Can I rant for just one post?

[Stormdragon]

I'll give $5 to the first person with the 'nads to come to a complete stop in front of a cop, open the car door and touch a foot to the pavement, and drive away. You have to let me know what section the cop writes you up for before I send the cash though.

 

[Buti grv]

I'll give $5 to the first person with the 'nads to come to a complete stop in front of a cop, open the car door and touch a foot to the pavement, and drive away. You have to let me know what section the cop writes you up for before I send the cash though.

Have your passenger open their door too and put their foot down...then you have BOTH feet on the ground and have that side of the argument covered too.

 

[longtallsally]

2 minutes, 30 seconds to be exact....

EXACTLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Officer doughnut took off- after realizing it fruitless to pester me- lights and siren blaring in full on Rosco P Coltrain hot pursuit for some poor sod on a Monster I think. Both of us remembered watching the guy go by on the Duc and wondered wtf this dickhead was bugging him for.

This tool needs to go back to hugging trees and leave traffic enforcement to those with enough sense to do so.

And just to show I am not completely a pig bashing ninny, when I lived in The Cats I used to cruise up 9 a few times a week to hit Saratoga Gap on the mtb. One of the Rangers came up to talk to me in detail and wanted to learn about bikes and the GS in particular. I've seen him a couple times and he is a pretty cool dude and even went to Calmoto to ask more questions. The guys at Calmoto and Doc Wong know what a squid I am, so they had fun helping him along as well.

This guy is in stark contrast to the brainless idiot out to pester people.

 

[T-1 Thunder]

I'll give $5 to the first person with the 'nads to come to a complete stop in front of a cop, open the car door and touch a foot to the pavement, and drive away. You have to let me know what section the cop writes you up for before I send the cash though.

If I was back in Walnut Creek, I would be SOOO down to do this.
No money, all I need is the words "I dare you" and I am on it!

 

[cydobomb]

Six pages, what are we talking about? Traffic cops pulling over an "adventure" rider, in leau of plentiful squid pickings?

Perhaps the cop in question has had the displeasure of reading a few pages of the poisonous twaddle over at ADweebErider, and as a result, actively wants to pull over ANY dork on a BMW, Strom, or KLR, or any bike with monstrous baggage bolted to the sides, back, top, front, tank, fender, bars, plate, and frame, and kick them in the balls. I know I do, but I'm not a cop, just a US Marshall on extraterrestrial patrol, otherwise there'd be a trail of broken GPS units from the back of my jurisdiction to the front.

"Adventure" rider, your ass- you people are worse than golfers or insurance salesmen. The cop who pulled you was probably my cousin, who will normally just aim for any ADV rider he sees with the push bar, and ask questions later- be glad he didn't soften up your dome a little bit with his billy club.

 

[longtallsally]

I was content to just read this conversation until I came to this more than slightly contradictory remark:



According to that remark, you're saying that you're superior to the people who generally go up there. Or is "stupid" not a word that suggests inferiority on the part of those being called "stupid"?
I'll agree that there's a lot of stupid behavior there, and at many other places in the Bay Area and elsewhere, but let's not pretend that we don't feel superior to the people who are engaging in the stupid behavior while we're condemning that behavior.

I learned to stop my bike with feet up almost 29 years ago. That was 10 years after I started riding. And I'll confess that I've always felt somewhat superior to riders who can't do that.

Ah ya caught me! OK, let me rephrase: I am superior IN MY OPINION to those that choose to engage in childish antics on public roads without having the skill or know how to do so while wearing no gear.

That better?

How's that Capo treating you? Does it run? Sorry, I couldn't resist- just playing around.

How many posts am I up to on this thread? I've not looked at BARF this much in over a year! This is cool, I feel like I'm in high school again! Thanks for making me feel young again!

 

[flying_hun]

Dear LEOs:

My front wheel is stopped, but the rear wheel is still up in the air spinning, am I still ok?

Signed,
Stoppie in the name of love

Okay, I was going to stay out of this thread, but that's funny right there!

 

[longtallsally]

Six pages, what are we talking about? Traffic cops pulling over an "adventure" rider, in leau of plentiful squid pickings?

Perhaps the cop in question has had the displeasure of reading a few pages of the poisonous twaddle over at ADweebErider, and as a result, actively wants to pull over ANY dork on a BMW, Strom, or KLR, or any bike with monstrous baggage bolted to the sides, back, top, front, tank, fender, bars, plate, and frame, and kick them in the balls. I know I do, but I'm not a cop, just a US Marshall on extraterrestrial patrol, otherwise there'd be a trail of broken GPS units from the back of my jurisdiction to the front.

"Adventure" rider, your ass- you people are worse than golfers or insurance salesmen. The cop who pulled you was probably my cousin, who will normally just aim for any ADV rider he sees with the push bar, and ask questions later- be glad he didn't soften up your dome a little bit with his billy club.

