Busted - Share your cop stories good and bad!!!

[Flash]

I cought up with Josh (Last club ride met in the dandys) today.
He was going Sth on said road and I was going Nth. I flagged him to turn left for a chat. He then proceeded to do a mono down this other road, we stopped and had a chat for 5 mins. then Ol plod rocks up. He saw the mono (I secretly think he was impressed) and then took our licences and breath tested us. he came back from the car told me my bike was above my capacity restriction and I shouldn't be riding it!! He then siad along the lines of it's a stupid rule (no bigger than 250cc)and it should be a power to weight rule and to take it up with vic roads. I wont repeat the rest of the conversation be I think he was a good guy. Don't give to much shit and there not to bad!!

[Wobbly]

I got meself a ticket a few months ago for "converging without due care" .... :wtf:

Aparently mr plod didn't like my passing move between two cars when they were both blocking the road doing about 15kph below the speed limit :roll: I mean geez, i did leave a couple of inches each side! I didn't argue though, as I wasn't sure what else had been seen and what the legality of different parts of my bike were ;)

Before christmas I also had a close call when I was going down albert street ... just before it gets to the big appartment complex there's a road you cross over that had a raised centre for the tram. So, like usual, I practiced my normal Pissweak Mono Technique (tm) and actually did a half decent one, landing it about 10m past the end of the intersection. Just in time to see the white cop car in front of me coming the other way. :oops: He didn't turn around and I didn't stop to find out whether he wanted a chat, so I think me may just have missed it though :D

p.s. any stories in this topic are purely fictional and just for the sake of a yarn, so you can't pin anyone wif anyfink, nah nah nah :)

[dicky]

My best - get let off for doing 148kmh in NSW
On my Aprilia, heading to Nimitabel after Cooma.
Cop walked around the bike about five times, had a really good look at it.
Looked the the hand-written rego label (only about 6 months old), then told me it would be a $524 fine and about three months suspension.
I nearly choked.
He then told me that he'd just note a caution in his book, and to slow down and to have a nice trip.
I chick I knew got booked doing the same speed, in the same week, on the highway near Bega. Despite all of her girly tricks, she copped the fine and the suspension. And she's a cutey.

Worst - last Sat at Toolongi
I was riding with my brother, just cruising around.
Caught up to a log truck, waited for a spot to pass, did so, then kept cruising along.
Got to the Chum Creek Rd corner and waited, and waited, and waited...
The log truck came through and my brother wasn't behind it.
I blasted back through Toolangi, passed a cop car going the other way just before the 80kmh signs on the other side of town. I was doing about 125.
He didn't spin around so I just kept going.
My brother was about a 'k further on, riding along and looking pissed off.
I turned around and followed him back to Chum Creek Rd and he told me what happened.
After I passed the truck he was looking for a spot to pass, saw the end of the double lines coming up and a clear road ahead, so passed the truck.
What he hadn't seen was the cop car that had come flying up behind him, and who promptly pulled him over for passing on double lines.
The cop reckoned that my brother had ridden out over the double lines about six feet before they ended.
$169, thanks for coming.
And some people wonder why we have little respect for the law?
fkkn cnuts.

dicky.

[Wobbly]

That suck :evil:

"oh no, its not just revenue raising" :roll:

[Krumm]

I've met the local constabulary over here already. They eat the ADR manual for breakfast. He pulled be for having a bit of "FUN" pulling a 50m mono from the lights, and began to scrutenise my bike. He stated that a rear mudguard must cover 45 degrees of the rear wheel from the centre of the axle, I said it did when I was sat on it ;) (I only shortened it a little bit). he did get me on one point though, 2 mirrors, I only have one mini one on the right of the bars. I more or less challenged him to give me a ticket or feck off saying that as far as I was concerned it passed rego in the state it was registered in (ACT) and that was good enough for me. He said it had to pass in the state it was being ridden in, and I stated that his sort of actions were why police were hated so much. He conceded the point and explained he was only doing his job, I suppose we are sick of hearing that one hey guys.........oh by the way he let me off with a caution and said that if he saw me again and the faults were not fixed he would defect me..............obviously I am still flouting the law on my Death Trap. :twisted:

