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Originally Posted by Lozzo
It takes a rather special kind of idiot to try and outrun police nowadays. It was easier years ago when they only had ground crews, but with choppers in virtually every area and the well honed coordination tactics, stingers and suchlike you don't stand much of a chance.
Back in the day it was relatively easy to outrun the police, because the traffic cars they used weren't really that fast compared to a bike - GSXR1100 vs 2.8 Granada, no contest - also the BMW boxer bikes were slow as hell and didn't handle at all. They've evened the score a bit now, a good police class 1 on a Pan will keep up with a hard ridden R1 and never look like he's trying - their cars ain't slow any more either.
I'd have considered it years ago, but I'd just stop right away now. It ain't worth risking my life to escape a traffic fine and some points.
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totally agree, not worth getting into a chase its way too dangerous.
I had a very mild example but not a chase as such. We have this great twisty dual carriage way nearby and I was ragging a CBR600FS down it at warp 10, knee down on a big left hand sweeper. As I cleared the bend there was this cop car stopped at the side, both occupants stood at the back constructing the camera tripod
.....sink or swim......do I haul the brakes on and skid 200meters to a stop or nail it? yeah nailed it and ran. last I heard of it. I've grown up since then though, way too risky.
these days there would be another cop car 500meters further down the road to catch me!