Best radar detector for bikes?

[Bonez]

Time to revive this thread, I want to do some serious fucking speeding during the plague while the roads are free, any updated recommendations from users?

Your first name isn't Richard is it?

[caspernz]

Your first name isn't Richard is it?

And last name Cranium?

Not a bad attempt at humour from OP, albeit on wrong thread

[Berries]

Time to revive this thread, I want to do some serious fucking speeding during the plague while the roads are free, any updated recommendations from users?

Move south.


Way south.

[Beekeeper]

Ha ha, just wanted to flush out the yellow vests, still am considering getting one due to an infestation of mufti vans and cars which I think is revenue collecting. I take my sports riding needs to the track where its safe but before the Nazi's who have never done more than 51 on their 1970's UJM's get their collective old man panties in a wad, there are people who do speed on open roads out of town. Anyone who has a big bike (Harley riders excluded obviously) has found themselves doing above the limit whether its 105 or more doesnt matter as far as the old bill are concerned. If those cunts prefer to use unmarked vehicles and hidden vans then I want a sporting chance.

That said and please interfering old KB farts please fuck off unless you have advice on a good late model detector setup. Am considering a V1g2 or an R7

[caspernz]

Ha ha, just wanted to flush out the yellow vests, still am considering getting one due to an infestation of mufti vans and cars which I think is revenue collecting. I take my sports riding needs to the track where its safe but before the Nazi's who have never done more than 51 on their 1970's UJM's get their collective old man panties in a wad, there are people who do speed on open roads out of town. Anyone who has a big bike (Harley riders excluded obviously) has found themselves doing above the limit whether its 105 or more doesnt matter as far as the old bill are concerned. If those cunts prefer to use unmarked vehicles and hidden vans then I want a sporting chance.

That said and please interfering old KB farts please fuck off unless you have advice on a good late model detector setup. Am considering a V1g2 or an R7

TPX 3.0 is my suggestion.

I ran a TPX 2.0 for several years. Works fine if the LEO is running with his radar on, as you'll pick it up from a way out. The instant-on will catch you out. Ditto for laser, which is more common anyway. Camera vans use a very weak signal, and the angle means by the time your detector catches it, the picture is made.

Time and place, eyes on vanishing point is best suggestion.

Oh, and move south

[Beekeeper]

TPX 3.0 is my suggestion.

I ran a TPX 2.0 for several years. Works fine if the LEO is running with his radar on, as you'll pick it up from a way out. The instant-on will catch you out. Ditto for laser, which is more common anyway. Camera vans use a very weak signal, and the angle means by the time your detector catches it, the picture is made.

Time and place, eyes on vanishing point is best suggestion.

Oh, and move south

Thanks, quite a few in our group have them but have heard mixed reports. Agree common sense, time and place etc is the best defense.

[Laava]

70kmh should be the national open road limit.
https://images.app.goo.gl/HWoZ5RSkhTXyrtm96

[Blackbird]

Thanks, quite a few in our group have them but have heard mixed reports. Agree common sense, time and place etc is the best defense.

My Escort X50 has sat on the shed shelf for a few years now. Decided that situational awareness was my best option

[SaferRides]

I bought a Ram mount some time ago so I could fit the Bel to the bike, but never did it in the end. Their hardware is very good but expensive.

The Bel has saved me many times in the car, but I very rarely use it now and have my fun on the bike. It will even give a laser warning if they target a vehicle ahead of you, and picks up radar some distance away. You do have to be careful in light traffic if they use instant on, but how often does that happen in the upper North Island now. Well, up to a few weeks ago.

[R650R]

As far as I'm aware there is no time limit for the 'temporary' speed limit, so it is possible for a stretch of road to have a temporary speed limit for several years if the idiots in charge just leave it like that.

Will try and find article , there ARE limitations. We had a temp 70 zone outside Napier airport after ONLY ten years of repeated fatals that they thought maybe they should do something....

[R650R]

Will try and find article , there ARE limitations. We had a temp 70 zone outside Napier airport after ONLY ten years of repeated fatals that they thought maybe they should do something....

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/110...-unenforceable

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/a...ectid=11484594

[pritch]

Agree common sense, time and place etc is the best defense.

OK I'll disagree. My X50 has saved the day by sounding a warning when the source was invisible, as on the other side of a hill, behind an obstruction, or hidden under a tree. Your eyeballs will not help with those.

If a patrol car is using instant-on in traffic there is the chance that you could hear the news before he gets to you. (So far so good.)

The downside is that the detector isn't much help with camera cars/vans. They have a weak signal aimed across the road. Also they use the band that gives spurious warnings so that band is usually turned off. If I was doing a cross country trip, I'd turn it on for the journey.

The points you mention above are not the best defence, they are second best. You should keep using those even if you have a detector though.

[Beekeeper]

Thanks for the input, I ended up ordering a uniden R7. Even it is saves me just once doing 290 it will be worth it

[SVboy]

Good choice.

[Reckless]

OK I'll disagree. My X50 has saved the day by sounding a warning when the source was invisible, as on the other side of a hill, behind an obstruction, or hidden under a tree. Your eyeballs will not help with those.

If a patrol car is using instant-on in traffic there is the chance that you could hear the news before he gets to you. (So far so good.)

The downside is that the detector isn't much help with camera cars/vans. They have a weak signal aimed across the road. Also they use the band that gives spurious warnings so that band is usually turned off. If I was doing a cross country trip, I'd turn it on for the journey.

The points you mention above are not the best defence, they are second best. You should keep using those even if you have a detector though.

X50 many years old now, been wondering if the latest and greatest are any better???
One on one, Clear road, if he is using his push button in his lap he'll prob get you.
But they get lazy and there are a lot of other scenarios it can save you. Saved me heaps over the years.
I don't care it doesn't get Camera vans if your speeding and cant spot a camera van you deserve the fine