Krumm

[Wobbly]

QUICK lock up your women and your children!!! :lol:

[Muzzard]

I walked in N.S.W in 1984 until 1994 as the local constabulary in Wagga were not impressed with my rolling burnout into wheelstand. At the time I rode a new Katana 1100 and the bull wagon wasn't fast enough for the burnout let alone the chase when they tried to stop me. After 90 kms of flat out to Lockhart, and the subsequent arrest of Muzz, the magistrate said I was a 'reckless fool with total disregard for the wellbeing of all other citizens, not just motorists' and handed me a note for my mum that said I couldn't play with the cars for a long time and I had to give him $3000 as well as the $2700 for the solicitor. Never mentioned my muffler core though! :lol:

[danno]

Guys and gals, been pulled over twice on the Husaberg and no tickey... the first time the bike was about one week old. I'd been giving the speed limit a thrashing and a cop in a GT Subaru wagon pulled me up, 128 in a 110 zone. The bike had 10 hours on it and was looking showroom new. He had pity on me riding from Bendigo to Melbourne and just gave a warning to ride slower. The second one, the cop did the licence and rego check... but admitted he'd just read about the '04 FS650e and the Motard event that was suppose to happen at the go kart track early last year... just a thank you very much and enjoy the day.. no warning! Not always been so 'getting away with it' lucky, but touch wood nothing yet.
By the way Muzz, great site. Cudo's on your efforts and commitment.

[Wobbly]

Hey Danno - woohoo, a berg!! How do you like the 650? Everything I've heard about them makes them sound like a real weapon :twisted:

Are you coming along to Calder? It'd be awesome to get a berger along for the vsmr stand 8)

btw, if you can't tell, I'm very jealous :lol:

[Flash]

A berg
sweet ride man :up:

[Muzzard]

Hey Danno, Thanks for the rap on the site man, but all this credit should be heaped apon Neil. Without the dedication of blokes like him and Ash who religiously reply to the newbies and are motard mad none of this would have happened...

Good to see someone out there with a Berg, I rode a 04 650 demo at a dealer up here a while ago and although impressed with bikes characteristics was concerned about the level of engine vibration. Do you find that with your bike as I wondered if it was inherent in Bergs?

Comin' to Calder? The more the merrier and it tends to make others more active if they think they are missin' out on something :shock:

[Krumm]

Well feck me!!!! guess what this idiot did last week...........only pulled a 50m mono past a couple of coppers in a plain car with shirts over thier uniforms. Dropped the front wheel down in time to pull into my driveway closley followed by said fuzz........they were not impressed. Apparently they were just pulled off the side of the road to fill in the paperwork for a guy they caught doing a burn out and I was unlucky enough to pull my little stunt as they were about to drive off. Anyway the summons came today the charge is Reckless Driving so I think thats an 8 /10 pointer and if so means the license will go for 3 months..............One good thing though.... the bike will be a full time racer....provided the missus will drive me to the track....could always let her go shopping in Fremantle while I'm at the track.......I suppose I will plead guilty and wait to see what happens.


Krumm

[Muzzard]

Jeez Nigel, A long walk mate! Oh well, like you said its a racer for the next 3 months. So all is not lost!

[Flash]

Jesus I must be the only gumby that can't pull a decent mono.

[Wobbly]

Errr, nope, present... :P

[danno]

Sorry for the delay in reply to questions about the 650, but I got lost. It vibrates heaps, but only in the upper regions (like 130km/h +)., and I've had it over 180+km/h...
It has just gone 8,900km in just over a year (110 hours, or averaging 79km/h) and apart from the obligatory oil changes and valve adjust it has not missed a beat. The original tyre is just about gone (Michie Pilot Sport) and I've got a Dunlop to try next... ex-race bike used for practices. Got the tyre from my mate Chris who has a pile of em.
It seems like luck is on my side as I mono :D about ever time I take off or change direction. Recently had a dyno done and stock it has 60+hp at the rear wheel.
I'd like to link up with other miscreants to take on some windy bits and drink coffee to talk about them.
So, reliable, fun, even economical when not thrashed. It was an expensive 'suck it and see' experiment, but no regrets and it makes commuting something to look forward to :shock: .

