kiltwearinfool said:
So, just a couple of questions.
When was your last trackday?
When is your next?
What did your Mom say about the incident?
What kind of gear were you wearing?
It sounds like you already got your bike out of the impound. How much did it cost? Who paid, if you aren't currently working?
Do you have a different outlook on the situation now that it's been a few days?
It sounds like this incident has changed your mind about riding without license/registration/lights. (because you have rigged up lights, and are getting your docs together) Has it?
Do you feel that the officer might have been thinking he was doing you a favor? I ask this because:
-He checked your record to see if the bike was in fact registered to you.
-He saw your cite for 110 mph.
-He took a look at the condition of your bike (front tire, lights), and made a judgment call about its roadworthiness.
-He listened to you ask him for a break, multiple times. He possibly thought you had asked this of other officers before, and successfully got off.
-He knew you had been pulled over before, for similar offenses (because you admitted the other cop didn't give you your license/reg after stopping you)
Perhaps officer dickwad was just being arrogant and evil. Perhaps he looked at your equipment and thought about the road you were riding. I'm sure he's attended to other riders on that road that have gone down. Seeing a broken body changes you (as I'm sure you learned in the Corps), and you want to make sure you don't have to see it if you can help it. He might have thought the only way to ensure you lived a few days more was if you didn't have a motorcycle to ride.
Jesus 21 questions
Lets start from the top
0 track days
Get one in here hopefully soon
Mom blamed me, as always
Full Leathers, DOT/SNELL approved full face helmet, Riding Gloves and Riding Boots
220 something to get out of the impound, I paid for it, recieveing unemployment and the GI Bill
Same outlook, I hate that guy with a passion, sept 4 now i kinda wish i didnt curse him out, not because he didn't deserve it he did need to hear it, just because he'll probably pull me over a ton now and hand out tickets like its halloween candy or worse impound my bike again for something else
Ya well im getting my paper work in order now, as in me having it on me, because it was all in order at the time i just wasnt carrying it at the time. Lights wise ya, just something not to get pulled over for in the future. I only ride it during day light so i thought nobody would really bother (or even notice since its a motorcycle) but i guess a motorcycle cop would figure it out. Thing was bike cop, bike civilian, cut some slack, guess not. Guess i can go night riding now tho so thats a plus.
No i do not think he was doing me a favor, he was a dick, he knows it, i know it, my front tire still has tread on it, my rear one is pretty damn new. I donno if you remember how sunny it was out last friday but the bike was deffinetly safe enough for me to drive home (flame away you BARFers). Lets leave it at that. Any other questions my friend
