Running from State troopers

Just kinda curious here, me and a friend was rideing two days ago, it was his first day on his bike, R6 2000 with a stage 2 jet kit, I am on a GSX-R 600 with quick accleration kit. Anyway we was cruising down a wide open road going about 120 at one point just messing around, he was a little behind and I waited for him. We was just cruising at about 72 in a 55 at the time when we passed a un marked state trooper, well I notice it because of the spotlight on the side, I gunned it and thought about running, went from like 72-89 in no time, cuz he said he hit his front radar first, than back and we went from 72-89. Anyway, I got over the hill took a quick right than left and waiting for my friend, he was so far behind that the cop seen him make the turn.....Anyway, I dunno, but could a trooper car keep up with a 600 on a straight stretch for about 10miles or so? or is the best way to ditch cops just makeing alot of different turns and knowing your roads in that area.

first off, why run from cops if everything is legit? (license/reg./ins.)?? i'd run but i have a suspended license so thats my reason....to answer your question tho....the best is to find some traffic to get lost in...cop cars cant split lanes like we can, and of course a 600 is alot faster than a cop car

I figured I probaly could of got away, but not sure about my friend, well I did not have my licence at the time, just learners, went the next day and got my licence.....first time I tryed I failed the skillz test cause it was when I first got my bike and the turns are just not gonna happen with a street bike. Well, Virginias test anyway. Right now we are looking at Reckless driveing, Eludeing police somehow, we will get outta that one easy though, and not haveing our licence.

BUahahahahhah.......... so you could have out ran the police....... but you waited for your buddy and got caught........ buahahahhah running gets you nowhere... you get away or you get hurt..... unless you stop for a buddy LOL License test "the turns are not giong to happen with a street bike"....... dude what are sportbikes MADE to do........ I got a perfect score on my driving test. How are you planning on getting out of eluding police.......... you did run right? Could a cop keep up on a 10 mile stretch........ not if you are RUNNING and not waiting for a friend, riding 90 mph. A cop car can usually top about 120 or so I think. RUNNING IS STUPID PEOPLE.................

crown vics will do the quarter mile in about 16 seconds at around 90 or so. 0-60 take about 9 seconds, and they are limited at 130ish. The impala's are even slower cause of the little V6.

What I mean by "sportbikes cant make those turns" is that they are a Perfect L in about a 2 foot diemeter across......bikes going 4-10mph CAN not make this turn (close but not perfectly), sportbikes get their balance and turning capabilitys with speed. Eludeing police one was funny because it was a un-marked police car traveling on the opposite side between two cars, well I noticed it was a cop car because of the spotlight, but court is different. I will just say at those speeds I was looking for gravel in the road or animals whatever, than we went about a mile or so, made a right turn went down about 50 yards made another left turn and came to a stop, I will just say in court we only noticed the unmarked police car when he made the turn with his lights, his lights were not exposed btw. We came to a complete stop a lil ways down the road not forcefully, so that is not eludeing imop, if I wanted to elude I would of smoked him. And I did not want to run because it was my friends first day on his bike, and like you said, its not worth dieing over.

STUPID....dont run from the cops its just dumb and good way to get yourself killed :thumbup: , but anyways talking about cop cars not sure if you all know this but most cars have dual distrubutors (spelling might be wrong) but cops cars can fly in straight aways, 0-60 in 9 seconds, its little faster than that, if you ever get chance to ride in one you'll know what im talking about, seriously though you got what you deserve, you might and i mean MIGHT be able to say you didnt know cop was behind you to get rid of the eluding cops

License test "the turns are not giong to happen with a street bike"....... dude what are sportbikes MADE to do........ I got a perfect score on my driving test. i didn't take the test on my gsxr, they provided one in the msf course so i didng have the chance to try the course on mine. did you have to do the figure 8 on the test? I think that would be a bitch with how small they make the box.

i didn't take the test on my gsxr, they provided one in the msf course so i didng have the chance to try the course on mine. did you have to do the figure 8 on the test? I think that would be a bitch with how small they make the box. No not on my test, but I have done it. to the original poster, if you ride with the learners long enough to know your bike that "L" turn with a two foot gap between lines is VERY easy to do. Like I said I was flawless on my test. First you run 15 MPH and stop as fast as possible without sliding, or pumping the front end more than 3 times........ there is a "tape measure" at the end starting about 5 feet out if I had to guess from memory. I stoped before it started. next you run down the same straight at the same tape, but they have a light tree that says swerve right or left or stop. There is a tape perpendicular to your travel to measure how far you swerve. I cleared the tape on both sides, but by more to the left than right. i also stoped berfore the tape again. Then there was an arc of two lines about 2 feet across with a radius of about 20 feet maybe, they tell you to go through the arc wihtout touching the lines as fast as you feel comfortable and safe to do so. Easiest test in the series to me. I asked the guy if I couold get a running start lol Then was the "L" two lines about 2 feet apart you had to go through without putting a foot down and without touching the lines......... again easy. It can VERY easily all be done. this is the problem with our insurance today, to many people who cannot properly pilot a bike on the road. I WISH america would adopt a graduated licence system for motorycles like Europe has.

I am taking the MSF course tomorrow on my 05 750, and have been practicing in the 24' box doing figure 8's with no problem. I can do the full turn in about 20 ft simply by counterbalancing at about 6 or 7 mph...my ass is waaay off the seat, but she comes through just fine. The weave with the cones staggered is easy too with my ass hanging way off counterbalancing. You can also keep your balance better by keeping the revs up nice and high and feathering the clutch....bikes ALSO get their balance by centrifical force of the roatating parts in the engine.....

man you guys have it hard the test here in NY only consists of 2 right circles 2 left circles and 2 figure 8's very easy i feel sorry for you guys

cali you just weave some cones then 2 circles left then 2 right. Im taking a msf class though to help my insurance stay low

