So hypothetically, you find yourself being chased by a helicopter

[scumdog]

No one has stated the most obvious... RPG!

You know, in the heat of the moment I forget about that item in my saddle-bag...

[Spearfish]

Have a side car waiting under a bridge at night or in a tunnel..clip it on, go out the way you came in with a different profile......at least the rpg will be easier to let go from a flat platform

[red mermaid]

This thread is trolling for the next Tui poster.

[Beren]

No one has stated the most obvious... RPG!

[mike myers] Nooo, we need... Sharks with frikken lasers man! *Dr Evil Pose* [/mike myers]

Wonder how fast a Helicopter can accelerate - compared to say one of those turbo charged 300+hp Gixxers... would be a vaguely interesting excercise to work out how long from the bike at a standing start and the helicopter hovering it would take to leave a chopper behind - and therefore what speed you would be doing.

[Newo]

Wonder how fast a Helicopter can accelerate - compared to say one of those turbo charged 300+hp Gixxers... would be a vaguely interesting excercise to work out how long from the bike at a standing start and the helicopter hovering it would take to leave a chopper behind - and therefore what speed you would be doing.

That a valid point actually.

If the Helicopter takes quite a while to accelerate, you could potentially outrun the cars and then perform a well timed stoppie and take off in the opposite direction. Maybe that would give you the distance you need.

I don't think you would actually notice your being watched though. What with the noise of your bike and the wind noise, etc. It's not like your going to be looking up all the time either right?

[Beren]

I don't need to... just past my Lazer equiped shark infested lagoon

Your point is why in reality I doubt it would ever work, but seriously... ( oh no wait, what thread are we in? - Right back to jet engine powered, weaponised, stealth bikes...) Unless you saw it you would have no way of hearing it so would try specific chopper evasion tactics.

[superman]

Remember guys we are in NZ here. As far as the police website makes me aware the police only have one helicopter and that's based in Auckland. This helicopter in Auckland has a cruising speed of 200kph. Now if you have a bike capable of 300kph and traffic is light you'd be sorted on the motorway. Pretty much a straight line for a good wollop of distance and going anywhere from 80-100kph faster than the helicopter you could make 5km ground from the chopper in under 4 minutes.

[scumdog]

Now if you have a bike capable of 300kph and traffic is light you'd be sorted on the motorway. Pretty much a straight line for a good wollop of distance and going anywhere from 80-100kph faster than the helicopter you could make 5km ground from the chopper in under 4 minutes.

And where is this magic motorway that you can do a sustained 300kph for 4 minutes??

If you're going to troll don't go giving the slack-jawed drooling drongo any ideas...

[paulmac:Me]

. Pretty much a straight line for a good wollop of distance and going anywhere from 80-100kph faster than the helicopter you could make 5km ground from the chopper in under 4 minutes.

Chopper doesn't need to follow the road tho eh !!

[sugilite:Me]

I'd stop, get off my bike and put on a pair of glasses. Worked for superman with Lois Lane every time.

[MaxCannon]

And where is this magic motorway that you can do a sustained 300kph for 4 minutes??

Hypothetically speaking there's a bit that you could 300kph on for some time.
A couple of bends you'd need to slow down to....oh I don't know, 200 or so to go around properly.
Depending on time of day of course.

Of course I'd never go over the speed limit on the Auckland motorway network.
Cameras and speed traps everywhere.

[jaffaonajappa]

Hypothetically speaking there's a bit that you could 300kph on for some time.
A couple of bends you'd need to slow down to....oh I don't know, 200 or so to go around properly.
Depending on time of day of course.

Of course I'd never go over the speed limit on the Auckland motorway network.
Cameras and speed traps everywhere.

Ya know, if Eagle is chasing you down....you might not need to worry about them speed cameras. really.

And at a 5km distance, if Eagle has you locked on, your still screwed. Its going to catch up to you if ya stay on the highways.

[superman]

Ya know, if Eagle is chasing you down....you might not need to worry about them speed cameras. really.

And at a 5km distance, if Eagle has you locked on, your still screwed. Its going to catch up to you if ya stay on the highways.

Just keep stretching out the distance, all you need to do is keep your ground speed above it's straight line 200kph speed to just keep distance and any more you can do you'll be constantly increasing.

Then just whip a left 90 degree corner along a thick line of trees, so he knows what road you're on but from his distance cannot maintain visual contact due to the trees. Dump your bike somewhere, and run away. BEFORE THE DOGS COME!

[scumdog]

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Then just whip a left 90 degree corner along a thick line of trees, so he knows what road you're on but from his distance cannot maintain visual contact due to the trees. Dump your bike somewhere, and run away. BEFORE THE DOGS COME!

I guess you could programme your GPS to notify you when approaching a convenient 'long thick line of trees' at 90 degrees to your travel direction?
(So you can start frying your brakes slowing from 300kph in anticipation of the 90 degree turn)

[Usarka]

Guess what the chopper pilot is going to do if you get on the motorway and go 300kph?

Radio a cop car to cut you off. Road Spikes!


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