Speeding Tickets

[BlkDrgnZ28]

didn't really read before i voted 12 tickets total in the last 8 years bike and car 12 tickets in the car and 2 warning on my 07 no 08 so sorry

[Bus-ted]

Don't ever flee from the Po-Po. Evading in a vehicle in Texas is a felony. How bad could the ticket be? You could end up like the ZX-9 rider that hit the gas and dusted 5-0. A pickup pulled out in front of him over the next hill, and the resulting crash severed his arm (which doctors were able to re-attach) and vaporized his bike. After accepting the enormous hospital bill, he pled guilty to a felony. Dead men don't ride.

[Hectic]

I swear there's got to be some kind of LEO karma. Every time they fail to get me on my bike they get me twice in my truck. Friggin unbelievable!

Thanks for letting me blow off some steam

[semperfi]

One advantage of being older...(59) is that I have been stopped twice on the Busa, and both times when I took off the helmet & the State Troopers saw the gray hair they did a double take. One of them actually said " Oh, I thought you were just some young kid out here trying to kill himself....you look like you can handle this bike...just slow down.

[halfwit]

i obey speed laws (or"flow of traffic) around town, and i may get a little stupid on the highway, but if they radar me on the highway, i put the de-restrictor to good use.

[warp10]

none yet, knock on wood. I never speed

[Busa_Nick]

I have never gotten a speeding ticket on my 08 busa.
I have gone over 100 MPH many times. If i ever speed over 100 mph and there is a cop on the side of the road that clocked me going over 100 mph, would i pull over? Probably not.
Whats a 100 mph speeding ticket going to get you, well, i would rather not say.

The best thing to do in avoiding a speeding ticket is dont speed, plain and simple.

For those of you who say, well i have a hayabusa, the most powerful bike in the world, i cant control how fast im going, then maby you shouldent have gotten a hayabusa.

It all depends on the speed your talking about, 5-10 mph over the speed limit isent to bad. What it pretty much boils down to is self control and a straight-a-way where there isent many police.

If you are speeding over 100 mph, why pull over, your bike can do close to 200 mph.

The worst thing you can do is run from the cops dude. If you pass a cop going 100mph you shouldn't run you'll just be making things worse.

[Mr Bogus]

I've been sooooo lucky !Never a ticket for speeding.Not bad for 30+ years of revving street bikes. This new Busa is silly fast too!! I swear that stock exhaust helps because I rolled bye 3 coppers speeding this summer, and I don't know if they even seen me!!! Oh well I probably just jinxed myself

a lot to be said about being quiet..... (and fast at the same time)

[greywolf40]

Got my first ticket on my 08 a day after buying it. Was doing laps around a lake on a sunday night at about 2am when NO ONE was there...cop almost caught me doing 120 in a 30...fortunately he just caught me at 55 I have a hard time not rolling it up to 120-150 at least once when I ride it, but usually I'm pretty careful about it and cruise at <10 over. This was my first ticket on a bike in the 6 months I've been riding and my record is pretty clean otherwise.

[MFFJM2]

Just got one last weekend for doing 45 mph in a 35 mph zone on Skyline Drive, in the National Park: $105.00

[motogp08]

Got my first ticket on my 08 a day after buying it. Was doing laps around a lake on a sunday night at about 2am when NO ONE was there...cop almost caught me doing 120 in a 30...fortunately he just caught me at 55 I have a hard time not rolling it up to 120-150 at least once when I ride it, but usually I'm pretty careful about it and cruise at <10 over. This was my first ticket on a bike in the 6 months I've been riding and my record is pretty clean otherwise.

HOLY CRAP! :eh:

[vacivus]

Got one yesterday. 80 on 55. *groans*

[motogp08]

Got one yesterday. 80 on 55. *groans*

Ouch, that hurts. :eh:

[UncleSteve]

I have never gotten a speeding ticket on my 08 busa.
I have gone over 100 MPH many times. If i ever speed over 100 mph and there is a cop on the side of the road that clocked me going over 100 mph, would i pull over? Probably not.
Whats a 100 mph speeding ticket going to get you, well, i would rather not say.

