Gangs running drugs?

[SixPackBack]

no
Fact pure and simple.

Care to elaborate Subike?

[El Dopa]

Any chance I can rent your Arse cavity mate, my products should be tight and secure up there im thinking

Finn can fit a set of Quasi leathers up his arse?

[Motu]

You lot were obviously not riding in the '70's,and of questionable appearance - being stopped and questioned by the Police was a daily occurrence.I remember heading north one year the day after a gang killing,man were we hounded by the cops! Also at one stage in the '70's I was always being pulled up by the cops and given a hard time - a few months later someone with the same name as me went up on a major drug charge.I was kinda flattered by all the attention....shit I musta been a real bad bastard eh? But these days you have to complain.

[Subike]

Care to elaborate Subike?

nope
that would entail nameing persons, places, and give any reader information that could lead to other things happening.

Such That I do know that runs were made for that reason in the 80'S

no more than that needs to be said

[DMNTD:Me]

A white toyota corolla at 100 clicks and nobody would notice you

As long as it's stock standard plus has a "Drive to Survive" sticker,bang on

[Subike]

You lot were obviously not riding in the '70's,and of questionable appearance - being stopped and questioned by the Police was a daily occurrence.I remember heading north one year the day after a gang killing,man were we hounded by the cops! Also at one stage in the '70's I was always being pulled up by the cops and given a hard time - a few months later someone with the same name as me went up on a major drug charge.I was kinda flattered by all the attention....shit I musta been a real bad bastard eh? But these days you have to complain.

The shadow patrols were also common back then. They were also dumb
Agree that the 70 - 80's police were more agressive towards groups of bikers , any bikers, than they are today. It is relitivly calm out there now as far as attitude goes

[Ixion]

Yeah, but back then I was a callow youff, brought up to fear and respect both the law and my elders. So I questioned them not.

Now, I am elderly and respectable , a lawabiding pillar of the community, 'n if any pimply faced young oick in uniform is gonna take liberties, he better have read his rule book carefully. And he better call me "Sir", too. And if I was sure what a forelock was , I'd expect him to be pulling it into the bargain.

Beside , back then they wore them helmets , which gave great mana. And blue serge. Now they just look like security guards.

[Motu]

Yeah,we may have taken a surly pose...like,you don't scare me copper.But really we were shitting ourselves - it was like being sent out into the corridor for a canning.Fear of authority....the missing link.

[T.W.R]

Yeah,we may have taken a surly pose...like,you don't scare me copper.But really we were shitting ourselves - it was like being sent out into the corridor for a canning.Fear of authority....the missing link.

Some weren't scared of authority though

Around 1970ish my old man & one of his colleagues (Christchurch City Council Traffic Officers) were on patrol out at New Brighton and engaged in a confrontation with a bunch of Epitaph Riders and arrested a couple. A few weeks later when they (old man & mate) were coming off swing-shift(2am finish) and back at central were taken too by a bunch of Epitaphs who'd broken into the building and got a fairly good hammering

As for gangs couriering drugs it isn't anything new by a long shot and what Subike has mentioned about local gang exploits in the late 80s is valid and a particular bike & gang member were well known in other motorcycling circles and also did time for his exploits, though most of the runners slipped underneath the radar.

[SixPackBack]

'Course if drugs became legal [or decriminalised], drug running would be a thing of the past. Dopey coppers would then need a REAL story to feed their clients.

[avgas]

'Course if drugs became legal [or decriminalised], drug running would be a thing of the past. Dopey coppers would then need a REAL story to feed their clients.

Not really - you and I, we look like rapist.
Chicks - they look like they know a rapist.
There goes the country under a whole new curtain

[Grahameeboy]

Quite so. And I would have no gripe with an officer who stopped me and then told me something along the lines of "Oh, sorry, Sir. We've been looking for a chap riding a motorcycle, description rather like yours. Thought you might have been him, hard to tell what with the helmet and all , but I see you are not he. Apologies ". (passing over the fact that NOBODY looks like me)

But it is a bit different to say "Well, we are stopping all bikers because we reckon that there's a good chance that we'll find that a random biker is running drugs". As someone said, would they use the same logic to stop all cars?

Sounds like you need some drugs to chill about this...

[Grahameeboy]

Yeah, but back then I was a callow youff, brought up to fear and respect both the law and my elders. So I questioned them not.

Now, I am elderly and respectable , a lawabiding pillar of the community, 'n if any pimply faced young oick in uniform is gonna take liberties, he better have read his rule book carefully. And he better call me "Sir", too. And if I was sure what a forelock was , I'd expect him to be pulling it into the bargain.

Beside , back then they wore them helmets , which gave great mana. And blue serge. Now they just look like security guards.

I hope you have enough polyfilla to fill those chips matey...

[Mikkel]

Stopping all bikes at the moment?

Hmm. Rather indiscriminate and marginally illegal I would guess. Proper suspicion and all that...

Well, the police actually don't need an excuse to pull you over. They don't have to be pleasant or engage in idle chit chat.

[Guitana]

Finn can fit a set of Quasi leathers up his arse?

Where does he store his helmet then??????