PaulVincent
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posted May 04, 2002 04:37 PM
Radar Detector Set Up
Is there a best way to set up a radar detector for the 12? I intend to use a Valentine 1, and unless I am riding in town, I always tuck. What I don't need is to have it set up and not really be useful when I most need it.
  
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GreenGlenn
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posted May 04, 2002 08:58 PM
I use a Valentine and cannot imagine being without it. I use the M-Stand (mounts to the inside of the mirror bracket) and a Radar Screamer. The Screamer is LOUD. I can hear it just fine well above 100 with ear plugs in. Hell, Slug said he could hear it too from about 4-5 bike lengths behind me. If you decide to go this route you need to get the earplug adaptor panel, the screamer plugs into it for the audio signal. It also comes with a 3 position toggle switch to allow you to lower the volume or mute it altogether in case you are stopped at a red light next to "The Man"
I love mine and I wont ride without it. If you will be at the gap, you can try it out.
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bagster
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posted May 05, 2002 07:45 AM
BEL 985
I use a M-stand with a Bel-985 detector on it.
the Bel has comparable range to the valentine at a much lower cost. (235 US$)
Although it does not have those nice "hidden remote" rear detectors like the valentine, it still detects "the man" very well. (and has 60 synthesized-speech traffic warnings)
The 985 in testing, was very close to the valentine.
The alert sound is quite loud, i can hear it easy up to 80 mph.
I was thinking about making a small ½ dome type reflector to focus the sound back at me instead of out the side where it currently goes.
either that or hook up a small plastic tube like a stethoscope so i can turn down the volume and still have the sound routed to my ear.
but i do not relish the thought of having a tube shoved into my helment, it would look like i am some old man with an oxygen bottle for breathing. ;-)
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ddpete3
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posted May 05, 2002 08:40 AM
I live in California. Cops have other things to do than sit on the side of the road and tag speeders...
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PaulVincent
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posted May 05, 2002 08:50 AM
 Edited By: PaulVincent on 5 May 2002 09:54
GreenGlenn, Thanks for the info. I really appreciate it. No, I won't be at the Gap (although I wish I could). I'm finishing up a Master's Degree and working full time so I have no time for much of anything. I need the radar detector set up as I'm likely going to commute 135 miles each way to classes this for a couple weeks this summer, and if I can't make good time it will be a real burden. This year's been interesting in that most all my riding has been to classes and not much else. And if you don't mind, just one other question; where can I get the M-Stand?
bagster, The Bel-985 sounds interesting, but my situation is this: I will be using either my daughter's or my wife's Valentine 1. Neither my wife (third grade teacher) or my daughter won't travel without her V 1, so I might have to buy a third detector. But I hope not.
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BlackMandingoWarrior
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posted May 05, 2002 11:38 AM
Glenn...
Where can I get a Screamer and will it work with any radar detector??
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GreenGlenn
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posted May 05, 2002 01:15 PM
Radar Screamer
They sell them at http://www.motorcycleradar.com/products.htm. They have the M-Stands too. Great guys, called them at 8PM on a Sunday 'cause I lost the install instructions for the screamer. Got the owner on a cell phone at a party, said he'd borrow a guys laptop at the party and e-mail them to me. I had 'em in 5 minutes.
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GreenGlenn
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posted May 05, 2002 01:18 PM
Oh, I dunno if they work with all detectors, but they only show 2 models on the web site, one for the Valentine and one for the Passport 8500. They have one product that is supposed to work for detectors that have no audio output, dunno how well it works and what kind of slicing/dicing you have to do to your detector... Hope this helps.
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PaulVincent
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posted May 05, 2002 05:04 PM
Glenn, Thanks!
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princesskiwi
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posted May 05, 2002 07:45 PM
If Sagot gets off his ass and finishes our stands we will be offering our own CNC stands fer the ZX12 right here...
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BlackMandingoWarrior
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posted May 05, 2002 08:09 PM
Thanks Glenn.....
That little fucker ain't cheap!!!
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redelk
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posted May 05, 2002 10:59 PM
I just don't like my V1 out in the open...
... and my truck's too slow to need one.
My V1 is wrapped in the foam it was shipped in and black vinyl. It sits perfectly where the city light used to be and requried no velcro or any other means of attachment. The remote audio and displays sit above and on the right and left sides of the insterment cluster. The are held in place with a small metal strap attached with 2 of the cluster's 8mm nuts.
The audio wire runs behind the cluster, along with the throttle cables and comes out from the front of the tank/airbox cover. Right up front, where the cover screws to the air intake cover. I have a female RCA jack on the end. In my Arai, I have an old ChatterBox speaker and the wire feeds out the bottom front with an RCA male plug.
For me, it's easy connect and disconnect, I don't have to worry about theft, it's protected from the elements and vibration and I don't have to worry about a Screamer going off at some traffic light that uses X band to trigger it (common in many small, "2 lights" towns of Arkansas) when the local law is right next or behind me .
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PaulVincent
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posted May 10, 2002 07:26 PM
redelk, Thanks for the info. If I don't get the M stand and screamer that I ordered before too long, I'm going to have to look closer at your set up. But it does make one problem for me; I have two 12s. Believe it or not, I ordered the parts last Sat. night, and I have yet to receive them.
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