[Muzzard]

I found the vibration unsettling Danno, but you would assume that after 110 hours if it were destructive, it would have reared it ugly head by now. The ride we did after the Calder Masters on Sunday morning would have given you a thrill. We had extremely good weather and road surface. Little traffic and a real sweet pace going once into the Reefton Spur. :D Several of the hairpin type turns on that road are lending themselves to a motard, and the punch of a 'Berg is what is required there! :twisted: ..Theres plenty of good motarding to be had around here, and Bright or Mt Beauty are good base points. The descent from Hotham Heights is good 8) and midweek traffic is usually lighter allowing for some good sideways action...

[jakestein]

HI my 1st post in the topic i will be leaving on the 5/5/05 licence back :)
My names Jake i live in yarrawonga moved from echuca before xmas
I lost it for 6 months
bike 94 honda RVF400
mods
pipe- aussie built sounds nice
hrc jet kit- very good but i miss my left testical!!
rc211v custom rear end
acerbis headlight

my 3/4 finished streetfighter it weighs 161kg wet and peaks at 63.5hp
got the bike back from the shop and on the way home from work got done doing 79 on the back wheel in a 40 zone unregistered on learners .
I learnt that night the police can only give you 3 fines in one sitting and it is the 3 most costly ones :(

so i bought my self a 04 wr450 w/ pro circuit pipe and bars I am hoping to have motard wheels ready for may!

if you guys need any help with the site or events let me know

[Muzzard]

Mate, Always welcome! I'm based in Wangaratta so its handy to you there. We are active in the Victorian side of things and accordingly supporting the coming racing and track day at Wodonga on the 19/20 March at the Albury/Wodonga Go kart track. We would like support from VSMR members as there is generous concessions for those who turn up Saturday and help. This includes cheaper entry for Sundays racing.
There is some fellas over here riding motard on the OEM wheels. :D
Sounds like your getting your VFR sorted, would be a nice 'fighter/stunter! :twisted:

[jakestein]

i have never been to wang I went to wodonga to get my bike not a bad place at all .

hoping to move to melbourne mid march if money allows

hope to see you guys on the 20th

Do you see a red748 and a grey monster around wang much? they are freinds of mine

i might be selling the honda for wheels and winton membership
(and a couple of VSMR T's)

[Muzzard]

I see the grey Monster around now and again. I have a mate here who does a bit of Ducati work from home. He would no doubt know of them.
Would be good to see you on the 20th. :)
T's we can help you with.

[Wobbly]

Nice work there jakestein :up:

The WR should make a wicked project - just need to add the automatic pork patrol detector :idea:

The 20th should be good 8)

[jakestein]

sounds good i will show my head when i find the tent.
:idea: i have brand new origanal tyres from the wr ready for rego in may I might swap for something more streetable as they are still at the shop!!

Losing your licence is nothing to proud of but it gives you alot of time to save and buy something faster.

[Wobbly]

Tell me about it ... when I just started working I lost my license for 6 months after mr policemans didn't appreciate my 4 wheel drift around town :down:

Of course I did get a bit healthier from all the pushy riding! :lol:

[Flash]

Have you informed your insurance company about that Neil! :lol:
Just kidding mate

[Wobbly]

Was about 12 years ago in a different state - I'm hoping that's off the books no matter where ya look! :D :lol:

[Flash]

For what it's worth you only need to let them know for the last 5 years :)
However knowing your disregard for the law and the type of lads you hang out with I might just put a note on your policy!! :lol:

[dicky]

mmm... five years....
Which is not such a bad thing.
I lost my ticket big time and after the years had passed and I eventually bought a new bike, there was noting to declare.
How convenient.
Cheap insurance once again.

dicky.

[Muzzard]

Ditto there Dicky, I have never blown over either which helped when I was reapplying too. :D

[Krumm]

WELL THE FECKIN' DIRTY WANKIN' A$$ HOLES..............You'll never guess what you get for a small mono in Western (Don't put the Australia on any more, cos I think it's a different country over here)............you get a piddley $200 fine plus $68 court costs (they must have had a tea break with Tim Tams) ......................and a lovley,6, yes SIX FECKIN' MONTHS suspension of youre license............................. aren't they wonderful people over here......................well at least the missus drove me to the ride day last sunday and enjoyed it so much she will take me all the time.........Gee I love my wife.........Don't anyone tell her I said that..the bike handles real good when you don't (CAN'T) ride it to work on mondays.

Hope you guys have a good season over there!

Krumm

[Flash]

Well at least you don't have to look over your shoulder for cops on a track :D

[QDogg]

My best "cant believe i got away with that" happened after nightshift coming through Morwell.

Came through a right hander, green arrowed intersection on my GSXR street fighter, (something that would appeal to alot of people here, but that's another story) and saw a few mates fillin up at the servo. Popped it up on the back wheel as i came around the corner and rode a nice balance point wheelie down the hill up to 4th gear and gave a "little" wave for good measure. :D

Didn't see the copper parked at the RED light waiting to go in my direction! :oops:

Pulled me up about 1km down the road. Didn't see him in the rearview, cause one wasn't fitted. (makes highchairs too clumsy).
Anyways, the bike was like nothing else he'd ever seen and spent about 5 minutes going over the thing, scratching his head. Overlooked the obvious signs like the strip of canvas 2 inches wide all the way up the rear hoop, purple coloured headlights (courtesy of acerbis), the yoshi pipe that was cut in half, lack of rego sticker, etc, etc (i could go on and on).

After pasing the breatho, he offered some precious advice like, "Just take it easy ok", or words to that effect.

Cruised home and bought a lotto ticket the next day. Didn't win anything, guess i'd used up all my luck the night before! ;)

[dicky]

lol, i think we have a winner.
your real name isn't middlemiss is it?
sometimes we can be lucky.

dicky.

[Flash]

Whoo hoo a good cop!!
I recon it's fair enough to bust a dick head but it your being a legend they should let you go with a take it easy(I wish I could do that) kind of warning!! :D

[Muzzard]

Another one for the highchairs eh? :D I cut the mirror stalk down on my WRF to make the right leg easier to get over the bar end as I'm an old fart and legs dont bend like they used to, nor do I bounce like I used to if I fall from a tankstand, so I have been banned from them by my long suffering wife. :oops:

[Wobbly]

You should know you're old by now muzz - even that fella over the PA at Calder said so! :lol:

[Muzzard]

Cal might have something to say about that too I suspect! :D

[Muzzard]

If frequenting the carpark out front of Supercheap Autos in Wangaratta,
Please ride slowly as there is a motel next door... :lol:

[SMC690]

Cop stories, oh phuq, where do I start? lol
I got pulled over by a bloody supermodel cop on the way to work yesterday in the Skyline, I was nearly dribbling. :)

[jakestein]

Did you ask to see her vad..... I mean badge :D

[Flash]

Did you ask to see her vad..... I mean badge :D

I'm guessing not as he is telling us about it....then again they have computers in jail don't they :lol:

[Sibbo]

And then buba can say...show me your....

[JohnVTR]

Good stories ................................are you serious all coppers are boat captains (C-Hunters) the only time I have ever got off is when I knew they could not prove what they thought I hav\d done.

Lesson #1 never addmit to anything, as Chopper Read says "Never Plead Guliyt"

Got done for speeding on the Monash Fwy one Friday night about 11pm was with 3 other cars you could have tossed a butterfly net over the 4 of us.

