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Radar Detectors
« on: December 22, 2015, 06:59:19 PM »
Curious! is anyone using radar detectors for obvious reasons! I can see even trying to drive responsibly,its quite difficult to keep it at 55 or at the speed limit, its just to much fun! and you get up there so fast, what brands work and dont!! 

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Re: Radar Detectors
« Reply #1 on: December 22, 2015, 07:05:02 PM »
Valentine One wired to a single helmet speaker.

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Re: Radar Detectors
« Reply #2 on: December 22, 2015, 07:50:19 PM »
TPX with super bright LED  warning option  mounted on the dash. This plus WAZE and I stay put of trouble
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Re: Radar Detectors
« Reply #3 on: December 22, 2015, 07:58:37 PM »
I use a Valentine 1 as well, mounted in the gap between the right mirror and windshield with a clear view front and rear.
I also use the remote display mounted up alongside my high mounted GPS with the main unit running in dark mode.

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Re: Radar Detectors
« Reply #4 on: December 23, 2015, 09:22:32 AM »
Passport Escort 9500x. Love it. It has gps and remembers the same radar signature at the same spot for more than 3 times and maps it out. So after awhile, driving in the same area, most false alarms go away. Also the gps knows your speed and automatically adjusts between city and hwy sensitivity. I use it with a Marc Parnes Visual Alert so I get a bright red flash on the instrument panel.

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Re: Radar Detectors
« Reply #5 on: December 24, 2015, 07:07:10 AM »

Valentine 1 also.
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Re: Radar Detectors
« Reply #6 on: December 24, 2015, 05:45:24 PM »
I run a passport in my tank bag with Bluetooth to the helmet. Works great and is concealed.  I made a quick disconnect to make it removable when I remove the tank bag.  I looked around to find the right tank bag that is tall enough so the detector is in the upper map pocket, but shaped so it won't interfere with sport riding conditions.

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Re: Radar Detectors
« Reply #7 on: December 24, 2015, 05:48:04 PM »
And what bag did you find to accomplish that?

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Re: Radar Detectors
« Reply #8 on: December 25, 2015, 07:16:10 PM »
I run a passport in my tank bag with Bluetooth to the helmet. Works great and is concealed.  I made a quick disconnect to make it removable when I remove the tank bag.  I looked around to find the right tank bag that is tall enough so the detector is in the upper map pocket, but shaped so it won't interfere with sport riding conditions.

Pictures and info on the bag that you found that works please...
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Re: Radar Detectors
« Reply #9 on: December 28, 2015, 10:44:09 PM »
geez.  such speeders!  ;D
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Re: Radar Detectors
« Reply #10 on: December 29, 2015, 03:32:44 AM »
I just use it for the construction alerts.  8)

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Re: Radar Detectors
« Reply #11 on: December 29, 2015, 01:10:31 PM »
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Passport Escort 9500x. Love it. It has gps and remembers the same radar signature at the same spot for more than 3 times and maps it out. So after awhile, driving in the same area, most false alarms go away. Also the gps knows your speed and automatically adjusts between city and hwy sensitivity. I use it with a Marc Parnes Visual Alert so I get a bright red flash on the instrument panel.

+1

Of course you can still get popped if you aren't alert yourself.  Laser is faster than you can react, but you can usually see them before they can legally zap you.  Ka is also tough to out brake but again, be alert and you should be okay.

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Re: Radar Detectors
« Reply #12 on: December 29, 2015, 05:44:51 PM »
+1

Of course you can still get popped if you aren't alert yourself.  Laser is faster than you can react, but you can usually see them before they can legally zap you.  Ka is also tough to out brake but again, be alert and you should be okay.