The best thing to do in avoiding a speeding ticket is dont speed, plain and simple.

For those of you who say, well i have a hayabusa, the most powerful bike in the world, i cant control how fast im going, then maby you shouldent have gotten a hayabusa.

It all depends on the speed your talking about, 5-10 mph over the speed limit isent to bad. What it pretty much boils down to is self control and a straight-a-way where there isent many police.

If you are speeding over 100 mph, why pull over, your bike can do close to 200 mph.

1- to 5 years in prison and a felony record is enough reason to stop.
If you have the time and want to lose your job, home, right to vote, own firearms and visit your family a few times a year. Make new friends and maybe a new boyfriend, then I guess it might be worth it to you.

[Chief RoadLoK]

How many received or how many written? Ha!
OK, never had a ticket in my life, but wrote many over 29 years. I can probably count on one hand how many bikers I ticketed though, so there..you can still like me!
Here's a funny but true story from the 70s when many of you probably weren't even around yet.
I was on patrol and passing through a school zone when I met a motorcycle coming toward me. After passing each other, I looked in the mirror and something about the license plate looked bogus. I did a 180 and attempted to stop the guy when he took off at a high rate of speed. He made a turn down a back street and quickly got out of my sight. Being the sharp individual that I was at the time (notice I said "was") I scoured the parking lots and back yards of homes as I cruised down the street. I saw the bike sitting behind a business and a guy running. I caught up with him and found that he was just a young school kid, probably 16 yrs old if I recall. The license plate was fake and he had made it in shop class. I think that stop cost him about 6 tickets but I agreed in court to cut him some slack. He was polite, apologetic and just being a kid. Kind of reminded me about the time I rode a mini-bike down the same highway when I was 13. Hey, we're all human!

[BiggDaddyBusa08]

Havnt had any on my 08,but in my 25 years of driving ive had only 3.
I had 2 speeding tics within 1 year after getting my license Ist one i was 18 yrs old doing 70 in 35. The second came 6 months later doing 53 in a 25. Those were in my car and my last one was 70 in a 55 in my work truck. Knock on wood in the 15 years ive been riding motorcycles i havnt even been pulled over by the cops.

[2006BusaTim]

How many received or how many written? Ha!
OK, never had a ticket in my life, but wrote many over 29 years. I can probably count on one hand how many bikers I ticketed though, so there..you can still like me!
Here's a funny but true story from the 70s when many of you probably weren't even around yet.
I was on patrol and passing through a school zone when I met a motorcycle coming toward me. After passing each other, I looked in the mirror and something about the license plate looked bogus. I did a 180 and attempted to stop the guy when he took off at a high rate of speed. He made a turn down a back street and quickly got out of my sight. Being the sharp individual that I was at the time (notice I said "was") I scoured the parking lots and back yards of homes as I cruised down the street. I saw the bike sitting behind a business and a guy running. I caught up with him and found that he was just a young school kid, probably 16 yrs old if I recall. The license plate was fake and he had made it in shop class. I think that stop cost him about 6 tickets but I agreed in court to cut him some slack. He was polite, apologetic and just being a kid. Kind of reminded me about the time I rode a mini-bike down the same highway when I was 13. Hey, we're all human!

its good to know im not the only officer of the law here!!

[Test_Eng]

Can I change my vote?
65 in a 35 but no points/insurance. lease:

I think the cop was surprised I even pulled over. He wrote it up that I disobeyed a traffic sign so just a fine and off I go. Oh this all happened while I was still on my permit.:11doh:

After he finished writing me up he said that he appreciated that pulled over and that I could have just disappeared within an instant.

[baleibec]

one speeding (just 70 in a 55) one for passing a farm truck on a double line both droped after a donation to the state

[Avenger]

In 44 years of riding I've had probably 10 tickets, all for speeding. None on the Hayabusa, Harley, or Goldwings, but on the BSA 650 Lightning, the Honda 750F, and the Honda 900F. Maybe the Blue/Silver Buse is invisible to the Law...lease: