Who dodged the bullet this year?:wave: Near misses? Cool stories bro?
Speeding ticket this year?
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Current ride, GS500, is invisible to cops and fellow motorcyclists
GS500? What is that? I don't think I've ever seen one.
I don't know about cool, but it's a story.
A few weeks ago down in North Carolina, after riding the NC226a 'Little Switzerland', I was looking forward to my next twisty road which was the NC80 'The Devils Whip'. The distance between these two roads is only a few miles, but goes through a town where the speed is 50mph on the main road. A state trooper pulls me over.
Young guy gets out, asks me if I know the speed limit around here. I say I think it's 50. He asks me how fast do I think I was going? I tell him I have no idea (I should have said 49). He tells me I'm going 70mph and that it's a mandatory appearance for a court date. I've been on the road a long time by now and he ask if I have been riding a long ways. I tell him yeah I was up in Maine and before that Ontario and blah blah blah. I'm kinda zoned out from riding so long and still a bit delirious from the fun I was having on all these twisty roads. He takes my info and goes back to the car. I use the time to oil my chain, eat some food, change my batteries in my Go Pro and put on my rain gear. He comes back just as I finished up and reduces the ticket to 15 over - no court date - just pay online from home and all is good.
I can see some dark clouds in the distance and they seem to be right over the mountains of NC80 where I was headed. I point over there and ask him if those clouds are right over the NC80. He say you going over there? You don't want to go on that road, because it's really twisty and dangerous. I say thanks - that's exactly why I'm going there and off I went.
While he was writing the ticket and I was oiling my chain, some kid sees me pulled over and calls me over asking if I need a ride anywhere because he thought my bike was going to be impounded. Cop was nice, kid was nice, roads are nice - can't wait to go back.
(tldr)
A few weeks ago down in North Carolina, after riding the NC226a 'Little Switzerland', I was looking forward to my next twisty road which was the NC80 'The Devils Whip'. The distance between these two roads is only a few miles, but goes through a town where the speed is 50mph on the main road. A state trooper pulls me over.
Young guy gets out, asks me if I know the speed limit around here. I say I think it's 50. He asks me how fast do I think I was going? I tell him I have no idea (I should have said 49). He tells me I'm going 70mph and that it's a mandatory appearance for a court date. I've been on the road a long time by now and he ask if I have been riding a long ways. I tell him yeah I was up in Maine and before that Ontario and blah blah blah. I'm kinda zoned out from riding so long and still a bit delirious from the fun I was having on all these twisty roads. He takes my info and goes back to the car. I use the time to oil my chain, eat some food, change my batteries in my Go Pro and put on my rain gear. He comes back just as I finished up and reduces the ticket to 15 over - no court date - just pay online from home and all is good.
I can see some dark clouds in the distance and they seem to be right over the mountains of NC80 where I was headed. I point over there and ask him if those clouds are right over the NC80. He say you going over there? You don't want to go on that road, because it's really twisty and dangerous. I say thanks - that's exactly why I'm going there and off I went.
While he was writing the ticket and I was oiling my chain, some kid sees me pulled over and calls me over asking if I need a ride anywhere because he thought my bike was going to be impounded. Cop was nice, kid was nice, roads are nice - can't wait to go back.
(tldr)
No tickets (yet). There have been a few times when I saw a police car heading the other direction and was glad the cop didn't see what I was doing a minute or two before ...
Having a vehicle that feels like you are going fast, even though you aren't, is a good thing ... and it's completely counter to current automotive trends. Works for me.
Having a vehicle that feels like you are going fast, even though you aren't, is a good thing ... and it's completely counter to current automotive trends. Works for me.
I used to have bikes that were faster - a ninja 1000 and a vfr 750. I got 5 tickets in one riding season and sold them and bought KLRWaze has kept me safe this year, clean license finally after coming down from 6 tickets.
All of them on my cage
Was the cop's last name Anderson, by any chance?
Hah Yes it was. You know him?
YES........we've met - that's hilarious.
I had to ask, because you described him to a "t".
He must love us canucks. Have you paid your ticket? It's the only one I've ever got down in the states and I'm sure I will be back in NC.
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Upon handing him my paperwork, he said: "you're not wanted for murder, or anything like that up there, are ya?"
He's either a good guy, or he's been trained well, i.e. not to discourage visitors.
I have his "WARNING" hanging on the wall in my garage.
that's slow for you Gary you ok ?
Campfire stories, I like.
No speeding ticket scares, but I tend to do a lot of shady stuff (riding in odd hours, in industrial parks off hours, making noise, getting a bike in odd places for a bike so I pique the interest of the boys and girls with authority. When I see an officer, I tend to "pretend to leave" and make myself more accessible and wave to the cop when I'm on my way out.
I think that high-viz and an old beaten bike tends to get away with more stuff than I would if I were murdered out.. just a theory.
I recently thought up of a game. When you see a cop going the opposing side, instead of waiting for him to flip a U-wee and follow you, what if you flip a u-wee and shadow him?.. wait, not a great idea close to haloween. Scratch that.
No speeding ticket scares, but I tend to do a lot of shady stuff (riding in odd hours, in industrial parks off hours, making noise, getting a bike in odd places for a bike so I pique the interest of the boys and girls with authority. When I see an officer, I tend to "pretend to leave" and make myself more accessible and wave to the cop when I'm on my way out.
I think that high-viz and an old beaten bike tends to get away with more stuff than I would if I were murdered out.. just a theory.
I recently thought up of a game. When you see a cop going the opposing side, instead of waiting for him to flip a U-wee and follow you, what if you flip a u-wee and shadow him?.. wait, not a great idea close to haloween. Scratch that.
I haven't had one for years. Passed an officer while doing 20 over last week, but he didn't bite.
Then again, somebody passed me right after.
Then again, somebody passed me right after.
