Very appealing.

[Ivor biggin]

Sudbury police issued an appeal in the local media this morning asking for the public's help in identifying the rider of a late model blue and white Suzuki GSXR1000. The police report that the rider has been blitzing the area and is trying to taunt officers into a high speed chase. OPP officers report similar incidents on hwy17&69.
This guy is going to go away, get caught, or make a really big headline.
IB>

[TimP]

This guy is going to go away, get caught, or make a really big headline.
IB>

To which we will respond "Bikes don't kill people, people kill people"?

Sounds like a case of suicide by police to me. What an idiot!

BTW, just how difficult is it to track down the address on record of the few GSXR pilots in the area and pay them a visit? I know the gun registry is useless, but I had understood that the motor vehicles registry was a bit more capable than it appears to be.

[Dennis The Menace]

Its the whole one bad apple thing though......

I think I feel a Darwin award coming on.....

[Uwe W.]

Hwy 10 south of Orangeville is restricted to 80 km/h, but the normal speed for traffic is in the 90 to 100 km/h range. The highway has a fair share of accidents even though it's as straight as an arrow, and has good visibility.

This makes it a very popular stretch of road for the police.

On the weekends it becomes a destination for cruisers and sport bikes, and this past Sunday was no exception: I was driving south when I saw what appeared to be another statistic of the Ontario stunting law.

A flat-bed tow truck driver was busy strapping down a newer model R1, while behind him a police cruiser was parked with the bike rider sitting in the back seat. They were on the shoulder of the highway, at the bottom of a very large hill.

How easy is it to go 50 over on that stretch of highway? Very easy.

Going down those large hills in a truck, I have to constantly tap the breaks to prevent from going over 100 km/h. On a bike, cruising along at say 100 km/h with other traffic, if you give the throttle a momentary twist you're easily doing 120 -130 km/h.

Given this road is at times 6 lanes wide, 130 doesn't feel very fast, but it's fast enough to find yourself without a bike, sitting in the back of a cruiser instead of enjoying a beautiful Sunday afternoon.

We have to thank idiots like the guy in Sudbury for this draconian law, and when he finally gets caught or killed, the extra media attention will only serve to make matters worse.

[Malks]

Since the widening of Highway 10 south of the "Caledon Mountain", more than 15 years ago, the number of accidents has been dramatically reduced. The new road provides four very wide lanes plus a continuos centre left turn lane. However, the OPP still feel that this piece of road requires their strict attention, so all who use it be warned of a heavy radar presence. It is particularly heavily patrolled on the weekends when people from Toronto venture up here for a cruise to The Forks.

Since the road widening construction began on the section between Caledon and Highway 9, (with the added 60 kph zone throughout the entire area), I am now avoiding Highway 10. I have found that the many parallel concession roads offer fewer delays and less traffic to deal with.

[Rocking Couple]

It seems to me that any other owners of a blue and white Gixxer (of any displacement size) in the area, would be better able to track down this paramecium.
While being smart about not incriminating myself in anyway, the bragger would eventually be presented to the system.
After.
If ya know what mean..

[metalredneck]

I run hwy 10 north of Orange-town, and the rollers there are pretty thick, too. Mr. Fantino has got the media on his side now, so expect the taxing to continue. Hopefully his cholesterol will get him soon, bloody anachronism.

[Ivor biggin]

I didn`t mention that in the original press release the police stated that even though this rider had tried to goad the officers into a pursuit none were initiated. I have heard that the police will not engage in a high speed pursuit with a motorcycle and wonder, given the cost of being caught speeding, if anyone here would make a run for it.
IB.

[TimP]

Now that one of my CT70's is capable of near-warp speeds, yeah, I'd dump it into third (no speed-shifter necessary - it's the semi-automatic version) and do a runner.

If I kept it in school zones I could be charged with speeding (top speed pre-restoration was an indicated 44 mph). It has no mirrors, no turn signals, no 4-ways, so there's lots to tempt the police with if I ever wanted to make such an antisocial statement. Even the tires are marked "not for highway use".

Look for me on the front page...

[KZDon]

My faith in my bike is not so large that I would try a runner from police. However, way back when, I successfully did evade a cruiser on a Peugeot 102 Moped, properly licenced and insured when a friend and I were doing laps of his block, ignoring all the stop signs. Before the cruiser could get turned around to see where I'd gone I had the bike in his backyard behind the woodpile, then down to his basement to play Atari. Several years later I did about the same thing on an unlicenced, uninsured DT175. Police couldn't go through a narrow walkway that led to another friend's house, back yard and back shed.

I'm such a rebel.

