Tango Posted August 17, 2015 Posted August 17, 2015 Keep it nice chaps.......or it'll get locked/deleted...... Quote
Guest Posted August 17, 2015 Posted August 17, 2015 i actually got pulled over a couple of weeks ago..the copper said to me "do you use your mirrors?i said "i do, but im on a very bumpy road, id rather pay attention to whats coming up infront of me"he said thats fair enough..So i said, how can i help you?he said "well, ive been trying to get you to pull over for the past 2-3miles, i put sirens on this time as a last attempt to pull over, or i was going to call it in for a chase"...i was shocked, and said "if i was planning on doing a chase officer, i wouldnt be riding on the road, look at my bike, id leave you for dust across a field"..he laughed about it and agree'd that i just failed to notice him..so then i said "so why was you actually pulling me over?"the officer then said "well since ive been following you for 2 or 3 miles, i happened to notice you through town, and i dont think too kindly of keeping behind you with my speedo saying 68mph through a town"...i just made excuses... like "nahhhh, its a 125, it cant do that sort of speed"... (yes i does, i can top out at 77 on a windless road)..he then asked what speed i thought i was doing... i just said 60???he then said "fair enough mate, chinese bike, speedo is most probably stupidly incorrect.. (it actually isnt, its accurate within 1-2mph)then let me go just advised me to "ride with caution, and do 10mph under what my speedo says very nice officer, glad he pulled me over.. i was being a numpty.. but he was nice, and just gave me a speaking to..good ol' L plates.... can get away with sooooo much Quote
Lumor_uk Posted August 18, 2015 Posted August 18, 2015 got stopped at a police check point at 1 in the morning. checked my rear plate was legal asked what I was doing and where I was going. was on my meal break and sent me on my way without doing a PNC. Quote
Adam Posted August 18, 2015 Posted August 18, 2015 Got caught doing 120mph on my RS125 in a 30 but I had L plates so the officer let me off. Quote
fq-craigus Posted August 18, 2015 Posted August 18, 2015 Thats an optimistic speedo and 120 in a 30 taking this long to get up to 120 sounds worthy of being let off "> Quote
RantMachine Posted August 18, 2015 Posted August 18, 2015 I once ran over someones gran while doing 115mph in a Tesco car park on my Lexmoto Lowride, cop pulled me over by the bicycle parking but he let me off cos I had L plates and we had a nice chat then he asked me to marry his daughter cos clearly I'm f*ckin epic Quote
Joeman Posted August 18, 2015 Posted August 18, 2015 well i was pootling along, doing about 90mph, going the wrong way down a motorway, in the dark with my black visor, with tinted pinlock insert, on my 50cc scooter with a 1000cc big bore kit and custom nitrous kit i imported from the USA. My homemade HID kit was illuminating the way, but might have been blinding all the oncoming drivers.When the cops eventually caught up with me, they said they'd been following me for at least three hours, and even the police helicopter had ran out of fuel whilst trying to catch me. They were about to call in a military air strike but i stopped just in time. I apologized for not stopping sooner and pointed out that i'd removed the mirrors to make the bike look more bad-ass. Lucky one of the coppers was a biker, and he agreed it looked cool. I offered him a cup of tea, but as i pulled my thermos flask out of my rucksack, two large bags of cocaine and a loaded assault rifle that i was carrying for a columbian drug dealer mate of mine, dropped out of my bag and onto the floor. I must have left the safety catch off, because as the riffle hit the ground, it let off a shot, taking out the non-biker cop's left testicle.A that point i thought i might be in a spot of trouble, but the cop just happened to catch a glimpse of the remains of my L-plate that had been previously ripped off when i hit a speed bump outside a school at about 130mph and jumped over the lollipop lady. The L-late was pecked off in midair by a passing flock of canadian geese - apparently they like the red as it looks like a worm (who knew?)But the biker cops was cool - he just gave me ticket for littering, and advised me to wear a helmet next time. He also asked that in the future i ride the correct way down the motorway, and refrain from hitting the nitrous button whilst filtering through stationary traffic. He also put me in touch with his brother who's some rich film director. He was auditioning for a part in his new biker movie and told me to pop over to his place to do an audition.. Anyway, one thing led to another, i'm now the star of his new blockbuster movie, and i'm sending this message from his private space station orbiting the moon, whilst sniffing cocaine off naked supermodels (difficult in zero gravity), and we're going alien hunting on the darkside of the moon in the morning, where apparently Space Mammoths roam the lunar plains, and are responsible for the craters (they have very big feet).See not all cops are bad, and its funny how things work out... just Imagine what would have happened if i hadn't had my L-plates on?? Quote
