Practicing at the Police Motors Cone Pattern Course

Went on a detour ride into a sea of cones.    My rusty attempts on a ST1300P, then the last hoorah was an attempt on my Goldwing

Nice work

Hey how about a race through the cones? You on your Gold Wing, me on this:

[image: Posted Image]

Nice mate, now to try it in the wet:

The 5th gen Police bikes had ABS, even though no civilian version of the 5th gen ever came with it.

Excellent riding though. I tend to take it a little easier in the rain though!!!

Note the reluctor ring on the farside front disc. (bigsize pic)

Also, there is no secondary master cylinder on the LH fork leg, the calipers and discs are different.

[image: Posted Image]

Incredible riding... wow.. note the huge frame sliders.. like a cruiser.. hmmm maybe my bike wou..... naaaaaaaa

Great job!
Looks like your "attempts" were successful. :fing02: :fing02: :fing02:

The rider in the rain must be running Michelin Pilot Road 3s. :tongue:

I'm not sure there's enough "practice" time in the day for me to ever ride like that.
I did do quite a bit of slow turn practice when I first got the VFR.
The VFR had much different handling characteristics than I was used to with my 1985 CB650SC Nighthawk.
After I threw the VFR on it's side three times, I decided I had that maneuver pretty well covered and decided to stop practicing while I still had some fairings left. Only snapped off two mirrors that I was able to have welded and the scuffs in the fairing touched up fairly good.

Do those riders/did you take some training to reach that skill level?

[image: View Post]Veefer800Canuck, on 21 December 2011 - 04:53 AM, said:

Note the reluctor ring on the farside front disc. (bigsize pic)

Also, there is no secondary master cylinder on the LH fork leg, the calipers and discs are different.

Rob, did you notice that bike also has a linkage style shift assembly? I wonder if they're using GP shift?

Ok, I confess, I have signed up for a class, a class through Learn 2 Ride, the ARC-ST program, done in my city
Although I have been riding for 27 years and have about 60,000 miles under my butt, the VFR is way more bike than I have ever had before
The vast majority of my riding was done an an '85 Nighthawk 650, a great bike for sure, but not all that sporty in nature
I have done high-speed driving schools with my cars for 20-years, and I was an instructor for about 13 of those years
And I guess, I'm just smart enough to know, what I don't know...

[image: View Post]CharlesW, on 21 December 2011 - 11:06 PM, said:

The VFR had much different handling characteristics than I was used to with my 1985 CB650SC Nighthawk.
Wow, same exact bike
I sold mine 2-years ago to a collector in Texas, I live in NY, he paid to have it shipped to him
I was sad to see it go, and I was proud to be able to sell it for a crap load more than I bought it for, and that is after putting nearly 48,000 miles on it

ALL ORIGINAL
[image: Posted Image]

I owned a '83 Nighthawk 650 back in the early nineties. They were really nice machines for the period w/hydraulic valve tensioners (no clearance adjustments required), adjustable anti-dive (TRAC) and air adjustments for the front forks, shaft drive, overdrive sixth gear (only 3.6k rpm @ 60 mph) gear position indicator, adjustments for preload & rebound for the rear shocks, etc.

I once took a ~780 mile solo day-ride on mine from my home near Richmond in Chesterfield County, VA to Mt. Rogers recreation area VA and back in one day. (Note: Monk can probably appreciate how far this is on the map. 360 to South Boston, continue through Danville &; Martinsville to the Blue Ridge Parkway intersection at the Meadows of Dan...and beyond.). I remember that when I reached the BRP there were exactly 200 miles showing on the odometer. It was a beautiful day and without giving the matter much thought I said to myself "why not continue to Mt. Rogers-it can't be much further". Big mistake.)

Imagine my surprise when I mounted up for the ride home at ~ 3:30 pm that Saturday afternoon only to realize then that the trip odometer was now registering more than 375 miles (one way)!.

I was a tired puppy by the time I arrived home (after 9 pm) that day. It was a memorable ride though. I put about 25k miles on my Nighthawk over three years before selling it to a neighbor after I purchased my 1994 ST1100. She was a smooth, comfortable and reliable ride.

Smiled to myself about a week ago when I heard that familiar I-4 sound as my neighbor left his driveway on the old girl. After a recent carb cleaning she's still purring like a kitten over 17-years later.

Mine was even midnight blue just like TripleH's. Hey, are these machines becoming collectible? Hmmm might be just the excuse I could use to convince the wife that I should buy mine back from the neighbor!

I paid $950 for mine from the original owner with gummed up carburetors, but less than 7k miles on the clock. As I recall I sold it for $1.1k three years and 25k miles later. Since then I don't think my neighbor has even added another 4k miles to the clock.

Wow.  I don't even ride in the wet.  I definitely need a rider course since it's been 7-8 years since I gave away my babyceptor.  I need much more practice, but I admit, I'm not willing to drop the bike, so I'm probably more timid than I need to be.  I stay well within my limits and find there's lots of fun to be had at that level.

[image: index.php?app=gallery&module=images&section=img_ctrl&img=582] BabyCeptor leaving for LA Album: BabyCeptor - My first bike Uploaded 03 Mar 2012 - 21:33

[image: View Post]realistdreamer, on 27 March 2012 - 02:52 PM, said:

Wow.  I don't even ride in the wet.  I definitely need a rider course since it's been 7-8 years since I gave away my babyceptor.  I need much more practice, but I admit, I'm not willing to drop the bike, so I'm probably more timid than I need to be.  I stay well within my limits and find there's lots of fun to be had at that level.

I too don't ride in the wet, I had one full day ride from hell long ago and I said not again...
I too am not willing to drop the bike, and I ride well, well, well within the limits of the bike
My main reason for taking the class is I have been reading, and I can really see I need to push my skils to a higher level
My motivation is not so I can ride faster, but so I will have a wider safety margin because I will know more and be less intimidated when something comes up and I have to push it harder just to be safe