Mr Pricks exact words when I asked "why was I singled out, thr care were doing the same speed" were "you're an easy traget mate, I just aimed at the single head light" then to confirn he was a PRICK said "I ride a motorbike, rode it to work tonight"

PRICK PRICK PRICK

[SMC690]

Hamilton Hwy, the weekend before Christmas about 6 or 7 years ago.
Melbourne bound, halfway to Ballarat.
On the way back from the 10 year school reunion, had (read: free alcohol) to be back fast for work Christmas party. I scored the hot chick from school on the Sat night of the reunion so I was in an extra good mood considering the most excellent previous evening and had a liberal right wrist. :)
Aprilia SL1000 falco demo, factory pipes, just ahem, "running it in".
I went to Hamilton on the Friday night via the GOR, visiting another old school friend in Warrnambool. ;) What a ride.
Passing a few school friends in their sardine cans on the way back, yes, being a bit of a tooly show off.
Got pinged by a frigging chameleon fawn cop car in the middle of bum fu*k nowhere doing 153 in a 100. All I can say, is , lucky I got pinged there and not earlier.....
Lovely wolloper, gave me a discount to 144.
A silly fine I cant remember, about $400 and 4 months off.... :(
Maybe it was Karma for too much fornication, lol.

[Muzzard]

Question?
Are 4 wheel drives faster than motards on open forest roads..

Answer...
Shit no, are you friggin stupid... :lol:

I wonder if the coppers at Beechworth are asking themselves this as I sit and relax, while I wait for them to catch up...

So far,
Coppers nil,
Muzzard and mootard, 1.

[Flash]

Mate they do know ya! I have spoken to a few of the local Plod up there and I mentioned the Mootard and well they all know you!!! :prayer: :supz:

[Wobbly]

That's not surprising at all :lol2: Go you black and white thing :snigger:

[jakestein]

Have had two run aways from the fuzz!

[Wobbly]

All hypothetical of course :fuzz:

[jakestein]

Of course!!

[Muzzard]

I was practicing the dirt track skills on the way home from a mates place in Beechworth the other day when about mid corner, on a major forest arterial road from Eldorado to Beechworth, appeared a Police 4WD. Promptly putting the lights on when he realised I was doing warp factor 7... :twisted:

He tried to turn around I think, but I dont have eyes in my arse... :shock:

As you say, "All hypothetical of course"... ;)

[77]

He tried to turn around I think, but I dont have eyes in my arse... :shock:

Yes you have one, but it is hard to see out of it when you are talking out of it :lol: :lol: :shock:

Of course I am speaking from personal experience! :oops:

No offence ;)

I just can't stop.

[Sibbo]

He tried to turn around I think, but I dont have eyes in my arse... :shock:

Yes you have one, but it is hard to see out of it when you are talking out of it :lol: :lol: :shock:

:lol: :lol: it never ends!!!!

[MrSXV]

My first interview with the boys n blue on my motard..Well i went for a cruise down Macarrs creek after getting down past all the boat sheds etc on the straight 2 cars turned off and one was still going straight so i overtook the car in front of me almost stopped on the white painted medium strip thingy then crusising along at about 80kph then about 5 mins later at the roundabout near the school on the left i get woop woop the same car i passed on the painted section ages ago it was a Mitsubishi 380 unmarked first the young podgy girl gets out on her power trip, all i said was how much was i speeding she said she didn't know as she had no radar in the car all she said was i didn't like the way u overtook us a while back i said fair call..took my lisence for a quick check then the guy gets out he was cool, he said is this your bike as i still has temp rego label he said not my fault but RTA's as it doesn't show i own it he said what drew our attn was when u were standing up on the pegs i said i was just strechhing my legs (as it is a dirt bike really so still in control and was only about 30secs) he said thanks and on your way not even a warning for speeding or neg riding just checking my bike wasn't stolen....my lucky day

[Wobbly]

Gotta be lucky sometimes :)

[Muzzard]

Looking at the back of the local police station here recently, I would suggest I better gets me a faster bike than the R1's :? sitting there looking like 200mph...

[Muzzard]

We have had a car or 2 siezed here last weekend utilising the Governments Road Traffic Act so can only warn those coming through here on bikes If you hoon :roost: they ride it for a couple of days at the Police Station carpark cutting laps while you visit the Magistrate :rant: .

