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#41 Andy R

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Posted 15 June 2006 - 02:50 pm

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Me'self and Wicky were talkin to two Pan riding officers and they were telling us how they were not allowed to go over 80 (or maybe 85) cos of the weaving problem.....so if you really need to outrun one....87mph should do the trick.

I love the fact that the LHS had all the gizmos/buttons/doohickies on and the RHS was just a marker pen in a little clip for writing stuff on the tank.


There is a wobble at speed. This seems to hit at varying speeds and only seems to happen on dual carriageways and motorways with a slight side wind. It's not difficult to control if you know what you are doing.

Our Pans have had a suspension upgrade, which helps, and our Riding Instructors are working directly with Honda to find the actual cause.

As for speed we were not restricted on the course after the first week. Can't tell you what speed I got up to on a public forum, but you wouldn't outrun me at 85 rotflmmfao.gif

It also sounds like their Pans are equipped differently to ours. We don't have any marker pens and a small panel on the left that controls the lights and matrix.

Can we talk about something else now please? wink.gif
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Posted 15 June 2006 - 03:50 pm

Devon/Cornwall have now ditched the Pan (should that be down(ed) the pan) and now use BMW's. They also mentioned that the instructors who taught them didnt seem to have any issue with the weave/wibble/wobble/jigger at very high speed, I think 140mph was mentioned. Apparently all of the mone made on the pans went back into trying to sort out this problem.

We could change the subject, but its quite an interesting one. The officers we spoke to were very interesing and informative.

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Posted 15 June 2006 - 04:55 pm

QUOTE(dapleb @ Thu 15th Jun 2006, 04:35 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Devon/Cornwall have now ditched the Pan (should that be down(ed) the pan) and now use BMW's. They also mentioned that the instructors who taught them didnt seem to have any issue with the weave/wibble/wobble/jigger at very high speed, I think 140mph was mentioned. Apparently all of the mone made on the pans went back into trying to sort out this problem.

We could change the subject, but its quite an interesting one. The officers we spoke to were very interesing and informative.

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It's Ok, I don't mind talking about it really. I just don't want to be the resident plod of the forum, if you know what I mean huh.gif My job is only a small part of my life.

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#44 wicklamulla

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Posted 15 June 2006 - 05:49 pm

QUOTE(dapleb @ Thu 15th Jun 2006, 04:35 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Devon/Cornwall have now ditched the Pan (should that be down(ed) the pan) and now use BMW's. They also mentioned that the instructors who taught them didnt seem to have any issue with the weave/wibble/wobble/jigger at very high speed, I think 140mph was mentioned. Apparently all of the mone made on the pans went back into trying to sort out this problem.

We could change the subject, but its quite an interesting one. The officers we spoke to were very interesing and informative.

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ya day were noice bhoys. they feckin hated their ST13's though and were full of praise fer the ST11's.

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Posted 15 June 2006 - 05:52 pm

QUOTE(Andy R @ Thu 15th Jun 2006, 11:40 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
It's Ok, I don't mind talking about it really. I just don't want to be the resident plod of the forum, if you know what I mean huh.gif My job is only a small part of my life.



I like the idea of having a resident plod, makes me feel safer.
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#46 ChrisG

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Posted 15 June 2006 - 07:03 pm

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ya day were noice bhoys. they feckin hated their ST13's though and were full of praise fer the ST11's.


Last one I spoke to (admitedly a fair few years ago) preferred the BMW he had before his ST11

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Posted 16 June 2006 - 08:05 am

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I like the idea of having a resident plod, makes me feel safer.


Yeah, community policing is reassuring for us older folks cool.gif

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Posted 16 June 2006 - 09:19 am

QUOTE(stu @ Fri 16th Jun 2006, 08:50 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Yeah, community policing is reassuring for us older folks cool.gif


i got three points and a sixty pund fine thanks to a resident plod.... tried everything
do you know who i am ??? havn't you got anything better to do ?? im great friends with the chief constable you know , and the final one , you only stopped me cos i is black.... RESULT 3 points 60 quid lighter.
Although going home last night in Liverpool there was a police check , pulled in all 4 cars in front of me, and let me continue. that throws out the theory that we only pick on bikers.

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Posted 16 June 2006 - 08:49 pm

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i got three points and a sixty pund fine thanks to a resident plod.... tried everything
do you know who i am ??? havn't you got anything better to do ?? im great friends with the chief constable you know , and the final one , you only stopped me cos i is black.... RESULT 3 points 60 quid lighter.
Although going home last night in Liverpool there was a police check , pulled in all 4 cars in front of me, and let me continue. that throws out the theory that we only pick on bikers.



but is you ??? don't tink we get many non pale types on ere, then again oil never know until i meet some of these ere peeps i suppose.

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Posted 16 June 2006 - 08:53 pm

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but is you ??? don't tink we get many non pale types on ere, then again oil never know until i meet some of these ere peeps i suppose.

But we thought we were all straight for a while, so who's to say, as long as there's no English world cup footballers here tongue.gif

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Posted 17 June 2006 - 04:30 pm

since ages the belgian police force (military, local, national) have used beemers
but since last year they are switching to another make : yamaha FJR1300 ...
the coppers prefer the handling and power of the yam over the beemer, but the mechs are not impressed with the wear and tear!
apparently the FJs arent taking the abuse as well as the beemers
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Posted 19 March 2007 - 01:56 pm

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apparently the FJs arent taking the abuse as well as the beemers


that's because Japanes society is very polite and easily offended rolleyes.gif

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Posted 19 March 2007 - 07:42 pm

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that's because Japanes society is very polite and easily offended rolleyes.gif

How long have you been thining about that one ET?

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Posted 19 March 2007 - 08:36 pm

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How long have you been thining about that one ET?


That is soooo strange

For yonks I #m only getting email notification on a few threads notably

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"the scandanvian thread"

nothing else I've ever posted to shows up


Today however, I'm getting alll sorts of notifications - this thread too...BUT now I notice it was last June 2006!!!!


Weird!

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Posted 19 March 2007 - 09:03 pm

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That is soooo strange

For yonks I #m only getting email notification on a few threads notably

"tyres"

"the scandanvian thread"

nothing else I've ever posted to shows up
Today however, I'm getting alll sorts of notifications - this thread too...BUT now I notice it was last June 2006!!!!
Weird!


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Posted 19 March 2007 - 10:18 pm

And we are getting the Pan Europeans back at the end of the month yahoo.gif Spooky blink.gif
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Posted 19 March 2007 - 11:12 pm

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And we are getting the Pan Europeans back at the end of the month yahoo.gif Spooky blink.gif


I thought you didn't want to talk about them yeahyeahyeah.gif rotflmmfao.gif

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Posted 20 March 2007 - 09:16 am

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I thought you didn't want to talk about them yeahyeahyeah.gif rotflmmfao.gif


Well, I've had a few months off from it rotflmmfao.gif
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