[Ivor biggin]

The Sudbury motorcycle community is in the news again. A man robbed two credit unions within 30mins. yesterday and was then arrested after a brief chase. The guy is reported to have used a motorcycle as a getaway vehicle. Presumably not a GSXR1000.:rolleyes:
IB.

[Uwe W.]

A man robbed two credit unions within 30mins. yesterday and was then arrested after a brief chase. The guy is reported to have used a motorcycle as a getaway vehicle. Presumably not a GSXR1000

Nah, he was probably on a Bandit.

and he was likely trying to raise the funds to pay his insurance premiums... which is why he robbed TWO banks.

[Rocking Couple]

Just renewed a policy on the big ****, did ya, Uwe?
Or did your comment stem from some recent potential sales of your bike falling through after they had the foresight to get a quote first?
If that's the case, I've been there and felt that pain.

[Uwe W.]

Just renewed a policy on the big ****, did ya, Uwe?
Or did your comment stem from some recent potential sales of your bike falling through after they had the foresight to get a quote first?
If that's the case, I've been there and felt that pain.

Neither. Just an impression I gleaned from listening to everyone else around here! :D

I am still trying to sell the bus, but I've been too busy riding my new bike to care. I don't even know what the insurance is on it, but it has to be a lot cheaper.

[mrspock]

".... and he was likely trying to raise the funds to pay his insurance premiums... which is why he robbed TWO banks..... "

What , are you saying that premiums went DOWN ?



spock

[Ivor biggin]

Buddy the bank robber was apprehended with the assistance of the public and has one pile of charges to face. By the way his name is Mr. Brilliant. (no shit):D
IB.

[outlawtigger]

To which we will respond "Bikes don't kill people, people kill people"?

Sounds like a case of suicide by police to me. What an idiot!

BTW, just how difficult is it to track down the address on record of the few GSXR pilots in the area and pay them a visit? I know the gun registry is useless, but I had understood that the motor vehicles registry was a bit more capable than it appears to be.


so what you are saying is, ticket all gsxr owners till they get the right one?
man, I hope your model bike is the next one to get targeted.
(karma)

[Rocking Couple]

I think what TimP was suggesting, is that people often incriminate themselves if interrogated in the correct way.

I have to admit, it might be a little stressful if ya had a Gixxer the same colour and they knocked on your door. You may not be who they were after, but that's not to say you hadn't just done 2 bucks 20 for a quick spurt home from work. I'm guessing they are trained to observe the darty eyes and hmmms and ummms while you search for the best answer as you stand beside the exhaust pipes clinking away, haha

[TimP]

so what you are saying is, ticket all gsxr owners till they get the right one?

I did say "visit", not "ticket" (Thanks for backing me up, RC).

Imagine the following scenario:

"Evening, Officer, what can I do for you?"

"Evening, Sir, I'm following up on a complaint and wondered if you'd mind showing me your motorcycle. We're looking for a blue and white late model GSX-R1000, and I note in the vehicle records that you own such a vehicle"

"I certainly do, Officer, it's in the garage."

"May I see it?"

"Of course, right this way..."

"Um, that's not a blue and white motorcycle, Sir, is it?"

"Well, under the fake carbon fiber frame protectors and the fake carbon fiber tank cover and the fake carbon fiber pillion cover and the fake carbon fiber fork protectors and the fake carbon fiber belly pan and the day-glo pink screen, it is."

"I see. Well, I think that's all I need for now, Sir. Thank you very much."

And so, on to the next...

As for my bikes being targeted, this I'd like to see!

"Car 54! Car 54! Be on the lookout for a fat beige pig of a BMW seen wobbling through downtown frightening the children! The rider is clearly incompetent and should be stopped for his own protection! Suggest setting up roadblocks 350 km out of town on all major highways leaving the city! He'll have to stop for gas someday!"

Guilty as charged.

[outlawtigger]

I can swap out the bodywork, for a different colour scheme in about 12 minutes. So what colour bike is on todays quota list?:D

if you are not at the scene of a crime, and there is no proof you were ever there, they should look for who was, not others who share his taste in vehicles.:eek:

The moral apparantly is, if you ride fast enough, you maintain a clear license.
according to their statement, that they "never" chase",....:o


must explain my lack of tickets in 20 odd years,....:p

[John]

Never say "Never"...

That's as far as I'm goin' with this horse shit.

John.

[Ivor biggin]

Buddy the bank robber was apprehended with the assistance of the public and has one pile of charges to face. By the way his name is Mr. Brilliant. (no shit):D
IB.

MR Brilliant had his day in court and pleaded guilty to twelve criminal charges, including two counts of robbery. Nine of the remaining ten charges stem from his terrorising the local constabulary on his Suzuki GIXER1000. (same guy apparently) All in all Mr Brilliant was handed a sentence of three years in prison.
I.B.

