Bike Parking

[steveCBR11XX]

In the cat tray liner this week (MCN) made me chuckle, teach them to race for donuts :D:D

The parking blunder could cost up to £5000
Ouch! Cop’s parking ****-up could cost £5,000

By Steve Farrell -

General news

03 August 2009 15:13

They’re supposed to be the best riders on the road, trained to the highest possible standard to deal with any eventuality.

But judging by this picture, taken at Scotland Yard, parking isn’t covered.

The five bikes dominoed causing thousands of pounds worth of damage after an officer “slipped while putting his stand down,” according to a police source.

The BMWs are laden with expensive panniers and easily damaged police extras such as sirens.

A mechanic at a main BMW dealer said the repair bill could top £5,000. He said the two yellow and blue R1200RTs could have suffered £1,800 worth of damage each thanks to landing on their drive-shafts while the three white R1100RTs could cost £600 each to fix.

“If it’s damaged the final drive that’s going to be £900 for that alone,” he said.

“Undoubtedly the sirens will be damaged and those are £250 each.”

Other likely damaged parts include fairing, foot-pegs, handlebars, bar levers and crash bars.

The handlebar of one R1200RT appears to have punched a hole in the fairing of the bike next to it. A broken-off mirror can be seen lying on the ground next to another bike.

The Metropolitan Police has so far failed to comment.
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[RobC]

They do park very close to each other anyway!!!Can you imagine if that happened at a BM or Aces meet…

[anne-marie]

ask rioting rob he seems to know a lot about this sort of thing up bm:w00t:

[GoF]

When I did my training for police riding, I broke 7 BMW’s.
2x pannier damage
2x blown engine
1x electrical failure
1x brakes failure
1x oil leak

I managed to knock down 5 bikes similar to the photo, but I only broke one of the blue lights.

[me_groovy]

bet they still passed you though

[GoF]

me_groovy (05/08/2009)

bet they still passed you though

Of course!

And since then I’ve cooked the brakes on one (turns out to have needed a manufactures recall).

I have a near spill too, but you can’t blame me for a tyre blowing out at 120mph.

[oldguy]

Good to see a fine old tradition contiues.

A mate a while back, wrote off two Rovers while doing persuit training and almost immediately after qualifying, wrote off a BMW car.

He retired a couple of years back as a Chief Inspector.

[appletwist]

Would it be difficult to get a as a police office on a bike?Sounds like a good job…

[Suzuki_angel]

appletwist (06/08/2009)

Would it be difficult to get a as a police office on a bike?Sounds like a good job…

Not if you’re the one on the A12 on the way to chelmsford… heard he does every biker that goes past speeding:w00t:

[Roadrunner]

Here’s a better picture, taken by one of our very own members, on scene!

Although, I’m pretty sure this happened at Hendon… :ermm:

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[GoF]

Roadrunner (06/08/2009)

Here’s a better picture, taken by one of our very own members, on scene!

Although, I’m pretty sure this happened at Hendon… :ermm:

Doesn’t look like Hendon… they have an indoor motor pool and very little outdoor parking… And the record at Hendon was 13 bikes on a domino run… that guy however did not pass the course. lol!

[Roadrunner]

GoF (07/08/2009)

Roadrunner (06/08/2009)

Here’s a better picture, taken by one of our very own members, on scene!

Although, I’m pretty sure this happened at Hendon… :ermm:

Doesn’t look like Hendon… they have an indoor motor pool and very little outdoor parking… And the record at Hendon was 13 bikes on a domino run… that guy however did not pass the course. lol!

I’m pretty sure the guy who took the photo said it was at Hendon. He was there to help recover them. It looks like it could be next to the south entrance to the garages at Hendon… :unsure:

Ah, who cares?!?!? It’s a great picture anyway! :w00t:

[Kevsta]

GoF (05/08/2009)

me_groovy (05/08/2009)

bet they still passed you though

Of course!

And since then I’ve cooked the brakes on one (turns out to have needed a manufactures recall).

I have a near spill too, but you can’t blame me for a tyre blowing out at 120mph.

I bet that made you suck the seat up.:w00t:

[GoF]

Kevsta (08/08/2009)

GoF (05/08/2009)

me_groovy (05/08/2009)

bet they still passed you though

Of course!

And since then I’ve cooked the brakes on one (turns out to have needed a manufactures recall).

I have a near spill too, but you can’t blame me for a tyre blowing out at 120mph.

I bet that made you suck the seat up.:w00t:

It was too fast to shlt myself, I did however climb all over the handle bars and attempt to ‘love’ the front wheel as I missed an artic and a roundabout. lol!

[GoF]

Me after killing Bike number 4…

And that bike was clean when I started out that day! lol!

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[Jamesy_D]

Bah, that’s nothing.

When testing the BMW F 800 GS for rural forces, my dad was about 110mph on an A-road when the car he was about to overtake turned right without indicating. Dad pulls in the brakes, and manages to do a full stoppee on a bike with about 40% rear-end bias. And I mean standing on the front wheel.
Came back down, wrecked the rear wheel, front wheel, the (custom for that test) panniers, the siren, the final drive, the headlights, the blues and his (Carbon-fiber, mid-evaluation) helmet. I think the total was around £8,000 of damage. But BMW footed the bill because their ABS had failed and locked the front wheel.

This is after throwing one of the big beasts around the skid pad at Hendon when doing a car/bike chase demo. And the bike going into the back of the car…

I’m sort of glad he works in an office these days.