A fundraiser event to generate and donate to the local Ronald McDonold House of Idaho at the High Desert Harley-Davidson Dealership in Meridian Id. Motorpatrol officers from various police agencies around the Boise area help sponsor this event so that riders such as myself have an opportunity to ride with the cops on a course modeled on the drills that they trained on to become a motorpatrol officer. It was a great way to meet and interact with the cops who might be pulling me over, so best to make friends now while I have a chance.
LOL on their license plate frames.
So if you sign a waiver, and have the minimal riding gear and you and your bike is legal, it's an open course. The cops were having just as much fun as the handful of bikes that tried to tackle the course.
Yes, we've seen and probably been in this position before out on the streets. This time, these cops were here to coach and help the riders master the course. At least one cop was stationed at each drill to watch and coach if needed, and to help pick up the bike in the event that there was a drop, and trust me, there were a lot! Including about four cops.
Opps!
There were probably about a 100 bikes at the event, and maybe 10-12 riders who actually went onto the course. I probably was out there the most, at one point I had one cop who activated his lights and he was following me on his Honda ST, like playing follow the leader. He would enter the circle with me, flying W, etc. Needless to say, I could not lose him. Just too bad there was not a picture of that.
You can follow the events picture album on facebook on the link below where there are several pictures of me going through the drills.
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LOL on their license plate frames.
So if you sign a waiver, and have the minimal riding gear and you and your bike is legal, it's an open course. The cops were having just as much fun as the handful of bikes that tried to tackle the course.
Yes, we've seen and probably been in this position before out on the streets. This time, these cops were here to coach and help the riders master the course. At least one cop was stationed at each drill to watch and coach if needed, and to help pick up the bike in the event that there was a drop, and trust me, there were a lot! Including about four cops.
Opps!
There were probably about a 100 bikes at the event, and maybe 10-12 riders who actually went onto the course. I probably was out there the most, at one point I had one cop who activated his lights and he was following me on his Honda ST, like playing follow the leader. He would enter the circle with me, flying W, etc. Needless to say, I could not lose him. Just too bad there was not a picture of that.
You can follow the events picture album on facebook on the link below where there are several pictures of me going through the drills.
MORE PICS:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151473378903848.1073741842.179619413847&type=3
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Interestingly, I watched a few years ago a similiar police motorbike competition/demonstration in Sacramento that included Harley police specials. They scraped around endlessly while the BMW's proved to be much better. And, yeah, I observed a few cops drop. Unfortuanately, the event wasn't open to civilian riders.
