I get the cops look at me all the time in traffic. They don't care for me much.
Drive sensible and don't be a dick and you'll be fine. I've been pulled over a handful of times, quick chat and I'm on my way without any grief.
Tho I admit, I must have gotten one cop on a bad night years ago on my bike. Did nothing wrong and was polite and all, but he reamed me good and proper. Fined me over $300 for various items, and defected me for "indicators" only even tho I was running a full race exhaust system, and had many other mods. He had no idea what to do me for. Even fined me for riding with race slicks ... which they were not. They were street legal Michelins. I'd had enough and in the end and told this guy "you've got no f**king idea what you're doing do you?". Lodged a complaint with SAPOL, got my fines sorted. Still had to go thru Regency, which was fair as I did have some 'race use only' mods at the time.
But like I said, that was one cop. Most of them are perfectly normal.