STUPID....dont run from the cops its just dumb and good way to get yourself killed :thumbup: , but anyways talking about cop cars not sure if you all know this but most cars have dual distrubutors (spelling might be wrong) but cops cars can fly in straight aways, 0-60 in 9 seconds, its little faster than that, if you ever get chance to ride in one you'll know what im talking about, seriously though you got what you deserve, you might and i mean MIGHT be able to say you didnt know cop was behind you to get rid of the eluding cops i've seen cop cruisers run the 1/4....high 15's TOPS :lol:

To start our test off its easy. Your start on the right side go a straight path, cut through a L keep on turning and come back 15 yards and stop in a box. The next thing you do is start at the left side this time, you weave in between cones that are staggered, the last two are very staggered than you make a right turn, cut through a L come 15 yards cut through another L go 5 yards and cut the bike as hard as it will go and stop at a yellow line that is straight, its like doing a U-turn, and I am sorry, but its just not possible to get this flawless, around this turn you are only doing 6-8 mph becuase you must stop instantly pretty much, and its just not going to happen. Than like you said you go up to 18 mph and stop at a measureing thing, I got it stopped right at at the white measing thing, got that very flawlessly. Than you go 18-20mph and make a quick cut left or right pretending their is a deer in the road and stop before you hit a yellow line about 10 yards away which was easy.

When I took the motorcycle test here in TN, I was 14. Yeah, you can ride anything 125cc or less at 14. Anyway, they walk outside with you, check to make sure your bike is legal. They then tell you to drive down the road, turn around and come back. All they do is watch to make sure you don't do anything stupid and you use your signals.

My uncle is a cop. There are a bunch of twisty highways where he is at. A ducati 998 tried to outrun him on the curvy mountain passage way in his crown vic with the police interceptor, he stayed behind him goin about 110. Finally the guy just gave up. Those interceptor crown vics go fast. they don't have a fast 1/4, but when they get up there, they haul balls. The only way Ive seen anyone get away on a bike, was the fact that the cop pulled his lights on about a mile or so near a junction on highways, where there are 3 highways merging. He just took off, merged onto another highway, then merged back onto the one he was going, just in the other direction.

My uncle is a cop. There are a bunch of twisty highways where he is at. A ducati 998 tried to outrun him on the curvy mountain passage way in his crown vic with the police interceptor, he stayed behind him goin about 110. Finally the guy just gave up. Those interceptor crown vics go fast. they don't have a fast 1/4, but when they get up there, they haul balls. The only way Ive seen anyone get away on a bike, was the fact that the cop pulled his lights on about a mile or so near a junction on highways, where there are 3 highways merging. He just took off, merged onto another highway, then merged back onto the one he was going, just in the other direction. well aparently the guy riding the 998 didn't know how to ride. Through the corners up a twisty road, no way in hell a cop car could keep up. It does depend on your riding abilities.

ok, when it comes to running from the cops, if i'm doing something that is going to get me in a good amount of trouble and they havent seen my plates, i'm running, no doubt in my mind... if you cant outrun a cop car, you shouldnt be riding... i mean you are riding a machine capable of reaching 150+ in seconds... they are driving steel sleds

spray chain wax all over your plate, then ride around for a while and it will get covered with all the dirt and stuff that gets thrown on there, now no-one can see your plate. And when I got pulled over the cop made me wipe it off because at first he though it was paint, but as long as it comes off you probably won't get a ticket. But with my plate covered I only pull over for the little stuff...

Been there done that will probably never do it again. Luckily I got away. A few friends of mine haven't been so lucky and it cost them big bucks in the court room. But like they said if your tag is hidden and you know the roads well, if you did something worthy of possibly going to jail then your screwed if you do and screwed if you dont. Just remember you can't outrun moterola!

I am taking the MSF course tomorrow on my 05 750, and have been practicing in the 24' box doing figure 8's with no problem. I can do the full turn in about 20 ft simply by counterbalancing at about 6 or 7 mph...my ass is waaay off the seat, but she comes through just fine. The weave with the cones staggered is easy too with my ass hanging way off counterbalancing. You can also keep your balance better by keeping the revs up nice and high and feathering the clutch....bikes ALSO get their balance by centrifical force of the roatating parts in the engine..... So, how did it go?

if you cant outrun a cop car, you shouldnt be riding... i mean you are riding a machine capable of reaching 150+ in seconds... they are driving steel sleds great theory :hammer: .....i think i'll keep riding anyway

man dont listen to these [don't use that word on this site] hell yeah you could have gotten away its just that waiting for your friend fucked you up. you should have left his ass behind for going to slow. you were already speeding so you were going to get a ticket anyways so you should have just tried to out run him. try not to make any turns cause you really dont know how the road is going to be by that i mean if any dirt or anything that will make you loose your grip. but if it was at night the thing you do is just haul ass and then exit and while you are exeting turn off your bike and hold the clutch in and he wont see you until he passes you and once he does then he would have been going to fast to make a quick turn. try to loose him as fast as you can before he calls for any back up cause once that chooper comes thats it. so yeah you could have outran him and i feel sorry for having to pay all that money on the ticket

Haha thats funny, cuz when the cops got us he said, you can outrun us but you cant outrun moterola, which you could, cuz we was getting into BFE and their was only county/state cops out their. Ya I probaly could of got away pretty easily and down the road I could of hide my bike some where. We was going about 80 or so and the cop was comeing on the opposing side at least 60 mph in between two cars so he had to brake make sure its clear turn around, accelerate, could of burnt him, their was another county cop waiting for us, but that would of not been to much trouble blowing past him, doubt they would of tryed. Hell funny thing is the state trooper said when he heard us hit the acclerater he thought about not even turning around. Ah well, lesson learned I quess.

