Radar Love

[Swoop]

god it drives me nuts.

Not being driven nuts, has saved me three times already...

[dipshit]

You need K-band activated.

This is why I settled for a the basic Bel 940. No fancy bells and whistles for selecting individual bands... city/highway mode should do me fine. I live and travel on mostly rural open roads. Am not worried about stealth as they aren't illegal in NZ yet.

All I want is some adequate range on picking up radars on the open road.

[ckai]

Superbright red LED panel aimed at eyes and run out of earphone jack on Bel 65. Works for me

I'm thinking of doing this to mine, but I'm looking at some red and blue [sic] LED's either side of the screen (can only be seen by rider) : I thought that would be appropriate.

Activate K band (I think it is ?) They changed cameras apparently. My V1 now is a pain in built up areas but thats the game we play . Gaz.

You need K-band activated. I did a few passes of a stationary cameravan to test out the bands. No problems detecting them.

As he said... and be prepared to hear the warning of K Band... god it drives me nuts. What are the cops playing at? How unsporting

Thanks you lot, I'll give it a whirl.

All I want is some adequate range on picking up radars on the open road.

Best mine's done is 2km around corners. The least amount has been about 900m around real tight corners. I thought that was "adequate" enough.

[slofox]

Hehe, yeah this is true, but actually I have much more fun slipping through little gaps, using my cunning and experience, and just twisting the throttle. Anyone can twist the throttle and hang on. Not everyone can split and filter.

Also I think it's really dangerous running a large speed-differential in dense traffic. Anything can and will change in front of me, and if I can't get my speed back pronto, I end up being a part of someone elses' bumper.

Steve

I don't do it in dense traffic - I ride out of town mostly...


RE DIGITAL SPEED CAMERAS: I asked Radar Direct about the new digital cameras and the frequency they operate at. Reply, as I remember it, was sort of as follows...The new digital speed cameras work in a a different part of the K band - frequency about 24.0GHz instead of the more usual 24.125GHz (I think he said) - a lot of radar detectors are not equipped to respond to the frequency that is now being used. So it is suggested that you check with the maker to see if it will actually warn you or not. I haven't come across one yet so have no idea whether my buzzer will work...

[Rincewind]

Bel STI XR. Awesome unit and undetectable in operation to the cops as well.

Where did you buy your unit from..

[Little Smurf]

I've been told by the local cop or 2 that passing in a passing lane you may exceed to 118km, not anymore.

I use a Bel STI XR and fantastic saved me many times and thousands of $$$$. Haven't had any problems with mine it's been mint.
My partner has a Valentine and swears by it, personal preference I say would depend on the $$$ you have and want to spend. Would not be without them, every bike and vehicle are all wired to accommodate either brand.