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What type of mount do you use for your RD?

Handlebar /control mount
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Offline tjpgi

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Radar Detector Mount
« on: December 01, 2012, 12:17:21 PM »
Where have you found the best place to mount your RD for ease of detection, aesthetics, visibility and ease of use?
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Offline ZG

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Re: Radar Detector Mount
« Reply #1 on: December 01, 2012, 12:30:45 PM »
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Re: Radar Detector Mount
« Reply #2 on: December 01, 2012, 01:08:54 PM »
ZG, what part is magnatized? The base?  Would that affect the performance of the detector?
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Re: Radar Detector Mount
« Reply #3 on: December 01, 2012, 01:20:24 PM »
Quote from: ZG on December 01, 2012, 12:30:45 PM
I have the magnet handlebar mount, works great, on/off in 1 second!  :)
 
http://www.ebay.com/itm/RAM-Motorcycle-Clutch-Brake-Radar-Detector-Mount-/400227709905?pt=US_Radar_Laser_Detectors&hash=item5d2f6e33d1
+1  Same setup. I do wrap a strip of velcro around it.
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Re: Radar Detector Mount
« Reply #4 on: December 01, 2012, 02:15:50 PM »
Quote from: mvjr1904 on December 01, 2012, 01:08:54 PM
ZG, what part is magnatized? The base?  Would that affect the performance of the detector?

The base has a magnet in it and you stick another magnet on the bottom of the radar detector, works great, I don't even use a strap and have speed tested it many times at a buck thirty plus...  :thumbs:
 
 

 

 

 
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Offline Stavee

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Re: Radar Detector Mount
« Reply #5 on: December 24, 2012, 11:51:55 AM »
I tapped the handle bar upright to mount the radar detector as low as possible and reduce interference with the wind screen when the bars are turned to full lock. This did not interfere with the view of the tach.

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Offline tjpgi

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Re: Radar Detector Mount
« Reply #6 on: December 24, 2012, 12:56:35 PM »
That's quite a control panel you have above the steering stem. Thanks for your post.
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Re: Radar Detector Mount
« Reply #7 on: December 24, 2012, 08:45:13 PM »
mine mounts out on my "bathroom bars" from Mc Enterprises.  its in a project box for security and weather resistance,  remote display.  Plus it being out to the side I get my rear radar scanning from the V1!  No more getting approached from behind
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Re: Radar Detector Mount
« Reply #8 on: December 25, 2012, 06:33:10 AM »
Quote from: Elfmaze on December 24, 2012, 08:45:13 PM
mine mounts out on my "bathroom bars" from Mc Enterprises.  its in a project box for security and weather resistance,  remote display.  Plus it being out to the side I get my rear radar scanning from the V1!  No more getting approached from behind
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Offline Snype

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Re: Radar Detector Mount
« Reply #9 on: January 05, 2013, 01:24:52 PM »
Stavee... What are all of those switches for???
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Re: Radar Detector Mount
« Reply #10 on: January 05, 2013, 02:19:52 PM »
Mines Velcroed to the top of the brake reservoir with a thin strap over the top. I can't hear it a speed so I use a Marc Parnes visual alert Velcroed on the top of the instrument panel. The combination works well. If it starts raining I just pull it off and drop it into the glove box. I don't speed in the rain anyway.
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Re: Radar Detector Mount
« Reply #11 on: January 05, 2013, 03:23:32 PM »
Quote from: Stavee on December 24, 2012, 11:51:55 AM
I tapped the handle bar upright to mount the radar detector as low as possible and reduce interference with the wind screen when the bars are turned to full lock. This did not interfere with the view of the tach.



Very nice idea on tapping for a Ram Ball...
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Re: Radar Detector Mount
« Reply #12 on: January 05, 2013, 06:14:26 PM »
Quote from: Snype on January 05, 2013, 01:24:52 PM
Stavee... What are all of those switches for???
I am curious about that as well. Are they switches?
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Re: Radar Detector Mount
« Reply #13 on: January 05, 2013, 08:10:56 PM »
Quote from: Snype on January 05, 2013, 01:24:52 PM
Stavee... What are all of those switches for???

Rockets? ;D
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