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    Quote Originally Posted by jrandom View Post
    None of my 'play' riding, which does indeed reach speeds of more than twice the open-road limit (as is the case for many members of this forum)
    Why would anyone say that in a public forum. might be best

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gixxer 4 ever View Post
    Why would anyone say that in a public forum. might be best
    Tis true though.
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    Yeah I do recall, but dismissed it as being you when I saw both wheels on the ground.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gixxer 4 ever View Post
    Why would anyone say that in a public forum. might be best
    He was just kidding m'lord.
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    Quote Originally Posted by scumdog View Post
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gixxer 4 ever View Post
    Why would anyone say that in a public forum. might be best
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mikkel View Post
    It's always the lack of traffic that is the problem down here on the South Island
    I dunno what's changed but back in the mid-late 90's I had a Whistler (model eludes me now) that'd give me several KMs advance warning of speed cameras and patrol cars on the roads between Ashvegas and Hornby...maybe the Pleece tools have become much less detectable but I have had as much as 2km warning on the Hauraki plains...and admittedly as little as 300m on some rather excellent countoured terrain.

    If you're all alone out there, sure you're on your own indeed.

    Apart from the terrible "...speeds of more than twice the open-road limit..." an evil I would never indulge in at all jrandom will use his pleece fine distributor detector for its intended purpose and get great value from it.

    I'm not anti you coppers but enforcing the speed limits so anally on someroads really does piss people off and if you haven't noticed the general public are growing increasingly unhappy with the perfomance of the entire justice system.
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    Quote Originally Posted by madandy View Post
    Apart from the terrible "...speeds of more than twice the open-road limit..." an evil I would never indulge in at all
    Glad to hear that.

    Every time you go over 200, a baby angel dies.

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    Personally, I'm working on wiping the motherfuckers out in the hope that it'll shut Edbear up.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gixxer 4 ever View Post
    Why would anyone say that in a public forum. might be best
    Some people don't posses teh common sense they were born with, just look at the ATNR thread for additional examples.


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    The STi sounds the Bees Knees, but I'm also happy with my Escort 8500. I often get people ask about it (having seen it set up on the Pan Euro), and my standard answers seem to be:

    - YES, it works great, but its just one tool of many I use (Hmm, doesn't normally sound that dirty)
    - Like burglar alarms - most people buy one AFTER they've been done
    - I tone down my speed within 30 km's of a town anyway - in my experience this is a more Cop prevalent zone (closer to the donut shop?)
    - There are many well known places its just dumb to speed - eg Karapiro straights, Foxton straights - unless you are well shielded
    - While HP can do the "instant on" thing, in my experience most don't - there are plenty of non detector users out there as easy pickings without risking RSI of their pinky

    I find it interesting following a HP car, with my detector on - as I'm able to monitor their use of the radar, eg, crawling up the 50km/hr zone hill on the southern exit from Te Kuiti - its a stupid speed zone for such a steep hill straight off the 100 km/hr highway, and a "dead ringer" for easy pickings.

    Sure enough, this HP car "pings" a car coming down at maybe 65-70km, - a retirement aged Guy and his wife, prolly never broken a law in his life, and the patrol car pulls a wickedly awkward 3 point turn on the main drag. Dork.

    Thats why I use radar detection.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jrandom View Post
    Glad to hear that.

    Every time you go over 200, a baby angel dies.

    ...

    Personally, I'm working on wiping the motherfuckers out in the hope that it'll shut Edbear up.

    Ain't no such thing as a baby angel, cos angels don't have dicks. Ergo , no baby angels.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ixion View Post
    angels don't have dicks
    You know this how?
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    Quote Originally Posted by skidmark
    This world has lost it's drive, everybody just wants to fit in the be the norm as it were.
    Quote Originally Posted by Phil Vincent
    The manufacturers go to a lot of trouble to find out what the average rider prefers, because the maker who guesses closest to the average preference gets the largest sales. But the average rider is mainly interested in silly (as opposed to useful) “goodies” to try to kid the public that he is riding a racer

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    Quote Originally Posted by shafty View Post

    Sure enough, this HP car "pings" a car coming down at maybe 65-70km, - a retirement aged Guy and his wife, prolly never broken a law in his life, and the patrol car pulls a wickedly awkward 3 point turn on the main drag. Dork.
    he wouldn't have to pull that dangerous turn if the Guy and his wife weren't breaking the law!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by boomer View Post
    Some people don't posses teh common sense they were born with...
    What, exactly, do you think is going to happen if you talk on a forum about the speeds you ride at?

    Your keyboard will combust?

    Black helicopters will appear outside your window to take you away?

    Nobody cares, bro. It's not as though the cops don't know what goes on. It's not as though anybody with half a tenth of a clue can't look at that GSX-R1000 of yours and realise what it's for.

    No point hiding a general truth that everybody was well aware of to start with.

    Proper OPSEC around ride organisation to avoid unwanted attention, now, I'm in full support of that, but the whole nudge-nudge wink-wink thing about speed... why bother?
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    Quote Originally Posted by kiwifruit View Post
    he wouldn't have to pull that dangerous turn if the Guy and his wife weren't breaking the law!!!
    Have you joined a cult or something? Surely not the Kiwifruit of old?
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