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I got a speeding ticket last week. :cussing: First one in 15 years. Usual morning commute affair. Took a route I don't normally take, MC cop speed trap. Got ahead of traffic at a stop light, took off quick on the 650 and bingo!
Anyway, I start looking over the cops bike while he's writing the ticket, a Harley, and I said I liked the BMW better. He agreed. Then he proceeds to tell me how the LAPD, in their infinite wisdom, decided the Harley was the better bike because the brass thought the Honda ST1300 was too powerful, that they were afraid their officers would hurt themselves in various imaginable ways. In effect, they chose a de-tuned bike. The cop wasn't happy about it either. I could tell from his speech.
Well, if you want a cop bike that has everything a MC offers, but not quite the big performance, why not a b650? The cop was impressed when I told him the bike was capable of 100+ mph (not that I knew personally, of course. Hehe) He said the Harley wasn't that fast. And it's automatic; That's got to help during a pursuit.
I doubt any US agency would use a Burgman because we're so hung up on MCs and displacement here. So to our foreign friends, are there any Burgman cop bikes out there? Do you have any pictures? I couldn't find any.
Anyway, I start looking over the cops bike while he's writing the ticket, a Harley, and I said I liked the BMW better. He agreed. Then he proceeds to tell me how the LAPD, in their infinite wisdom, decided the Harley was the better bike because the brass thought the Honda ST1300 was too powerful, that they were afraid their officers would hurt themselves in various imaginable ways. In effect, they chose a de-tuned bike. The cop wasn't happy about it either. I could tell from his speech.
Well, if you want a cop bike that has everything a MC offers, but not quite the big performance, why not a b650? The cop was impressed when I told him the bike was capable of 100+ mph (not that I knew personally, of course. Hehe) He said the Harley wasn't that fast. And it's automatic; That's got to help during a pursuit.
I doubt any US agency would use a Burgman because we're so hung up on MCs and displacement here. So to our foreign friends, are there any Burgman cop bikes out there? Do you have any pictures? I couldn't find any.