Now, THIS is a Police Motor-sickle....

[Liftrat]

Pretty cool, and quite the departure from the beemers and old style HDs. Oh, to be in Arizona in the winter ;-).

 

[VictorLouis]

It's also liquid cooled. Not your standard Harley for sure.

Even the BMW GS Adventure has gone to liquid cooling. For both OEMs, it's more to meet more stringent EPA and Euro enviromental standards than anything else. Since Hog's rear cylinder gets no direct wind-blast, that also helps.

Harley wouldn't dare be seen with a shaft-drive, LOL. Belts just won't stand-up to the grit and debris exposure of off-road use....so, chain it is.

 

[Walkin Horse]

This is my police bike

 

[DWalt]

I prefer old school

I have a very similar photo, a Ben-A on a motorbike, from the same era. Problem is Indo not know exactly where it is.Inwill look.

 

[Farmer17]

You don't need 217 MPH to catch the hay wagons and old trucks them Okie's drive! Boots are still in style there for manly footware.

Some of the pickups are fairly fast nowadays and souped up cars seem to be getting more popular and louder, unfortunately. We did have an event a few years back where the OHP clocked a Mustang on the Kilpatrick Turnpike doing over 205 mph. Turns out it was a 16 year old kid who took his dads 850 hp car without permission and his dad was part of "Street Outlaws" tv show. The kid was quickly found in a parking lot with the engine off and when the cops showed up he tossed the keys out the window. Probably the only smart thing he did that night.

 

[BarryinIN]

Some of the pickups are fairly fast nowadays and souped up cars seem to be getting more popular and louder, unfortunately. We did have an event a few years back where the OHP clocked a Mustang on the Kilpatrick Turnpike doing over 205 mph. Turns out it was a 16 year old kid who took his dads 850 hp car without permission and his dad was part of "Street Outlaws" tv show. The kid was quickly found in a parking lot with the engine off and when the cops showed up he tossed the keys out the window. Probably the only smart thing he did that night.

Oh, come on. You're 16, your dad is a racer with an 850hp car, and he's gone a lot at night. You wouldn't?

 

[steelslaver]

Oh, come on. You're 16, your dad is a racer with an 850hp car, and he's gone a lot at night. You wouldn't?

That's my boy

 

[Rule3]

Our City motor cops had HD went to BMW and now back to HD

 

[Yendor357]

A liquid cooled Harley with a chain drive on Michelin tires with Goodyear on the side.

I like it!

 

[BAM-BAM]

Dad started out on an Indian in 1938.......after the war they had some 'three wheelers" for patrolling the business district. Dad was a sergeant and off the bikes by the time I came along.. Didn't have another "three wheeler" until we got a Honda Big Red in 83.

 

[jscheck]

I rode Harley Road Kings and Electra Glides for my agency for eight years. Traffic was so bad in my county you REALLY took your life in your hands every time you went out. Fortunately we had cars as well so it wasn't full time on the bikes.

 

[LoboGunLeather]

This is my police bike

The local Motorola shop would have loaded 200-plus pounds of radio, siren, and lights on that unit before it was ready to be wrestled around on crowded city streets, back in my days. Good crash bars helped in getting your bike back upright after laying it down in traffic (a necessary skill to acquire). The rest of the gravel will eventually work its way out of your hide within a few months, no worries.

Keep the shiny side up!

 

[Tex1001]

I was an LEO from 1975-2007. I had a side job working security in uniform at a local shopping center. It was a pretty large operation. One of the vehicles we used was an old Harley trike. It was a blast to ride. I'm not a bike guy, but someone said it had what was called a "suicide shifter". I don't know what that is/was. The coolest feature was a siren that was powered by the momentum of the bike, so that when you pulled up, turned off the bike, and walked away, the siren would still be winding down. Very cool.

We called those sirens "Growlers".

Mounted on the front fork. Kick 'em to turn on.

 

[Tex1001]

I rode Harley Road Kings and Electra Glides for my agency for eight years. Traffic was so bad in my county you REALLY took your life in your hands every time you went out. Fortunately we had cars as well so it wasn't full time on the bikes.

Only time we were in a car was when it rained.
On a radar spot.