Date: Thu, 07 Aug 1997 23:13:05 -0700
From: Bob Taylor <gtsbiker@ix.netcom.com>
To: gts-1000@MBnet.MB.CA
Subject: Radar stuff!!!
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Spearsall@aol.com wrote: 
> In a message dated 97-08-07 08:20:31 EDT, you write: 
> Question:  I have one of the GTS bra setups.  Anybody know if these devices
> effect the Laser gun capability?  I got blasted about a week later doing
> 90MPH (Whether you drive a bike or car you have to understand the highway, if
> you're not doing 80-90 they run you off the road!)  I'm sure he pointed at me
> (could see his face real clear!  I slowed down quickly....thank you Mr.
> Yamaha brake engineer, but he didn't flinch.  This has happened several times
> in NY & Ontario....other than being a lucky &^%#$#@%^.  What gives?
> 
> Shawn P

  This past week on a lightly traveled road near me, the local police
dept. had set up one of portable radar readout machines along the side
of the road that tells you your speed. Well,me being the curious sort, I
thought I'd try this puppy out! I blasted past the thing at 100+mph but
I was not even picked up until about 100ft.away from it & when it did
show figures they were 76,94,& then blank! This coincides with the
stories I've heard that to keep radar from locking on to you, you have
to either be accelerating very hard or braking very hard so the radar
can't compute your speed fast enough to lock on.
I also went around again to verify the initial lock distance & it was
the same at 40mph,
about 100ft. I think that the small cross section of a motorcycle helps
a lot!
Bob Taylor