The difference here is you are quoting what you read in a magazine and I am telling you what I experienced with the radar gun in my hand. The number plate was plastic, and there were no headlight buckets behind it. It was an R-6 set up for racing that did not even have the stock fairing bracket under neath but a much reduced size aluminum one. As far as detection range, I would estimate it at about 1/4 mile. The range of detection was identical to that of stock R-1's with headlight buckets. Sounds like they are guessing, I am not. I am using a Stalker Sports Pro Radar gun transmitting on K band. Trust me on this, I had a speed reading on the motorcycle long before he was anywhere near close enough to be able to tell I was holding a radar gun if he did not know I was there. In case you think speed had something to do with it, like slow speed giving it more time to react, about the first reading I got was around 100 MPH and it proceeded to climb from there. That means the entire length of time expiring for radaring was less than 6 seconds. A detector would have gone off long before I could have picked him up, but do not bank on the fact that you have to be within 300 feet to be detected. As a further comment, I have radar'd even more personal watercraft than motorcycles, which are fiberglass with even less metal showing, and they will reflect a signal from more than 300 feet also. I will admit that they are being tested on water and the reflection of the radar off the water may help, but point being, dont rely on the 300 foot guess. RSRBOB
In a message dated 1/18/02 12:21:32 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Bob, I have to disagree with you on that statement about headlight buckets and number plates, but his earlier statement about headlight buckets was taken out of context. Of course, if the number plate was metal, then that would be a great signal reflector. >>
