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Motor Position Opening

Rel said:
Come to the 3 day CHP eval course. That will show you were your skillz are.
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If I get the position, pass the training and get off motor probation I most definitely will! I intend on making our motor position more visible and more a part of the community. The last 3-5 years, the spot has really just gone out, done traffic enforcement and gone home. It really didn't work with other local agencies, compete in any events, or do anything else re: awareness or to show other agencies the skillset of said rider.

We got some time before then though. :)
 
Hey, much luck JP. Guess I'll have to be a little less hooliganish up north.
 
jb said:
Hey, much luck JP. Guess I'll have to be a little less hooliganish up north.
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He'll be too busy riding behind tanker trucks admiring his refelection on the new bike.:laughing

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Update:

I was awarded the position and will be pre-training this month. I will be attending the Alameda County Motor School in January and will be assigned to Motor Patrol come February 1st, 2008 through February 1st, 2011.

The next couple steps is setting up my pre-training (trying to get in as much as possible) with the nearby motor units, getting sized/fitted for my gear and getting used to the damn Kawi (for training/school).

I went out last night, during shift, and checked the bikes, made sure they were all in working order and ready for me to practice/ride. Man that got me excited. I'm looking forward to this!
 
Congratulations! Enjoy the ride :teeth

Just keep in mind Sarge will be pestering you to get into the competitions...:thumbup
 
Razel said:
Congratulations! Enjoy the ride :teeth

Just keep in mind Sarge will be pestering you to get into the competitions...:thumbup
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I fully intend on making our motor unit far more visible and a larger part of the county-wide (and state) motor events. The last three motors have really done none of that, they just more or less went to work and went home. Nothing wrong with that, but it didn't really put what they were capable of out there for everyone to see.

First things first though. Pre-training.
 
Awesome! Gratz!

A note about the ElectraGlide and RoadKing. They're both built on the same frame, so they are essentially the same size bike. The only difference you might find in handling the bike is if there are different seats/bars on them.

The KZ1000 is easier to do the excercizes in, too.
 
mnb said:
Awesome! Gratz!

A note about the ElectraGlide and RoadKing. They're both built on the same frame, so they are essentially the same size bike. The only difference you might find in handling the bike is if there are different seats/bars on them.

The KZ1000 is easier to do the excercizes in, too.
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The training bike is the Kawi (both pre and at the school), so I will be using that for the training, definitely.

I really tried to get myself to like the ElectraGlide because of the extra power, the fact that it looks great and it's brand new.... but I can't. I sat on it and the position of the bars / seat just felt akward to me and frankly, uncomfortable.

I hopped on the Road King (mind you, having never ridden a cruiser type bike in my life) and immediately felt 100% more comfortable than I did on the ElectraGlide. So, sadly (or not?), that's what I'll be riding until the electronics on the Road King detonate.
 
Sounds like the way the RK is setup is more suited to your size, etc. I love my RK, although I've had to tweak mine a bit to fit me better (and still need to some more). Should prove to be a fairly comfortable bike to ride all day.

We expect pictures and training reports! So don't let us down! :)
 
mnb said:
Sounds like the way the RK is setup is more suited to your size, etc. I love my RK, although I've had to tweak mine a bit to fit me better (and still need to some more). Should prove to be a fairly comfortable bike to ride all day.

We expect pictures and training reports! So don't let us down! :)
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I won't let ya down! Pictures of me riding (and falling!) are soon to come!
 
Alamda???!!! Come on down to Sac,, Marcus and I will teach you to ride... j/k congratulations,, now if you could just convince your dept. to get a BMW you'd be dialed...

John: You get your app in for Vegas yet???!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
5MARY4 said:
Alamda???!!! Come on down to Sac,, Marcus and I will teach you to ride... j/k congratulations,, now if you could just convince your dept. to get a BMW you'd be dialed...

John: You get your app in for Vegas yet???!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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We looked at them this last go around. It was decided that although the BMW outperformed the HD in every way we required, the BMW was just "too aggressive looking" and thus, the HD it was.

And no, I'm not joking.

Hopefully sometime or another I will get to ride with you guys though, or at least watch you win some more competitions!!
 
antarius said:
We looked at them this last go around. It was decided that although the BMW outperformed the HD in every way we required, the BMW was just "too aggressive looking" and thus, the HD it was.

And no, I'm not joking.
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Ugh. I totally hear that. I have supervisors who do the same thing. Who gives a shit what works best? Cost effective? In extensive use by other agencies?

No. "It looks mean."

People should get fired for thinking like that.:jaded
 
RolnCode3 said:
:mad:mad:mad:mad:mad:mad:mad

Ugh. I totally hear that. I have supervisors who do the same thing. Who gives a shit what works best? Cost effective? In extensive use by other agencies?

No. "It looks mean."

People should get fired for thinking like that.:jaded
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Seriously. IMO, the Harley looks meaner anyway.

On a side note, I did some pre-training last night (during shift). Holy crap, it is so much harder than I expected! I was just doing simple u-turn's (don't know the radius, but it wasn't very big -- not super tight either) inside two cone patterns.

I fell two or three times, felt good to get that out of my system (and felt good to learn how to launch myself to avoid the bike). I just hope the department doesn't get pissed off at me because, well, I'm not afraid to crash that training bike and I ride it as such... the guy pre-training me was saying that's a good thing, but I'm sure the people paying the bills will have something else to say. Near the end of the 1.5 hour "pre-training" session I started to feel more comfortable, or at least started to understand what the inputs I was giving the bike were actually doing.

One thing I was doing that I guess not all people like -- but frankly, it helped me, was lightly rest on the rear brake through the corners. I just felt like I had more control than just using the clutch/engine.

Yes, I know, some schools make you do it without using the brake and that's awesome.... mine will let me use the rear brake, so I kind of feel like I'll go with what feels comfortable at first and keep making it more difficult for myself as time goes on.

Anyhow, sorry for the long winded post... but that was a freakin blast!
 
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