man dont listen to these [don't use that word on this site] hell yeah you could have gotten away its just that waiting for your friend fucked you up. you should have left his ass behind for going to slow. you were already speeding so you were going to get a ticket anyways so you should have just tried to out run him. try not to make any turns cause you really dont know how the road is going to be by that i mean if any dirt or anything that will make you loose your grip. but if it was at night the thing you do is just haul ass and then exit and while you are exeting turn off your bike and hold the clutch in and he wont see you until he passes you and once he does then he would have been going to fast to make a quick turn. try to loose him as fast as you can before he calls for any back up cause once that chooper comes thats it. so yeah you could have outran him and i feel sorry for having to pay all that money on the ticket Hell yeah you should run from them man, the man can't catch you. Keep them off your back yo. Run and get away fast cause them coppers can't catch a bike. You gonna have to pay if you get caught and money is tight now days. If you run you might get away or you might lose your life but damn man at least if you die you don't have to pay the fines. Hell yeah man when you are in hell burning for the rest of eternity you can think, hell I didn't have to pay the man, I killed a mother and her three kids but I didn't have to pay any fines. Sounds good huh? Hey kids go play with those used needles the junkies threw out in the street. Hey why don't we go run out in front of cars and lay down to see if they can stop before they hit us. Ah hell let's just put a bullet in the chamber of this 38, put it to our heads and pull the trigger 5 times. Listen to this guy if you want but it's your funeral. I can't say I have never ran from the cops on a bike but I can say I have never done it on purpose. I have skills way beyond what this guy will ever have if he goes riding right now and doesn't stop until he's 50 and if I see blue lights I stop. I can pay fines any day of the week that I am alive to do it. It's not worth your life or someone elses to avoid dishing out some money. :headshake Do the crime, do the time. If you get caught, be a man and own up to your actions. I promise you won't outrun the cops too many times.

I have to agree with the majority of peole on this one....STUPID!!!!!!

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The course went fine...had a blast and re-learned a lot. I guess I got nervous or something....I ran outa the damn box by 1 foot on 1 turn, and managed to keep it in on the other...Dude on an 02 1000 came in and whipped it through like nobodys business, as did one of the instructors on his SRAD 750 to demonstrate the skill to us....made it look too easy.

Of course your gsxr can outrun the cops....but that still doesn't help you because all they have to do is get your license plate and they can just meet you at your house and they don't have to chase you. If you weren't going 120 w/o a license it wouldn't have been a concern. If you can't pass the motorcycle safety course you definetly have no business on the freeway doing the speed limit much less 120

For what it is worth.......... Zgixxer is lying....... he has no skills ;)

For what it is worth.......... Zgixxer is lying....... he has no skills ;) :laughingr :laughingr :laughingr

Of course your gsxr can outrun the cops....but that still doesn't help you because all they have to do is get your license plate and they can just meet you at your house and they don't have to chase you. If you weren't going 120 w/o a license it wouldn't have been a concern. If you can't pass the motorcycle safety course you definetly have no business on the freeway doing the speed limit much less 120 I just never took the time to go and take the test, I went the next day and got my real license, bad call on my part, but just never had the time, but should of made the time......

I'm a police officer and a fellow rider. I've been a police officer for eight years active and five years as a reserve officer. Im now a training officer and basically train rookies, I show them the basics, pre-academy and post. One of the main things that I stress to other officers is not to be a hypocrite. Basically, dont write someone a ticket for something that you personally do yourself. I'm a true believer in this and hate that there are officers out there that dont feel this way. It would really take alot for me to write a fellow rider a traffic citation for anything. However, when you completly jeperdize others lifes then that is where I do draw the line. Just please keep in mind that there are alot of officers out there that ride bikes too. Hopefully, they have the same outlook on things as I do. I can honestly say that 99% of the time that I do stop a bike for a traffic infraction its simply because a bystander had a legitimate expectancy that a traffic citation be written to the rider. However, it usally ends up me and the rider simply talking about our bikes. Just please dont jeperdize others lives running from something you probably deserve anyway. oyea, I drive a 2005 vic. interceptor 4 days a week 10 hours a day. Yes, they are pretty fast, but a 600cc bike would bet it. It really depends if your on inner city roads our county roads. Keep in mind that there are other units out there too. Its not just the one unit thats giving chase at the time. You just might meet a unit head on in that next curve trying to get in the pursuit. This happend to me personally when a fellow officer jumped up a chase with a busa. As I was coming head on with the chase (at night time) on a undivided 4 lane highway, I met the busa on MY side of the road running over 120 in a long curve. It scared the shit outa me that he had made up that much ground. I really wasnt expecting to see him that soon. Nor was he expecting to meet me in the curve either im sure. I literally took the ditch to keep from killing the guy and actually expected him to loose control due to him trying to avoid me also. He actually made it through the curve and we never saw the guy again, think god. Just please keep things like this in mind :thumbup:

Ah hell let's just put a bullet in the chamber of this 38, put it to our heads and pull the trigger 5 times. :funny: :funny: :funny: :laughingr

For what it is worth.......... Zgixxer is lying....... he has no skills ;) Joe is just mad because he found out his wife is secretly in love with me. :bounce :lol:

Joe is just mad because he found out his wife is secretly in love with me. :bounce :lol: :laughingr :clap:

And I did not want to run because it was my friends first day on his bike, and like you said, its not worth dieing over. You don't have to be faster than the cop car just faster than your friend. When it comes to a situation like that it's everyman for himself. Oh and your friend shouldn't be doing 120 if it's his first day on the bike and he doesn't have a license. You shouldn't even be speeding without a license unless you are ready to run.

ok, who the hell are all these new people posting shit like this?

ok, who the hell are all these new people posting shit like this? i'm not sure but i think the monkey beat them on the IQ test

I can tell you this, We raced a vette on I-95 back from daytona bike week last year... After we blew him away I stayed at approx 120mph, my buddies kept going at "157". I remember thinking to my self holy poop, this car is comming up quick, looked down im at ~120mph looked in mirror *thinking this vette finally go his shit movin** nope FHP, crusied right up on me i slowed down to 75 quick...he went after my buddies pulled them over for 157 in a 70. With some connections they got off. Reason for posting that was for the fact that we were racing up to about 160mph then i backed off to about 120ish. The FHP (LS1 camaros) came up on me like i was standing still. I have since found out that those interceptor camaros are worked and are capable of 155+ mph. Factory GSXRs are restricted to about ~187. You could get away from them, if you have the experience riding. and from what ive noticed lately a good protion of these riders on the road are NOT expeirenced as they may claim. Anyway if you can nail traffic i would do that, but in unfamiliar area i would not run. Hopefully you will ride within your capabilities.

