Thread: Ex plod bikes

Plod Walt

Rats! You got me! But it's a (concrete) jungle out there, and I have no shame.

Originally Posted by armr617

TBH I would be looking at the 1100's. money talks!

Spoke with a guy at the ally pally, ex police rider from the met (& later county) he was saying they should be a decent deal- he had just got one from force motorcycles to use as a blood bike, looked in good nick (but then he had it at the show- not going to bring a dog!)

How much are they going for mate, I wouldn't say no myself to be honest.

I would have no problem running an ex plod bike. They may be mega mileage in some cases but they are serviced on the nail with no scrimping.

Force motorcycles has a couple of 51 plate, 30k bikes at AVG £3250 (1100)
or 2004 1300 for £5k ish

Ex plod vehicles are very much a case of buyer beware.

you may get something from a reserve pool with comparatily low mileage, but are are more likely to get something that has done 2-300 miles per day, every day for a couple of years. Yes they are serviced frequently and have garage hands to fuss over them but thats due to the stress they are under.

The Met Police buy silver cars now, to make them easier to shift when they have been dekitted.

trotsky

Originally Posted by armr617

Looking at forcemotorcycles, they have a selection of ex plod pans (both types) at a fair bit lower than normal pricing.

Good idea, or stay away?

I will soon be doing a commute of an hour each way down the A303, so going for a nice comfy bike.

has anybody on here had an ex plod bike?

If its anything like Police "cars" they are regularly driven to the red line of every gear, faults are allowed to go from niggly to head gaskets and cam belts snapping and they are generally poorly looked after for everything other than brakes and tyres.

Don't!

Originally Posted by Closet_Jibber

Originally Posted by armr617

Looking at forcemotorcycles, they have a selection of ex plod pans (both types) at a fair bit lower than normal pricing.

Good idea, or stay away?

I will soon be doing a commute of an hour each way down the A303, so going for a nice comfy bike.

has anybody on here had an ex plod bike?

If its anything like Police "cars" they are regularly driven to the red line of every gear, faults are allowed to go from niggly to head gaskets and cam belts snapping and they are generally poorly looked after for everything other than brakes and tyres.

Don't!

One of my brothers is a traffic officer and no way would I want to have a car or a bike he's abused. I've no idea how we afford his body repairs.

Haha - Exactly. The running joke with our cars is:

0-60 = 10 seconds
60 - 0 = 200ft
Getting them to be on the road longer than 10 minutes - Priceless

Meh. Years ago I had a Rover off of the Busies. The big V8 Honda engine one. Stirling I think it was called. The inside was cattled with weird bits welded on here and there where they had planted their toys.

But it was white and looked like a Busy car. I put a roof-rack on with blue insulation roll on the front. Proper Busies used to laugh when they saw it cos they knew exactly what I was up to.

It went like shit off a shovel, and old farts doing 80 in the outside lane melted like snow on the water when they saw me hoofing up from behind.

I would recommend an ex-police car to anyone. They don't half cut ones journey time.

Originally Posted by TheIronDuke

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It went like shit off a shovel, and old farts doing 80 in the outside lane melted like snow on the water when they saw me hoofing up from behind.
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like the sparkys with a ladder with a blue top step on their roof rack ...

Or that twunt who's got an ex plod deauville which suspiciously still has the badges n bits on it,not to mention the plod jacket on.

He rides like a twat so is quite distinguishable from the normal ecilop. :D

Originally Posted by mph1977

like the sparkys with a ladder with a blue top step on their roof rack ...

This could be a new thread, but I cant be arrsed.

How to spot the proper Busies.

Slow down a bit. If its a Volvo and has its day lights disabled, it's Babylon, Mon. Any dangly things from the mirror, or anything stuck on the windscreen thats not a tax disk, its not the Rozzers. But double check. The bastards are not above sticking a cuddly toy on the dash to fool you. I've got a mate does that.

Look for a spooky little mirror under the NSF wing mirror. If its there, its the Filth. Or Spooks.

And be safe out there. Its a jungle.

Originally Posted by TheIronDuke

Originally Posted by mph1977

like the sparkys with a ladder with a blue top step on their roof rack ...

This could be a new thread, but I cant be arrsed.

How to spot the proper Busies.

Slow down a bit. If its a Volvo and has its day lights disabled, it's Babylon, Mon. Any dangly things from the mirror, or anything stuck on the windscreen thats not a tax disk, its not the Rozzers. But double check. The bastards are not above sticking a cuddly toy on the dash to fool you. I've got a mate does that.

Look for a spooky little mirror under the NSF wing mirror. If its there, its the Filth. Or Spooks.

And be safe out there. Its a jungle.

A second aerial is always a tell tale as is the plain bog standard number plate. It won't have a big dealers website on the bottom of the plate or the blue GB flag at the edge either.

Originally Posted by TheIronDuke

Look for a spooky little mirror under the NSF wing mirror. If its there, its the Filth. Or Spooks.

And be safe out there. Its a jungle.

or an Ambulance or Trumpton senior officer or a Doctor who purchased through the deal ovlov have / had with BASICS ... as all the above have access to the emergency vehicles people ...