What have you done to get points on your bike?
 

I was just reading about getting points on your bike, and think that I'm probably being a bit niave on with my ignorance to the law. I tend to ride my bike to my perceived safety without any real regard for the law.

Basically it seems a lot harder to get points on your bike than in a car. My main fear in the car was the mobile speed cameras, but as they're forward facing they're now no danger.

I know where all the fixed cameras are locally.

So that leaves coppers with their guns, which apparently are hard to get a reading from on a bike?

And unmarked police cars that you may overtake or be followed by, which seems unlikely.

How have you all got points on your bikes, and what did you get for doing what?

Re: What have you done to get points on your bike?
 

......bites tongue......

Re: What have you done to get points on your bike?
 

why do unmarked police cars seem unlikely?

i see bikers pulled over by unmarked cars all the time!

Re: What have you done to get points on your bike?
 

It's probably just as easy to get points on your license from a bike as it is in a car. I've not had any points for speeding in a car but got 3 points on my bike from a copper with a handheld gun

Re: What have you done to get points on your bike?
 

Oh and a narrow escape after being pulled on my bike after a mad 10 mins riding :oops:

Re: What have you done to get points on your bike?
 

its not big and its not funny to get points.
Which is why I don't have any. And I don't try to get any either

Re: What have you done to get points on your bike?
 

SP30 - 3 point 60 quid fine. Which was 38 in a 30
SP30 - 4 points 300 quid fine. Which was 99.1 2-up in a 70.
SP30 - 5 points 500 quid fine. Which was 97.5 2-up in a 70.

Re: What have you done to get points on your bike?
 

Three points - 54mph on the back wheel accelerating up what used to be a 60mph dual carriage way (it changed to 40mph over the weekend and i didn't take note of the sign).

Re: What have you done to get points on your bike?
 

CD10 7 points and £450 fine after I crashed my bike, which slid down the road and hit an on-coming car.

Re: What have you done to get points on your bike?
 

All I have is an SP30 - 6 points, 102 on a NSL dual carriageway in a car. I'd of almost certainly gotten away with this on the bike. I've also "avoided" an SP30 and 3 points at least 3 times on a bike. So I'd say, yes, it is easier to "get away with it" on a bike, especially when you factor in the ratio of mileage I do car:bike is about 5:1.

I'm no hooligan; IAM and more interested in tourers than sportsbikes. I ride longish distances regularly and use by bike 95% for work/commuting and only 5% for pleasure these days. Like yourself, I tend to be more concerned about riding my bike safely than legally and when I am in situations where an illegal manouvere is safer than the legal alternative, I won't even think twice about doing it.