Yesterday, while gettin' out for a ride, I came out of my favorite chicane, lined up for my high speed blast. Knee down, tach'd up in third, hammered it, grabbed 2 gears at 10,500 and low and behold the county sheriff is turning onto the road about quarter mile ahead. Glance down and I'm tween 145-150mph. Obviously, I roll out of it, knowing that he's going to flip a tit, and light me up. Now, he hasn't paced me and couldn't radar me but, come on, the guys a professional and he sure as hell knows I was (flyin'). Well, he flips a uturn and lights me up. No surprise here! I pull over, start getting my license and registration out and he ask me, with some attitude, if I had a speedo on the bike. I told him I did and he then asked " How fast was I going when I passed him?" I told him that from the time he was about 100 yards from the corner, I was doing 65-67mph. He states, "I got you going over 80". It's at this point that I take my helmet off and I know he's gonna crap when he see's how old I am. (At 5' 10" 155lbs I look like a high school kid in gear). Sure enough, I take my bucket off and I could see the look in his eyes.(surprise) I inform him that I have a Speedhealor, GPS calibrated and I know for a fact that I was going 65-67mph. His whole attitude changed from the second I took off my helmet. He was respectful, polite and we just continued with some small talk. He then says " he's just going to give me a warning" Bear in mind, the speed limit is 55. I never thought, I would live to see the day that, getting older could be a "gift"

I felt the same way when i got stopped last summer. I wasn't even paying attention to my speedo. I'm sure I wasn't going too fast for conditions around me because it was just a little errand I was running and i just took off from a light when he clocked me, not any thrill riding. I stayed on the bike and had my helmet off before the cop got to me. he told me I was going 50 in a 35. He gave me a talk but nothing too condescending. I didn't give him any lip. He let me go with a warning and i rode away happy and wondering what kind of ticket I would have gotten if i was 21. It's not always fair. I'm pretty sure I'm not more careful now than I would have been at 21. More sly about watching for cops if anything.

Good deal Rook, I could not believe this guy wasn't going to write me up for something. I thought my age would buy me some grace (maybe?) but, I didn't think I'd walk away with just a handshake. In 17 years of taking this back road I might have seen a cop 2 other times. I was just lucky this Deputy was having a good day and was also in his 50's. Now that I think of it, I should have bought a lottery ticket!

Close call....glad you got off.

It's rare around here that cops give warnings. And I'm sure you really wanted to hand over your cash to the state.. 8)

You got lucky on that one thats a wreckless driving charge without a doubt.

Yes sir, a little ray of sunshine shown on me that day