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You could get away from them, if you have the experience riding. and from what ive noticed lately a good protion of these riders on the road are NOT expeirenced as they may claim. Anyway if you can nail traffic i would do that, but in unfamiliar area i would not run. Hopefully you will ride within your capabilities. good point jimbo....i ride with no license (suspended long ago for street racing activities with my old cars) and i always ride within the speed limit, however IF i do have to bail i'm looking for the most traffic-packed place which is not hard to find here in so. cali (especially if its a cruiser)..then commence lane-splitting. also, the way to really outrun a car is to slow down to 15mph or so, THEN gun it....cars are able to pick up faster when they're already doing 75+....but they'll have a hell of a time keeping up with you from a 1st gear roll :thumbup:

just make sure when you slow down to 15mph, they don't get your license plate.

thats what my dealer plate is on there for :thumbup:

Reason for posting that was for the fact that we were racing up to about 160mph then i backed off to about 120ish. The FHP (LS1 camaros) came up on me like i was standing still. I have since found out that those interceptor camaros are worked and are capable of 155+ mph. Factory GSXRs are restricted to about ~187. I have a 2000 Trans Am with the LS1. They dont need to be "worked" to reach 155. All I have on mine is long tube headers and i've buried my speedo at 155 a couple times.

regardless...from a dead stop or a low mph roll your car will get left no problem i've ran several last gen SS camaros and even one on nitrous...piece of cake now if it were the same cars on the freeway (65mph+) then its a whole different ballgame, playing field gets a little more even.

regardless...from a dead stop or a low mph roll your car will get left no problem i've ran several last gen SS camaros and even one on nitrous...piece of cake now if it were the same cars on the freeway (65mph+) then its a whole different ballgame, playing field gets a little more even. Im not trying to say i would beat a street bike, or even come close. I dont even try, its a waste of gas just for me to look stupid. I was just saying that the LS1 cars will do 155+ in stock form.

most definately they will....it'd have to be in one of the highway patrol camaro's too tho...i dont think a standard cruiser could do 155, even with an LS1

LS1 can easily hit 150+. Its up there The car is like geared for like 216mph or something, it just doesn't have the power or aerodynamics to get there. Your talking about a car, with the right driver, should run at least mid 13ths. It can run low 13s straight out the box. It's all about gearing. I do believe those cars are geared to pull hard when traveling at highway speeds.

most cars are

i read in scc a while back that the ls1 interceptor cars are speed limited at 159.

Far as running goes and your not on the interstate, hit a few good turny roads, either keep running or find a GOOD spot to hide your bike and just wait it out for a while, than get a trailer to haul your bike back to your house :arsenal had to do that before actually.

in my experience(all in cars) running from the cops....they go for the faster vehicle.... case in point....i was with a friend of mine in his turbo M roadster....and he had jstu got done racing an 01 750 gixxer...and beat him(the mroadster put down 563whp and trapped 130 on 497whp)....cop car flew directly past the bike and came after us...and after some evasive maneuvers and lots of dark roads we got away...but i thought for sure he would stop the bright orange sport bike before us... unless youre goin to jail.....stop....if you are...well thats up to you...

in my experience(all in cars) running from the cops....they go for the faster vehicle.... case in point....i was with a friend of mine in his turbo M roadster....and he had jstu got done racing an 01 750 gixxer...and beat him(the mroadster put down 563whp and trapped 130 on 497whp)....cop car flew directly past the bike and came after us...and after some evasive maneuvers and lots of dark roads we got away...but i thought for sure he would stop the bright orange sport bike before us... unless youre goin to jail.....stop....if you are...well thats up to you... If I had to guess in this situation he thought you in the car were an easier target, adn was wrong.

running is a bad idea ill never do it.....i take my stunting and dumb crap to parking lots.

If you can't do a figure 8 and L-turn then you obviously havent taken the MSF course. If you have and still cant do them then your riding skills aren't up to par. Sportbikes are more than capable of these easy manuevers...just ask anyone who "knows" how to ride. Maybe some of us should learn how to control the bike before doing wheelies at 50+ miles an hour.

dude, cop cars haul ass! i think you got to worry more about the moto pigs though. some guys here in LA just outran the pigs doin 170 an the pigs got in a wreck and broke thier legs. they have no idea who the riders were or what they were riding, but they knew they were sportbikes. I'm a new, so i know why your budy got smoked. he can't turn fast yet! i got leaning down a bit better now, but at first i was way overshooting my turns. I think you are a good friend to suck it up an wait for your home boy knowing you were gonna get a ticket, shows your a good friend. as for me, no moto license... they took my car license away a few years ago... doesn't stop me. minor traffic violations aren't going to get you thrown in jail.(running from the pigs is!) I have like 20 tickets literally... not from driving like an idiot, but for driving fast. they only get worse with no ins, lic or reg... like $1000 each ticket. do they really expect you to fork over $20,000 just to get your piece of paper with a picture on it back saying you know how to drive when you already do? fuck the bastard DMV assholes, they screw us every day all day long and love it. I'm not satisfying them and denting my wallet to get my license back. I'd rather go buy a brand spankin gsxr or some shit. actually i did, i bought my honda s2k and said fuck the tickets. it's been towed 3 times, $1000 to get it out every time, and the only reason i can get it back out is because i put it in my girlfriends name. she just says "it's my car, not his, and i need to get to work" and they fork it right back over (Assuming you payed the bill). never let the pigs get your hard earned bucks, dont run, but stop and take the ticket, and don't pay it. they can't do shit and in 7 years they have to drop the ticket anyways. fuckem :thumbup: , the way i see it... they owe me money for costing me time when i was obviously in a hurry to be somewhere, and then leaving me on the side of the road while they tow my ride and marco, i think your right! I've only had it a week and i'm trying to wheelie the fugger! yikes!

