Police Problems.......
Im in the central west (NSW) and I think the cops out this way have got nothing better to do than harass me!!
The first couple months of riding were sweet, I'd been pulled over and or breath tested several times no problems, most of the time they wouldnt even bother stopping me
Then one night, I gets pulled over by the highway patrol, said they clocked me doing 61kph, they took heaps of happy snaps of my bike + close ups of the engine (ht), said they were going to do some homework on the engine, aprox. power displacement and what not (200 watt limit) and told me to be expecting a court attendance notice in the post in the near future. Couple weeks later I got $2000 worth of fines in the mail..........unlicensed, unregistered and uninsured.
I believe that if I wasnt traveling so fast I they wouldnt have even looked at me.
Now adays I just putt around (always pedaling also) if im riding around town, and if I spot the fuzz I just kill the engine and act casual like im not breaking the law!!!
I rode around western Sydney every day for 6 months before I moved back out here and never got pulled over once.
Im contemplating going electric very soon, but the only thing I dont like about it is the
limited range.
Or getting a RSE friction drive kit and running a pocket bike engine, theory being that the
y are a lot smaller than the ht engine, (especially the head + fins) so would be easier to pass off as a smaller cc'ed engine thus puts out less power??
Any thoughts on this would be appreciated!!