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Horton is a pretty good one.

Nice. Can't tell but depending on the order of pics 2-7 that could be really sweet or hope the guys ok

I agree. I didn't really feel like getting into this one but I figured there would be a couple that would. Lol

Sometimes I feel like going 21 Jump Street in the park on people just because.

Sorry but I hate the Leo bashing that happens on most bike forums.

Pinche' Madre i won't be in Ohio until the 15th. Wish I could.check this out.

^This. Never met a Statie in Ohio that wasnt a total knob. OSHP dont write warnings. At least not that I've hear of.

^This too.

I got a verbal warning for 77 in a 55 a few years ago on 42 between 70 and Plain city. Now you've heard of a warning from a statie.

Don't tint my windows except for what the factory installs, but restrictions on it are really BS. If they are worried about safety they should've picked a different job. Telling us we have to be visible to the world is a violation of our own privacy....

What the F**K do you do for a living?

Who do you call when you get robbed?

Don't tint my windows except for what the factory installs, but restrictions on it are really BS. If they are worried about safety they should've picked a different job. Telling us we have to be visible to the world is a violation of our own privacy....

What the F**K do you do for a living?

Who do you car when you get robbed?

Listen, I respect officers. Like I stated, I have several who are friends. Each told me that they'd never ticket a driver for such an offense as they too think it is bullshit. I roll my windows down immediately so the officer can see me clearly. Had I pulled over, kept the window up until he got up beside me? Sure, I would understand that idea.

Tint laws are really ignorant. I mean, you can spray paint the rear and side glass black and have zero visibility. I could slide my seat all the way back and even with clear windows up front, you'd never see me. Or even the posse of gun toting criminals housed in the back of the van...

Point is that I was pulled over and NEVER given a written warning. If I ever got a written warning, I would have respected that and had the tint pulled.

But, this guy never did the warning and went straight to the ticket.

I understand it is a law. I understand that driving 56 MPH is technically illegal also. But the point is that most (Even in this case) officers aren't going to cite me over tint. I respect them if they want to see what is in the back, I respect that if they want me to be educated in the law and that they recommend me to get it fixed, etc. But, it is like that 56 MPH. I can get pulled over for speeding as a reason to check on my vehicle and do a once over to make sure I am not suspicious. I understand all of that.

But, to see HWP sitting in a medium, chatting to each other and simply looking for a reason to write a ticket? Seems a bit like a waste of government funding, no? I mean, the idea for officers patrolling the freeways and enforcing even speeding is to protect the citizens and to prevent accidents. On their own site, they claim that the reason they patrol and write tickets are explained as:

Is traffic enforcement just another way to raise revenue?

No. The mission of the Patrol is to reduce crashes, deaths, and injuries on the roadways of Ohio. Because of a policy of firm but fair enforcement, Ohio is consistently among the safest of the most populous states.

Ohio State Highway Patrol operations are funded primarily through license plates and driver license fees, so the Patrol receives no benefit from traffic fine money. While the state of Ohio receives some fine money, the majority is retained by the municipality and/or county in which the offense occurred.

Why don’t troopers concentrate on "serious" crimes instead of traffic offenses?

Crime-fighting is designed to protect citizens from threats to life, limb, and property. Traffic crashes, though largely preventable, claim twice as many lives each year as murders. In America in 1996, a person was murdered (on the average) every 27 minutes, while a life was lost in a traffic crash every 13 minutes. And while there was an aggravated assault every 31 seconds, there was also a crash-related injury every nine seconds.

Nobody expects to die in a traffic crash, but thousands do each year. Since traffic crashes can be (and are) prevented by fair and firm traffic enforcement, the enforcement of these laws has a significant effect upon society.

Why enforce speed?

Excessive speed is consistently a leading contributing factor in serious crashes. Since the Patrol's primary mission is to reduce crashes and the accompanying death and injuries, speed enforcement is imperative.