dude, cop cars haul ass! i think you got to worry more about the moto pigs though. some guys here in LA just outran the pigs doin 170 an the pigs got in a wreck and broke thier legs. they have no idea who the riders were or what they were riding, but they knew they were sportbikes. I'm a new, so i know why your budy got smoked. he can't turn fast yet! i got leaning down a bit better now, but at first i was way overshooting my turns. I think you are a good friend to suck it up an wait for your home boy knowing you were gonna get a ticket, shows your a good friend. as for me, no moto license... they took my car license away a few years ago... doesn't stop me. minor traffic violations aren't going to get you thrown in jail.(running from the pigs is!) I have like 20 tickets literally... not from driving like an idiot, but for driving fast. they only get worse with no ins, lic or reg... like $1000 each ticket. do they really expect you to fork over $20,000 just to get your piece of paper with a picture on it back saying you know how to drive when you already do? fuck the bastard DMV assholes, they screw us every day all day long and love it. I'm not satisfying them and denting my wallet to get my license back. I'd rather go buy a brand spankin gsxr or some shit. actually i did, i bought my honda s2k and said fuck the tickets. it's been towed 3 times, $1000 to get it out every time, and the only reason i can get it back out is because i put it in my girlfriends name. she just says "it's my car, not his, and i need to get to work" and they fork it right back over (Assuming you payed the bill). never let the pigs get your hard earned bucks, dont run, but stop and take the ticket, and don't pay it. they can't do shit and in 7 years they have to drop the ticket anyways. fuckem :thumbup: , the way i see it... they owe me money for costing me time when i was obviously in a hurry to be somewhere, and then leaving me on the side of the road while they tow my ride and marco, i think your right! I've only had it a week and i'm trying to wheelie the fugger! yikes! finally someone in my SAME position....i have a suspended license for 2 street racing tickets in my old honda..now i ride responsibly because i've realised that i'm more responsible than 75% of the fuckers on the road...i dont need some plastic piece of shit to tell me i have the right to ride, the guy above said it himself, a figure 8 and some cone weaving (what they do here in cali) are nothing...if you cant judge distance/speed on the streets, THEN YOU SHOULDN'T be riding....this is what kills most people....too much speed + not thinking about how that car ahead looks so far away but doesn't factor in his 100mph speed compared to its 50mph speed.....i'm safe, i have fun when i can only have an expense on ME and MY bike...i'm not forking out $5K or so to some cops who wrongly accused me of 1 of the offenses even..i was TOTALLY innocent and got tagged with a "speed contest" ticket...turned out to be my 2nd in 1 year :headshake oh well, its been 3 years so far with no more problems so far legal-wise...bought the bike a year ago (July) brand new, and have been daily commuting on it since (rain or shine) :thumbup:

cop cars usually do about 130 mph top end. 3 of us were on our way to Kings dominion in VA one day... them boys got punished. I didnt' even know VA had camero's, but the one I saw got left LOL. A buddy of mine pulled over, he had no prior record, and he had to serve 30 days in jail! I had a 2000 zx6r at the time. (got a k3 now). I took the exit before KD and got lost for an hour in the country side on purpose. So I really drive like grandpa in VA. In md or dc, i still drive my car like a grandpa... but my bike is a different story. Motorola catching you is garbage. It's not gps, it's limited to a human saying "i last saw the bike at so and so location" it can't predict where you will be when you get out of sight. I've run at least 30 times successfully (only 1 time in VA), and have never been caught. It's usually over in a matter of seconds. I blast WFO/top end where it's safe to blast.. split where it's safe to split.. make sure the cop is outta sight, then take the exit ramp extra slow and calm. I also rewired my hazzard switch so that I can kill my tail light with my thumb. I installed another switch on the side of my bike to make the hazzard lights come on. Don't get me wrong, I won't always run. If I see the road ahead isnt' accomadating, I won't run. I damn sure slow down/yield/stop for any type of intersection, to make sure I dont' get T boned while i'm running. I mainly run on the highways though.. that's where I speed anyway. Don't speed in the city where an intersection could kill me. Don't speed on back roads where i can't see through blind curves.. My bike isn't registered to the address where I store it or live.. so they can get my tag number if they want to.. they'll be waiting a long long time LOL they can give me a court date.. but they can't prove it was me under the helmet. If I do plan to stop... I won't make any incriminating statements. I'll only do 2 things.. 1> be verify polite and apologetic "Hey I'm really sorry sir, I REALLY didn't mean to cause ANY trouble. IF they ask about "why didn't you pull over" then 2> Say that I was driving a little fast (non specific) and at that speed I was keeping my eyes forward on the road in front of me, and didn't see you back there. "do you know how fast you were going? " "no sir. The road looked empty so I wanted to see how it would feel if I hit the gas for a second, and surely didn't mean to cause any trouble or show any disrespect. I wish I knew you were back there, I woulda got out of your way and gave you a wave" LOL. make them feel like they're your older brother/hero lol. I've got a few cop friends... so I'd mention that too. but basicly, if your local police/courts give out harsh punishments.. dont run, don't commit the crime in the first place. If you ride top end of your bike frequently, and you are on a highway and know you can leave him safely.. well that's your call then. If you're riding and not wearing a helmet, you're an idiot.

I'd not reccomend anybody RUN from the police...but hiding is different..as is speeding to a nice hiding place :) I have had a few occasions where I pass a cop, see him hit the lights and slow to turn around...but have never had one close enough that he could see my tags, or had any chance of getting near me. If I see blues turn on, I hit the gas fast and never give them a chance to actually get behind me and try to pull me over.

