drivers in surfie gear, entice gullible drivers into a race, then ticket them!

**6ft5** · 9th May 2009, 09:19

ok so now i have to look out for cops in mini's, jesus, got enough to look for without the mufty crap

**cc rider** · 10th May 2009, 02:34

Originally Posted by 6ft5

Anyone any comments on the entrapment idea?

I am curious if this has any legs?

This is all I could find
http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/r...-95/95rn47.pdf

and
http://74.6.146.244/search/cache?ei=...icp=1&.intl=au

**scumdog** · 10th May 2009, 09:02

Originally Posted by FJRider

Any difference to a mufti commodore tailgaiting (or at least a few seconds behind) you for a while on a twisty piece of road... ???

NONE I would say...

Some of 'em might be short sighted and we all know how clearly displayed a lot of motorbike number plates are..

**nico** · 10th May 2009, 10:20

my source my be wrong but im under the impresion wellingtion has 2 undercover bikes 1 being a sv or tl yellow in colour any takers?

**marty** · 10th May 2009, 11:06

Originally Posted by MadDuck

Can see the headlines now

"Policeman on a GN250 pulls over a learner on an R1 on Aucklands Southern Motorway"

Rider says he is too tall for a 250...forgot to put a learner plate on...heading to university so has to speed on the motoway....whats the speed limit?...registration is for tax payers.

Or, Policeman on an R1 (tries to) pull over a learner on an R1.

Darwinian theory at its best