Basically, I WANT them to do these things. I even want them to pull my van over if they think it is suspicious. I want them to do that. But, to ticket for something as trivial as window tint? Wow... They missed the no front license plate. They could have technically measured my vehicle height to see if it was illegal according to Ohio laws. They could have clocked me at 72 MPH which I was traveling, but they were chatting like school girls and saw the tint and saw a chance to write a ticket. Simple as that. Once they saw it was a harmless guy and his 2 year old, they were laughing it up and betting on the %. Again, if it is that laid back and obviously not that serious, why write a ticket? Why not just write a warning?

It just is as simple as some officers are pricks and some are not. This guy being a prick wants me to take it to court and say that the ORC he wrote me up for has zero details to support why he pulled me over.

Now, if the ORC 4501-41-03 is basically a code that falls under the ORC he wrote me up for, I will pay the fine and walk away and figure it is as stated above, a tax to have things the way I want it.

But, these assholes are on a freeway I travel a ton on. He will be looking for my van (easy to spot) and simply give me shit everytime. Then again, if I go to court and fight it, it will make him pissed and he will hammer me the next time also... Of course, if he writes it up wrong again, I will hit it up again and do it all over...

I understand laws. I get them. But, this is silly. This is a deal like a broken tail light and instead of letting the driver know that the safety aspect of not having it fixed right is why he wanted to pull you over and giving a simple warning to get it fixed, he gives a $100 fine to the guy...

Patrol Officers are there to protect and serve. Not sure where this falls, but his approach is shit.

A speeding ticket probably would have cost you more in the long run with insurance. If you feel the speeding ticket is better go to court tell the judge you want the speeding ticket instead and self admit you were speeding.

Exactly. I got a ticket for speeding as I mentioned above. Guy was super cool and super friendly. Speeding is something I understand getting a ticket for. Window tint? It's like getting a ticket for jaywalking on a street that had zero cars on the road. It just doesn't makes sense.

Imagine there were people out there that wanted to kill you for selling KTM's. Then you had to approach people without being able to see them and try to sell them a KTM. Walking up to a car not knowing if a .50cal Barrett is pointed at your dome kinda sux.

You should have solidified his suspicions.. and shot him in the face.

As a LEO not funny and I really hope this is an attempt at sarcasm.

Talk to shopdog and Dtm (hoblick + dtm Brian) see if they will let you squeeze in on their stuff on the 22nd.

I think the jump he did in the video was to make the bike think the key was in the "on" position. I think the third hole would be for the "P" (parking light) position. But I think the newer sportbikes have a more sophisticated ignition set-up.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JRD58qqmRWE

This guy makes it look easy. Lol.

Um, could possibly be the dumbest thing Ive heard in a long time. Any "professional" will will give you the wtf face if you ask for this. 1 excellent way to send ones heart straight into SVT or VT niether of which do I care to deal with on a gun range. 2 the "professional" would lose his or her licence and cards for life. Our licence covers us in the hospital, ER, Squad ect.... not wherever we want. Nor does it cover admin of non medically ness drugs. Refuckingtarded.

I saw it in the movie Pulp Fiction you can just stab someone in the heart with a big ass needle and inject epinefrin (how ever its spelled) and it will fix whatever is wrong with them. Worked for Mia Wallace so it must be true. All the good drug dealers have it just in case. It's kinda like the medical version of duct tape.

Are you hitting the start button or just trying to get it to turn by touching the wires like in the movies? The old 73 cb I had, had the ignition key broke off in the ignition before I bought it so I had to hot wire it and the starter button had to be pushed to get it to start. Try wiring it up so everything powers up then cross the terminals on the starter solinoid. Might work but it also could be set up to not start with out the proper key which means its not going to be cheap to fix.

You had it easy.

http://www.ohioriders.net/showthread.php?t=97570

I'm still not sure that the officer could be 100% identified from the video since you can't see his face since he has sunglasses on and he has not distinct facial features that the video shows. I wouldn't think their's enough proof to positively ID the officer in the video. But still, I don't see how an officer could get in any trouble from the video since they give warnings to people all the time along with tickets so someone could argue whatever they want to but I doubt the officer would get in trouble, but that's my opinion. This really isn't going anywhere though so I'm going to agree to just disagree and call it a day.

