So they say your speedo is off by 7 to 10% or so... Well officer Dan confirmed that mine is right on. Clocked me at 63 in a 45 and thats exactly what the speedo was telling me when he passed by on the opposite road.

I pulled over, killed the bike and started taking my helmet off when he told me dont bother. He said he appreciated the fact that I stopped so he wasnt going to write me... just told me what he clocked me at and to slow down.

Thank you officer Dan where ever you are!

Quote from: Kevin848 on August 15, 2008, 09:05:41 PM
So they say your speedo is off by 7 to 10% or so... Well officer Dan confirmed that mine is right on. Clocked me at 63 in a 45 and thats exactly what the speedo was telling me when he passed by on the opposite road.
I pulled over, killed the bike and started taking my helmet off when he told me dont bother. He said he appreciated the fact that I stopped so he wasnt going to write me... just told me what he clocked me at and to slow down.
Thank you officer Dan where ever you are!

WoW! You're living right! Glad you didn't receive a performance award

Gotta get the Valentine 1 hooked up...

That's grreat! That is a really cool officer. I have often heard of officers thanking riders for pulling over and not making them give chase. I have never thought of doing that but I guess it must be common practice to try and outrun cops. Unless you have several outstanding felony warrants for Capital Murder or are a wanted terrorist why bother? If you get a ticket you probably earned it. Big deal. That's a nice gift from a good cop!

  I think it's a rule that you get off with a warning IF it is a cool day in August, during the full moon, & you are traveling to/from Hooter's.     Congrats on the Hat Trick Mr. K !

Glad to hear you just got a warning

Man, that's really cool that gay (not that there's anything wrong with that) cop let you off the hook.  Good deal! 

Best officer I ever ran into...

A highway patrolman pulled me over for no front plate (on the car of course). He walked up, looked at the front and told me he was going to give me two tickets. One for the plate and one for white signal lenses. I asked if he had a copy of the Motor Vehicle Code in his car. He said he did. So I told him I'd make him a deal. I had read the code closely and if it said that the front corner lenses could be white, yellow or amber then he would give me a warning on the plate. He left and came back a few minutes later handing me my license.

"Looks like I owe you an apology."

How cool was that?

I gotta be honest, I flirt my way out of every ticket... ...but Tommy gets a ticket everytime.  Where do you guys find these cops?  Why can't one of them pull him over?   

Quote from: Bonwilder on August 16, 2008, 10:31:56 AM
I gotta be honest, I flirt my way out of every ticket... ...but Tommy gets a ticket everytime.  Where do you guys find these cops?  Why can't one of them pull him over?   

Maybe I should quit trying to flirt my way out of it?

Coolest officer to ever pull me over, clocked me going the opposite direction at 15 over, but after pulling me over and looking over insurance and ID, proceeded to bs with me about bikes for a half hour on the side of the road. Great Guy!

Quote from: mtc on August 16, 2008, 10:55:56 AM
Maybe I should quit trying to flirt my way out of it?

Good idea!

I thought warning tickets were an urban rumor or myth until I actually got one. In OK on the Talihena Scenic Drive. On the Busa flying down a hill at 100+ and there at the bottom is a LeFlore Co. Sheriff coming at me. I'm done so I roll past him, wave and pull over. He pulls up and when I remove my helmet he does a double take expecting me not to be the old fart that I am. I think it worked to my advantage. Probably thought I was borrowing my kid's scooter! Says we have a problem, that the speed limit is 55, I say yes sir and he takes my stuff back to his car. Just like El Matador's officer he writes me a warning ticket and proceeds to bullshit with me for 20 minutes about all the crazy bike wrecks he's worked and all the Rossi wannabes he's chased on the Drive. Very nice guy. Told me The Secret about the drive... it's not patroled Monday through Thursday, only Friday through Sunday. Nobody up there during the week, it's not worth their time to patrol it. And yes, it was a Friday when he was there. [moto]

you dont have to be first you just can't be last... if you are the only one then you r screwed!! got 2 friends i was in the corps with that are fwpd and they both say that if you look in the mirror and he hits his lights and you just pull over right away then MOST cops won't write you the ticket. however phillip says if they are dressed in "squid" gear they get one and a lecture on gear. he happens to have a gsxr-1000 but will only ride at track days because he says he knows the feel of wanting to open it up on a country road and it would not look good for an officer to get an 80 in a 55 ticket.

Must be nice I just mailed a $125.00 check to the Austin Municipal Court for "Court Fees" for our equestrian tickets we got during the hillcountry trip.

THANKS AGAIN PATRICK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Quote from: calscrazy on August 16, 2008, 04:02:30 PM
you dont have to be first you just can't be last... if you are the only one then you r screwed!! got 2 friends i was in the corps with that are fwpd and they both say that if you look in the mirror and he hits his lights and you just pull over right away then MOST cops won't write you the ticket. however phillip says if they are dressed in "squid" gear they get one and a lecture on gear. he happens to have a gsxr-1000 but will only ride at track days because he says he knows the feel of wanting to open it up on a country road and it would not look good for an officer to get an 80 in a 55 ticket.

Only 80 in a 55? Hey, that's good they give the squids a lecture on gear. I like that. Some friends of ours have a great kid that started college last year and he wanted to trade up to a sportbike from his Honda VTX cruiser. His parents bought him the CBR600 he wanted but he's paying them back... loan NOT gift. They ride too. But it was good to hear from them that he went to High Five Cycles for something (bought the scoot at Al Lamb's Honda across LBJ, heck, Dad got a new Aspencade for himself while he was there!!! [moto]) and the staff gave him so much shit about being "under geared" that he spent his own hard earned money on a nice new Shoei, gloves and ICON riding jacket! Gotta love that. His Mom worries about him but I told her to be proud that he took the hint and spent his own big bucks on some really good gear. Smart kid.

Quote from: fastwin on August 16, 2008, 04:27:08 PM
Only 80 in a 55? Hey, that's good they give the squids a lecture on gear. I like that. Some friends of ours have a great kid that started college last year and he wanted to trade up to a sportbike from his Honda VTX cruiser. His parents bought him the CBR600 he wanted but he's paying them back... loan NOT gift. They ride too. But it was good to hear from them that he went to High Five Cycles for something (bought the scoot at Al Lamb's Honda across LBJ, heck, Dad got a new Aspencade for himself while he was there!!! [moto]) and the staff gave him so much shit about being "under geared" that he spent his own hard earned money on a nice new Shoei, gloves and ICON riding jacket! Gotta love that. His Mom worries about him but I told her to be proud that he took the hint and spent his own big bucks on some really good gear. Smart kid.

Hey brian, I keep drooling all over your avatar, how bout posting up some pics of that bad boy?