My Rivale came with a detector fitted, its hard wired to the battery, so just use the the power button on the unit. My Multi is hard wired, but my 1290GT came with a cigarette lighter type fitting, so its a plug in job, and turns on and off with the ignition.
Radar, as in speed detection radar?
Do any forces still use them, and if they do surely once they pick up a signal and you notice it it’s gonna be too late anyway??
Yes, speed detection warning device, a good one can give you up to a 2 second warning time, time enough to slam on those brakes. Also I've been passing long lines of traffic, and it can warn you if theres an un marked car hiding amongst the vehicles. i have 4 such devices, one on each of my bikes (3) and one for the wife car. Oh PS, I'm on 80 demerit points from 2 big speeding tickets, sometimes when coming around a corner, theres no time to slam those brakes on.
I would think that with the proliferation of cars using RADAR technology to give lane departure warning, blind spot warning, brake application from following close, etc. the use of RADAR detector would be annoying with falses.
Interestingly enough, only some cars equipped with radar sensors set off the radar detector in my car. Seems GM products mostly. I guess it is different operating frequencies.
Police are now using laser for speed detection in most places. When your laser detector goes off you just got busted.... Good news though is that motorcycles are very hard for the laser guns to "see".
Righto JJ ...apologies I couldn't answer your IM at the time. (for everyone not in NZ, Radar Detectors are both legal and 'generally' provide a good level of being kept well informed of Mr. Plod) Yes, they pulse their radars, yes they use lasers, yes it's not perfect...
JJ, I've wired all my bikes with a direct splice off the Head-light feed, it's constant and already has a primary fuse. I've never fed directly off the battery. It's a short lead from their to the detector placement.
This has been specifically to drive my Valentine unit (which used and RJ11 adaptor)
The real challenge with radar detection on motorcycles is actually being able to see/hear the alert.
I've been using radar/laser detection (Escort 9500ix), in my car, for over 10 years. Here in California the Highway Patrol commonly have their radar on, not always but usually.
Radar bounces all over the place and so can be picked up way before they have a speed on you. You'd be surprised how many times you are under surveillance but are not aware.
Half of the time I never even see the cop. This thing has saved me literally hundreds of times. I figure that if it saves me from one ticket, it has paid for itself.
The unit I use has GPS so it will block out false signals (Security systems, Automatic doors) after you drive past them 2 or 3 times, or you can block signals manually.
It does pick up on some blind spot detection from other cars but surprisingly few of them. Those can not be blocked because they are not stationary (obviously).
In all these years I have only picked up laser twice and never even saw the source.
gives a visual warning and is the answer to this problem.
(the link looks weird but it takes you to the correct page)
I also understand helmets with Bluetooth systems can be configured to receive the audio warning from a radar detector, a friend of mine has that working in a Shoei helmet.
I used to run a Passport IQ on my bikes because of the large screen. I have since done without on my bikes and just run protection in my car.
In southern California it seems that anything under 90mph and they don't really bother with me.
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