Which Radar detector use

Valentine one still my choice ;) Love direction arrows letting me know where cops are at. Prefer hard wire ear plug over wireless helmet signal units. To much going on driving motorcycle to pay attention to systems such as H.A.R.D. http://home.pipeline.com/~jetskifast/dash1.jpg

Man that is a gay bike.

Damn, that seems like a lot of crap to have on a bike. I wouldn't mind having a radar detector sometimes, but it just looks like its all too busy.

Damn, that seems like a lot of crap to have on a bike. I wouldn't mind having a radar detector sometimes, but it just looks like its all too busy. Everything snaps off. Only use radar dectector 90% of the time :yesnod:

Man that is a gay bike. To each his own :thumbs:

geez..radar detector, gps, and god knows what else..does it server you dinner and then turn into a robot too ? :lol: I dont use one..all i have to go by is my eyes, and my sixth sense and my throttle hand. ;)

geez..radar detector, gps, and god knows what else..does it server you dinner and then turn into a robot too ? :lol: I dont use one..all i have to go by is my eyes, and my sixth sense and my throttle hand. ;) Detector has more than paid for itself :dthumb:

i dont deny that...1 avoided ticket would be more than enough the way we ride. but i gotta get a jacket first, so u know.. ;)

The way we ride, I couldn't look at all that stuff, couldn't take eyes of road long enough. How do you keep it from blowing off at speed? I think that GPS would rip away at the speeds I ride at.

I agree. I don't have time to look @ my Tach let alone a GPS and Radar. Maybe if your creeping alone at a snails rate of speed you could use all that stuff.

The way we ride, I couldn't look at all that stuff, couldn't take eyes of road long enough. How do you keep it from blowing off at speed? I think that GPS would rip away at the speeds I ride at. Ear plug used on radar detector ;) Company called H.A.R.D. also makes wireless led that goes inside helmet top part of face shield. GPS only used for touring on my K1200RS. Since I put an average of 15K to 20K miles a year on my bikes, comes in handy when coming into new town or city. GPS also works great on my F650GS, can take back road trails without having to rememer how to get back, just use tracker option :dthumb: Note GPS has been speed tested to 155 MPH without blowing off :yesnod:

OK Jetski....you said radar tells you the direction that the cop is at with direction arrows. Where at on that does it tell you this?? I'm looking at this and can not see where the LED would be at to point it. Do you have a closer pic of it to show?? I'm really curious.

I don't know why you guys are giving him so much crap. It's blatantly obvious he has that bike set up to do some touring. I think it's a pretty decent setup. Not everyone is hard core do or die stunters and canyon carvers. Chances are, if he's carving through the curves, he''s not looking at half of that stuff anyways. When he's tooling down the backroads or super slab though, I bet that **** comes in real handy, and I bet you bastards would be letting him lead as well if you are with him on the backroads since he has the hardware. To answer the original question, I use the Beltronics cordless radar detector. It's paid for itself, so I have no complaints. :)

Man that is a gay bike. Am I on SBN again? :skep:

I bet you bastards would be letting him lead as well if you are with him on the backroads since he has the hardware. Ummmm..... I am gonna say NOOOOOO! But that was funny ASSumption. http://ghettobaby.net/Emoticons/ghettobabydotnetdonotdirectlink2/lol.gif

OK Jetski....you said radar tells you the direction that the cop is at with direction arrows. Where at on that does it tell you this?? I'm looking at this and can not see where the LED would be at to point it. Do you have a closer pic of it to show?? I'm really curious. www.valentine1.com will give you all info you need

www.valentine1.com will give you all info you need I will give you this Jetski....that is one nice radar detector. I have a old one on my bike and it has saved my arse more than a few times!!! But I don't think I would put anything that nice on my bike!!! But that's just me!!!

www.valentine1.com will give you all info you need Sweet. Thanks for the info. :)

Am I on SBN again? :skep: no, that stuff's all over..its all good again in the neighborhood :D

I will give you this Jetski....that is one nice radar detector. I have a old one on my bike and it has saved my arse more than a few times!!! But I don't think I would put anything that nice on my bike!!! But that's just me!!! Gasman New ones are about 1/3 thinner than old ones. Lots of mounts you can buy for motorcycles to take detector off and on.

Gasman New ones are about 1/3 smaller than old ones. Lots of mounts you can buy for motorcycles to take detector off and on. Now was that a pic of the new one or the old one you have mounted???

have u ever gotten pulled over with it on ur bike..did the cops give u any hassle about it?

