Photos: Police Moto Training Competition, Fairfield, Calif. (5-16-15)

[James Burleigh]

After surviving road rage and a UFO fly-by

, my buddy (Ducati 899 Panigale) and I made it to Fairfield to watch the cops display their amazing riding skills. Here are some pics I took:

Bikes parked and secured.

Mine wasn't the only FJR in the parking lot.

Connie 14.

A lot of Hondas to be seen.

The cones were all set up...

Let the competition begin! Harley.

Beemer.

Not just a boy's club.

"Wait a minute, wait a minute! What have we here, gentlemen? The police have themselves an RV."

"Receiver for Ram."

These pics are for you, CAJW! Landing...

They got a call and had to take off...

Somebody had extra money in the budget.

I'm shocked! Shocked to see a Harley in a trailer!

After attending the training event my buddy and I headed north to the twisties (video to come) to head over through a valley and over a mountain to Napa for lunch.

The food porn picture: Pulled pork (Bounty Hunter Wine Bar & Smokin’ BBQ, downtown Napa).

And on my way home I remembered I was out of beer.

And I always have to have a beer after a GREAT day of playing motorcycles!

Do real men drink raspberry-flavored beer?

(The pteradactyls look pretty happy, swimming in it.)

 

[HotRodZilla]

Haha...Cool!!

 

[majicmaker]

Love it!

 

[Niehart]

Love it!

+1

 

[dcarver]

Nice beer!

 

[Uncle Hud]

Moto-cops have serious bike handling skills. Would be nice to ride and get paid, but I/m not interested in the surly citizens they have to confront.

 

[mcatrophy]

Moto-cops have serious bike handling skills. Would be nice to ride and get paid, but I/m not interested in the surly citizens they have to confront.

Why pick on Surly? What's he done?

 

[wheatonFJR]

Moto-cops have serious bike handling skills. Would be nice to ride and get paid, but I/m not interested in the surly citizens they have to confront.

Why pick on Surly? What's he done?

Yeah...

 

[puppychow]

Moto-cops have serious bike handling skills. Would be nice to ride and get paid, but I/m not interested in the surly citizens they have to confront.

Why pick on Surly? What's he done?

Yeah...

Yeah, that's what we want to know, and so does Surly!

 

[Uncle Hud]

Not sure what he's done, but nicknames are usually earned ....

And I'm sure our buddy Surly is a (reasonably) nice guy; it's thugs, hotheads, and punks that usually meet motocops on the job -- and THOSE are the folks I was really referring to.

 

[James Burleigh]

 

[puppychow]

Motobike cops playing with cones is fun to watch. There was a competition in Folsom a few years ago that I went and photographed. I won't post the pictures here and dump on your thread, but it was a fun morning.

 

[rogdeb]

Moto-cops have serious bike handling skills. Would be nice to ride and get paid, but I/m not interested in the surly citizens they have to confront.

Why pick on Surly? What's he done?

Yeah...

Yeah, that's what we want to know, and so does Surly!

I'm in.