Maybe he should have stuck to doing some donuts.
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There might be noise/pollution control issues as well. (Plus the rider is going to have no license, helmet, etc. and is usually breaking various laws to avoid the cops as well.) All I know is that New York is very unhappy with the number of blatantly illegal city dirt bike riders, but they still allow them to be sold, which is weird because there’s basically no place where they can legally ride them.
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Quick research indicates that the NY DMV doesn’t allow any dirt bikes to be registered as a street legal vehicle. Some folks apparently manage to circumvent this prohibition by getting the bike registered as a custom motorcycle, but as it’s a workaround it probably only gets you so much leeway.
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Right, I just wonder if it’s more than adding brake/turn/head- lights that’s required to make it a street legal vehicle.
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He was just trying to show all the kids out there why popping wheelies in traffic with no helmet is a bad idea.
“See kids, this is what not to do! Don’t be an idiot like Officer Steve.”
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“Do as I say and definitely not as I do.”
That includes unfortunate, humiliating joyrides.
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Was it the same cop that ploughed through Flushing last week?
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And then hit it extra hard while trying to avoid the car coming into the intersection while the bike was already listing to the one side. All he did was ensure it would pop out from under him while he tried desperately to hold onto the throttle. The biggest tell is how he drags his feet as the begins to accelerate. Like a 5 yo just after the training wheels come off.
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From his riding posture and facial expressions, I’d wager he’s never been on a motorcycle in his life.
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And away we go!
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Add running a red light.
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According to the Post article the bike was “abandoned” by its original rider (who fled on foot) when the cops tried to stop him.
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I tried to ride a motorized scooter once with no instruction, having absolutely no idea how to do it, and it looked exactly, exactly like that. The sticking the feet out in panic is a dead giveaway.
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“Hell, yeah!!!”
I second that.
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The fact that it is a 2 stroke engine instead of a four stroke might make it illegal on the street all by itself.
Looked like he panicked and grabbed a handful of throttle.
All that video is missing is the cop saying " hey guys, watch this!"
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But they would have confiscated it regardless, as that’s standard procedure for illegal vehicles like this.
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They’re not hard to make street-legal and those bits are usually an option at time of purchase.
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Irony is not lost on o… more irony.
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I’ve got a street-legal two-stroke moped. Well, that was registered in NJ, not NY, but I’m just staying.
