CIMMA Run.
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chrisk
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Only downside was getting done for 130 in 110 zone
I went past an area (Murchison East Vic) a couple of weeks ago where I got done on the Jota, 20kph over in a 100 zone one night.
No mirrors on that bike, but the red and blue lighting in the roadside trees was a dead giveaway.
I didn’t whinge too much, they’d clocked me hiding in the bushes, just after I’d backed off
Always interested in the method used, Tom. Their tactics change every now and then. I passed a Mobile Camera Car on Bobbin Head Rd heading to the previous NSW ride on the 50 kph zone there. Found it hard to believe how many signs they use now. The first sign was 300m before the car, the second was 100m and the 3rd was on the car roof. If you missed all that, you deserve a fine for driving blind. Happy to see there's way less sneaky behaviour these days.
chrisk
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Not so long ago I was overtaken by a white tradie Ute, complete with ladder racks and ladders, south of Ballina.
From my trucks vantage point I could clearly see two cops inside.
Not far away the ladder racks lit up like a red and blue Xmas tree, pulling up a car so the driver could be awarded for whatever they were doing wrong.
Less sneaky …. nah, just more candid.
piranha-bro2
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Bloody hell! No warning here in Vic - just put 'em wherever they'll catch you out.
As for being rolled for law breaking, I was totally stunned while driving home from Hookseys today when two kids overtook me (couldn't have been more than 14-15) black hoodies, black helmets, riding (black!) fukn electric off-road bikes, zero number plates, zero lights .. but the best part was they travelled probably 10km on very busy main roads before I lost sight of them disappearing ahead. We're talking 6-lane major suburban semi-highways with a 70kph speed limit, and these bikes were doing well over that). One of them spent more time on his back wheel (on one leg, riding side-saddle!) for probably 500m at a time, They kept missing lights - which is why I kept sight of them - then speeding off like maniacs. They even dragged off a P-plater on a Kwaka 300 thing.
Basically travelled across bloody town without giving a rat's that they stood out like canine's Jatz Crackers. No doubt if any cop had seen them they would have bolted and done crazy dangerous shit to avoid capture - the audacity just blew me away. There's a lot of talk ATM about lawless youth - we used to misbehave - ride our minibikes in parks and occasionally on little quiet suburban streets in our immediate neighbourhoob, but this was just bullshit 'I can go anywhere I fukn want, come and get me copper!' kinda stuff.
What I don't understand is how these bikes are being sold - any dirt (motor)bike ridden off main roads has to be registered, so who's importing and selling these electric bikes and why is there no record of them??? AFAIC every one of them should be a reportable import - in the same league as illegal cigarettes.
As for being rolled for law breaking, I was totally stunned while driving home from Hookseys today when two kids overtook me (couldn't have been more than 14-15) black hoodies, black helmets, riding (black!) fukn electric off-road bikes, zero number plates, zero lights .. but the best part was they travelled probably 10km on very busy main roads before I lost sight of them disappearing ahead. We're talking 6-lane major suburban semi-highways with a 70kph speed limit, and these bikes were doing well over that). One of them spent more time on his back wheel (on one leg, riding side-saddle!) for probably 500m at a time, They kept missing lights - which is why I kept sight of them - then speeding off like maniacs. They even dragged off a P-plater on a Kwaka 300 thing.
Basically travelled across bloody town without giving a rat's that they stood out like canine's Jatz Crackers. No doubt if any cop had seen them they would have bolted and done crazy dangerous shit to avoid capture - the audacity just blew me away. There's a lot of talk ATM about lawless youth - we used to misbehave - ride our minibikes in parks and occasionally on little quiet suburban streets in our immediate neighbourhoob, but this was just bullshit 'I can go anywhere I fukn want, come and get me copper!' kinda stuff.
What I don't understand is how these bikes are being sold - any dirt (motor)bike ridden off main roads has to be registered, so who's importing and selling these electric bikes and why is there no record of them??? AFAIC every one of them should be a reportable import - in the same league as illegal cigarettes.
Andy J
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3 of my Viking chums got done for speeding “at up to 75mph” in one of the temporary 50 mph speed limit areas introduced on the TT course for the Manx GP/Classic TT. They were followed by an unmarked police bike for probably quite some distance before being pulled over by a road side uniformed copper in Kirk Michael and issued with tickets.
The ‘leading rider’, whose fault it was they all got nicked, tried arguing he had never exceeded 60mph, which may have been true, but the ‘following riders’ obviously had to go faster to keep up, so they were all done for the speed of the quickest in the group. The guy at the back, who may well have being doing up to 75 at some point, inquired of the copper if the fine “was for the Christmas table”, which apparently happens in Norway, and was told, with a wry smile, that they didn’t get to keep a penny.
They now have 3 points on their notional ‘Manx’ driving licence and had to pay a £120 fine, which is based on a sliding scale. If they had been going a few mph more they would have been in court and would probably have received a heavier punishment.
Although a nuisance, in many ways, they saw it as a ‘cheap’ souvenir of their trip. Apparently if they had been nicked for doing the same back home it would have been a £2000 fine and a possible ban.
The only issue is they were all riding bikes registered to me so I’m now associated with known criminals!
It’ll also probably mean higher insurance premiums when they borrow the bikes at any time in the next 5 years.
