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    #1

    Horseshoes Up My Butt

    Earlier today I went to a small toy run (35 bikes) on one of the Gulf Islands (Salt Spring). Coming back off of the ferry with a friend we were buzzing down the highway. Oh no, COP! 8O Throttle off! Sure as $hit, rollers are on. %&#!!!! Ok, so both of us are pulled over. Cop, "I had the radar on you guys twice, and clocked you both at 109km/hr, you didn't even try to slow down. Didn't you see me?" I muttered something about being a nice day, and it felt like a comfortable speed. I didn't DARE tell him I was going faster! My friend told me later she had braked! Cop, "I'm sure it felt comfortable, but the speed limit is 80 km/hr, and you were doing 109! I'm going to let you off with a warning, slow down!" Somehow I got the feeling he rode a bike, and asked him if he did. Sure enough, he did. He's got a Volusia!

    I think we had a few things going for us. We are "mature" riders, I was on my 1100, and she was riding a BMW cruiser, we riding in the slow lane, our speed was constant, it was a BEAUTIFUL day, there were two of us, one was female, and the cop rides a bike too. I think if we had been two twenty something guys wearing full leather race suits riding bendover bikes we would have been toast!

    I've NEVER heard of anybody getting a warning for 29 km over! Yup, must be horseshoes. I clink when I walk!
    Kevin
    E-Bay: gsmcyclenut
    "Communism doesn't work because people like to own stuff." Frank Zappa

    1978 GS750(x2 "projects"), 1983 GS1100ED (slowly becoming a parts bike), 1982 GS1100EZ,
    Now joined the 21st century, 2013 Yamaha XTZ1200 Super Tenere.
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    #2
    Congrats on the Good Fortune! I don't exactly have the conversion nailed down but it sounds like you "Might" have been Speeding! :P
    sigpic2002 KLR650 Ugly but fun!
    2001 KLR650 too pretty to get dirty

    Life is a balancing act, enjoy every day, "later" will come sooner than you think. Denying yourself joy now betting you will have health and money to enjoy life later is a bad bet.

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      #3
      80 km/hr = 49.709695 mph
      109 km/hr = 67.72946 mph
      8)
      Kevin
      E-Bay: gsmcyclenut
      "Communism doesn't work because people like to own stuff." Frank Zappa

      1978 GS750(x2 "projects"), 1983 GS1100ED (slowly becoming a parts bike), 1982 GS1100EZ,
      Now joined the 21st century, 2013 Yamaha XTZ1200 Super Tenere.

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        #4
        Well Then, No wonder He cut you a Break, You were Only Exceeding the Speed Limit by 35%. That doesn't sound So Bad does it?
        sigpic2002 KLR650 Ugly but fun!
        2001 KLR650 too pretty to get dirty

        Life is a balancing act, enjoy every day, "later" will come sooner than you think. Denying yourself joy now betting you will have health and money to enjoy life later is a bad bet.

        Where I've been Riding


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          #5
          good going mate

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            #6
            Earlier this year I got pulled over for 65 in a 45. Got a warning too! I was amazed at that.

            One time in my earlier years I got stopped passing a transit bus in a no passing lane, going 30 over the limit, at 2am on a rainy night. I got a warning then too! Now that was a miracle.
            Currently bikeless
            '81 GS 1100EX - "Peace, by superior fire power."
            '06 FZ1000 - "What we are dealing with here, is a COMPLETE lack of respect for the law."

            I ride, therefore I am.... constantly buying new tires.

            "Tell me what kind of an accident you are going to have, and I will tell you which helmet to wear." - Harry Hurt

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              #7
              I must have no luck... I buzzed by a cop (state trooper no less) doing 52 in a 35.... Had to take the ticket and take the class 130$ later... it's not on my record but damn that 4 hours and 130$ I coulda used on the bike...

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                #8
                I found a nice conversion page. It seems 109kmh = a blistering 67.7 mph

                http://hemsidor.torget.se/users/b/bohjohan/convert/conv2_e.htm#speed

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                  #9
                  Ive been overlooked now a few times for exceeding the speed limit, last week going home for lunch, was going 80 mph in a 55 zone, saw a sherriff in my rearview, when I slowed to 60 he jumped behind me and ran my plate, a mile or two later he pulled off.

                  Im gonna use the inaccurate speedo line when I do get stopped though...

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                    #10
                    I just mailed out a payment yesterday to NC :roll:

                    135.00 for 60 in a 55

                    They reduced the speed so it wont get reported to my insurance company but the court costs went up 10 bucks.

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                      #11
                      Originally posted by Hoomgar
                      I just mailed out a payment yesterday to NC :roll:

                      135.00 for 60 in a 55

                      They reduced the speed so it wont get reported to my insurance company but the court costs went up 10 bucks.

                      Mmmm....so what was the real speed

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                        #12
                        Originally posted by beby99
                        Originally posted by Hoomgar
                        I just mailed out a payment yesterday to NC :roll:

                        135.00 for 60 in a 55

                        They reduced the speed so it wont get reported to my insurance company but the court costs went up 10 bucks.

                        Mmmm....so what was the real speed
                        Oh, um, guys? 8-[

                        I know I had 115 on my speedo when everyone slowed up all of a sudden because he passed us the other way but I was "catching up" at the time. He wrote the four of us for 75 in a 55. Like I say, I got the speed reduced but not the fine :roll:

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                          #13
                          Originally posted by Hoomgar
                          I just mailed out a payment yesterday to NC :roll:

                          135.00 for 60 in a 55

                          They reduced the speed so it wont get reported to my insurance company but the court costs went up 10 bucks.
                          Sorry to hear that. That's really being a pr@#k for giving you a ticket like that. :?
                          Kevin
                          E-Bay: gsmcyclenut
                          "Communism doesn't work because people like to own stuff." Frank Zappa

                          1978 GS750(x2 "projects"), 1983 GS1100ED (slowly becoming a parts bike), 1982 GS1100EZ,
                          Now joined the 21st century, 2013 Yamaha XTZ1200 Super Tenere.

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                            #14
                            Had to put my thinking cap on I've had two tickets on the MC & one warning .... 50mph in a 25mph zone, riding in the diamond lane --- should have just keep going on that one, last I had a CHP yell at me over his loud speaker to slowdown 85mph+ in 65mph saving grace was that it was 4am
                            Those were over 20 years ago

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