Cop crack down BH wkend in Cumbria/lakes!

[Anotherbikerbabe]

For all my biking buddies in around Cumbria/Lakes this weekend! Eyes front left and bloody right it would seem..

http://www.cumbriacrack.com/2013/05/01/ ... ay-bikers/

[Miztaziggy]

I don't understand, what's all this about altering your motorbike being illegal?

If that was the case, more than 50% of bikes I see would be illegal for having an aftermarket exhaust....oh that extra 2 bhp it gives you will kill you.

[mattycoops43]

I thought the same thing, in what way is it illegal to alter your bike to make it go faster? As long as insurance know, there is no issue.

I could lose 4 stone, that would make it go a shed load faster, is that illegal?

[VTRDark]

Their talking rubbish because they are on crack.

(:-})

[lloydie]

I could lose 4 stone, that would make it go a shed load faster, is that illegal?

Me too :-)

[Pete.L]

I don't understand, what's all this about altering your motorbike being illegal?

If that was the case, more than 50% of bikes I see would be illegal for having an aftermarket exhaust....oh that extra 2 bhp it gives you will kill you.

I thought the same at first but after reading further I realised they must be talking about Virt. They probably heard he keeps saying the restrictors are going to come out soon and they want to catch him in the act

Pete.l

[thumperslaw]

nice sp-1

[Virt]

I thought the same at first but after reading further I realised they must be talking about Virt. They probably heard he keeps saying the restrictors are going to come out soon and they want to catch him in the act

Pete.l

Oops I never said they'd come out. It's just that they're awfully brittle and putting 13,000 revs on the hornet must be making quite strong of a blast

nice sp-1

That's pretty much all I thought after reading the article too

[Anotherbikerbabe]

I thought the same thing, in what way is it illegal to alter your bike to make it go faster? As long as insurance know, there is no issue.

I could lose 4 stone, that would make it go a shed load faster, is that illegal? I lost more than that, and yep, it does! lol..

[callam_nffc]

and its exactly this "were out to get you" attitude that makes me hate 99% of coppers

Ive met the odd one whos nice, but the large majority are just complete wan*ers, who I wouldn't piss on if they were on fire

[VTRDark]

They are not just public servants they are the enemy and should be treated as such. Yeh you get the odd nice copper mostly the old school ones on the verge of retirement.

(:-})

[benny hedges]

every time you get a pull, insist on them writing you a producer.

make sure you insist they write the reason you've been stopped on the ticket.

just explain you have taken legal advice about police harassment against bikers and this is the procedure.


it may be a slight inconvenience for you but more for them.

if everybody does the same thing the plod at the station will soon get fed up of it and hopefully this ridiculous practice will stop.

fair enough if you are doing something wrong but being stopped and detained for nothing is beyond a joke.



when you consider there are currently over 1100 unsolved murders, and the percentage or reported crimes that result in an arrest (in england & wales) is just 20%, i fail to see how they can justify so many officers being used to target bikers who are just going about their business.

[callam_nffc]

because they want a nice day out in the countryside doing f-all in the sun, why else? lol

[benny hedges]

read this - it's important - print a copy to show the plod WHEN they pull you.

they do not have the right to test or inspect your vehicle at the roadside, though they will probably say they do.

as long as there are no obvious safety defects like a tyre below 1mm.....

READ:

http://www.network.mag-uk.org/documents ... Tests.html

quote:

Road Traffic Act 1988 (c. 52)
SCHEDULE 2
Section 67.
Deferred Tests of Condition of Vehicles
Where the driver is the owner of the vehicle, he may at the time of electing that the test shall be deferred-
specify a period of seven days within which the deferred test is to take place, being a period falling within the next thirty days, disregarding any day on which the vehicle is outside Great Britain, and
require that the deferred test shall take place on premises then specified by him where the test can conveniently be carried out or that it shall take place in such area in England and Wales, being a county district or Greater London, or such area in Scotland, being an islands area or district, as he may specify at that time.
When the driver is not the owner of the vehicle he shall inform the examiner of the name and address of the owner of the vehicle and the owner shall be afforded an opportunity of specifying such a period, and such premises or area.

Where under the preceding provisions of this Schedule a period has been specified within which the deferred test is to be carried out, the time for carrying it out shall be such time within that period as may be notified, being a time not earlier than two days after the giving of the notification.
Where no such period has been specified, the time for the carrying out of the deferred test shall be such time as may be notified, being a time not earlier than seven days after the giving of the notification.
Where premises have been specified under the preceding provisions of this Schedule for the carrying out of the deferred test, and the test can conveniently be carried out on those premises, it must be carried out there.
Where sub-paragraph (3) above does not apply, the place for carrying out the deferred test shall be such place as may be notified with the notification of the time for the carrying out of the test, and where an area has been so specified the place shall be a place in that area.
Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this paragraph, the time and place for the carrying out of the deferred test may be varied by agreement between an authorised examiner and the owner of the vehicle.
In this paragraph-

"notified" means notified in writing to the owner of the vehicle on behalf of the Secretary of State, and

"notification" shall be construed accordingly,

and any notification under this paragraph may be given by post.
The owner of the vehicle must produce it, or secure its production, at the time and place fixed for the carrying out of the deferred test.

References in this Schedule to the owner of a vehicle are references to the owner of the vehicle at the time at which the election is made under section 67(6) of this Act that the test should be deferred.
For the purposes of this Schedule-
subject to sub-paragraph (b) below, if at the time at which that election is made the vehicle is in the possession of a person under a hire-purchase agreement or hiring agreement, that person shall be deemed to be the owner of the vehicle to the exclusion of any other person,
if at that time the vehicle is being used under an international circulation permit, the person to whom the permit was issued shall be deemed to be the owner of the vehicle to the exclusion of any other person.


*so basically, if stopped at the roadside and they want to look at your bike, stop them immediately, produce this article from section 67 of the road traffic act 1988 and state you are demanding a deferred test.
name a place, your garage for example, or the top floor of a multistorey carpark where they have to pay to get in, and specify a vague time, some time in the next 30 days.

they have to comply.

im sure that will be pretty inconvenient for cumbria police if they have to drive 100 miles each way to have a look at my bike. they made the fkin law, but it applies equally to them as well

PLEASE SHARE THIS INFO WITH AS MANY FELLOW BIKERS AS POSSIBLE!!!

[seb421]

Bobby Dazaler that Martin,

so when they try to measure my plate i can say whoaaaaaa hold your horses? and then get them to arrange a date to do so with me? and in the meantime i can re fit a bigger one? one currently on came like this from the dealer and its an inch smaller either way