I'd not reccomend anybody RUN from the police...but hiding is different..as is speeding to a nice hiding place :) I have had a few occasions where I pass a cop, see him hit the lights and slow to turn around...but have never had one close enough that he could see my tags, or had any chance of getting near me. If I see blues turn on, I hit the gas fast and never give them a chance to actually get behind me and try to pull me over. exactly how i am! see a cop? speed the fuck up!

exactly how i am! see a cop? speed the fuck up! speed up, go straight home and jump in the car!

cop cars are so easy to run if you feel comfortable with your bike, kinda like racing. you must know your bike and know whether or not you can split cars, if you get scared its over, and the #1 to remember is look ahead for cars because at 120mph theres only a few seconds you got and seriously take a diff. way. or exit off the hioghway. thats what i did but there were only 6 cars out on the highway and i flew but i also knew my girlfriends road solis road rgv. i hit 160 then had to make a quick stop and never saw that cop. but it is dangerous if you dont know the road or alot of traffic.

crown vics will do the quarter mile in about 16 seconds at around 90 or so. 0-60 take about 9 seconds, and they are limited at 130ish. The impala's are even slower cause of the little V6. Cop cars aren't crown vics they're crown vics with police interceptor packages they run the quarter in 12ish and top out closer to 140 the bike could still dust 'em but the cops have radios and no bike I know of has broken the sound barrier yet. In MD they'll catch your ass 8 out of 10. Been there seen that. But if they don't get a look at them tags or your description too good then it's on. BTW in MD MTA police on 95 have 2 camaro's , and southern district has a mustang with nitrous they impounded and lit up.

man why'd you stop? :hmmm: once you start if you stop your screwed

My police car tops out at 130 and it takes a bit to get up there!! :lol: ........With a 600 you can bypass the cops top speed in no time. But not sure why you ran if everything was legit, other than just having a permit. Hell, he probably would've been impressed that you had THAT seeing as how some riders never even bothered getting a license. You guys need to understand one thing.........myself and other cops enjoy any kind of action, we like driving fast and feeling like we are out there in the action. When most officers see a high powered street bike, we feel a challenge coming on deep inside because we know that some riders will run. The adrenaline starts pumping, because when a rider runs it's a blast to the EGO........we think, how dare this fukker run from me. It's alot like when a dog will chase your asss ONLY if you run away.........the dog already knows if you run he's gonna chase you, and he's just waiting............just like I said ealier, we know some guys run, so the adrenaline starts flowing..............just an instinct thing. Now I never mess with motorcycles, because I ride a streetbike myself, and spend alot of time on this site so I have can't help but think of all you guys when I'm on duty and see a bike. I can tell you this though, my buddies that do pull over bikes rarely if ever write them a ticket.........they ALWAYS SAY "Man I'm just glad he stopped"....Please don't run guys........I know it's tempting because our bikes are FASSST. I just don't want any of you to get hurt :headshake . Just pull over and say "yes sir, and no sir".........feed the ego and you'll be fine :)

by the way..........my police car is a 2001 Crown Vic with police interceptor.

You're having problems with the msf road test and you're contemplating running from the police? :infrandom I can feel my insurance rates rising as I type this.

My police car tops out at 130 and it takes a bit to get up there!! :lol: ........With a 600 you can bypass the cops top speed in no time. But not sure why you ran if everything was legit, other than just having a permit. Hell, he probably would've been impressed that you had THAT seeing as how some riders never even bothered getting a license. You guys need to understand one thing.........myself and other cops enjoy any kind of action, we like driving fast and feeling like we are out there in the action. When most officers see a high powered street bike, we feel a challenge coming on deep inside because we know that some riders will run. The adrenaline starts pumping, because when a rider runs it's a blast to the EGO........we think, how dare this fukker run from me. It's alot like when a dog will chase your asss ONLY if you run away.........the dog already knows if you run he's gonna chase you, and he's just waiting............just like I said ealier, we know some guys run, so the adrenaline starts flowing..............just an instinct thing. Now I never mess with motorcycles, because I ride a streetbike myself, and spend alot of time on this site so I have can't help but think of all you guys when I'm on duty and see a bike. I can tell you this though, my buddies that do pull over bikes rarely if ever write them a ticket.........they ALWAYS SAY "Man I'm just glad he stopped"....Please don't run guys........I know it's tempting because our bikes are FASSST. I just don't want any of you to get hurt :headshake . Just pull over and say "yes sir, and no sir".........feed the ego and you'll be fine :) That's good to hear there are some places with with decent cops out there. I live in a town that has WAY too many police for its size and EVERYONE who gets stopped here always gets a ticket. I'm sure there are some bikers around who are assholes to cops, but the guys I ride around with ALWAYS respect the police. I am sick of it here though becuase they will give tickets for speeding a just a little bit even if we're nice, pull over, not doing any stunts. I've gotten 2 tickets on a country road with ZERO cars around both times going between 65-75. Once was with my buddy and the cop hit his lights coming at us and we BOTH pulled over before he even got to us and we both got tickets after being very very nice to him. so now im saying fuck it and will run everytime in my area. ....But you keep up the good work where you are!! haha sorry, im sure you don't like to hear about this. :thumbup:

You want to stop getting tickets? Then stop paying them and starting fighting them! Its freakin' amazing how many people don't fight there tickets. The number is like 90% of people just pay up. Shit, why don't you just bend over backwards then. No wonder there going asshole crazy. Shiiet, they might as well make a website called assholefever (wait there is one already :lol:) Do a little research and fight your tickets. You got nothing to lose. Oh and definately file complaints and complaints. If a cop does you wrong...File a Complaint! Stand up for your rights! Fight those tickets.

from all u guys that r in the states. Over here in my state of New South Wales, OZ if somebody runs from the police and the speed becomes dangerous they have to call it off from the comander back at the station. Ive herd on my scanner a guy on a cbr1000rr being chased for few minutes tops. Comander asked what speed he was doing and the cop car replied about 160km/h. This was in a suburban area of speed limit of 70km/h. It was called off. Oh also when i cop puts his lights on for a chase he straight away calls out on the cb and then all cars available in that area will come running to you. So just dont think its the car behind u are getting away from but others from all around swooping in for the kill.