Now was that a pic of the new one or the old one you have mounted??? Picture shows old model mounted on my bike. Also have new model which came out about two years ago mounted in my car.

have u ever gotten pulled over with it on ur bike..did the cops give u any hassle about it? Never been pulled over with it mounted. Have BS with officers in many states about bike, some asked how well I liked it, but none gave me any problems. Calif highways radar detector is a must. Most CHP cars and bikes leave their radar on, makes it easy for us to spot CHP units ;) Very Very few CHP use laser :cheers:

Never been pulled over with it mounted. Have BS with officers in many states about bike, some asked how well I liked it, but none gave me any problems. Calif highways radar detector is a must. Most CHP cars and bikes leave their radar on, makes it easy for us to spot CHP units ;) Very Very few CHP use laser :cheers: thats nice that they are cool about it..round here, cops are tards if they see you with one..even know of a friend who got pulled over the cop confiscated it and told him he could pick it up later, but wasnt allowed to use it!! :confused: :rant:

Sounds like a sweet deal. Was the website also of the old mount and size?? If so, do you have something about the new one and size of it??

i have a radar detector, It's really cheap too (free), when it works. Its real easy to install too. It works like this, see a cop, twist your right hand clockwise. works everytime.

i have a radar detector, It's really cheap too (free), when it works. Its real easy to install too. It works like this, see a cop, twist your right hand clockwise. works everytime. yeah boy..thats what i said too!!! :yesnod: if u cant catch me, u cant ticket me.. i wouldnt mind having one some day on my kat, but i dont do enuff touring to really make it worth it though i wouldnt think....having the option to remove it easy from a mount would be the ideal thing.

kats stickin together

Sounds like a sweet deal. Was the website also of the old mount and size?? If so, do you have something about the new one and size of it?? Valentine web site shows new model radar detector. Outside measurements of old and new detector are same, new model is 1/3 thinner less bulky. Lots of information on motorcycle radar detectors and mounts can be found at www.motorcycleradar.com and www.ram-mount.com www.cyclegagets.com

I don't know why you guys are giving him so much crap. and I bet you bastards would be letting him lead as well if you are with him on the backroads since he has the hardware. :) I am afraid he will need more than some gadget toys to lead our group on any roads. Besides, I can buy physical and topo maps from the Gov't cheaper and provide the same info and then some. I do have a radar detector that is supposed to be some kind of jammer too that "makes me invisible to radar". Most of the time it just tells me I've been caught a little sooner than my eyes do.

ive had a radar detector before on my camaro, but never on any bikes..but often wondered, so please inform me..if its going off, telling you its detecting radar, doesnt that mean you've already been had? or is it that it detects the presence of radar in the area, not necessarily hitting you currently?

ive had a radar detector before on my camaro, but never on any bikes..but often wondered, so please inform me..if its going off, telling you its detecting radar, doesnt that mean you've already been had? or is it that it detects the presence of radar in the area, not necessarily hitting you currently? Good radar detector gives you early warning. Depending on terrain you can get miles of early warning. Cop does not have to be pointing radar gun at you to get early warning ;) Number of times we have been back hill racing and when we catch any warning we slow down, more time than not we find cop sitting around a turn with radar gun :mad: Instant on laser radar if cop is pointing at you, you are caught. Rader detectors still give you warning on instant on guns if cars or bikes have passed in front of you, your radar detector will give you bounce signal warning. Cailfornia not many cops use instant on, Washington and Oregon CHP do use instant on. Make 860 mile trip to vacation home in Wa on my bike few times a year along I5. Average 85 MPH cruising range not one pull over todate :thumbs: When you get a hit in open road you know a cop is around. Bumblebee If you donot travel on your bike or take back road trails no need to buy GPS. For $169 its sort of nice not to carry maps and be able to type in street and be guided right their. Also back track mode is nice when you are off roading. You can just ride without having to remember how to get back :dthumb: If you are getting caught in K and Ka band radar traps, time to upgrade to more expensive radar detector ;)

Thanks for the info :) I know on some of the older ones, anytime I'd go thre residential district, or out on the highway and pass by a mini-mall, truck stop, etc...it would go off, and not a cop in sight for miles on end..that used to piss me off. Todays detectors are more closely tied to just radar? or will they always be suseptable to your basic garage door opener signals, burglar alarms and whatever else emits from those complexes. ?

Since we are talking about radar detectors I will share a small story about one I owned once before a few years back. I am driving on the highway and it was early on a weekend and no cars out. So I decide I am going to just go fast. As I am driving at 130mph I am coming up this hill and as I get to the top there sits a state trooper pulled off to the side. As I fly past him then the radar goes off. I think my heart about jumped out of my chest. :eek: I got so worried that he was going to jump in his car and chase me but he had someone else pulled over and didn't do it. I didn't even let off the gas. I figured if he was going to chase me he was going to have to catch me. I got off the next exit and took all back roads home ot be on the safe side. :) Here is a pic of my old car as well: http://sith.streetracing.org/images/p_burke.jpg

Thanks for the info :) I know on some of the older ones, anytime I'd go thre residential district, or out on the highway and pass by a mini-mall, truck stop, etc...it would go off, and not a cop in sight for miles on end..that used to piss me off. Todays detectors are more closely tied to just radar? or will they always be suseptable to your basic garage door opener signals, burglar alarms and whatever else emits from those complexes. ? Newer ones can lock out radar bands of doors ect. You have to know what band cops in your area are using. Example CHP uses Ka radar band, doors ect donot run off of Ka band. On CA highway I only have Ka band and laser active. Only time I use rader detecter is out on highway and back roads. Most of the time I am not speeding on city streets.

