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What type of RD do you use?

Escort
11 (31.4%)
Valentine One
4 (11.4%)
Other detector
8 (22.9%)
No RD
12 (34.3%)

Total Members Voted: 35

Voting closed: December 31, 2012, 12:14:20 PM

Author Topic: Radar detector manufacturer  (Read 4089 times)

Offline tjpgi

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Radar detector manufacturer
« on: December 01, 2012, 12:14:20 PM »
Which detector do you use and how many times has it saved you from a ticket or did not save you?
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Re: Radar detector manufacturer
« Reply #1 on: December 01, 2012, 12:17:57 PM »
Escort S2, and too many times to count...  :)

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Re: Radar detector manufacturer
« Reply #2 on: December 01, 2012, 01:15:03 PM »
I don't have one. If I bought one, it would most likely be the Valentine One.
One that is made for motorcycles is the Adaptiv TPX.

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Re: Radar detector manufacturer
« Reply #3 on: December 01, 2012, 01:16:48 PM »
V1. I don't speed.

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Re: Radar detector manufacturer
« Reply #4 on: December 01, 2012, 03:02:54 PM »
Adaptiv TPX here....
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Re: Radar detector manufacturer
« Reply #5 on: December 01, 2012, 03:38:11 PM »
V1. I don't speed.

Me, either.....much.  I have a tendency to go faster in the twisties, not so much on straights.
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Re: Radar detector manufacturer
« Reply #6 on: December 01, 2012, 03:42:17 PM »
Me, either.....much.  I have a tendency to go faster in the twisties, not so much on straights.
Ever been across Kansas?   :)

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Re: Radar detector manufacturer
« Reply #7 on: December 01, 2012, 03:47:57 PM »
Yes I have, but I spend most of my time on the east coast, not out west.  I'm generally either with the traffic or about 5 to 10 over (by speedometer) on straights depending on conditions.  I don't have the time nor the money to pay for tickets or stress where the next LEO is going to be.  I'd rather enjoy the scenery even if it is fairly flat and enjoy the ride.  That's my stand. ;)
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Re: Radar detector manufacturer
« Reply #8 on: December 01, 2012, 03:53:26 PM »
Actually some nice country in the southern area west of Coffeyville.

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Re: Radar detector manufacturer
« Reply #9 on: December 01, 2012, 07:31:41 PM »
The V1 all but removes my fear of LEO.  I've seen my friends ticketed for speeding on bikes that are not capable of the speeds the officer reported.  LEO represents no-recourse extraction of my finances.  I want as much warning of where they are as possible. 

I admit I am a little warm on the throttle, but since the economy crash and the laying off of officers, they have been too vicious in ticketing.  My last ticket (+5mph) cost me almost as much as the detector.

I bought 1 detector, and in the last 4 years it has save me more money than it cost to buy my bike. 

If they are allowed to use technology against me, I am allowed to protect myself with technology.

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Re: Radar detector manufacturer
« Reply #10 on: December 01, 2012, 08:22:20 PM »
Unfortunately not in VA, at least legally.
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Re: Radar detector manufacturer
« Reply #11 on: December 01, 2012, 09:58:48 PM »
Kansas is out west?  Hmm, news to me.  Of course I've never been that far east (except in a plane).  ::)

I've been using V1's since they first came on the market.  Saved my butt more times than I can remember. Did a lot of research before it, and watched the market since, still sold.
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Re: Radar detector manufacturer
« Reply #12 on: December 01, 2012, 10:15:32 PM »
Beltronics, and it saves me every day. It also makes you much more aware of how many cops are hiding in the bushes or in unmarked cars, that most folks don't recognize. I drove all night across Mississippi and Louisiana last month. It was going off a lot, I could flip on the brights and see them smokies hiding up on hills, in brush, like rock fish. I try not to speed but sometimes you have to pass or just get away from some cluster of bad drivers that seem stuck together like a bunch of retarded dung beetles.
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Re: Radar detector manufacturer
« Reply #13 on: December 02, 2012, 06:48:26 AM »
Ever been across Kansas?   :)

Yes...and I couldn't get through it fast enough  (even got an award to commemorate it ;D).  Most boring nothing to see state I've personally been through.  BTW I use a TPX and it did warn me of the impending "award", but I couldn't locate him and and kind of blew it off until I saw him coming up behind me.  It has saved me many times but, unfortunately, a RD is no guarantee  :(.

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Re: Radar detector manufacturer
« Reply #14 on: December 07, 2012, 09:12:24 PM »
Escort Redline... has the longest range bar none. Saved me numerous times.

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Re: Radar detector manufacturer
« Reply #15 on: December 07, 2012, 09:53:31 PM »
Just picked up a new (barely used) V1 last month. Haven't mounted it to the C14 yet, but im trying to get used to it in the car so I can get familiar with the false hits on the way to work. Need to get the in helmet visual as well as the new add on module for IPhone when it comes out. That app looks coooooooool

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Re: Radar detector manufacturer
« Reply #16 on: December 08, 2012, 03:02:21 AM »
BEL STi Driver on the bike, RX65 in the truck and a Escort X50 on the shelf as a standby.  bluetooth the STi into my sena smh10
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