Ha,... I've ditched the cops on street bikes on several occasions in my youth.. First time I was riding this (my buddy was too) a 1988 YSR 50cc.
I went to HS in Irvine (Woodbridge class of '90) and we used to scream these little rockets on residential streets late night all tuned up.. well on a main street Mr. Law lights us up and me and my buddy gave each other the 'nod' and took off .. quickly got on sidewalks and it wasn't hard to ditch him and we were smart, took all the little sidewalks right back to his pad and hid them in the garage. We were skateboarders during those years (before they put the anti skateboarding stuff on stairs, etc.) and it was the GREATEST place. The whole neighborhood inside Yale loop was brand new. First city I'd ever seen with no street power lines (all underground) and there wasn't so much as a crack in any of the sidewalks.. so I digress...
Another time I was riding a '78KFX 750 which we had converted to a cafe racer. No pictures, but mine was orange and we did put a little handle bar faring on it. Air cooled. I loved pulling up to expensive street cars and blowing their doors off with ease as most motorcycles (even old ones can do).. heck you're just strapped to a motor and 2 wheels, right? Anyhow, for this one, I was about 19 years old down on Newport Blvd. Traffic was dead stopped at a light and I was splitting lanes at 70mph. That's a big 'No No' as the law states in California you can split lanes no faster that 10mph above traffic's speed, so long as you are not exceeding the posted speed limit. So technically, I was only supposed to be doing 10mph.
Anyhow, on this one a motorcycle cop going the other direction saw me screaming buy and I could see him flip a bitch and his lights go on, well I make a quick study of him, BUT I didn't park and hide my bike. So about 15 minutes and maybe 5-10 miles away, a BUNCH of Leo's found me at another light... I was 'surrounded' and figured I was in deep, too late to bail, so I pulled over. Cop was SCREAMING at me.. he pulled my keys from the ignition and through them in the gutter, cuffed me, balled me out.. I was released with a misdemeanor ticket for reckless driving, going 70mph in a '10mph' zone, since that's the rule. Anyhow that ticket was $775.00 back in like 1991.
Told the judge I couldn't pay it and they assigned me to 4 days community service. Being a young pot-head, I kept going back to court having not completed the service. Last court date, judge says, 'next time you come it, it will be 4 days in jail if you haven't completed it.' Well sure enough, I didn't so around 9 am on the final court date, Judge says, 'OK 4 days in the county jail, when do you want to go?' I said,.. How about now, so the cuffed me and I spent most of the day in the holding cell under the court house with some SERIOUSLY scary dudes (awaiting their murder trial, etc.). Anyhow, got to ride the jail bus to Santa Ana Main, shower and delouse, etc. About midnight I get a bunk, lie down and was woken up around 3am that same night and cut loose (overcrowding). Needless to say, it was a more fun experience (and shorter) than doing 'landscaping' in the summer for 4 days.
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All the other times I bailed,... maybe 3-4.. I made sure to 'hide the bike' immediately and get out of dodge before they had time to get back-up and find me. Bike was always where I ditched it (usually put under trees or bushes, etc. careful not to have the hot motor or pipe on vegetation as I didn't want my bike to burn up).
Wild times... and one heck of a long read. .. I can type as fast as I can talk :rofl:
Y'all have a GREAT weekend!... On Sunday I'll be on a jet plane bound for Kauai for 2 weeks.
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