is never afraid...
Originally Posted by prettybillie
I'm going to avoid making smart arse comments about "I don't do that" coz it appears I mouthed off one too many times about not getting a ticket which I'm sure is why Murphy decided to come back & bite me
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The second one is a Bel RX65 and is a good piece of equipment!
I had one until upgrading to the STi.
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I know some people....you dont contact them, they contact you, let my know and I will set it up.
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The Bel RX65 is of similar performance to the Escort 8500 X50. They're both decent detectors. Not top of the line but OK. Personally I don't think I'd buy secondhand but if money's tight...
The other one's probably OK too but it's being sold by a guy who's also peddling KAT and Rocky Mountain Radar detectors... for which he should be dragged out into a desert, gut shot and left to die.
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I had an Escort X50, from what I read & saw in utube posted tests it came in around 50 metres short of the STi & V1's, so still a bloody good detector. The only budget detector to touch from (again) what ive read & seen (not gospel).
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RX 65 till it went in a smash and grab,now have a RX55 and seems as good,both same price off trade me.
FYI cash converters in Palmy here have an STI for $700 or so,they trade under cc palmy or similar,just hit Manawatu listings they should show up somewhere,ipods,stereos etc listings.
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Same here!
Now THAT would have been something to fret about.
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This is the type of situation where 95% of the time a radar detector will save you. The other 5% is bad luck.
Coming into a restricted zone the cop is likely to have been using his radar so you could have a warning a kilometer out. That does a couple of things, 1) makes you think, what is the speed limit and how fast am I going and 2) turns on your defences.
To cover the 5% before someone points it out: yes the cop could be saving the instant on feature just for the girl on the bike.
On the open road a radar detector is less effective. If you are scooting along at warp speed where there is little traffic - just you and the HP, the warning may be at the same time as the cop locks you in
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You got screwed?!Oh don't worry, I know it works all too well most of the time
I do also know when to just shut up and deal with the fact that I screwed up though
No, wait... sorry, selective reading.
Whip it, whip it good!
Plonker!Well it finally happened, and within 24 hours of getting my SVtoo!
Travelling along a well surfaced piece of road pootling along at just over 100km watching my trip metre (meter?) so I knew when I should be looking for the next turn off to somewhere I'd never been... woop woop. SHIT!
35 points suck! Easy throttle on bigger cc engine in 50 k zone and hey presto, instant points! Slow down in town! (shit I am poet)
Best bring that beast up here so we can have a nosey
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I agree. I think if I had my time again I could probably settle for an X50.
I used to have an STi and a V1 but wound up selling the V1 because mine had a regrettable habit every now and then of really hanging you out to dry with the speed cameras. Never actually got me a ticket but it must have been awfully close a couple of times. That's from my cage background though so maybe without all the superstrucure of the car you get better performance on the bike? Here's hoping.
What I'd really like is an STi R. Blistering Ka performace and you can switch off chunks of the bandwidth so that it just focusses on the actual threats we face 34.6 and 34.7 GHz. $2000... ouch!
is never afraid...
a VERY similar looking bike may have been spotted up your way earlier today
Best bring that beast up here so we can have a nosey
LOOK.. ZOMBIES!
thats a refreshing change for kb...
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Bummer about the ticket.. 35 points - yeouch.
I know when I test rode the SV thou I found it impossible to keep under 60km/h without constantly looking at the speedo. Probably because I was used to judging my speed from the scream of a 250 IL4.
No harm in writing in and explaining what happened and plead for a reduction in the fine/demerits. Worst that will happen is they'll say no.
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Hey, a noob question here.
With the radar detectors, it wouldn't be too hard to install it in the car, or on the bike (with a bit of time and skill). So how easy is it to move it from the car to the bike, and visa versa? Because it would be good to just throw it in the car whenever I got for a drive, then put it back on the bike when I go for a ride.
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