How many times did you get pulled over by popo and why?

[unstuck]

I see what you are saying, I gave that a whirl. I don't really enjoy commuting on a bike, and I'm not really into the whole group ride to the pub thing either. I just enjoy going fast. I suppose some people are the opposite, and are horrified by going fast, but enjoy a nice sunday ride.
Much prefer to drive around in my super slow van on the road. Everyone is different.

Im hearing ya, fucken hard not to wind a bike out, but the roads are a lot quieter down this way.

[Buyasta]

In 6 years riding (although with about a 2 year gap) I've never been pulled over on a bike, although I've only had a GZ250 and a Scorpio, neither of which would have been capable of breaking the open road speed limit with a fat bastard like myself on them without a good tailwind/downhill section.

In the car, in 10 years of driving I've been pulled over 3 times, ticketed all 3 for speed - 67 in what I thought was a 60 but turned out to be a 50, 110 in a 100, and 117 in a 100.
Also been through a couple of breath test checkpoints in the car without issue.

[over5tayer]

3 months ago - cbr250r MC19:

Lanesplitting on Wairau road onramp heading south. $150 for "unsafe changing of lanes" - he clocked me going 40kph through the slow moving cars and deemed it "unsafe". He reeked of cigs so I told him that smoking probably carried more risks than lanesplitting at 40. He gave me another $150 ticket for running the onramp light. Thought bike cops would be more understanding, guess not...

[Bassmatt]

Three times. A license and rego check (all good), speeding (120 in a 100 zone) and got pulled over a few days ago for "speeding". They couldn't tell me how fast I was going nor gave me a ticket, but I was asked some rather interesting and leading questions before being allowed to go on my way.
I'm thinking they must be looking for someone who fits my description.
I'm a law abiding citizen

[onearmedbandit]

Wow where would I start??

GSX750 aged 18 - Speeding - No ticket
GSX400X aged 19 - Speeding - No ticket
VFR400R aged 19 - Accused of doing wheelie but convinced 'em it wasn't me.
GSXR750 aged 20 - Speeding - No ticket
GSXR750 aged 20 - Speeding - No ticket
GSXR750 aged 21 - Wheelie - No ticket
GSXR750 Aged 21 (1 week later) - Speeding - Ticket
GSXR750 Aged 21 (3 days later) - Wheelie and speeding and pursued - Big ticket and 6mths loss
GSXR750 Aged 21 (4 days later) - Speeding and big ticket again + another 6mths
GSXR750 Aged 27 - Speeding - Ticket and 6mths loss
GSXR750 Aged 28 - Wheelie and caught by a fine KB member - Ticket and 3mths
GSXR1000 - Assumed speeding from noise - given lecture. Definitely wasn't me.
GSXR1000 - Speeding - Warning
GSXR1000 - Speeding - Ticket

Haven't been pulled in the last few years, but I know it'll happen again. And there's probably more that I've forgotten. Wheelies don't feature so much in my riding now, but a little speeding still occurs. Oh and this doesn't count the times I didn't see the police and continued my ride. Hang me. Yup I'm a speeder, lock up your children I'm a homicidal psychopath hell bent on wrecking havoc on the roads.

Actually I'm not. I used to be. Some of those early tickets are for big speed. Most of the runners were when I was much younger too. Now I get pinged for stuff like 130km/h on the Akaroa highway.

[ducatilover]

Wow where would I start??

GSX750 aged 18 - Speeding - No ticket
GSX400X aged 19 - Speeding - No ticket
VFR400R aged 19 - Accused of doing wheelie but convinced 'em it wasn't me.
GSXR750 aged 20 - Speeding - No ticket
GSXR750 aged 20 - Speeding - No ticket
GSXR750 aged 21 - Wheelie - No ticket
GSXR750 Aged 21 (1 week later) - Speeding - Ticket
GSXR750 Aged 21 (3 days later) - Wheelie and speeding and pursued - Big ticket and 6mths loss
GSXR750 Aged 21 (4 days later) - Speeding and big ticket again + another 6mths
GSXR750 Aged 27 - Speeding - Ticket and 6mths loss
GSXR750 Aged 28 - Wheelie and caught by a fine KB member - Ticket and 3mths
GSXR1000 - Assumed speeding from noise - given lecture. Definitely wasn't me.
GSXR1000 - Speeding - Warning
GSXR1000 - Speeding - Ticket

Haven't been pulled in the last few years, but I know it'll happen again. And there's probably more that I've forgotten. Wheelies don't feature so much in my riding now, but a little speeding still occurs. Oh and this doesn't count the times I didn't see the police and continued my ride. Hang me. Yup I'm a speeder, lock up your children I'm a homicidal psychopath hell bent on wrecking havoc on the roads.

