POLICE MOTORBIKE 'POSES SERIOUS RISK TO OFFICERS'

Sanjøy · Post by **Sanjøy** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 10:20 pm

http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/News/ ... =EPI-90842
By Tom Rayner

Consumer news

27 April 2007 17:34

A coroner speaking at the inquest of a deceased police motorcyclist says that Honda Pan Europeans pose a â€œserious and continualâ€

Skyenet · Post by **Skyenet** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 10:29 pm

In the late 70's I had a Honda 400 Four which went into a high speed weave as I approached the Forth Road Bridge. I ended up bouncing up the road with the bike a few feet behind me. Somehow I got up and walked away from it with only a broken rib. The lorry driver who was travelling behind me was sure I was a goner. Didn't have any of the protective kit that motorcyclists now have. A few other 400 fours also suffered from high speed weaves after being fitted with TT100 tyres. A high speed weave on a motorbike is a very scary experience

Sanjøy · Post by **Sanjøy** » Tue May 15, 2007 8:05 pm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/6657709.stm