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Are Spyders Stealthy?

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Our town has one of those tow around speed limit signs. As you drive past it will show your speed. If you are above the speed limit it will light up it's little blue and whites on top. Today I was coming back into town and going past it and it was like it couldn't get a "lock" on the bike. It was like it would kinda see me then loose me. Never did register my speed and give me the lights.
Which got me to thinking, radar bounces a signal back and the more irregular the surface, like our stealth plane technology, the smaller radar signature it gives. So does the Spyder have that and makes us somewhat invisible to the boys in blue? I know that laser is line of sight and not sure how stealthy spyders are against that. Anybody got any ideas?
 
Try running your Spyder past it at 85 mph and see if it catches you.




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We have those tow around signs, and everyone I come upon registers my speed, with 1 or 2 mph of what is displayed on my spyder.
 
All of them that I go by seem to register my speedometer exactly which of course is really 2 or 3 mph faster than I am really going.
 
I have ridden past two of those on the F3-S and I did notice that it registered the movement but it also clocked me at almost 20MPH lower than I was traveling. I remember those devices being accurate within a few MPH when I was on the RS-S.

This is all anecdotal of course.

The only good way to test would be with a LEO who has a calibrated radar gun. If it did turn out to be stealthy because of the angles... well, I'm okay with that.

Remember, the first rule of fight club is that you don't talk about fight club.
 
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It might be the new front end shape of the F3.

My RT's consistently register 2 mph slower than what is indicated on my speedometer.
 
Not stealth....

But I find it takes longer for it to register. If in a group it gets real messy...but also just a couple of miles off...:thumbup:
 
I think it depends on how much traffic there is. If there's a larger vehicle behind you it might register that instead. I've seen the signs register my speed for a very brief moment then the speed of the truck behind me. JMHO, of course.
 
Doc, more than likely it wasn't working right. These are not calibrated or taken care of since they aren't used in court. Usually they are a few miles off. I've run through a few that didn't register at all. The new guns will read a golfball, if calibrated. The first addition to my bike was radar det. Have the best in each vehicle. Pay for themselves quickly and I don't even speed:yes:
 
CanAmChris said:
I have ridden past two of those on the F3-S and I did notice that it registered the movement but it also clocked me at almost 20MPH lower than I was traveling. I remember those devices being accurate within a few MPH when I was on the RS-S.

This is all anecdotal of course.

The only good way to test would be with a LEO who has a calibrated radar gun. If it did turn out to be stealthy because of the angles... well, I'm okay with that.

Remember, the first rule of fight club is that you don't talk about fight club.
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Hmmm...will the 'friendly' LEO be truly honest;), not thinking so!
 
We have those things permanently mounted by our schools. At one school when I go 30, it says 30. At the other school, when I go 40, it says 28.
 
A couple of weeks ago i had me a lil experience where i asked myself the same question...

Cruising along doing a little above the spped limit, had a full size pickup behind me (and a few others cages, not nose to tail, but about four or five of us in about 300' of road), anyway, a ghost car goes by in the other direction, a minute later i see the flashing lights in the mirrors coming up from behind, so i pull over. At this point i didn't think he was after us as we weren't excessively speeding, just going a little over the limit, so as i am pulling over, the full size pickup (oblivious to the cop coming up from behind) blows by me as i am pointing to the rear indicating the presence of the cop, and he starts to pull over a couple hundred feet in front of me... cop goes by me and pulls in behind the pickup! So I happily pull back out onto the road and drive right on by smiling the whole time.

:yes:

Don't know if we are "Stealthy", but hey...
 
Similar thing happened to me a couple weeks ago. I'm driving "in the lead" between 5-10 mph over the limit on the F3. My husband following on his Vstar, and a truck following a bit too closely behind him. Came upon a speed trap and figured I was busted, but instead the truck behind us both was the one who got pulled over. Could be for following too closely....
 
As a former officer........

I am not sure how accurate the trailer radar unit are or how often they calibrate them.

I can tell you that even the older radar guns we used back in the 70-80's would pick up airplanes, bicycles, even things as small as a skateboard. The newer units are of course much better. So I would not risk my check book on it :yikes::thumbup:
 
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