That's good to hear there are some places with with decent cops out there. I live in a town that has WAY too many police for its size and EVERYONE who gets stopped here always gets a ticket. I'm sure there are some bikers around who are assholes to cops, but the guys I ride around with ALWAYS respect the police. I am sick of it here though becuase they will give tickets for speeding a just a little bit even if we're nice, pull over, not doing any stunts. I've gotten 2 tickets on a country road with ZERO cars around both times going between 65-75. Once was with my buddy and the cop hit his lights coming at us and we BOTH pulled over before he even got to us and we both got tickets after being very very nice to him. so now im saying fuck it and will run everytime in my area. ....But you keep up the good work where you are!! haha sorry, im sure you don't like to hear about this. :thumbup: The small towns usually have harsh cops. The ones who will write you for anything because nothing ever happens and they are trying to stand out in the department by turning in alot of citations (tickets). It's really fukked up to write a rider on a country road. Writing a ticket is not the answer for everything. Writing a rider for some stupid shiit is why most of you guys run........I don't condone it of course and it's a bad idea, but hell I can't say I really blame you. I can understand writing a rider who is weaving in and out of traffic and driving like a moron in the city (not that I would write him :) )......but to write someone on a country road with no one around?? :2hard I was a cop before I started riding, and I stopped a few bikes. The riders were always so nice that I never wrote them tickets (plus I was too busy looking at the bikes and dreaming of having one :lol: ). I never had a rider say anything out of the way to me or give me ANY kind of attitude.....it was always yes sir and no sir. Now I usually don't even try to stop riders because I don't want them to get killed trying to run when all I'd do is give a warning anyway.....unless it's in the city, even then I'll just pull up next to them and ask them to pull over so I can have a quick chat. That gives them the impression that I'm not going to write him a ticket, just preach a bit. They're real surprised when I start asking how they like their pipe!!! :laughingr

You run from the cops, you get what you deserve, whatever it may be, even sky diving lessons off a cliff. Keep in mind, everytime you run from the cops, you give every other person on a sport bike a bad name. Not like you probably care. Endangering others..... thats a given. And you can't outrun the chopper guys. It happens in SoCal quite often. And I cheer the cops on every time. Hell I would wanna join in if I saw it happening and chase the guy running from the cops. Keep up with him, and then give all the info to the cops... but its illegal :P You wanna ride fast, GO TO A TRACK!!!!!!!!!!

No choppers to worry about here :lol:

yes you can outrun a chopper! but I also condone it... takes a while but choppers don't go that fast!!! on a very long straight line, yes the chopper will be left behind... but it will ta a while going 250+! (km)

Fuck Running I have been through those days It serves no purpose. Out of all the times I have pulled over I have never gotten a ticket be nice apologize and you will be ok.

My lisence has been taken away too many times to run. I also need my lisence to keep my job. Everytime I have pulled over on my bike, the cops are cool to me and usually let me go, ohh yea I didn't even have my lisence or permit. Lol

cali you just weave some cones then 2 circles left then 2 right. Im taking a msf class though to help my insurance stay low I did this same test on my Gsxr 1000 K5 and I could not make the circle, cones were no problem but the bikes turn radius just was not tight enough to make the 2 circles I went out both times, I even had the bikes bars locked all the way and it still went out about 3/4 of the way into the circle. I've decided to take the bike course instead of taking the test again. This test is not made for big liter bike or Harleys

damn it most be nice were most of you live, cus were Im at the cops follow us around.... hell there will be 8 or so of us riding an a cop will turn around just to follow us an find a reason to pull us over... but if you dont hav a sport bike here you can drive completely wasted an the cops wont bother you. they are asshole out here...

damn it most be nice were most of you live, cus were Im at the cops follow us around.... hell there will be 8 or so of us riding an a cop will turn around just to follow us an find a reason to pull us over... but if you dont hav a sport bike here you can drive completely wasted an the cops wont bother you. they are asshole out here... yup, same in Virginia, they have a no chase law, but its bullshit, they chase u know matter what, and they ticket the hell out of u

whether they chase you or not nothing is faster then a motorola lol they can always radio ahead and give a description. your better off pulling over

I would say truthfully, the only way they can catch me is if i crash or i run out of gas. why run if your legal? crashing is not my thing so unless i have a good lead (say 1/4 mile or so) I usually pull over. (usually) :lol: :lol:

my father has a 2004 GTO as well (LS1), we have installed a full stainless werks 3 inch dual exhaust, cold air intake, preditor sport tuner, and a B&M ripper shifter in it...VERY FAST car, we've only had it 153MPH, but it definately had MUCH more to go...but he still can't keep up with my stock 2005 GSXR 600 (...YET!!! more to come for the GOAT!). and as far as out running cops is conserned, i found that if you go past them at over 150 on a bike, the simply don't move...don't use "motorola" ...lol...but maybe it was because i was only 3 miles from the NY border...who knows...

I did this same test on my Gsxr 1000 K5 and I could not make the circle, cones were no problem but the bikes turn radius just was not tight enough to make the 2 circles I went out both times, I even had the bikes bars locked all the way and it still went out about 3/4 of the way into the circle. I've decided to take the bike course instead of taking the test again. This test is not made for big liter bike or Harleys Your "big liter bike" is smaller than my 05 600 was. When I do a u-turn on the road, I can do it withnin one lane. It's not about the bike's turning radius. If you keep a bike straight up, like when you're walking it around in the garage, the turning radius is huge. But if you hang way off the outside and lean the hell out of it then it'll turn much much tighter, and you can do very very tight u-turns. Chango Dead thread resurrector

Most of the time alot of cops won't even begin to chase a bike down here in texas. But I have seen and heard of when you run from a state trooper they are authorized to shoot at will with their shot guns. If and I repeat if they get close enough they will attempt to disable your car, bike, truck what ever. If you are putting the lives of innocent citizens in danger they are told to terminate the threat. Just food for thought. Me on the other hand I am not going to chase a bike, I don't know how expirenced the person is so it is worth costing the life or lives if he crashed out. Plus it is alot of paper work.

originally I said that I never run, but I take that back, I ran from three state troopers so far this week. I don't know about you guys, but the rush is addictive...

