So hypothetically, you find yourself being chased by a helicopter

[Katman]

Hahahaha, Call Katman, he will talk the Theoretical rider out of riding over the speed limit, that or bore him to death with repetitive whining.

[jaffaonajappa]

Even the the pilot remarks ''hes going faster that we are''.

....

Damnnnnn that guy took intersection turns Fasssst.
And yeah - plane kept up with him easy as - once corners/traffic became a consideration.

[BMWST?]

WTF? And where did that little tirade come from?

When the fuck did KB get so PC and fun police anyway?

And yeah, I can quite comfortably outrun a Police helicopter on my R1 thanks very much. Check the specs.

wrong,you have to follow the road,they can fly as the crow flys The westpac rescue copter has a max cruising speed of 250 ks(max 278) I would say he would have no trouble keeping up with a r1 trying to get out of the hutt valley

[DrunkenMistake]

wrong,you have to follow the road,they can fly as the crow flys The westpac rescue copter has a max cruising speed of 250 ks(max 278) I would say he would have no trouble keeping up with a r1 trying to get out of the hutt valley

I bet a Harley could do it.

On a straight road.

With no traffic..

or wind..

or gravity..

[ellipsis]

.......I bought an interesting little device from my favourite chinese site...it turns my bike into a bush and whoever is on it into the shadows between the branches of the bush...i haven't had to use it yet...way down our way there is only a red and a black helicopter..i think..and im sure they wouldnt lend it to the police...they must know how they drive things...

[Dodgy]

Ride into an airport control zone? With all the other aircraft in the vicinity, they may be denied entry in order to spot you. They do need to be carfeul with this as the Auckland police helicopter found a few years ago that flying into a fixed wing is not a good idea.

[White trash]

wrong,you have to follow the road,they can fly as the crow flys The westpac rescue copter has a max cruising speed of 250 ks(max 278) I would say he would have no trouble keeping up with a r1 trying to get out of the hutt valley

My R1 does 298kph mate. And if I needed extra pace, I'd just tuck into my mate Kerry's slipstream!

[Hoon]

Ride into an airport control zone? With all the other aircraft in the vicinity, they may be denied entry in order to spot you.

The Airport escape would maybe only work for busy airports. Even then only a maybe. On Emergency 111, the westpac helicopter was able to fly through Auckland airport airspace at 500ft after requesting clearance.

Tunnels are no good. They'll just wait at either end and then hunt you down as you cower in some dark corner. Likewise with a shopping mall unless you are planning on ditching your ride. If thats the case then fuck that I'd just pull over and take the tickets rather than lose a $xx,000 bike. So if I were fleeing to evade tickets i.e. a moment of stupidy, its hard justify any situation where the reward outweighs the risk and resulting punishment/loss of bike.

However if I were fleeing to escape a premeditated more serious crime say robbing a bank, I would prepare for this beforehand and have a van waiting at a covered location with no witnesses, say the far corner of a shopping mall carpark building and just ride my bike into the back and drive off to the next vehicle swap location. For completeness it would be a day pissing with rain and the bike would be a motard fitted with wets.

[monkey99]

Yeah if they've got you on thermal you're pretty much fucked.

Unless you can find a KB group ride to merge in with! Extra bonus is they'll have to attend to the next person who bins.

Make like a British tank and build some Flare launchers on the rear tail... I think it might be an optional accessory for most 'Rich guy boats' and Harleys

Drive to heavily traffic zones and fire off a couple when they are following behind - Blinds the geezer on the thermal scope and will give you some time to vamoose... maybe

[MarkH]

Jaunt to another dimension.

Wow, that brings back memories - it's been a few decades since I saw 'The Tomorrow People'.

[Usarka]

My R1 does 298kph mate.

Hypothetically of course.

[Scouse]

farrrrrkkkkk that's cool, and you just know the youtube aint doing the real life sound justice. How do I make my bike sound like that?

Helicopters eh, best way would be to find a bike rally and blend in I reckon. Or have an almighty crash with a big fire that flares their thermal imaging, and while they are blinded, throw all your gear onto the fire, and act like a bystander

Quite freeky though after he applied full power the thing was still sinking

[Maha]

A cop once said to 27 riders that ''I wont chase any of you for two reasons 1) cant stand the paper work an 2) not interested in scraping you off the road, I'll just call in the police helicopter''...imagine that?..a cop copter on a Maha ride..
Some riders brief that was....thanks Scouse.

Quite freeky though after he applied full power the thing was still sinking

Remember this day Steve?

[Dschubba]

Find some high tension wires are zig zag a lot underneath them

[schrodingers cat]

Bad day? It's a question, not a tirade.

I never thought I'd see a thread about running from police choppers called "PC and fun police" but I guess there's a first time for everything.

If in doubt - escalate!