Sounds good.

Well of course a defense attorney will try anything to win their case, but I fail to see how the video could in any way hurt the officer, especially when his name isn't revealed.

And OT, but I assume you're a lawyer, marshal, or something along those lines?

If someone recognizes the officer in the video and starts a discrimination suit against the officer and he gets put on leave he may need to cover his time off with his own leave. Or if he gets paid leave for the duration of the trial he won't get any premium pay (overtime, night pay,special duty pay ect.) that he's used to. With the amount of time it can take for a lawsuit to clear up that can really hurt the wallet. It's a tactic used by a lot of attorneys trying to push for a settlement. I saw that a few times while I was a corrections officer in Ohio. Every time the officer ended up getting cleared but it did hurt their wallet. That's just one way it could get the officer.

I had a set from ebay. Most of the holes were off and filled with paint. Each hole was close but each one was off a little bit so it added up and since the fairings tie together one side wouldn't line up. I had to take them off and dremel and file the holes a little bigger. I also had one of the lowers melt from exhaust heat. Luckily my stock lowers were still good and matched. From a distance it was ok but the clear coat was very thin and the paint was chipping away up front after 1 season. I would suggest getting a set of track fairings (shark) to get you through on the track this year. Then save up this winter and get oem for the street. Then since you have a track set you won't have to worry about tearing up you oem fairings.

Well that old broad shouldn't have a license.

You people aren't realizing the several different factors that causes halogen or HID lights to appear like the highs are on or they are misaligned

It may be true that she shouldn't have a license but doesn't mean she won't have one or won't be driving.

With the many factors that cause them to appear like the highs are on maybe they aren't worth pissing people off. Yeah its the riders choice to have them but it pisses other motorists off. It has the potential to cause someone to drive unsafe or become pissed to the point of road rage. Putting the brighter lights on a vehicle that has adequate lighting is a dick move. It obviously is affecting the other drivers. If they feel blinded by it he's going to have to deal with their reactions. You never know when a crazy f**k is going to snap. Just like the redneck tries to kill biker video from awhile ago. Those riders did nothing personally to the guy in the truck and outta nowhere he decides he's going to run them off the road. The I don't care if I piss everyone else off I do what I want attitude is a good way to push a crazy person over the edge. But if your comfortable with the risk by all means do it but don't expect me to feel sorry when an incident happens.

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Dude, they are fucking aligned. that's what I've been trying to say.

The bike is taller than a Camry's window. So, 2" down sometimes hits a mirror, with road vibrations and the bike pitching due to acceleration.

I've already to decided to keep it where it is, anyway. I'm not compromising my normal line of sight for anybody else.

Don't get mad when some old lady goes left of center because she's like a moth staring into your headlight and hits you or your buddy behind you.

Glad your ok man. Good thing you weren't going too much faster.

I've been through the training..And saying Scruit's offense was dangerous is all opinion. Traffic wasn't heavy from what I could tell in the video and he didn't really pose as much of a danger to anyone around him which is likely what an officer would say. But again, it's the officers discretion what to do in every situation and you can argue this reason or that all day long and it probably won't help, maybe a reduced charge by the judge but that's their choice as well. As I said before, you may not like that but that's just how it goes. We could play this "what if" game forever but it won't get anywhere.

Been through the training and actually doing it in real life are 2 different things. . Now I don't deal with traffic violations (just felonies) in my line of work I know that defense attorneys will try anything to get their clients off. It was stated that this video couldn't affect the officer. It going to court would affect him and the tickets he chooses to write. It also sets up the officer for a potential discrimination lawsuit. It doesn't matter if the case is won or lost it will still affect him.

We need pictures or our imagenation wonders...

If these are the girls this is probably more of a cruiser thing, looks like they'd know their way around a HOG.