EZ-Pass

I bought a metal holder with clamps that snap on my cylinder guards.
I've registered my 3 bikes on it, and it's worked everywhere.

I bought an I-Pass about 9 years ago and it worked fine on the windshield of my R1200R as well as on a Rifle superbike fairing windshield. Never tried it in a pocket. Did the mandatory upgrade about 3 years ago and the new transponder would not work on the R1200, although it worked fine in the car. I am guessing configuration has something to do with this. The old one was maybe 3" square and 1/2" thick. The new one is 3-1/2" by 1-1/2" and the thickness varies from top to bottom.

jcabiles said:

You need to be aware that EZ Pass transponders are sensitive to how they are oriented/displayed. They need to be facing similar to how they would be mounted in a car windshield. Turned 180 degrees, won't respond; 90 out of alignment may or may not respond; in a jacket pocket facing 90 degrees forward, probably won't respond.

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Ha. Well, that's good information. In my car, I pull my EZPass out of the glove box and throw it on the dash. Sometimes I do get a read out that says something like "tag not read" or whatever, but then it usually says "EZPass paid" next gate I go thru.

The tunnels and bridges around NYC are EXPENSIVE. Once while working up there and driving across bridges and stuff daily, I depleted my account so fast that it couldn't keep up. After a couple read outs indicating my pass wasn't being read, I called them to ask what was up. The nice person told me it takes a day or so for the EZPass account to be credited. He pulled my account up and saw where I was, reading back to me the sequence of "events". It never occurred to me they might be surcharging me as though it were my own fault!

Frankly, I never, EVER look at my account until the end of each year when I print out the statement, add it all up, and deduct the total from my taxable income.