speeding with confidence
About to fly out to Vegas today so I decided to go out for a ride since it was nice out and get some time alone with my bike before the trip... headed down the interstate in a 60mph zone doing about 80 when a police cruiser pulls up next to me, he smiled, then he punched it. He was gone, no lights, just rolling.... so I went after him just for fun, got up to 120mph and figured I'd chill out (wasn't trying to get a ticket), but I only got close enough to see him up ahead getting off on an exit, so I followed him and pulled up next to him at a stop light... he looked over at me and gave me a thumbs up and smiled, gotta be the coolest cop ever!
addicted
About 25 years ago, I was riding up 91 North, in Vermont, through the mountains, shortly after sunrise, on my KZ1100. It was a beautiful sunny morning, highway was empty, and I was enjoying the ride, cruising along at about 70mph. I run my Spectre without mirrors, (I can't stand the way the bike looks with, "lollipops!"), so I didn't notice the Vermont Highway patrol cop on the Harley Police bike until he pulled up right next to me, on my left. My heart sank; I figured he was pulling me over. Instead, he just looked over at my bike, gave me a thumbs up, and kept cruising right next to me. We kept going like this for about a mile, and then he took it up to 75mph. I followed his lead, and then took it up to 80mph, . He brought his Harley Police Cruiser up to 80 and then, after a mile or so, brought it up to 85mph, (the top speed indicated on my speedometer - Federal regs in the 80ies limited speedometer top speeds to 85mph!). We went back and forth like this for about 10 miles until we were going 90, maybe 95, (I'm estimating, my speedo was pegged), enjoying the morning, flying up a well-paved, empty highway, through the mountains. We rode together for about 20 minutes until he suddenly peeled off, and exited the highway, never to be seen again.
It was a fantastic ride! The only time I've ridden on a public road, (in the USA), at high speed for an extended period of time with absolutely no fear of getting a ticket! I guess I was just lucky. I met up with a cop who just felt like cruising for a while, and the conditions were right.
A once in a lifetime ride.
Elton