New Police Motorcycles
 

http://www.theprovince.com/news/cms/...?size=620x400s

170km/hr :ahwow:

WHAT A FUCKING WASTE OF TAX!!!!

If you can do over 170k they can't catch you?

We are way too traffic cop heavy as is, $25k a pop - as a tax payer, I'm not impressed. $300k... That's a lot of money.

would you rather them drive fully equipped chargers, which cost more than 25 a pop? it's actually cheaper this way.

VPD only ride in the spring/summer or year round? Huge factor on its cost effectiveness.

This is why they need to hand out so many of those excessive speeding tickets...

actually, there are very few places that VPD nail excessive speeders, considering their jurisdiction

i guess the BMW R1200RT-P's were too fast for them

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3303/...338a24e29e.jpg

looks like the ones i remember as a kid... they should have gotten something new looking anyway

like the bmws :) which are probably insanely priced as well

r1200 is cheaper, water cooled, shaft drive, way faster, better in every way.

who needs that?

Harley's shouldn't be cop bikes. They're too damn slow for chase vehicles. Mind you, considering the shitty traffic jam Vancouver has, I guess speed isn't that big of a factor.

Should have gone with an R1 instead. :fullofwin:

I don't know why VPD bought Harley...those bikes are expensive, slow, unreliable, heavy, won't handle very well and it just does NOT seem like a logical choice.

American cops prefer Honda.

US Police Officers Start Preferring Honda over Harley Motorcycles

Motorcycle cops prefer switch to Hondas | The Augusta Chronicle

http://s1.cdn.autoevolution.com/imag...es-56299-7.jpg

Ok Arizona cops are using Kawasaki

Arizona Highway Patrol Chooses Helibars Horizon Multi-adjustable Handlebars for its Kawasaki Police Motorcycle - Sport Rider Magazine

http://image.sportrider.com/f/392523...way-patrol.jpg

Reminds me of:

http://www.family-vacation-getaways-...es/8aDumbo.jpg

Yup it's called Marine Way. Where the speed limit (between Victoria & Boundary) somehow is still only 50km/h.

We need less wombles on bikes giving out stupid tickets for people driving, say 70 along sw marine, a 3 lane road with no house exiting onto it

We have it all wrong in this city, there shouldn't be a constant fight between people wanting to act 'normally' and the road police just because our limits are too low, roads not good enough, and drivers not educated enough

Nowhere else has limits as low as here in the western world,

That's one area. And excessive speeders are caught the majority of the time via laser, not following and pacing another vehicle on a bike. Traffic cops get most of their offences via traps. Not chasing people down.

so they spend $$$ on new bikes but what about investing on safety gear like a proper summer jacket

yeah I know... and all the other police depts that went with hondas say they saved a lot of money for a much better and reliable bike.

Yamaha Police bikes from Portland, Oregon.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--nGGKoQEHi...g/s1600/c5.jpg

yeah cause brand new bimmer motorcycles are dime a dozen... have you priced out a bimmer bike lately??? cause i have

that being said i dont understand why they dont just get suzuki v strom 1000's or the new vfr interceptor... it already has the name.

does Benz have some sort of affiliate with a motor bike co? maybe they could've gotten a group deal?

Apparently some HA do as well, but they HAVE to ride Harleys for the image.

I recently met a full patch member while vacationing at a resort. We ended up spending quite a bit of time together (nicest, but one of the scariest looking dudes you would ever meet - taught me to never judge a book by its cover) as his wife and mine got along real well after some drinks at the swim up bar. Turns out he and I got along real well also. He was saying that if he could get away with it, he'd ride a Honda for the reliability. As would other members of his chapter. They simply can't. Have to roll a Harley.