Agreed, Radar detectors are not without flaws and if you take a direct hit from Laser or KA you are likely toast... However, the majority of LEO's run full-time hot or if your lucky they are targeting a driver ahead of you so that you get a hit off of their signal as a early warning... Playing it safe and keeping your eyes open is the best defense, but sometimes people just need to have a bit of fun and a bit of cheap insurance will hopefully keep it that way.. JMHO...
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Re: Radar Detectors
« Reply #13 on: December 29, 2015, 06:10:38 PM »
i lubs me some WAZE on the interstates and high traffic roads
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Re: Radar Detectors
« Reply #14 on: December 29, 2015, 06:16:34 PM »
i lubs me some WAZE on the interstates and high traffic roads

Agreed, I use WAZE in conjunction to my 9500ix and it works great in areas of strong cell service.. WAZE LEO notifications is worthless anywhere that there is not cell service, your GPS still works but no one can make LEO updates making it a blind area and trust me when I say the LEO's have that figured out.. If not for my 9500 ix in dead areas, I would be writing a lot of checks for a trip to S. Cali and back...
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Re: Radar Detectors
« Reply #15 on: December 30, 2015, 05:38:47 PM »
ok here is my tank bag.  It is a cortech.  I think it is a 2.0 liter, but I could not find a part number.  It is magnetic and it has the slanted rear end.  This allows for me to lean off the bike a bit without impacting my arms against the tank.

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Re: Radar Detectors
« Reply #16 on: December 30, 2015, 05:47:08 PM »
I purchased the passport hard wire kit and a telephone two-ended coupler.  The hard wire kit has an in-line fuse.  You can wire it directly to the battery and pull it to the front fairing.  OR... I wired mine to the bike's accessory wires that are not used.  They are located in the black wiring boot just on the inside of the left fairing near the steering neck.  You can do a search to see photos to find the accessory wires.  This way the passport will turn on and off with the bike.  Once I determined the right length, I cut the wire and crimped on a new phone jack.  You can buy a crimping tool for 10 bucks and a bag of plastic ends pretty cheap.  Mark or tape the wire where you cut it so you can crimp a new jack back on without reversing the wiring.  Then I put some double sided 3M tap on the coupler and taped it to the frame near the steering neck.  I then made up a new phone wire to go from the coupler to my tank bag and into the passport.  This is the one that I disconnect at the coupler if I want to remove my bag.  I have ridden in the rain probably a thousand miles and never had a fuse problem caused by water.  I do put a piece of tape over the coupler when I wash the bike though.
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Re: Radar Detectors
« Reply #17 on: December 30, 2015, 06:09:06 PM »
I then purchased a Chatterbox Bluetooth Transmitter.  Careful here as the receivers look the same.  You will need a transmitter, not a receiver.  I slide the Passport into the inside upper map pocket and then fish the power wire from the phone jack coupler I installed on the frame up through the iPod opening in the tank bag to the passport.  I use a little piece of wood and slide that in the map pocket with the Passport just to fill the space of the pocket and keep the passport from twisting sideways.  I then connect the chatterbox transmitter to the passport to give it Bluetooth capability.  You just plug in the chatterbox to the headphone jack and turn both of them  on.   The Chatterbox battery will last about 12 hours on a charge.  I then pair the chatterbox to my bluetooth headset in my helmet.  Once everything is installed the only thing I have to remove is the Chatterbox so I can charge it.  The passport always stays in the bag.  If I ever want to remove the bag, I just disconnect the power wire at the coupler and pull off the tank bag.  Easy as that and everything stays in the bag. No recalibration of the position of the passport is needed because the passport is always in the right spot when I set the bag back on the tank.


It is really pretty simple and a nifty setup that is not visible to anyone looking at the bike.  The radar detector can receive signal through the fairing and tank bag... just not metal.
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Re: Radar Detectors
« Reply #18 on: December 30, 2015, 06:14:22 PM »
Passport slides in here.  Please read previous posts for install instructions.  Good luck and ride safe.
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Re: Radar Detectors
« Reply #19 on: December 30, 2015, 06:27:34 PM »
Nice setup. Thanks for the info.