I don't care if he's snorting mothballs in a yak scrotum, I was making mention of what the police are ticketing bikes here for, they don't have to be "running from the cops," if a police sweep at a bike night finds violations and writes them, and the "runnin'-dude" crumples it up and throws it on the ground, his registration won't be renewable next year, and his license could be suspended because of non-payment; then if he's riding in his Hyundai and gets stopped by them, he'll face impoundment of his ride and a trip to the county jail. The cops here have been cracking-down on those "invisible, not-lit" license plates that the riders were attaching inside their rear fenders, among other things.
Awhile-ago, they formed a running road-block to catch a group of sportbike riders who made the bad decision to run at the same time on I-95 every week. When the group appeared, the PD was waiting for them and boxed them in w/a string of cruisers. Lotta impounded bikes that night! They have also done sweeps on Krome Ave where the bikes race top-end, on the edge of the Everglades. More impoundments and multiple tickets!
The "McDuffie Riots" in Miami were because a Tampa jury found a handful of cops "not-guilty" after a Black sportbike rider ran from the cops and broke a bunch of red lights, and when he finally stopped, the PD beat him to-death, one of the implements used to do that was a Kel-Light which caused a skull fracture which broke the victim's cranium into two longitudinally. The trial of the accused officers in McDuffie's death was moved to Tampa and when the "not-guilty" verdict was released, the Overtown/Liberty City area of Miami rioted, destroying tens of millions of dollars of property. Sixteen people died during the three days of resulting rioting.
This Memorial Day, say a prayer for Arthur McDuffie, he was a Marine veteran who was an M.P. All he did was run from the police because he already got a ticket for an expired driver's license, and he didn't want another one, so he ran on his Kawasaki when the Miami Police tried to make a traffic stop.
So, if you run from the cops here, you might pay-more than you planned-on when they get you.
Really, do you think Sonoran6's friend cares if it's a code violation if he's running from the cops???