The ‘leading rider’, whose fault it was they all got nicked, tried arguing he had never exceeded 60mph, which may have been true, but the ‘following riders’ obviously had to go faster to keep up, so they were all done for the speed of the quickest in the group. The guy at the back, who may well have being doing up to 75 at some point, inquired of the copper if the fine “was for the Christmas table”, which apparently happens in Norway, and was told, with a wry smile, that they didn’t get to keep a penny.
They now have 3 points on their notional ‘Manx’ driving licence and had to pay a £120 fine, which is based on a sliding scale. If they had been going a few mph more they would have been in court and would probably have received a heavier punishment.
Although a nuisance, in many ways, they saw it as a ‘cheap’ souvenir of their trip. Apparently if they had been nicked for doing the same back home it would have been a £2000 fine and a possible ban.
The only issue is they were all riding bikes registered to me so I’m now associated with known criminals!
It’ll also probably mean higher insurance premiums when they borrow the bikes at any time in the next 5 years.
The Cops just did a blitz on the Northern Beaches of Sydney, confiscating a lot of fiddled-with electric bikes. The fiddling ups the power well byond as delived spec. It's illegal to up the power; get caught and byb byb bike. I am a bit perplexed; I like the ideal concept of kids having fun, but there have to be limits. Maybe a licence and number plate system, na just crush them. BTW, I wish we had a couple of hundred-dollar fines; here it's
- 10 km/h or under: ~$149 fine and 1 demerit point.
- 10 to 20 km/h over: ~$334 to $592 fine (depending on specific index adjustments) and 3 demerit points.
- 20 to 30 km/h over: ~$574 to $738 fine and 4 to 5 demerit points.
- 30 to 45 km/h over: ~$1,097 to $1,774 fine, 5 demerit points, and potential
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lavgert
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Wooow Tom, the DB1 and the Morini 500 Camel first series are very rare bikes. Ciao, Gert
chrisk
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piranha-bro2
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DB1 be Batto's, Tommy?
breganzane
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Quite a few DB1's in Oz, most of them came to Oz or Japan. I always thought they were much more common than they are, I think only ~400 made. Part of that might have been because there was one in our garage for some years, Dad buying it in 1990 and selling in ~2000. Got me into Bimotas, both the pleasure and the pain. 
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I've never had anything to do with Bimotas. But from looking at a couple close up at rallies and other events, it appears to me that they'd be a pain in the arse to work on. It looks like there'd be half an hour disassembling the bodywork before you can even get a look at the engine. No thanks, I prefer my bikes and women the same way - naked.
Gawd, I must be turning into a dirty old man. I think I just did a Chrisk joke.
Gawd, I must be turning into a dirty old man. I think I just did a Chrisk joke.
breganzane
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The DB1 was super-easy to get the bodywork off, it was beautifully executed, could be done in <5 minutes easily. Everything else however... the bike was so tiny that removing anything requires removing half a dozen other things.
The Bims with the single piece fairing, like my YB8, are a genuine nightmare though, but the seat/tank unit comes off in seconds and a lot of stuff can be done with the fairing left on or just dropped down. I have a long-running project to slice that fairing and have a belly pan but with good original paint I can't bring myself to do it. But yeah, like a lot of other beautiful things, they can be a pain in the arse!
I remember that Bimota day at Oran, my Dad went to it. IIRC it was during the very first week of my apprenticeship and I felt that taking a day off would look like poor form. Ian Gowanloch was a lot to do with the success of the brand here at that time. Gowie and also Bob Brown raced the DB1 a lot and it could be turned into quite the track weapon relative to what was around then.
The Bims with the single piece fairing, like my YB8, are a genuine nightmare though, but the seat/tank unit comes off in seconds and a lot of stuff can be done with the fairing left on or just dropped down. I have a long-running project to slice that fairing and have a belly pan but with good original paint I can't bring myself to do it. But yeah, like a lot of other beautiful things, they can be a pain in the arse!
I remember that Bimota day at Oran, my Dad went to it. IIRC it was during the very first week of my apprenticeship and I felt that taking a day off would look like poor form. Ian Gowanloch was a lot to do with the success of the brand here at that time. Gowie and also Bob Brown raced the DB1 a lot and it could be turned into quite the track weapon relative to what was around then.
I also remember reading a racing setup review in a magazine, I think, from a Bathurst event where they were having fuel delivery issues. I was absolutely smitten with them; very sexy bike. The mate who was at that Oran Park event got an invite because he owned an F1 750 Pantah at the time, and he had added all the go faster bits too. It ended at near eniough to Montjuïc, the Laguna Seca, and the Santamonica. spec. Cost him a fortune and completely spoiled the day-to-day rideability. He had deep pockets, so I guess they saw a sale
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piranha-bro2
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It's always such a piss off when they spring you, Tom. If only they knew what we get up to when they AREN'T around!
And the guy I know from the local IGA sold his GSX-R1300 ... bought a BMW - I assumed 'car' because he realised he isn't really the rider type and had bitten off way more than he could chew - but no, he traded it for an S1000RR!!! FFS.
And the guy I know from the local IGA sold his GSX-R1300 ... bought a BMW - I assumed 'car' because he realised he isn't really the rider type and had bitten off way more than he could chew - but no, he traded it for an S1000RR!!! FFS.
Bloody Hume, I have a rule to never go over 118 kph in the 110 zones. It works great as its not worth there effit, plus you can beg you error as a small mistake, but every year heading home from the Snowy Ride on the Hume Expressway from as far as Yass its a 6-hour trip and so boring, so by the time I am past Goulburn, I am so over it I usually end up around 125 and more. It's pure luck I haven't been done, even though everybody else around me is doing similar.