Guest Posted August 19, 2015 Posted August 19, 2015 why all the idiotic sarcasm?speeds within the 60 region are perfectly capable on a 125..and if you knew where i lived, you would see the road that i travel down from my home, and will see that its clearly long enough to top out any 125's top speed!Have you ever had a copper behind you, and you failed to notice him immediately?? im sure you have at some point..what would the officers thoughts be! (it was broad daylight), you dont tend to notice a light behind you whilst your looking forward)and failing to look in my mirrors.... Again, if anyone knows where i live, and are familiar with Ten Mile Bank road..Its a ten mile long back road, next to a river bank...and they would know that its bumpy as f**k, and 99% of the time, roads are covered in mudd from tractor tyres..Not to mention a bend half way up that is blind, sharp, and well known for deaths..So yes, i happened to be paying more atttention to whats ahead of me, rather than checking my mirrors..ciao for now. Quote
Adam Posted August 19, 2015 Posted August 19, 2015 I know that road and have ridden it Allan so I'm aware of how bumpy it is, however you're supposed to check your mirrors every time you change speed ie braking or accelerating and it's only meant to be a glance so you can judge how your actions will affect the person behind. And don't take it seriously it's only a bit of fun Just to add to the thread and keep it on topic I've never been stopped by the police, yet! Quote
Mr Fro Posted August 19, 2015 Posted August 19, 2015 Damn, I wish I had some real life, super true police/biking/fame and riches stories like you guys but I'm actually a 13 year old girl living in the Outer Hebrides with my aunt so all my stories are just made up. Quote
RantMachine Posted August 19, 2015 Posted August 19, 2015 I've never been pulled over on my bike. Not convinced my 125 was actually capable of getting me in that much trouble, but that's the GN125 engine for you!Once visited a couple of friends in Chatteris and arrived to find they had hotboxed their living room... went for a walk for a bit to try and clear my head before driving home but after an hour it was still pretty fuzzy by the time I needed to drive home. 11pm-ish, the A10 was completely empty... save for the police car that joined the road just behind me at Stretham The remaining miles of that journey were covered in a state of absolute paranoia! Quote
RantMachine Posted August 19, 2015 Posted August 19, 2015 Damn, I wish I had some real life, super true police/biking/fame and riches stories like you guys but I'm actually a 13 year old girl living in the Outer Hebrides with my aunt so all my stories are just made up. Are you secretly my cousin Isolde?!? Quote
Glorian Posted August 19, 2015 Posted August 19, 2015 I know that road and have ridden it Allan so I'm aware of how bumpy it is, however you're supposed to check your mirrors every time you change speed ie braking or accelerating and it's only meant to be a glance so you can judge how your actions will affect the person behind. And don't take it seriously it's only a bit of fun Just to add to the thread and keep it on topic I've never been stopped by the police, yet! This.Maybe time to re-do the CBT or do the proper test as skills seem to be failing. Or get some better mirrors. you know.. ones that show you whats happening behind you. I can glance down for a fraction of a second at mine and see whats going on and if a copper has been following me for 3 miles blaring his horn (you know that really loud noise you often here from 5 miles away) how did you not hear that btw? Damn, I wish I had some real life, super true police/biking/fame and riches stories like you guys but I'm actually a 13 year old girl living in the Outer Hebrides with my aunt so all my stories are just made up. I've met you... You're clearly old than 13. maybe 15? Quote