Includes speed over 30kph over the limit posted too :x ...

[QDogg]

Not on a motard, but still a cop story...

Riding my unicycle* down to the island for the superbikes a few months ago.
Red light at Mono-ville*, adrenaline started to pump a bit, a few mates with me and I was sitting behind a couple of other bikes.

Light goes green, took off relatively sedately, then thought, "fuck it". Straight road for a good couple of kays, couldn't resist the urge to just dump the throttle and send the front wheel skyward!

1st, 2nd, 3rd (!) faaark, just clicked 4th (you get the picture).
Front wheel down, puff of blue smoke and quick speedo check-165...

All good, so I thought... :twisted:

Until, quick check of mirrors, "Fuck, this commodores moving up quick".
Secong glance, Faaaaaark, he's right up my arse, red/blue lights on the dash... :(

Basically they were sittin down a side street, (probably in the drive through of maccas) when they saw evil knievil (their words) fly past.
They estimated my speed at approx 85-90 kms hr in an 80 zone, but alas, no radar! :lol:

To wind it up, got done for loss of control of a motorcycle (very debatable), rear tyre, and number plate didn't comply with law.

Few hundred $ and three points.

Ah well, you win some, you lose some :oops:


*(some names have been changed to protect the unfortunate)

[dicky]

I'm not sure about this one.

1. Pulling a mono on the way to the GP is just begging for a ticket.
2. Pulling a mono into 4th is good no matter how you look at it.

I go with 2.

dicky

[Muzzard]

I'm in for both options and throw in option 3,
Bang a gear roll on and race them to the Supers! :twisted:

[shane]

a have few very good ones , but they can not be aired on a public forum :shock: . lets just say i have a very very nice welcome party at customs every time i come over , if you think your record is wipped after 7 years think again :x :x :x
so far sydney wins at 7.5 hours to get through . perth 4 on the way in and 1 leaving {next time dont threaten bash x ray mans head in with a bat} but good old melbourne i was through in under 2.5 :D :D :D :D
i just love aussie coppers not :twisted:

[Flash]

if you think your record is wipped after 7 years think again :x :x :x
:twisted:

Fantastic isn't it!! :evil:

[shane]

if you think your record is wipped after 7 years think again :x :x :x
:twisted:

Fantastic isn't it!! :evil:
18 years and its still there , and because it was firearms ,when you get a vist you get to open the door to 3 shooters aimed at your head f$^%*king scared wankers the lot of them :evil: :evil:
my house got robed it took 6 hours for 1 of them to turn up then 3 days for them to come and print it .....
yet i had a problem with a faggot manager at a gym in perth so told him to f#^$*k off as i had not finished training ,5 min latter 6 ,count them 6 of the scum turned up to escort me out .they are very brave

i did have one book me in perth for doing 8 km over the limit on a 3 lane road with no traffic . 6 days latter the same guy killed a 4 year old girl sitting in the back of her mums car and himself when he hit them doing a est 260km in a 70 zone over a blind hill on a bike .

[Flash]

Don't take this the wrong way mate but if I was going to remove you from a gym etc I would want 5 guys behind me too!! :lol:




ps or a gun :D

[Muzzard]

I could tell you a story about an ex serviceman who lived in Laburnum after moving from Wagga.
His maniacal behaviour in such a straight neighbourhood must have drew some undue attention and within a week had Mr Plod come around with a bit of paper, some mates with guns, and some more mates with guns and dogs, and some fellas in a helicopter, and busted his sorry arse for unregistered firearms, '22 counts prohibited firearms your Honour'.
So the charges were detailed in Ringwood Court and the Magistrate deemed that a lunatic should not have military assault weapons in his possession and took 'most' of them off him.
He had a ripper solicitor that cost him a fucking fortune and had to do some serious life adjustments and remove the National Action banner from the front of his house.
He wised up, moved back to the country, handed a couple of the real expensive ones in while the '96 amnesty was on, got a mate to cover the original tattooos on his chest and eventually used the dough, bought a motard, and started a website :shock: .

