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Re: [ST] Radar installation



Thanks for the radar info everybody.

>First off Val, if you are shopping for a R/D at Best-Buy >etc...STOP!  If
you don't get a Valentine V1, or at the very >minimum a Passport Escort
8500, you are wasting your money

Steve, the only place I could find the Escort Passport 8500 was at Best-Buy.
I was also able to find a Bel 980 at Fry's, but no one in my area seems to
have a Valentine V1.  So, I think I'm on tap for the passport.  Val



- ----- Original Message -----
From: "STeve Duncan" <xhippy@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 1:32 PM
Subject: Re: [ST] Radar installation


>
> original message:
> >From: "VB" <vcburton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> >There doesn't seem to be any information on the website or in the
achieves
> >regarding the installation of radar.
> ________________________________________________________________________
>
>
> First off Val, if you are shopping for a R/D at Best-Buy etc...STOP!  If
you
> don't get a Valentine V1, or at the very minimum a Passport Escort 8500,
you
> are wasting your money, and will prolly end up getting MORE tickets based
on
> a false sense of security.  (some would argue a V1 or nothing and I
wouldn't
> argue much with them).  Look at it this way, you could buy a cheap R/D,
but
> one ticket and you could just about could buy the V1 ($400.00) or
certainly
> the 8500 ($300.00).
>
> As far as mounting.  Most folks just carry them in or on their tank-bag.
One
> madman (you know who you are), has mounted his INSIDE his rear hardbag and
> swears it works fine.  I have mine mounted (with 3M "Dual-Lock" NOT
velcro)
> on the faring lip directly under my headlight (fits great).  Some have
even
> removed their "third-eye" and rigged up a mount there.  Of course all
these
> options require the use of an earbud to hear the warning signals.  I think
> this to be a smart way to go as trying to keep an eye on a visual warning
> system could be dangerous.  If you are going fast enough to NEED a
detector
> you should be concentrating on the ROAD.
>
>
> STeve Duncan
> '00 Sprint-ST, Black as Nite
> Dallas, Tx
>
> "you don't know that you don't know what you don't know"
>
>
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