True story here but hard to believe it even though I know the parties involved. In 1974 (times were simpler then, and perhaps justices of the peace more easy going) a good friend of mine tried to outrun a police motorcycle. He on a Triumph 650 Bonneville. The cop on a Harley. After a relatively brief chase in the country the Triumph rider pulled over and the cop hauled him in front of the local JP. Incredibly the JP didn't jail him or even pull his license. He did give him a hefty fine though but it was his parting remark that stunned everyone. The JP (obviously a Triumph fan) shook his head, sighed and said "You're riding a Bonneville and you couldn't outrun a HOG? For that I ought to impound your bike, suspend your license AND toss you in the pokey". Local town JPs in those days were much more human.