RantMachine Posted August 19, 2015 Posted August 19, 2015 Also: speeds within the 60 region are perfectly capable on a 125 Yep, don't think anybody disagrees with that. i can top out at 77 on a windless road That's a bit of a tall tale, on the other hand That's a GN125 engine in your bike, like so many other Lexmotos (or Chinese bikes in general, really - it's more than two decades old so no surprises its done the rounds). Fairly distinctive little engine, same one as my old Lowride and Glorian's old Sinnis Cafe. The Suzuki legit version spits out ~12bhp, same sort of output as the 8.4kw that Lexmoto quote. 8.4kw is nearer 11bph, but they'll both vary depending on where you read them, pretty much the same engine at the end of the day so can give the Lexmoto the benefit of the doubt.But the GN125 weighs 22 kilos less and still tops out at an absolute max of 70mph. In fact, my Lowride was only 6kg heavier, and that thing was very lucky to break past 65 on level ground and a windless day. If we're talking anything less that downhill, favourable wind, or twostroke, then 77mph is pretty much WR or YZF turf only. Quote
Guest Posted August 19, 2015 Posted August 19, 2015 why all the idiotic sarcasm?speeds within the 60 region are perfectly capable on a 125..and if you knew where i lived, you would see the road that i travel down from my home, and will see that its clearly long enough to top out any 125's top speed!Have you ever had a copper behind you, and you failed to notice him immediately?? im sure you have at some point..what would the officers thoughts be! (it was broad daylight), you dont tend to notice a light behind you whilst your looking forward)and failing to look in my mirrors.... Again, if anyone knows where i live, and are familiar with Ten Mile Bank road..Its a ten mile long back road, next to a river bank...and they would know that its bumpy as f**k, and 99% of the time, roads are covered in mudd from tractor tyres..Not to mention a bend half way up that is blind, sharp, and well known for deaths..So yes, i happened to be paying more atttention to whats ahead of me, rather than checking my mirrors..ciao for now. Copper that I did bikesafe with, said whilst telling a story..."If you don't know we're there, your observation skills aren't good enough".I happen to agree with him. Quote
Glorian Posted August 19, 2015 Posted August 19, 2015 Copper that I did bikesafe with, said whilst telling a story..."If you don't know we're there, your observation skills aren't good enough".I happen to agree with him. Bikesafe is good, some of the coppers are funny guys. My instructor (Happened to be the guy who taught me to ride in the first place) always said when people talked about accidents they were in and said things like "They came out of nowhere" or "I couldn't react in time" he always said, "Why were you there?" always looking ahead and around you, subtle hints of an accident waiting to happen, idiots to do stupid manouvers, people on their phones.Riding a bike is about observation and paying attention, if you couldn't control the bike while looking in the mirrors because the road is "Bad" maybe you should have slowed down, it's a limit not a target remember. Quote
Mr Fro Posted August 19, 2015 Posted August 19, 2015 i can top out at 77 on a windless road That's a bit of a tall tale, on the other hand He obviously meant a vertical road. Quote
Joeman Posted August 19, 2015 Posted August 19, 2015 i can top out at 77 on a windless road That's a bit of a tall tale, on the other hand He obviously meant a vertical road. Where I am, we don't need roads.... Quote
Grumpy Old Git Posted August 19, 2015 Posted August 19, 2015 125cc is the volume of one of my exhaust outlets in the cylinder head!People kill themselves at the bend on ten-mile bank because they are trying to get above 50mph!60mph through a town is 'court appearance' territory in Cambridgeshire!NB. I was stopped once going downhill on a C50 and the copper advised I was doing 57mph! i still reckon he was taking the pi$$. Quote
Mr Fro Posted August 19, 2015 Posted August 19, 2015 Where I am, we don't need roads....Nor do we, we all have tractors out here in the sticks. I was stopped once going downhill on a C50 and the copper advised I was doing 57mph! i still reckon he was taking the pi$$.Definitely taking the piss trying to stop you going downhill given how shite the brakes on those things were. Quote
Grumpy Old Git Posted August 19, 2015 Posted August 19, 2015 They had brakes! The fastest I ever stopped was when the engine seized for the first time. In total, the engine had two rebores before I eventually 'dumped' it - i left it (and a load of other 'junk') in my garage next to the parade square at RAF Coltishall in 1973. Quote
Tango Posted August 19, 2015 Posted August 19, 2015 One of my old bosses said that he got pulled up for speeding on his old BSA years back......the copper walked round my bosses bike, shaking his head and sucking his breath through his teeth......then said "there's no way this heap was going that fast!".......and then just walked back to his car and drove off......still shaking his head...... Anyway.....I'm still waiting for the new video from Baron von Munchausen...... Quote
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