Hi! My name is Crystal and I speed.

OMG, I can't go to the grocery store without speeding. I don't want another ticket, just doesn't look good with my job.

I am thinking of getting this, anyone have any experience with it?

I am open to ideas, suggestions and or opinions.

STi Driver Radar Detector, Laser Detector - Beltronics USA

Hey Crystal, Glen from BC here. You speed? Well that's just wrong. (evil snickering)
Not sure how one maintains posted limits on a Bird. There was nothing on this type of behaviour in the owners manual. A mystery indeed.
Seriously now, that's a nice piece of equipment. Seems to have all the right gizmos. How can you tell I'm not a electric gizmo guy.
No real useful feedback or advice here, just pure emptyheaded male consumer impulse. BUY IT.
Sounds like it will earn it's keep in no time.
Hope that helps.
Glen.

These farkles are spendy, no doubt. I've had one s-ticket in the last 7 years so I'm lucky. Rode Van to Toronto, no tickets. Locally I know where most of the radar hangs out but there's no guarantee. I wish a GPS would include radar also. My next add on will be a radar detector I'm just choking on spending $5-600 buck on a farkle such as that not to mention the cost of GPS. Buy it and keep us posted on the install and functionality.

Hi! My name is Bruce and I speed. I buzzed the el presidente's tower yesterday (unknowningly ) while she was driving her minivan. So far just the silent treatment, but this is gonna get ugly.

If i'm not mistaken, Passport and Beltronics are the same company now and the technology is virually identical with some differences in packaging. Both are top of the pack contenders.

I'm a huge believer in audio alert, the only sure way of getting instantaneous notification that your 'speeding' rights are about to be violated. My final choices were the 8500 or RX65 both with integrated audio (3.5mm) output and voltage display (can set as main display and overriden when trouble brewing). 8500 works great, just make sure they don't get wet.

Suggestion #1

Don't get caught with it or a speeding ticket will look REALLY nice to you after you see the ticket for the detector

I would pay $400 for it, when ones that are half the price work just as well.

They are illegal in Nova Scotia, so am wondering are they really completely stealth? Is that possible? Or do they just jam the system??

Beltronics is a good brand, they have been around for years, you could certainly do worse. I think $449 is a bit steep for something so easily stolen.

I've been looking at detectors too for my XX. I don't like the idea of having to remove it all the time, so I have been looking at the remote type. There doesn't seem to be many motorcycle specific detectors on the market. But one that seems to get pretty good reviews is the Whistler Crusader. They can be had for about $230 and can possibly be mounted in the fairing or in a standard gauge housing. So I'm sure with some creative cutting I could find a suitable place to mount the display. It has a external LED so you can run it up more into your line of sight, and there is an available helment mounted LED. PLUS is shows temp and voltage.

Here is a link for some reviews and motorcycle specific info

You also need the Blinder M-20 Laser Jammer.

I here good things on the Valentine One and the Escort Passport 8500.

I need to buy both the jammer and RADAR detector.

I have the R65 and the M-20 and haven't had a ticket since.

Here in Broward county traffic tickets are a joke ! They are handed out quickly and easily but you do not go in front of a judge for resolution. Instead you go in front of a Magistrate or better known as a local Lawyer acting on behalf of a judge. If another lawyer handles your ticket for you then you get No Points, No Driving School and No Conviction. Within one week of receiveing any traffic citation here , your mailbox gets flooded with ad's for lawyers that want to handle your case at a fee ranging from $50.00 to $99.00. Most of the Ad's say "Don't Pay That Ticket, We gaurantee No Points, No School and No Conviction or Your Money Back"
Only those that do not know better get convicted of traffic citations in this county.

I have been issued over 15 tickets in the past 2 years and I have no convictions and still have my Florida "Safe Driver" stamp on my license and enjoy the reduced insurance cost for it.

No twisties here but no valid convictions either.

Keep the rubber side down!!

Crystal,
The STi is one of the top three rated radar detectors... The others are the Valentine One and the Passport 8500 X50. You Canadians might consider stealth mounting with a H.A.R.D. system that can be concealed in the helmet easily. I don't much worry about Laser since you're busted as soon as the unit detects it...

Originally Posted by r2t2

You Canadians might consider stealth mounting with a H.A.R.D. system that can be concealed in the helmet easily.

To add, I believe the H.A.R.D. system is only available for the 8500 and V1. I use it for my 8500 and love it!

If you're in Nova Scotia and they are illegal I think you're just asking for double trouble. Radar detectors emit energy signal even when powered down that your LEO's can pick up and even if your not speeding you're hosed.

I heard that if you keep an addressed and stamped envelope in your ride and you get popped. Just quickly (while you're sucking down that beer, and putting on your seatbelt) put the detector in the envelope and seal it. Then it takes a warrant to get the envelope or open it. Obviously a trick for the car. Could be urban myth.

I ran one accross the Yukon (also illegal) but never saw a cop.

The bel sti will not emit energy for the radar detector,dectector to pick up. I have it in my car and I have not gotten a ticket since I got the unit

I her that a helmet made out of tin foil will help too...