Ok.

 

It happens.No matter where you are at.Cages or bikes..
Some police just look for a reason to pull you over..Ive been pulled over before (in my cage) because my tailights "looked" to dim..

Ive learned just be nice and deal with it..Some actually give us a break..Got pulled over a month ago on the way to work(says i was doing 79 in a 55--sticking with traffic). But was nice ,no hassles and got off with a 69 in a 55 (anything under 14 over = no points,nothing reported to the dmv ,just a fine)..

 

I was tricked coming into this tread...Bad Title, So i am going to slowly and hit the back button.

 

Here's the only problem I have with that Blue Fox.....Because you are absolutely correct...the plate is mounted "illegaly". When a cop walks up and down a line of bikes and picks..... and randomly chooses....... where and whomto write a ticket...that pretty much blows. Ive worked with a number of law enforcement personnel including California Highway Patrol, and local city cops and sherriff deputies. All these guys were top notch people who wouldput their lives on the line for people like you and me. I've asked them about these very things. The problem is that sportbikes are a huge target because of all the idiots who run around town doing two or three times the speed limit, pulling wheelies, cutting in and out of traffic etc. We all pay the price for that. I'm the most boring guy in the world...I do the speed limit, pay my taxes, productive employed citizen, go to bed at 9:00 o'clock, respect authority, vote, mow my lawn, hold the door open for people, take my kids to little league practice, salute the troops at the 4th of July Parade, and respect any and all law officers. But Dear Lord.....if my one and only indulgence is a Honda Motorcycle and I dont have the proper (insert whatever piece of equipment or mod you want in here). geeeeeeeeeezzzzzzzz give me a break. When you conduct your whole life like "leave it to beaver" and gotta sweat ridin your one and only escape frrom the pressures of the world because your taillight isnt mounted correctly...or license plate is obscured. Well that sucks in my book. But i will go back to your first sentence....its illegal....your right....cant argue that fact....and our nations law enforcement folks are top notch. There should be some compromise here though.......*END RANT*

 

Texas law requires operating turn signals if they were OEM (which basically means 1960 model year and later). You arenot required to ever use them, however. You are required to signal both lane changesand turns(100' before for a turn), but you can do it with hand signals. The "Fail to signal when changing lanes'" is what they usually charge you with when you're weaving in and out of traffic.

 

I was stating Florida. I've been pulled over in my cage lane changing 3 times. That was the only Texas ***** cop I've ever meet. He was young, so I'm sure that was part of it.

 

a friend of mine was pulled over and told to relocate his tag....and it was his last warning. the officer told him that it is now (i live in MD) a automatic 6pt ticket for "concieling identity" if the officers cannot see it clearly.

 

Sounds kinda like nonsense. Look up the law yourself.

 

I can see my tag from where I am sitting. It is pinned to the cork board that is mounted on the wall right in front of me. That is the solution...and I dont stop for cops.

 

well it was after that BIIIIIIG incident on the beltway here where a biker ran from the cops and no one could read his tag and during the pursuit, the police (if i remember correctly) rearended a van and pushed it off the road, killing someone in the van. (biker got away)