[shane]

i know the feeling i had 26 guns in my room at the farm ,old bill was well pissed when he found they where all legal , silly fuckers never looked in the hollow tree down the back paddock , a nice little stash of toys stayed in there also ........

[Muzzard]

The ones that were involved in the incident were also all registered, but in a State that allowed you to possess Boyes anti tank guns as well as your varmint rifle :shock:
Fancy taking a mans anti tank gun :roll:
I mighta needed that :twisted:

As far as I am concerned every Aussie boy should have:
1. A Dog
2. A motorbike
3. A pea-rifle
4. A fishing rod
5. Live in the country until they are 21

[Sibbo]

As far as I am concerned every Aussie boy should have:
1. A Dog
2. A motorbike
3. A pea-rifle
4. A fishing rod
5. Live in the country until they are 21
1: Family has one.
2: Got 4.
3: .270 and shotty
4: As above in 3 :twisted:
5: Dibbed out a bit here, only made it until I was 8.

[dicky]

Neil had an anti tank gun?
I always thought there was something odd about him.
I'd better not call him carrot top again, he might get angry.

dicky
<backs away slowly>

[Flash]

You back or still here?

[dicky]

Been back for a week, off again next week.
Haven't moved over to HK yet, still getting organised.
Plans always subject to change without notice.
I might even make it to the next track day, yesterday I thought I wouldn't.
Life's like that.

dicky.

[LC4ANDY]

thought id add a couple, only been pulled up once on the lc4, at a quarter to 7 on way to work one morning for an rbt(on a wednesday?)2 weeks after i got my licence back off a 6 month suspension, and coincidentally 2 weeks after i had done q ride, fortunately they didnt pull me in the 3 months prior, the ktm isnt exactly inconspicuos. warned me about the rear tyre being well and truly rooted, and my lack of a rh rear indicator, although they didnt even look at my licence, just put me on the bag. Wasnt a bad sort of a chap really

The other(hypothetical of course) one involves my other toy, a hq prem which at that stage had a pretty well stock 350 chev(now its got a rather angry 400 and its about 2 weeks off being back on the road) I was in toowoomba on a saturday night, racing a vl walkinshaw, passed and pulled in front of the walky due to a car ahead in my lane in excess of 180, went through a set of lights hard under brakes(which is pretty pathetic in a hq really), and turns out the car is an unmarked commodore sedan with a radar hanging out the window, fortunately facing the other way. I went to turn down i sidestreet and run, knowing i was fooked but he read me, jumped on the anchors and pulled me over, didnt have a speed on me, and i wouldnt admit to a speed so he let me go.

The next night same cop pulled me over, his partner driving takes off after vh sle commy, and brings him back to where he had me pulled over for allegedly street racing, neither of us would admit to a race, he stung me for 80 in a 60, undue noise or smoke, unroadworthy vehicle(shifter cable not adjusted correctly and wouldnt lock first gear) and "failure to affix a rego label", that cost me a clean 600 and 9 points, i was on a good behaviour licence with 1 point for 12 months after that. At the end of the day though i deserved it and it was probably slowed me down for a bit, theres a time and a place really

Andy

[Muzzard]

The first week I lived in Wagga in 1983 I got booked for 80 in a 60 zone while my car was parked outside Repco and I was at the counter with a handful of brake wheel cylinder rubbers.
Seems the copper had a thing about modded cars as well.
Shame about the Repco reciept being time stamped and he not able to read his watch,
Or shame I was so fucking fast I managed to park the car, get into Repco, get my usual long wait, and then served, and a receipt as well.
Magistrate wouldn't cop I was really The Flash :lol:
Same coppers favorite saying was
'Too low, Too loud, Too fast, Too wide'
You would be one of the 4 for sure.