Aren't there 3 differnet bands?? And don't some radar detectors have set-ups that allow all 3 to be used at the same time??

that much i do know..:lol: yeah you can buy them with the ability to pick up all bands of radar, of course those ones are alot more expensive.

Aren't there 3 differnet bands?? And don't some radar detectors have set-ups that allow all 3 to be used at the same time?? Four bands if you include laser. Most radar dectectors pickup all three at same time. Some detectors you can program out bands if you get nothing but false alarms. Valentine 1 has boogy counter which is neat. Say you go by shopping center everyday you get false K band warning from shopping center doors. Valentine 1 counts how many K band devices are giving you warning and displays them on radar detector. So when you go by shopping center every day you get 3 K band warnings lighting up, next time you go by and you see 4 K band warnings. That fourth warning could be cop using K band radar :thumbs:

Four bands if you include laser. Most radar dectectors pickup all three at same time. Some detectors you can program out bands if you get nothing but false alarms. Valentine 1 has boogy counter which is neat. Say you go by shopping center everyday you get false K band warning from shopping center doors. Valentine 1 counts how many K band devices are giving you warning and displays them on radar detector. So when you go by shopping center every day you get 3 K band warnings lighting up, next time you go by and you see 4 K band warnings. That fourth warning could be cop using K band radar :thumbs: Sounds good. Thanks :dthumb:

I got off the next exit and took all back roads home ot be on the safe side. :) I take the back roads all the time. Everybody is in a hurry so the cruisers, SUVs, and cops take the highway and the sportbikes are on the back roads. But like they used to say "Getting there is half the fun".

I take the back roads all the time. Everybody is in a hurry so the cruisers, SUVs, and cops take the highway and the sportbikes are on the back roads. But like they used to say "Getting there is half the fun". You couldn't be any more correct then that. :) :dthumb:

Bumblebee If you donot travel on your bike or take back road trails no need to buy GPS. For $169 its sort of nice not to carry maps and be able to type in street and be guided right their. Also back track mode is nice when you are off roading. You can just ride without having to remember how to get back :dthumb: If you are getting caught in K and Ka band radar traps, time to upgrade to more expensive radar detector ;) I do travel and take the back roads, 8K on my bike since July, and I don't commute. I know the area before I go, and I don't go anywhere I don't remember the way back. Guess its from all those years of submitting flight plans. I do know my maps don't need batteries, and solar activities don't effect them, I used programable compass and Loran and radar in my plane for years. I sent my Father-in-law directions to our new house in Tally. He has one of those gadgets. It followed my directions exactly from Des Moines to here and then it turned him the wrong way and sent him west instead of east on our block. I learned to navigate the old fashioned way (I can use a sextant) maybe one day I might get one, when the price comes down. As for Radar, Here in FLA and Georgia they use instant on and moving. Most of the time, especially at night, they sit dark and wait for you to come along so they can ambush you, a lot like a rattlesnake. So unless you are in traffic, they aren't much use here.

I use Escort for my detecting needs, but not on my bike. I'm just too busy to need it. In the cars, though, its saved a bundle. As for detector brand, few would argue that there's any brand at the top level outside Escort and Valentine. Deciding between the two is like choosing a motor oil. There are online studies of them doing a comparison/contrast, but each and every study I've read is supported via one of those two manufacturers. That makes the Conclusion easy to guess.

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my friends dad has a BMW Tourer and its nice as hell, the GPS fit down tucked under the screen, where its easy to read and wired into the bike, but detachable. It reads speed more accurate then the speedo does. they are bascially right over the speedo and tach gauges. Cycle world did a test on a Laser jammer/Radar detector and htey got it mounted on a SS bike, they make mounts to where it mounts to your triple tree inside the fairing cant see it at all, but it has the earphone to alert you. You can get the detectors and jammers pretty well hidden... the laser jammer u have to be able to see but they make mounts to hide em as best as possible.... They had 3 offduty officers try to hit the bike with laser and radar and it was completley stealth... one draw back.. cost of detector/jammer and all mounts and extras...about 900-1000$ but one ticket for 160 in a 55 would pay for it.

my friends dad has a BMW Tourer and its nice as hell, the GPS fit down tucked under the screen, where its easy to read and wired into the bike, but detachable. It reads speed more accurate then the speedo does. they are bascially right over the speedo and tach gauges. Cycle world did a test on a Laser jammer/Radar detector and htey got it mounted on a SS bike, they make mounts to where it mounts to your triple tree inside the fairing cant see it at all, but it has the earphone to alert you. You can get the detectors and jammers pretty well hidden... the laser jammer u have to be able to see but they make mounts to hide em as best as possible.... They had 3 offduty officers try to hit the bike with laser and radar and it was completley stealth... one draw back.. cost of detector/jammer and all mounts and extras...about 900-1000$ but one ticket for 160 in a 55 would pay for it. True many companies are making radar detector/jammer and GPS mounts for bikes :cheers: Plus you can hard wire everything using water proof plug purchased from marine supply stores :thumbs: