hayabusa for the guards

agent_smith · 04-09-2008 5:15pm #1

Are the guards testing hayabusa's ?
I remember hearing a while back that the gardai were testing hayabusa's for a specialist unit of motor traffic corp. Is this true, has/have any been spotted !?

Run_to_da_hills · 04-09-2008 8:52pm

agent_smith wrote: »

Are the guards testing hayabusa's ?
I remember hearing a while back that the gardai were testing hayabusa's for a specialist unit of motor traffic corp. Is this true, has/have any been spotted !?

Not a hope unless its a PR stunt, if they did plenty of the bike force would be wearing wooden over coats over a short period. The Pan European is well trusted throughout the world as an excellent Police force bike and I doubt if they would change from them.

Limerick Bandit · 04-09-2008 9:16pm

Would you give them a ferrari as a squad car?

Ronan3345 · 05-09-2008 12:30am

I doubt anyone's sayin they would swap the pan-euro's for hayabusa's. just for a special unit or something.
I'd say it's just a rumour though. I remember hearing the Gaurds were getting BMW M5's for special units. Have never seen any of them.

Interceptor · 05-09-2008 7:02am

They can hardly afford to run the stuff they have. Someone is yanking your chain...

'cptr

nc13 · 05-09-2008 10:12am

Ronan3345 wrote: »

I doubt anyone's sayin they would swap the pan-euro's for hayabusa's. just for a special unit or something.
I'd say it's just a rumour though. I remember hearing the Gaurds were getting BMW M5's for special units. Have never seen any of them.

The were also to get 500cc scooters. They are using BMW's as undercover cars.

paulieeye · 05-09-2008 10:16am

No ferraris but they got this lambo!

view bikes there too:
http://www.ukemergency.co.uk/police/police27.htm

art · 05-09-2008 10:20am

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

Not a hope unless its a PR stunt, if they did plenty of the bike force would be wearing wooden over coats over a short period. The Pan European is well trusted throughout the world as an excellent Police force bike and I doubt if they would change from them.

UK cops switched from Pans to Beemers after one of their riders died in an accident which was put down solely to irregularities in the new Pan's handling. So I wouldn't be surprised if we were switching away from Pans too when new bikes are being bought.

art · 05-09-2008 10:23am

paulieeye wrote: »

No ferraris but they got this lambo!
view bikes there too:
http://www.ukemergency.co.uk/police/police27.htm

Guess which two bike cops arrived in last Monday morning...???

paulieeye · 05-09-2008 10:43am

lol!!

Krusty_Clown · 05-09-2008 10:58am

That last image looks a little camp though! More village people than Hayabusa!

Slaanesh · 05-09-2008 11:07am

Not to mention looking like a photoshop.

bitemybanger · 06-09-2008 5:58pm

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

Not a hope unless its a PR stunt, if they did plenty of the bike force would be wearing wooden over coats over a short period. The Pan European is well trusted throughout the world as an excellent Police force bike and I doubt if they would change from them.

Only about half the bikes in the force are still Pan euros, alot of the newer cop bikes are the new FJR 1300s, alot sportier than the pan euro's and ALOT quicker so watch out next time you try to pull a very fast one pretending like you dont see the blues and twos in the mirror;););)

View Profile · 07-09-2008 4:59pm

Well since the Gardai have Yamaha FJR 1300's, getting a 1300cc suzuki cant be financially out of reach.

Krusty_Clown · 07-09-2008 5:10pm

View Profile wrote: »

Well since the Gardai have Yamaha FJR 1300's, getting a 1300cc suzuki cant be financially out of reach.

Ahh, but paying for those replacement rear tyres every 3,000kms would soon change their minds. :rolleyes:

pirate reject · 12-09-2008 12:40pm

Id imagine paying the insurance after they write off a few of them might change their minds. The real issue is whether they could be trained to use them correctly, unlike their car bound compatriots who after a couple of hours skid school tear off in ignorance thinking that they are suddenly Lewis Hamilton.

As for changing, I know a lot of the UK squads have gone back to their old Pans after handing back the new ones due to the handling problems.

agent_smith · 12-09-2008 1:32pm

I know for a fact that the biker division of the gardai go through a very intensive and rigorous training course. The gardai probably the best trained and advanced riders on the road. Something to be proud of I believe.

gabgab · 15-09-2008 11:27am

They are incredibly well trained, ROSPA etc,

That on top of spending most of their working day on a bike gives them mountains of experience/time on a bike.

bitemybanger · 16-09-2008 7:03pm

The smell of bacon in this thread;);)
They are well trained to sit in bus lanes and behind bus shelters with a radar gun alright.

Limerick Bandit · 16-09-2008 8:41pm

bitemybanger wrote: »

The smell of bacon in this thread;);)
They are well trained to sit in bus lanes and behind bus shelters with a radar gun alright.

Do you drive a bike?
Have you ever drove with these lads?
The smell of bacon is probably coming from your breakfast role!
you seem like someone who has been caught for speeding a few times.

slapper · 16-09-2008 11:12pm

Limerick Bandit wrote: »

Do you drive a bike?
Have you ever drove with these lads?
The smell of bacon is probably coming from your breakfast role!
you seem like someone who has been caught for speeding a few times.

ya i'll agree alot of the lads a spot on and very approachable
and i'd encourage gardai to come on to these forums and give input there is a few on a few other forums and have clear up a few issues that need to be when asked

KTRIC · 17-09-2008 6:36am

If I had a hat I'd take it off to the Bike Gardai. Every experience I've had with them has been great unlike some of their colleagues of the bike-less kind.

I'd love to see them on the Hayabusa, although as far as I know they have a "no pursuit" policy so I don't know when they'd actually use them.

agent_smith · 17-09-2008 9:27am

The reason you are prob smelling bacon OP is because many bikers have had very pleasant experience with biker gardai.
The biker garda have had a number of community relationship building exercises in the last few years... the bike safe (where you are taken out on an assessment driving 'lesson' with a garda), the slow speed manoevering courses that used to be run at joe duffys etc...
I believe these have been extremely positive exercises and benefit both the public and biker gardai themselves.
It is a pity that the 'car' division do not have similar exercises. It would do a lot to help generate community policing.

carsQhere · 17-09-2008 1:25pm

bitemybanger wrote: »

They are well trained to sit in bus lanes and behind bus shelters with a radar gun alright.

They very seldom pull bikers for using the bus lane unless you're acting the eejit. They get proper training, and lots of it. They are good pilots, no question. Shame there just aren't enough of them to nail all the blind mobile phone using lane jumping u-turning breakfast roll eating muppets out there.

Fazer6 · 17-09-2008 2:07pm

+1

slapper · 18-09-2008 10:24pm

carsQhere wrote: »

breakfast roll eating muppets out there.

wats wrong with eating a breakfast roll while driving
isnt that why open faced helmets where invented

KTRIC · 19-09-2008 8:10am

slapper wrote: »

wats wrong with eating a breakfast roll while driving
isnt that why open faced helmets where invented

Ever try it in a full face helmet ?

Thats fun !!

faceman · 19-09-2008 12:46pm

Ive seen the bike corp using BMW bikes a few times around Dublin city centre.

slapper · 21-09-2008 9:59am

KTRIC wrote: »

Ever try it in a full face helmet ?

Thats fun !!

ya chips from mc donaldls

whilst on the moped a few years back and i was dinking from the cup as well:pac::pac::pac:

hayabusa for the guards

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