53 year old habitual speeder in NORCAL

[FJR1300]

Stalker!
Well you came to the right place for research, but in a nutshell it's either V1, RedLine or Stir+. Nothing worth having is waterproof but a ziplock bag and a rubber band worked just fine for me and the V1 is surprisingly tolerant of the occasional bath, even the concealed display.

[Banjoboy]

Stalker!
Well you came to the right place for research, but in a nutshell it's either V1, RedLine or Stir+. Nothing worth having is waterproof but a ziplock bag and a rubber band worked just fine for me and the V1 is surprisingly tolerant of the occasional bath, even the concealed display.

Dang, ya caught me! I joined RDForum too, so I can stalk there also. What's your handle at ADV?
This RD shopping is overwhelming. I was leaning towards a V1, cuz my buddy uses one, and it picks up the extortion pigs from way, way, way out. (Riding into a canyon, he picked one up 'bout 3 miles away!) Butt, I like the sound of be'in "invisible" to radar detector detectors too. and then there's the bike friendly Adaptiv....

[FJR1300]

The adaptiv is not going to be anywhere close to the performance of a V1 or Redline. The number one feature obviously has to be detection range/sensitivity, which basically eliminates all but those two in a portable mount rd. The Max might possibly be an option though multiple testing by members on both forums show it to be behind the V1 & RL plus that display will wash out in the bright light environment of a bike mount.

The clincher for me in the V1 is the YaV1 app, check that out if you haven't already, this turns the V1 into a really quiet detector and puts a pop up display (or foreground if wanted) onto an android phone which then gives you audio into your helmet via bluetooth. You'll find that audio alerts are vital for immediate notification when riding, visual display can't be monitored nonstop and is too easy to miss a short I/O blip.

VA & Canada are the only legal concerns for rd detectors, and there isn't really any hiding the rd itself on a bike unless you do remote mount. You could hide a w/shield mount behind a fairing but I'd be concerned about a loss of range.
I'm incognito2u on adv, I read way more than I post over there though.

[Banjoboy]

I mostly just ride in Northern Kalifornia; not concerned 'bout Canada or Va. What kind of Bluetooth device do you have in your helmet? I do have a droid, and just downloaded Waze, so I've been playing w/ that.
I don't post much on ADV anymore either; they dun banned me for bashing BMWs in a thread titled BMW vs Jap bike. WTF? (Had a BMW 'n it was the worse POS I ever owned!)

[FJR1300]

Just mentioned the VA/CAN deal since you were concerned about rd detectors.
Using a Sena SMH10R which is the small slim version.
Haha, yep they do love their BMWs over there!

[oddpedestrian]

I don't know I'm thinking this is some kind of joke that I won't entertain.

[Banjoboy]

I don't know I'm thinking this is some kind of joke that I won't entertain.

Hey he said SMh10 not S&M! Come on in, the water's warm.