Actually I'm not. I used to be. Some of those early tickets are for big speed. Most of the runners were when I was much younger too. Now I get pinged for stuff like 130km/h on the Akaroa highway.

I get this really strange feeling that you might almost sort of like Gixxers...

[ducatilover]

You could just try a little self control, then you could get back out on the road, and have a shit load more money to boot.

Self conwhat?

[unstuck]

Self conwhat?

Ok, MANTROL then.

[madbikeboy]

Wow where would I start??

VFR400R aged 19 - Accused of doing wheelie but convinced 'em it wasn't me.

I'm totally disgusted by your apparent lack of judgement and sheer recklessness. I mean, you owned a Honda? WTF??

[onearmedbandit]

I'm totally disgusted by your apparent lack of judgement and sheer recklessness. I mean, you owned a Honda? WTF??

No it was borrowed. Thankfully.

[jamov13]

I got stopped earlier this year on my NSR250.

At about 10 past 5 one weekday I pull out of my drive way, drive about 20m (realise my head-light is off, so flick it on) then continue another 20m before turning right down a side road.

Three cars gave way to me (as they were turning left) and so here I am, well inside the speed limit, on a narrow as hell residential road, in peak traffic, with double yellow lines, heading towards a hill crest, with my view slightly obstructed by sunlight, followed by 3 cars, with head light on and happy. When I notice a pair of blue and reds in the distance behind us.

I go over the crest of the hill and I'm about 1/4 way down pulling over to the left when the cop starts tailing me hard (so I continue to the bottom of the step, narrow hill to a safe, flat, wide place to pull over).

The cop gets all bent out of shape from the start because I took a 150m to stop. I hand the bloke my lic., take off the helmet, get off the bike, tell him what he wants to hear - all at his request. Then he proceeds to dress me down for having no headlight on. Fair play it was off for 20m so I appologise and beg for mercy.

Then I got thinking about his safety message verse's his driving example. The cop had to close a massive distance to reach me when he did. Doing the calculus of where he was when I spotted him in relation to where he caught up to me puts him conservatively at about 40-50km/hr above the 50km limit.

Remember, he had to also overtake the 3 cars, heading towards a hill crest, with an view obstructed by sunlight, on a narrow as hell residential road, in peak traffic, with double yellow lines, with no ability to see on coming traffic... to deliver a head light safety message?? The guy was/is a major accident waiting to happen, he was just super lucky nothing came over that hill or that a child didn't run out.

Hypocrite.

I wish I could've ID'd him - I'd have made a complaint. My advice, ID the cop in some way: You may need it later.

Safer Communities TOGETHER. Arsehole.

[reggie1198]

2003 Ducati 998 - took off a bit quick from some lights in Dublin, 68mhp in a 40 zone
2007 Ducati 1098s - 185kph in a 100 zone, I got a day in court with a fine $750euro, small "donation" to the community, 5 demerit points. No loss of license or increase in insurance. It stopped me passing cars in third gear for a while.
Not been stopped since being back in New Zealand, so far so good.

[madbikeboy]

No it was borrowed. Thankfully.

By borrowed, you mean some random mugger came up to you and forced a shotgun at your head, and then threatened to fire said shotgun unless you ride his bike... I can live with that sequence of events.

[darkwolf]

About 2 weeks after buying my bike, I went through a check point. Figured that was all good. Passed the breath-test (should think so as I hadn't been drinking) but got asked to pull over so he could check the bike over and make sure I was all legal like.

I was told that I shouldn't have put a "L" plate on such an oversize bike as we are smarter than you think. The officer then proceeded to give me a lecture about how I should know that the legal limit for a learner licence is 250cc. I showed him the "249cc" stamped on the side of the bike and the VTR250 on the licence label. Still didn't believe me - claimed the "249cc" was per cylinder at least. It was eventually sorted but took about 10 minutes out of my day. Other than that, I haven't had any trouble and to be fair, I wasn't too bothered about the 250cc argument either as I thought he was having a laugh the whole way through.

[ducatilover]

By borrowed, you mean some random mugger came up to you and forced a shotgun at your head, and then threatened to fire said shotgun unless you ride his bike... I can live with that sequence of events.

Or he was having a day with a weak wrist?