dont try to smoke a cop on a straight for 10 miles cause the radio is a bitch try to get a good lead for 3 miles then cut off especially if u know ur roads but know your limits and capabilities so u dont get killed you might want to get an attorney for the eluding trust me

like they said you can't outrun the radio, but the radio can't tell which turn your making 5 miles up the road. :) I wont run from a cop directly behind me, If I see one heading other direction and see the breaklights tap, tap, and then what appears to be a turning motion. Im gone. Atleast distance and then few roads later i turn. DONT TAKE FIRST turn lol. one time i was cruisng at 90mph. wasn't aware I passed a parked cop under the overpass. When he eventually pulled me over, he road my ass read plate then turned on the blues. He told me it took him 9 miles to catch up to me. And I was at a stead 90mph. If i knew and pinned it made a turn or 2 he never would have caught me.

if you start going bananas in traffic they tend to call off the chase. cops love a chase but they also don't want to crash and hit someone and then be liable, so whenever a chase gets into some traffic they usually back off. You start going in and out of cars at 150 in light traffic they just don't bother cause it's too hard for them to keep at 150 AND not hit anyone. Pretty much whenever you run you have to ride balls to the wall, pretty much as hard as you can and pray no-one turns infront of you, which is why it's better to run at night. Also, once I'm SURE i've lost them I'll pull down all kinds of deserted roads and then turn everything off and look around for a chopper, never had one but you gotta look. Then I'll ride into someones backyard and park behind a shed or something, stash all the gear somewhere and go for a 2 hour walk. 3 times I've been walking around the neighborhood and I've seen a bird flying low, scary, but it seems to take like 10-15 minutes for them to get it up there, depending on where you are.

I don't run. But then again, it's rare that I'm doing anything that will get me more than a Minor ticket. :bike:

one time i was cruisng at 90mph. wasn't aware I passed a parked cop under the overpass. When he eventually pulled me over, he road my ass read plate then turned on the blues. He told me it took him 9 miles to catch up to me. And I was at a stead 90mph. If i knew and pinned it made a turn or 2 he never would have caught me. :lol: The exact same thing happened to me. i was going about 90 in the middle of the night and it was about 3-4 miles down the highway that I realized the lights in the mirror. If i would have seen him in the first place I would have been gone...

Make a fuckin' run for it man. Boot and scoot. They can't chase you unless its in an unpopulated area(Usually because they cops are dumbasses in the backwoods), but anyways, its endangering the public if they chase you. Don't travel on straight away unless your running on the limiter, 186. If you just happen to have a cop on your tail, and just one a good way to rid yourself of him is to come in front of a large truck from the left side and cut in front of him hard and get on the shoulder aside from the truck and work your way back around and stay on his tail until you reach an exit and be on your way. If you don't have that option keep a look out for roadblocks and take your exits and go the opposite directions. But, if you know you're area really well turns definately the way to go. After you've run for a good five minutes and if its dark turn off your key and coast into a turn and turn around and wait for the cop to come by and then leave. Its fun to haggle redneck cops. :2hard

you cant outrun the radio dude

Wow, the more I read the more confused I get, I thought we were all on gsxr's. Taking nine miles to catch up to a bike doing 90, you do realize 90 is very slow, even a hyundai could keep up. Your uncle tailing a bike at 110 through windy mountain roads, have you ever ridden a bike? "he finally just gave up." Come on, none of this stuff sounds true. Even the original story sounds like a fib. Running, but then waiting for your friend and getting busted. I'll say one thing, if you were slow enough to do something that dumb, no judge is gonna take your sob story, you'll look like a fool standing in court lying, it even sounded silly reading it. There is no ryme or reason with running. If you wanna get away you will, but why? I'll tell you from experience, if you pass a cop over 120 mph, its really not an issue, you wouldn't even notice them pull out! If you not going that fast than why run. I've had a bunch of cops pull me over and talk bikes, in the end they're stoked to talk to a dude about bikes, ofcourse this is not always the case. Just for the record, I rode with a learners permit for 13 years. I didn't even have a drivers liscense. Everytime I got pulled over, the cop would say " I don't wanna give you a ticket, you'll have a bad record before you even get your liscense." This would be for speeds around 100 in a 65. Last night a biker on a gsxr died hitting a van, he was supposadly racing a harley, witnesses said he did three weelies before hitting the van. If you wanna check the news story it was in portland on division street. Moral, use your heads! One more thing, why would you expect your friend who's been riding a day to run from the cops? You wanna put your friend in a potentially lethal situation, thats messed up!

well aparently the guy riding the 998 didn't know how to ride. Through the corners up a twisty road, no way in hell a cop car could keep up. It does depend on your riding abilities. thank you. you hit the nail on the head. it dose all depend on your riding abilities. as a police officer myself, i can confirm that. i ride a gixxer 600 that i know will blow away any of the patrol cars on the road, crown vics, camaros, mustangs, even our new hemi chargers. but keep in mind that 120 is 120 no matter what your driving or riding. i have had bikes run only doin 110 - 120 and im all over them, 9 times out of 10 they running because the bike is stolen, an usualy not very good riders cause they just stole it to be cool or somethin. i had a gixxer 1000 run from me last summer on a straight away at night and the lasst reading on the radar b4 i lost sight of his tail light on a curve about a mile down the highway was 171mph. my car at the time was a 2004 crown vic., and they are governed at 132mph, so of course i wasent gona catch him. (id like to meet that guy cause damn was he faast, boy had skills on the back roads too.) so ike alot of other peps said, why run?? most peps do it for the thrill, some cause they suspended or warrants, or stolen bikes, but if you legit, even if you dont have a M license, in maryland you gonna get a ticket and let go. its just not smart. i hate having to be the one to tell peps family that they not coing home because they were doing something so stupid. every1 has their own opinion, this is just mine. every1 stay safe out there !! :cool:

They do have these little things called helicopters, that you cannot outrun. :arsenal

Actually, police choppers are even slower than cars, they only get up to like 110ish. So, on the hihgway, you could easily out run a chopper, but not a radio!

Actually, police choppers are even slower than cars, they only get up to like 110ish. So, on the hihgway, you could easily out run a chopper, but not a radio! But choppers can increase in altitude & see for miles. Choppers don't have to worry about turns.

Actually, police choppers are even slower than cars, they only get up to like 110ish. So, on the hihgway, you could easily out run a chopper, but not a radio! riiiiiiiight