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BARFERs I was reading a thread on another forum and a safetycrat who is also a motorcycle rider classified motorcycle riders as "vulnerable roadway users." I for one do not feel like a vulnerable roadway user. In fact I feel just the opposite. I feel safer on two wheels than in four. When I am...

My son-in-law is an NHP motor who just got his new 2014 HD and gave up his BMW. A month ago when he got the motor he brought it by the house and showed me. He said it was a great back for enforcement back then... Talked to him yesterday... the thrill is gone and he wants his BMW back. Takes him...

At the beggining of the week The Budman posted a thread about the need to get together in order to protect our rights as riders and to do what we can to make safety for riders a priority in this state. I agree with him and support this cause 100% Considering the following, from the NHTSA FARS...

I did the search and the treads for this were 4-8 years old and I have different question, It was my understanding that a number of years back the Funeral Escorts were not suppose to wear a uniform consistent with any Law Enforcement Agency. I pickup one on my tail today from the 160 bridge...

Mods, if this is the wrong forum please move. But I am looking for solid feed back on this topic and I can't think of a better place for a discussion. I have been kicking this around in my head for a while. I completely understand the need for the high level of training for motor-officers. I...

Maybe this isn't the place for this, but I just found this in the Reno Gazette Journal. http://www.rgj.com/viewart/20130820/NEWS07/308200030/2nd-death-Vegas-crash-killed-CHP-officer This is very sad news and my condolances to the CHP and the officers families.

Hey I thought Rel moved on to other pastures and we had another moderator here in the LEO forum.... what gives, the new moderator have to do a 4 month FTO program with Rel before he can take over? Just checking.....:teeth

Hey all, I will admit up front that I am not an off-roader, but I do take rider rights of all riders very, very seriously. I am an AMA Member, MRF member and a CA ABATE member. My luck in working the the national rights organizations has not been too good. Simply put they are too busy for...

In order for other states to allow lane sharing there is going to have to be some kind of law allowing it and/or overriding an existing law that doesn't allow lane sharing. A friend of mine got a hold of me asked for info because there are a few states that are looking to write a lane sharing...

A question for the LEOs/Motors, Would a back support help during patrol/saddle time in the work day. Long story short, saw reviews in Motorcycle Consumer News, did 1500 miles in 3 days to Washington and back. Wore a back support over the ride and was less fatigued then when I do the 1000 mile...

A friend of mine has a metric cruiser that gets front tire cupping after a few thousand miles of use. He has changed out everything that he can and used different tires, but the all cup. He has looked at a couple of forums and others with his make and model of mc have had the same problem. Any...

Since the Budman understands the importance of MROs I thought I would post this link to an ATGATT video I found, it is an interesting story. http://vimeo.com/22897515 I got this from the MRF (Motorcycle Riders Foundation) Bi-Monthly report. The MRF is a freedom of choice MRO, I thought it was...

Reading the July 2012 issue of ThunderPress and saw a very good write up about the motorcycle rider safety efforts done by Livermore PD and our own moderator, Silversvs. My good friend is the state safety officer for ABATE, which gives him eyes all over the state, and what he found out was that...

First, don’t shoot the messenger; I am just passing along the info. My brother flies a PD helicopter in So Cal and he is still good friends with the retired collision reconstructionist from the PD. Apparently this recon has a lot of experience, training, a couple of degrees, has done rider...

I guess budgets are getting tough when you start seeing PD combine major positions. Imagine my surprise when I got home last night turned on the late news and the Livermore PIO on the news talking about a man with a gun at a school was none-other than a certain Livermore Motor-Sgt. :mm4l that...

I need help from my fellow BARFers. I was just driving through the Castro District on Market and walking along the sidewalk, apparently going home from work, is a gentleman carrying his backpack and wearing black boots..... thats it. I only saw the back because that is all I wanted to see...

I am sorry to :deadhorse but I have a follow up question that might also be news to BARFers. I know what the answer use to be and I am sure it is the same now, but do they teach motor-officers how to ride side by side in motor-school? Do you teach it back at the department as part of new...

Ride side by side? Or, how come they don't ride staggered? The only thing we were told in motor-school was the motor on the left was "up" which meant he called the shots. Tradition???? Which way as safer and why???? I can't find anything on this so any info to get this question out of my head...

Sorry for the thread start, but I didn't know any other way to get this info to the various BARF motorcops that I know also work crashes. A report was just released titled An Analysis of California Motorcyclist Fatalities 1995 - 2009. It is one of the best reports on motorcycle crashes I have...

Sunday my wife and I were on our way home from a 3 day 825 mile trip up to the Redwoods. We were riding out State Hwy 36 up in the Redwoods from Fortuna. I saw the squirrel run out from the left side of the roadway with perfect timing to get squished by my wife’s front tire. I had told her...