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Plano Police bikes

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saw 3 mounted officers on new? honda st1300s i believe the other day
anyone have the story if these are new to plano?
 
Don't know about Plano but Conroe & Panorama Village PD has new st1300's. Neither PD had a motor unit before these bikes showed up a month or so ago.
 
.....my .02 worth. :mrgreen: YMMV ;-)

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.....my .02 worth. :mrgreen: YMMV ;-)

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If you had come to the motor jock rodeo today you would have seen a distinct difference in handling between the BMW/Hondas and the Harleys.

At these rodeos the BMW/Hondas are in one class and the Harleys are in another as very few Harleys riders can match the Honda/BMW performance.

Perhaps Harley should stop relying on jingoistic statements and move on from 1950's technology to be competitive. :eek2::rofl:
 
Conroe PD just placed 2 ST1300's in service. Very sharp looking, will attempt a photo op. They're patrolling school zones during the week, probably related to no cellphone in schoolzone rule :clap:
 
I'm going to be good, I'm going to be good, I'm going to be good, I'm going to be good and not ..........................
 
I saw a FWPD bike downtown last week parked up on the sidewalk by cantina Laredo.

'Twas an ST1300.
It's space mates were 2 hawgs.

I think FWPD gives the motor guys the $$ for a monthly payment and they buy what scratches their itch for a work mobile ?
 
how about two honda's for the price of one harley if I was on a budget thats what I would do ,
 
how about two honda's for the price of one harley if I was on a budget thats what I would do ,

I don't think the numbers are that different anymore. The ST's have jumped up a couple grand in the last two years. :eek2:
 
Agree that police should "ride American". Shame Excelsior or Penton aren't still in business... :-P
 
you guys aren't really serious about only riding american, are you? Most of them carry guns made in Austria, etc. With police work you want to use the best-I thnk most of us will agree on that.
 
Okay...Ride American...

How about a Victory?

but that still goes back to a why the Hondas and BMW's are being bought - they handle and perform better for the task than a cruiser-based mount...

The answer is Buell...

The answer WAS Buell

We're I an officer, the last sidearm I would chose today is a snubby .38. Why? While it is a great firearm, but it falls short in areas such as accuracy beyond point-blank and its 6 round capacity. A Harley cop bike is a .38. Good...trusty...reliable...but, not the fastest, the best nor the most capable any more.
 
Agree that police should "ride American". Shame Excelsior or Penton aren't still in business... :-P

Penton is not 100% gone... they were bought by an Austrian company and still making the finest bikes available today.
 
saw 3 mounted officers on new? honda st1300s i believe the other day
anyone have the story if these are new to plano?

I saw recently on a weekend in Georgetown, a police officer riding a DL1000 V-Strom. It was his own personal bike and he had outfitted it with all the needed lights. He said it was more nimble for funeral processions and small-town traffic patrol.

This is interesting considering that Georgetown police use mainly ST1300s.

RB
 
Cleburne PD has 3 R1150RTPs that they ride the snot out of!

I know a officer up in OK and they were looking at bikes for starting a motor patrol. He test rode the ST, RT, and Harley. He immediatly wrote off the Harley and was leaning towards picking out the F650GS-P last I heard.

I say ride/drive/use whatever is best for the job. Where it comes from doesn't matter so much to me :shrug:
 
After the way Harley has treated thier American workers (Harley and Buell) this year, I wouldn't buy from them, even if they started making bikes that weren't overpriced, under powered, or heavier than a Ford dually. :miffed:

The top goobers at HD made horrible decisions and with no sense of responsibility or loyalty and they dropped working people in the unemployment lines.
 
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