Well I have been using my Valentine for a week. I can't say that I have avoided a ticket yet, but I can say that I know were all of the automatic door openers are on my way to work! ;-)
So far so good. I mounted my Valentine Detector on the brake fluid res. (Good rearward detection.) using Velcro, the remote display is Velcroed to the top of the speedo assembly, & the remote audio unit I velcroed to my right frame slider shaft. The whole she-bang looks pretty good & the Velcro is quite secure.
I highly recommend getting the remote display as it is tiny, & can mount nearly anywhere. Being near the top of the tachometer, it is very visible, whereas the display on the detector in its current (Best) mounting, requires a ‘look down’ so you may not notice a warning.
I really do not expect the Detector to save me on a congested freeway as the troopers typically just pick & choose from many a pray, but it should help fine speed traps like on Pacific Coast Hwy where a cop on a bike is parked in a driveway zapping all that go by. Or on the great highway stretches out here in the west. Years ago using a cheap detector, I got a warning from miles away across a valley in Nevada that really saved me as I was doing about 110. I slowed down to find miles later the trooper writing a ticket to one of the only other cars on the road.
Next week, I will be doing a tour, so I will post an update then,
-- HardCharger
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12 Jul 2002 16:49
