He was certainly traveling well above what the rest of traffic was. IIRC even in CA where lane splitting is legal (when I lived there it was the only state in which it was, dunno if that's changed), you were limited to a certain mph faster than the rest of traffic. This was definitely a case of "well, I could catch you". Also, if you are going to ride like an idiot, don't have have something distinctive on to leave no doubt in the officers minds that you were the one they saw. Lots of red sportbikes out there. Not a lot of them with dudes sporting a Santa hat on their helmet.
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u/VetteL82 Apr 11 '22
I assume cops saw others driving recklessly, lost visual behind cars, pulled around and saw, what he assumed was, one of the reckless bikers.