Ahhh, caponerd and Flinger here finally are getting with it. This was a great post!

I never load my bike too much

 

[flying_hun]

Have I iterated that my experiences, regardless of their validity, drive all understanding of how motorcycles work? Well, they do.

We've been able to infer that......

 

[Z3n]

Man, that second picture....

"Adventure riders...where the windshields have windshields".


flying_hun....

 

[cydobomb]

Oh! the dorkism! Adventure, indeed, at least until you get to where you're going.

Sally, you have more in common with the gloveless goobies than you know.

 

[longtallsally]

Oh! the dorkism! Adventure, indeed, at least until you get to where you're going.

Sally, you have more in common with the gloveless goobies than you know.

Yep, ya caught me. Should I go back to riding the 954 on the street? I mean I could wear my track leathers and look really cool blinging it up with the other cool guys.

No wait, I'll do a 'tard conversion to the KLR and wear ghetto baggy jeans with armor under them and moto cross gloves and my Joe Rocket mesh jacket and work boots and go to the same places every weekend again and again regaling everyone with my stories of backin' it in and 12 o'clock wheelies past 5-O. I'd do stoppies too, but this IS a KLR after all.

Would that make me cool enough? I mean I don't really do any adventures, I just bought the bike b/c I thought I could be like that Obi Wan dude and do my own Long Way Round to Starbucks with the rest of the hip kids?

 

[creech]

Interesting.. I got pestered by a ranger at the 9/35 parking lot last week on the way home from work. I stopped for a smoke while riding my 2001 XR650R Motard, and this agro ranger guy comes rollin' in and parks his jeep in front of my bike about 10 minutes after I'd stopped. I'm off the bike, bike's not even running, and I'm smoking. He then walks around my bike, shining his flashlight into my headlight, tail light and turn signal lenses looking for the DOT labels (which they ALL had). Then he starts giving me some lecture about how "these bikes are technically illegal" blah blah blah... I fired back to him that per the DMV, this 2001 bike is grandfathered into the street conversion and had the proper form 888 on file. All lights, mirror and even my damn plate was correct (yeah I remounted it from it's vertical position I had before). He just was itchin' to get in my face when I'd done absolutely NOTHING. Starts lecturing me about speed, and local people who live here. (Never mind *I* live 1/8 mile off 9...)

Musta been able to tell I was a hooligan by how I smoked...


Isn't Yogi stealin a pic-a-nick basket somewhere?

 

[Carlo]

Ah ya caught me! OK, let me rephrase: I am superior IN MY OPINION to those that choose to engage in childish antics on public roads without having the skill or know how to do so while wearing no gear.

That better?

How's that Capo treating you? Does it run? Sorry, I couldn't resist- just playing around.

Disappointingly, my Capo hasn't suffered any of the issues they complain about on the Aprilia forum. I just keep riding it, changing the oil, and squirting stuff on the chain.

Do you use the same name on advrider? I mostly hang out in the "old skool" area. Sometimes lurk in the PNW regional board so I can find out what's going on.

 

[cydobomb]

My regrets, that was a tad personal.

Just know, that the coppers no longer have it in for squiders exclusively- they bear as much ill-will towards smarmy WASP executive necked limp dicks as a Palestinian does for movie producers.

They are hip to your game! So don't come crying to us the next time the SWAT team drops out of the black choppers onto your Brie nibbling cohorts in Death Valley and cracks 'em one in the yarbles- they have it coming.

This public service announcement has been brought to you by the Coalition of Non-Adventure Riders Against Overpacked Beeyatches with Lawnchairs and Tents.

 

[usndocjaysin]

People are dropping like flies down there. Do you not expect a LEO presence? You didn't get a ticket. Be thankful.

For "running" a stop sign...?

 

[NorCalBusa]

I repeat, where do you come up with this crap? Please stop. You should have said "I don't have a clue as to the truth, but let me share my opinion anyway." Please stop.

It is clear that you:
a) do not understand the definition of 'stop'.
b) do not know what the C.V.C. actually states.
c) do not have any idea (based in reality) of the legal definition of probable cause.

When you pass off your uninformed opinion as fact, you are part of the problem not the solution. Please stop.

Damn, and I thought MM4L's bitch slap was definitive!

 

[mototireguy]

Don't you love it when the authorities are itching to turn the screws only to find out they got nothing on you?

+1 for having your paperwork and equipment in order. So you can say, have a nice day officer, I really must be going now.

 

[cydobomb]

...or, "I'll TAKE the ticket, make it snappy!"

 

[Sane_Man]

Your question is moot because the law clearly implies that departmental policy takes precedence, and I thought I heard that the policy was 3 inches.