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JimVonBaden said:Ditto!
I have encountered a few people who think I am wasting my money on Joe Rocket. But I cannot justify a $1000 riding suit that gives an arguably marginal improvement in protection. H*!!, I only paid $2500 for my bike.
NOT trying to start a safety discussion, just making a point!
Jim
1flyer said:Kbasa, I donÔÇÖt think anyone has heard us yet. If youÔÇÖve talked to Knary about what might help him out good for you. I run an old unidin (SP?) and have been ticket free for years.
This reminds me of situations at work. There is so much discussion and enthusiasm for providing an answer no one takes note of the original question.
lorazepam said:Hey Knary, ping me and I will send you a FREE radar detector. All you have to do is buy a cord. I don't use them, and if you want it I will send it.
knary said:But Jim, since I wear an Aerostich, and my bike IS better than your bike, I am a better rider than you.
My favorite is whenever someone starts a post with, "Why would anyone buy a $15,000 motorcycle and then...". Silly people.
I have no problem settling for 95% of the performance at 50% of the cost. Otherwise I'd be in the line for the R1200GS.
Emoto said:
And... you're not going to "see the data" as this isn't a university class or a double blind controlled experiment, so forget it
Look, why don't you go out and buy one of each and use them side by side for a couple of weeks. You can return any mail order item within a month, I believe. Then let us know what you think.
We have been running these two radar detectors together, on separate motorcycles for most of last season, and we have found that the new Passport 8500. is every bit as sensitive, and seems to work every bit as good as the Valentine One. In some cases even better, depending upon conditions.
During many of these trips and tours, when either Shira or I heard an alarm of an approaching wallet-grabber, we would immediately tell the other. Sometimes the V1 was first, sometimes the Passport 8500.
In the real world they are virtually neck and neck.
KBasa said:I guess the issue is that aside from Car and Driver, the only other tests I've seen have been along the lines of radartest.com, who are provided with units by the manufacturer and are paid to test them.
I think if you're placing all your decision making on sensitivity, you're missing a big piece of what makes a V1 so effective. You have big arrows that tell you which direction the source is coming from, along with how many sources there are.
Originally posted by DesertRider Certainly I'm not relying just on sensitivity. In fact based on detectors I've owned previously, very high sensitivity can be too much of a good thing, particularly in urban areas.
And I do see the value of of directional display in some selected situations, but when it's displaying multiple signals, how do you know which one the pointer arrows refer to?
moterbiker said:I can just post about personal experience. 2 summers ago I was coming home from VT on the bike, my partner was behind me, we were travelling about 85 down the interstate, a 65 MPH zone, I got a big radar hit a grabbed a lot of brake a second later I saw the cop and I was below his ticket threshold, I looked in the rearview at my partner and she was a half mile behind me waving. Same trip about 40 minutes later in NH the exact same thing happened, when we pulled over for gas she asked me why I had waited so long to slow down, my answer was I slowed when I got the alert, she got the alert way before me. I was lucky, I have cordless Bel, she has the V1.
I am going to buy another radar detector when I can afford one, until then I have slowed my ass down considerably, when I can afford one it will be a V1.
moterbiker said:Damned if I know, takes batteries, has an earpiece, had it since 01.