[metalredneck]

We'll see if he's as fast on his feet as he is on 2 wheels. 3 years is federal time. He'll have some new friends.:eek:

[KZDon]

12 hours leads to three years in prison
Man taunted police on stolen motorcycle, robbed two banks
Posted By BOB VAILLANCOURT, THE SUDBURY STAR;
Posted 1 day ago


For 12 hours last June, Marco Brillant taunted both the Ontario Provincial Police and the Sudbury Greater Police as he sped ahead of them on his 2007 Suzuki motorcycle at speeds sometimes as high as more than twice the legal limit.

But in the end, it was Brillant's inability to control a stolen Honda motorcycle that crashed into two police cruisers four days later that resulted in his arrest.

Brillant was on the stolen motorcycle the day he robbed two Caisse Populaire facilities -- first in Azilda getting $5,030 and then in Val Caron getting $1,847.50.

Monday, in Sudbury court, he pleaded guilty to a dozen criminal charges, including two counts of robbery.

Nine of the remaining 10 charges related to his driving on both June 1 this year and June 5. The charges included three counts of dangerous driving, three of failing to stop for police and three of driving while disqualified. He also pleaded guilty to possession of a stolen motorbike.

He received a sentence of three years in prison, minus the 4 1/2 months he had already spent behind bars on the charge.

Assistant Crown attorney Karen Lische said events began May 30, when OPP officers spotted a blue-and-white motorcycle doing about 190 kilometres an hour on Highway 69 near Estaire.

The bike had no licence plates and no taillights.

Brillant, police learned later had never been a licenced driver.

Just after midnight June 1, a Sudbury police officer spotted the motorcycle on Regent Street and gave chase with the cruiser's roof lights on. The pursuit, which reached speeds of 100 km/h, was called off at Long Lake Road.

Then at 1:58 a. m., Brillant was seen heading northbound on College Street. The motorcycle ran a stop sign on Kathleen and three more at Nolin, King and St. George streets, said Lische.

At 3 a. m., the bike was spotted heading north on Falconbridge Road near the Solid Gold bar.

When the Brillant spotted police, he pulled into the Solid Gold parking lot and came out heading south. He went through a red light at The Kingsway and was last seen heading toward Third Avenue at a speed of 130 km/h in the 60 km/h zone. During that encounter, said Lische, Brillant looked over his shoulder three times to see if police were pursuing him.

At 3:45, Brillant was spotted by another office in the Bancroft and Third Avenue area. At 5:45 a. m., he was seen on Wilma Street where he slowed down long enough to make eye contact with police before speeding off.

By 8 a. m., he was back on Highway 69 south near Estaire doing 123 km/h in a 90 zone.

At 8:45 a. m., he was being pursued by the OPP on Highway 69. The motorcycle was going about 154 km/h, said Lische. But the vehicle's speed increased to 190 as it neared the city. As a result, police called off the pursuit.

Then about 11:25 a. m., OPP officers on Highway 17 near Hagar noticed two motorcycles speeding along the highway.

Police activated their lights and managed to pull one over, but the other kept going. While on the side of the road talking to the cyclist they had pulled over, Brillant came by.

He had obviously turned around and come back, slowing down and looking at the officer on the side of the road, said Lische.

The officer notified the OPP command centre in North Bay, which alerted the force's helicopter crew.

About the same time, a motorist flagged an officer down to report he had seen the motorcycle in the Markstay area.

Just after noon, police found the cycle in a driveway of a residence there.

Brillant claimed to have no knowledge of the bike, however, he was arrested. After being charged with a number of driving offences and processed, he was released.

Four days later, he walked into the first Caisse Populaire, handed a note to a teller directing her to put cash into a black gym bag he was carrying.

"Put the money in the bag. I have a gun and two people outside. Don't press any panic button and no one will get hurt," read the note Brillant handed the teller.

He then took off on a Honda that had been reported stolen the previous day.

About an hour later, Brillant, still wearing the full-face motorcycle helmet and carrying the same gym bag, walked into the Val Caron Caisse, produced a note and got $1,847. This time the note read, "this is a hold up, put the money in the bag. Hurry up and no one gets hurt."

The teller told police Brillant had his hand in his pocket as if he had a gun.

It was while he was making his getaway on Martin Road in Blezard Valley that he lost control of the stolen 2000 Honda and slammed into two police cruisers.

Brillant was taken to hospital, but was uninjured.

However, there was $4,200 damage to the motorbike.

The money taken from the robberies was recovered. No weapon was found.

[Paddy]

And that, my friends, is the pathetic crime spree of a truly stupid and psychotic man. He'll be out soon enough as time served means he'll likely only serve @ 15 months more. Look for him to haunt the cottage country roads in a couple of summers.