Hey all...

**Rider** · 08-07-2009, 11:26 PM

Looking into first purchase of a RD, and ended up here. Will be for a motorcycle. I do a lot of canyon riding, and have gotten lucky too many times. Time to start mitigating the risk.

Post count now = 1, off to post in the the Escort subforum......

snoopyc4 · 08-07-2009, 11:30 PM

Welcome to the forum. For starters, how much are you willing to spend on a radar detector?

**v1user** · 08-08-2009, 12:14 AM

Welcome, A good rule of thumb for the counter measure industry is you get what you pay for.

**Rider** · 08-08-2009, 06:15 PM

I'm pretty sure I'm gonna get a refurbished Escort X50. From what I've read, it seems to be a pretty good unit.

I set on getting a RD after last weekend I was with another rider, and he alerted to a leo 2-3 seconds before he came round a bend towards us. Several other times fellow riders who run RD's have alerted to LE before I was aware of them.
Seems to me that running without a RD is an unnecessary risk.

I figure if I am willing to spend $250-$300 on tires every couple of months, I should probably be willing to spend that amount on a device that could potentially save me a lot of $.

**djrams80** · 08-08-2009, 07:01 PM

Originally Posted by Rider

I'm pretty sure I'm gonna get a refurbished Escort X50. From what I've read, it seems to be a pretty good unit.

I set on getting a RD after last weekend I was with another rider, and he alerted to a leo 2-3 seconds before he came round a bend towards us. Several other times fellow riders who run RD's have alerted to LE before I was aware of them.
Seems to me that running without a RD is an unnecessary risk.

I figure if I am willing to spend $250-$300 on tires every couple of months, I should probably be willing to spend that amount on a device that could potentially save me a lot of $.

There's no reason to choose the X50 over the original 8500. The X50 is supposedly capable of detecting pop, but it detects it so poorly, that feature is of no benefit. The original 8500 is actually a better RD and is cheaper.

**thx1138** · 08-08-2009, 09:50 PM

Welcome to the forum.

**radarrob** · 08-09-2009, 12:07 PM

Welcome to the forum

**BigJohnPA** · 08-09-2009, 05:52 PM

Welcome!

**Rider** · 08-10-2009, 07:01 PM

Ordered a regular 8500. Thanks for the advice. Now I have an extra $50 to spend on a mount.

**Shogun** · 08-10-2009, 07:09 PM

[quote=djrams80;588643]

Originally Posted by Rider

The original 8500 is actually a better RD and is cheaper.

How original? I have an 8500 and I think that it's probably about 6 years old now. I get constant laser false alerts when I accelerate, so I have those turned off. Other than that, I'm pretty happy with it but have to think that after 6 years it has to be outdated.