This is actually the fourth episode based on current events besides Anything But The Truth, Tiger in the Streets, and Down Time.
At 20 minutes the other officers heckle Ponch by vocalizing "The Stripper" by David Rose.
At the beginning of the pursuit of the black motorcycle this is one of the few times one of the CHP motorcycles is seen to perform a wheelie with the front wheel of Jon's motorcycle coming off the ground.
Don Stroud (Lou Poole) previously appeared as Sonny Matson in Crash Course in season 4.
Due to Kawasaki providing the police motorcycles, "bad" guys usually rode other brand motorcycles, however the black motorcycle with the dog passenger was a Kawasaki "LTD" cruiser style bike.