If you have always pictured a cop riding an old and aging pushrod engined Royal Enfield, then you need to have a reality check. We have seen cops on Bajaj Pulsars and TVS Fieros but this news has really taken us by a pleasant surprise. We are still amazed by the fact that the Uttar Pradesh Police force is using Honda CBR250R bikes for daily duties. It is being said that the (in)famous ex UP CM Mayawati had ordered for purchase of 15000 bikes for the Police force during her tenure. Along with CBR250R, this lot includes Hero Karizma and Honda Stunner. Out-running the police gets even tougher!
The Sub Inspector on the left (UP80 AG 0289) is Sushant Gaur who designed the graphics for the bikes and the Indigo following them.
We bought just 2 of these bikes on a trial basis for Agra tourism Police last year (2011).
We are happy with them except that there are some limitations- they are v uncomfortable for the pillion. Which means they cannot be used for our standard 2 man patrols.
But they are good for tourism police duties which mainly involve guiding people around or piloting VIPs or visiting delegations. Earlier we had to deploy a 4 wheeler now just a bike and one constable suffice.
Honda doesn't supply them in white but they agreed to our special request and enabled us to use 3M stickers to create the High Visibility Graphics.
wonder who pays the petrol bills…. cops or the policel department.
Kokata cops once rode RD350s… which rapidly went to seed as they were not maintained properly.
having a good ride doesn make the rider any gr8.. But still need to upgrade to similar or better.. 😛
Anant Bhatia looks like I did not read your post carefully 🙁 anyway good to see UP cops modernizing with latest toys…if only someone told them about treadmills.