Where I live, the police ride around on the classic Harley Davidson Electra Glides. Nice bikes, have the proper look and all, but as I was checking out the Honda version of what the well equipped police unit should ride I couldn't help but think I would prefer their version. Their ST1300 has a 125hp V4, adjustable motorized windshield, adjustable seat, shaft drive and much more. It's the kind of bike that would be a great all day rider and a lot more nimble in traffic, not to mention, it could run rings around a Harley. There is probably a lot of resistance to these in some departments, but there are more options out there all the time for police road duty and I would think, given a chance, Honda might make some serious inroads to this Harley dominated area.
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Here in the SF Bay Area, the city cops use Harleys but the CHP uses Kawasakis.
here in victoria, b.c. (western canada) cops had the bmw k75RT until a few years ago. then harleys. now they have the ST1300. when testing bikes though, they had f650gs and r1100rt BMW’s and a FJ1300 yamaha. pretty cool, but sucks for the speeders! in italy cops run ducati monster city’s, and in the uk I saw a cbr1100xx on motorway patrol! (while it was still the speed king-wonder if they run hayabusa’s now?)
Some departments might be using FJR’s now too?
–Steve
Good to see your comment on ST1300P.
WESTERN CANADA POLICE started to ride ST1300P ?
IF I CAN I NEED TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THIS MODEL.
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in tijuana mexico using pollice kawasaki 1000cc and yamaha 900cc and kawasaki # 1 adios amigos tj police oficer and sorry my lenguaje american no good.
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