Radar detectors: what's a good brand and a good price?

[Ribenapigeon]

What's a good brand of detector and what's a good price. Also how well do they work?

Cheers.

[moonzoomer]

[mudcow007]

i thought the fuzz no longer used radar, an used laser instead!?

[MulberryWizar...]

https://oi61.tinypic.com/5v2mh5.jpg
____________________
Ducati 749S '04 | Honda Blackbird '97 | Suzuki GSX600F '03 (sold) | Honda CB-1 '89 (sold) | Honda CBF125 '11 (sold)

[Ribenapigeon]

Ok. Speed trap sensor.

[moonzoomer]

[MulberryWizar...]

Not the answer you're looking for but if you're going so fast that you miss the fluorescent scamera van then you'll miss gravel, badly driven hatchbacks, dead animals, portals to alternate dimensions, etc.
____________________
Ducati 749S '04 | Honda Blackbird '97 | Suzuki GSX600F '03 (sold) | Honda CB-1 '89 (sold) | Honda CBF125 '11 (sold)

[Ribenapigeon]

I'm presuming a detector gives you a chance because it picks up stray signals from vehicles in front being targeted.

[mudcow007]

i think that was the case with radar as it was a "wide beam" so you could pick up the odd beam etc, but laser is pin point - so once that has got you....your done

[Ribenapigeon]

Oh well its the James Bond revolving number plate instead then.

[weasley]

Or the Throttle Tube Angular Modulation Control.
____________________
Yamaha XJ600 | Yamaha YZF600R Thundercat | KTM 990 SMT | BMW F900XR TE

[lihp]

[BTTD]

You can get speed camera location apps for smartphones that tell you where fixed cameras are and popular locations for mobile vans.

[Poseidon]

A couple of years back I was driving a borrowed vehicle with one of those road angels. It didn't detect any of the three speed cameras I knew were there, the scamera vans that I went past (knew the hot spots for these anyways) nor did it detect a T5 hidden up an entry slipway on the M62 (wasn't a problem as I wasn't speeding).

It did go mental at random intervals for no discernible reason (clear road with no speed detector in sight) and if I drove past a shop with automatic doors, it would go batshit.
____________________
1977 Honda CG125
2002 Ducati Monster S4 (currently restoring)

[barrkel]

A GPS with a reliable subscription for speed camera locations is about the best you'll get, IMO.
____________________
Bikes: S1000R, SH350; Exes: Vity 125, PS125, YBR125, ER6f, VFR800, Brutale 920, CB600F, SH300x4
Best road ever ridden: www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2MhNxUEYtQ

[Lord Percy]

I honestly think the only way to avoid speed camera devices would be to use lots of super-smooth and perfectly angled mirrors to deflect all beams away. Or use paint that absorbs all the beams so they don't reflect at all. I presume this is how stealth bombers work.

I wonder if anyone's actually tried it?

[Tungtvann]

[Vincent]

[bladerunner]

As said before...most are using lazer now so no warning....my old radar detector could pick up the old radar guns over the brow of a hill before line of sight but apart from some warning of traffic lights by schools etc your mostly going to be picking up motion sensor doors on your local high street!
____________________
Current bikes...cbr929, KDX200's, Rd125lc mk2, RGV250's

[Furrybiker]

On your phone Radardroid or Trapster for free or the Pocket GPS world database for about £20 a year.

The last one has the best database as it includes the sites of mobile cameras as well.

[Nobby the Bastard]

The best solution is the Mk 1 eyeball attached to a brain with a modicum of sense....
____________________
trevor saxe-coburg-gotha:"Remember this simple rule - scooters are for men who like to feel the breeze on their huge, flapping cunt lips."
Triumph Sprint ST 1050

[stevo as b4]

Takes me back to the late 90's, when I knew a bloke with a tuned ZX12R and a Flip up number plate.

Think if you get caught with one of these your arse is gonna get demolished though!