Same poor unfortunate found himself at the mercy of truckies on a dark lonely stretch of highway several years later becoming a statistic instead of a sergeant ;)

[petersteelefreestyle]

i got caught riding switch back on my spada 250. cop went ape shit saying im the type they pick up of the road. Mind you this was a inside industrial road. the only way for him to be able to see was if he happend to be looking up that road.


anywasys he said theres not a rule against riding your motorbike backwards. lol

so i got slap on the wrist

[MasterSpoon]

haha thats the way.
Normally cops leave you well alone in the industrial estates. We have a mini track that we rode for a little while on the weekends and never had any trouble.

[Doogs]

I've met the local constabulary over here already. They eat the ADR manual for breakfast. He pulled be for having a bit of "FUN" pulling a 50m mono from the lights, and began to scrutenise my bike. He stated that a rear mudguard must cover 45 degrees of the rear wheel from the centre of the axle, I said it did when I was sat on it ;) (I only shortened it a little bit). he did get me on one point though, 2 mirrors, I only have one mini one on the right of the bars. I more or less challenged him to give me a ticket or feck off saying that as far as I was concerned it passed rego in the state it was registered in (ACT) and that was good enough for me. He said it had to pass in the state it was being ridden in, and I stated that his sort of actions were why police were hated so much. He conceded the point and explained he was only doing his job, I suppose we are sick of hearing that one hey guys.........oh by the way he let me off with a caution and said that if he saw me again and the faults were not fixed he would defect me..............obviously I am still flouting the law on my Death Trap. :twisted:

Krumm

If you challenge traffic police to a court hearing over the matter, they will crap themselves, as the rules for interstate compliance are very grey!

I doubt there are any officers out there that accually know the current
regs from state to state. They will blow out there day just with one court appearance so they will avoid it like the plague.

[Ozmoto]

I have a few of these stories, nearly all involve cars though.
One memorable one was mid eighties, I was an apprentice panel beater in Canberra, had spent a couple of years building an XU-1 with a Chev in it. Man it was a nice car, pretty well everything had been replaced.
Only a week away from getting my engineers certificate so I could get it registered, on my way to work early in winter ( COLD ), and dressed
accordingly.Busted arse apprentice with every cent I earnt going into the
Torana meant my clothes were'nt the best. No knees in my jeans, no elbows in my jumper, beanie, fingerless gloves. Pricks pulled me up,
I forgot to take the dealers plates from work the night before...
One look at me in a nice car, and I lived in a caravan park at the time and he put me in the back of his car, drove me straight into the UG
watchouse in the city, locked me in a cell, dragged me out & processed me, then wheeled me through the tunnel from the cells straight up into the middle of a court room. All because I was driving an unregistered vehicle & I was a little bit cranky at the grubby fucken cocksucker.

[Muzzard]

I've met the local constabulary over here already. They eat the ADR manual for breakfast. He pulled be for having a bit of "FUN" pulling a 50m mono from the lights, and began to scrutenise my bike. He stated that a rear mudguard must cover 45 degrees of the rear wheel from the centre of the axle, I said it did when I was sat on it ;) (I only shortened it a little bit). he did get me on one point though, 2 mirrors, I only have one mini one on the right of the bars. I more or less challenged him to give me a ticket or feck off saying that as far as I was concerned it passed rego in the state it was registered in (ACT) and that was good enough for me. He said it had to pass in the state it was being ridden in, and I stated that his sort of actions were why police were hated so much. He conceded the point and explained he was only doing his job, I suppose we are sick of hearing that one hey guys.........oh by the way he let me off with a caution and said that if he saw me again and the faults were not fixed he would defect me..............obviously I am still flouting the law on my Death Trap. :twisted:
Krumm
If you challenge traffic police to a court hearing over the matter, they will crap themselves, as the rules for interstate compliance are very grey!
I doubt there are any officers out there that accually know the current
regs from state to state. They will blow out there day just with one court appearance so they will avoid it like the plague.

Hey Doogs,
I hadn't read this thread for a while
Krumm is unfortunately deceased mate,
The first bloke to be killed in Supermoto.
Out of respect we dont use any of his quotes or posts but your relatively new here mate so its OK ;)

RIP Nigel :(