Stopped by helicopter
Got onto the I8 freeway last sunday. Saw a white CHP (highway patrol) parked next to the on ramp. So I was leading a bunch of four bikes, and cruise down the freeway towards San Diego. This stretch is a 70 mph road. So I'm in the slow lane doing about 75 on my optimistic speedo. Cars are passing (not normal) me in the fast lane, so I know I am not speeding.
A group of six jap sport bikes catch up to us and pass, but get caught up with some slower traffic ahead. They pass and ride off into the distance (maybe 90mph).
I am looking in the mirrors and see a black and white CHP coming up in the fast lane , passes my buddies and pulls in behind me. He stays there for about 30 seconds pulls back into the fast lane with lights flashing and disappears off down the road after these other bikes. Another CHP flys by.
I have slowed to about 60 by now, see 2 black and whites with bikes pulled over, guys with their hands up and the cop drawing his gun.
I ride by - you know I am and was doing the speed limit - so why would they pull me over? Well whilst I was watching what was going on the other cop was trying to flag me down ( so two of my buddies say) I ride on by and so does Bob.
Now the cop is really pissed off, and gets John and Kate to stop. I am now about 2 miles down the freeway and I hear this siren, look around nothing -keep going - hear the siren again look up and see a police helicopter overhead. Now here's me going down the freeway looking up into the sky and wondering what on earth this guy is up to. Could not see the pilot or passenger.(too far up) thinks to my self who are they trying to pull ove, and carry on riding. Siren goes ogff again and he does this arc towards me. Now I know who is trying to pull over.
So I pull over ,Bob follows me, and just then a black and white speeds up and stops behind us. Cop jumps out and shouts get off the bike and take the keys out of the ignition. Give me your registration and license. Officer you have got the wrong guys we were not speeding I tell him, and explain the story about the past events. Well the helicopter says you were speeding 90 mph. Bob is now getting agro and pushing his luck with the cop. Another black and white speeds up and stops. The two cops have a little meeting whilst Bob and I stay in the front of the cop cars. Time is now going on so I approach the cops and again explain what has happened. He tells me his sergeant will sort it out when he gets there. Bob is mad and I am starting to worry that they were going to cuff us as he was really going off at them.
After a few more minutes John and Kate arrive and tell the cops that the other cops behind said they must release us as we were not part of the group. So all ended well except I went home at 60 mph and now have been stopped by a police helicopter.
We found out that they had 9 black and whites with the helicopter that they were catching speedsters with.
Might have to talk the wife into taking one for the team on that one. Bloody typical aint it I have gone 6 yrs without a problem and now looks like 2 in a row.
