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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Totgas on May 04, 2018, 11:11:32 AM
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Hi Guys,
At the recent Commonwealth Games I was amazed to see 6 reportedly new ST1300's recently purchased by QPS.
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/924/jXUkb0.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pojXUkb0j)
These bikes in a very distinctive and unique livery (dark blue) which seemed very out of place in a sea of FJR's.
Interested I asked a senior police officer how QPS had obtained new ST1300's as I was under the impression all production runs had ceased in 2013.
He told me that I was correct however QLD Honda still had a supply of ST1300P's built in late 2012 which they have attempted to sell to QPS on a number of occasions.
QPS up until recently had refused stating that if they were to purchase 5 year old bikes it would bring their fleet currency level down in their monthly statistics. A position, despite heavily discounted prices they were not prepared to accept.
Honda replied that that would not be a problem and had the build plates removed from the bikes and new ones affixed with build dates of 11/2017.
Now correct me if I'm wrong however this doesn't sound very legal or at the least seems very dodgy. I would still expect that Honda Japan computer inventory associated to the VIN shows completely different dates. It might be OK for QPS however the second and subsequent owners are buying a much older bike than is plated.
What do you think?
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That sounds dodgy. Not that I know about such things.
Shiney and I both bought STs from that batch as either brand new or near new, plated 2014. I was stoked to know that I owned one of the newest-ever ST's but this little stunt sort of kills that little talking point :-(
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They certainly are distinctive.
I see them coming through traffic front and rear.
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Honda Australia stopped importing the 1300 while the bike was still in production. In 2014 Honda UK released the 1300 in blue http://www.my-mc-phoenix.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=13652&hilit=blue+1300&start=10#p178029 (http://www.my-mc-phoenix.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=13652&hilit=blue+1300&start=10#p178029) Maybe this where those bikes came from.
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As of a few years ago QPS started applying wraps to their bikes rather than applying reflective panels. Whilst the bikes purchased are "Police" specific models in white (99% of the time) the wraps prove a quick and simple process for on selling however at the sacrifice of visual safety at night.
Why they chose a dark blue wrap for the ST1300's I don't know - perhaps they were experimenting as there is a whole design committee that works on the colour schemes. There is also an FJR livery combination in green that I recently spotted. According to a QPS Officer there are at least 5 different colour schemes in current service.
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At least it says the QPS are still impressed with the bikes, despite their becoming outdated. It seems we're not the only ones who regard them as worthy of keeping on the road among the 2018 FJ1300s and Beemers.
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At least it says the QPS are still impressed with the bikes, despite their becoming outdated. It seems we're not the only ones who regard them as worthy of keeping on the road among the 2018 FJ1300s and Beemers.
Most Officers still say the ST1300 is the best all day bike....
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I got a ticket north of Mackay, QLD, just a month or so before I returned home to NZ.
The Police Officer who pulled me over for 120 in a 100 zone was in a car but had been a motorbike cop. We had a great chat about the Police ST1100 bikes which he had ridden and which I was riding, he pointed out that while the speedo was marked in units of 2 km/hr (as opposed to the standard ST1100 speedo marked in units of 5 km/hr) it was not able to be calibrated so the Police still had to fix a calibrated speedo to the dash of the ST1100 and that was why my bike had four screw holes on the dash.
We had a great chat, he pointed out a side road I could take a detour on which was a great ride. But he still wrote me a ticket which left me on 11 points. Might have been my response when he said the ST1100 was so nice and stable up to and even beyond 200 km/hr. I don't think, "Yeah, I know," was the right answer.
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I don't think, "Yeah, I know," was the right answer.
I think you may be on to something there Steve. ++ ++
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Interesting Steve, my 1100 also has 4 screw holes, so that theory certainly appears correct> My speedo is so accurate though, has calibration stickers under the right lid . Learn some thing new every day..... :wht11