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    Radar detector karks it...

    El cheapo radar detector I bought off'n tard-me seems to have expired...ominously silent most of the time. Sometimes picks up random door machines but really does appear to be either dead or dying quickly.
    Common or not?
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    what make/ model is it

    was it brand new?

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    Quote Originally Posted by rapid van cleef View Post
    what make/ model is it

    Cobra/Cheapo

    was it brand new?
    Dunno, to be honest.

    It didn't cost a lot and it has modified my road speed so I guess it did the job. Just a pity its dying though - once the chirps stop I daresay the behaviour modification might revert...
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    Quote Originally Posted by slofox View Post
    ...once the chirps stop I daresay the behaviour modification might revert...
    An ipod with a chirping song might do the trick ...

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    Quote Originally Posted by p.dath View Post
    An ipod with a chirping song might do the trick ...
    I thought I might get a budgie in a cage...
    . “No pleasure is worth giving up for two more years in a rest home.” Kingsley Amis

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    Quote Originally Posted by slofox View Post
    I thought I might get a budgie in a cage...
    And can double as a gas detector.

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    Quote Originally Posted by p.dath View Post
    And can double as a gas detector.
    Isn't that canaries? Maybe I get a canary instead...
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    It's not worth getting it repaired if it's only a cheap one. Spend $1000 and buy a really good one. It's a small price to pay for keeping your licence.

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    Quote Originally Posted by slofox View Post
    Isn't that canaries? Maybe I get a canary instead...
    I figure if gas kills it, then its a gas detector.

    Quote Originally Posted by SMOKEU View Post
    It's not worth getting it repaired if it's only a cheap one. Spend $1000 and buy a really good one. It's a small price to pay for keeping your licence.
    Almost as cheap as not speeding by such an extent that you could loose your licence.

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    Quote Originally Posted by slofox View Post
    I thought I might get a budgie in a cage...
    Bloody budgie smuggler.

    More of an albatross smuggler myself
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    Quote Originally Posted by p.dath View Post
    I figure if gas kills it, then its a gas detector.



    Almost as cheap as not speeding by such an extent that you could loose your licence.
    It's easy enough to get into licence losing territory on the open road on my 250, I can't imagine how hard it would be trying to keep under 141kmh on a modern (ish) 600cc+ bike when you're trying to have fun. Those demerits for 'minor' speeding offences add up as well.

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    Quote Originally Posted by slofox View Post
    I thought I might get a budgie in a cage...
    Depends on the speeds you go......... it might end up with no feathers on it

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    Quote Originally Posted by crazyhorse View Post
    Depends on the speeds you go......... it might end up with no feathers on it
    I could always build a little windshield for it...
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    Quote Originally Posted by crazyhorse View Post
    Depends on the speeds you go......... it might end up with no feathers on it
    The birds I've had on my bike had no feathers either ...
    When life throws you a curve ... Lean into it ...

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    Quote Originally Posted by FJRider View Post
    The birds I've had on my bike had no feathers either ...
    It reminds me of a Kevin Bloody Wilson song about feathers flying ..................

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