IMS Long Beach, San Mateo, and Happy Holidays!

It's been a hectic December so far... we were at IMS Long Beach and San Mateo and had great turnout at both events. I want to thank all of you that came by our booth at both events. A lot of you weren't shy about sharing your TPX stories, and it makes me extremely happy to hear your stories of how the TPX saved your butt.


Lovely ladies of Adaptiv.

Now that we are done with the California shows, next up is New York. Should be a good one.

Lastly, have a safe and wonderful Holiday Season!

Motorcycle.com Checks Out the TPX

Motorcycle.com recently checked out the TPX and installed it on one of their bikes. Check it out here!

TPX Featured in Spike TV's "Playbook"

The TPX was recently featured in Spike TV's "Playbook", a show that serves as "an ultimate guide for guys to everything they want to know about." The clip also features a very hot and sexy Christy Hemme. Very cool!

Chapter Highlights | Movies & TV | SPIKE.com

Cycle World's Review Online

Cycle World has posted the TPX review online. Read about it here:

http://www.cycleworld.com/article.asp?section_id=3&article_id=898

Clutch Control 08

We were at Clutch Control 08 in Philly this past Saturday for a day of bikes, bikes, and more bikes. Al Lane, the event organizer, knows how to put on a show. Jason Britton and his Team No Limit were there pulling some of the sickest stunts on the planet. Not to be outdone, Jessica Maine was also there to prove that anything the guys can do she can do as well, if not, better. Mix in a stunt show competition, a custom bike show-off, DJ's spinning great tunes all day, and add thousands of bike enthusiasts, we found ourselves to be in the middle of a great bike party.


Adam posing with some of Philly's finest police officers.

Since the show was a short 100 miles from NY, of course I took the SV down. I made my way through the always dangerous, police filled NJ Turnpike there and back without getting pulled over thanks to the TPX. Another 239 miles without a ticket!

Cycle World Evaluation

We made it to Cycle World again! This time, it's a full product review in their "CW Evaluations" section.

"Bottom line: The TPX saved us from costly tickets - both in and out of town - more times than we care to remember." The review said. It added, "think of it as the next best thing to get-out-of-jail-free card."

We are glad that we are able to save the editors over at Cycle World a few tickets, and a big thanks to them for the review.

You can read about the evaluation in the October issue of Cycle World, available now on newsstands nationwide.

Twisted Throttle Open House

Adam was assigned as the official greeter at Twisted Throttle's Open House.

We kicked off the Labor Day weekend by attending Twisted Throttle's Summer Open House in their world control center in beautiful Peacedale, RI. We had a nice turnout despite the on-and-off rain all day.

I rode to the Open House on the SV and it's always a challenge to ride through Connecticut. The state is known for handing out speeding tickets and I knew that to survive the ride without getting a ticket, I had to rely on my TPX.

The TPX came through again. It alerted me several times of police presence and each time saved my butt. 318 round trip miles and I'm still ticket free.

As for the Open House? The Twisted crew definitely knows how to throw a party. There were informative seminars, great games and contests, and plenty of food and refreshments to go around. All and all, a great time.

TPX Shined at SML's Annual Radar Detector Test

The results for this year's Speed Measurement Laboratories' 2008 Annual Radar Detector Test is finally up at www.SpeedZones.com!

How did we do? We did very well. In the Radar and Laser Detection tests, we picked up and identified all the signals just as quickly and accurately as some of the best, and most expensive, radar detectors in the market today. In the Long Range test, the TPX picked up radar from pretty far out; over 9 miles with X band, close to 6 miles for K band, and most importantly, close to 8 miles for Ka band. We also conducted a long range laser test, which wasn't included in the results, and the TPX picked up laser from over a mile out.

For complete detailed results of the tests, go to www.SpeedZones.com.

Interview with Radar Roy

At the 2008 Speed Measurement Lab's Radar Detector Shootout a few weeks ago, Radar Roy shot this video of me explaining about the TPX System for his newest project, RadarRoysBuyersGuide.com.

"I was just basically blown away by the System," said Roy, who added, "I was really impressed... you really took the time and effort to build a quality radar detector, but also a good performing radar detector. I really praise you guys for that."

Here's the video in its entirety:



Thank you Radar Roy!

LA Calendar Motorcycle Show and US Grand Prix at Laguna Seca

Man, what a busy last couple of weeks have been. I was out in California for the LA Calendar Motorcycle Show and Red Bull US Grand Prix up at Laguna Seca while Adam was out in Gillette for the BMW MOA Rally.

We were very well received at all three very distinct and different events, showing the versatility of the TPX across the three major street segments.

At the LA Calendar Motorcycle Show, we had perfect weather and the show was nicely complimented by the lovely calendar girls working the show. After all, the name of the event is called LA Calendar Motorcycle Show for a reason. We had a lot of custom builders interested in incorporating the TPX into projects that involve speed and performance themes. I think it won't be long before we start seeing TPX on custom bikes all over the place.


I had the option of taking pictures with some of the show bikes at the LA Calendar Show, but I opted for the calendar girls instead.

The following weekend, I was up in Laguna Seca for the Red Bull US Grand Prix. I've always loved this event and this year was no different. The races were all exciting and in the end, Mat Mladin ran away with the AMA Superbike race while Valentino Rossi won a very exciting Moto GP race, where he was tire to tire with Casey Stoner pretty much for the most of the race until Stoner took an unfortunate fall on lap 24. He was able to quickly get back on his bike but by then, Rossi was out of reach. Unfortunately, I had to man our booth and couldn't see the race live, but I got to see most of the race on one of the big screen TV's at Buell's booth right across from our booth.


The Laguna Seca Raceway Girls comforted me for not being able to watch the Moto GP race.

The TPX was also featured on Mark Becknauld's custom 04 Yamaha R1 in the Yamaha tent. The bike was entered in Yamaha's custom bike build contest. Mark's bike was probably the only bike in the competition that was ridden to the show instead being trailered to the show. Unfortunately, Mark didn't win, but big props to Mark for building a real, ridable custom bike.


The TPX on Mark's custom R1.

As for the TPX? Well, I wasn't able to get a bike for the 2 weekends in California, a major bummer, so the TPX didn't get to spend any time on a bike. It did, however, spend a little over 1,200 miles in a car during this time, and the TPX did its thing, especially right around the race track, where Monterey Sheriff's department and CHP were out in force, handing out tickets left and right. I heard numerous horror stories of fellow riders being pulled over heading in and out of the track for merely going just a few miles per hour over the posted speed limit. But not a surprise since I have received 2 speeding tickets half an hour apart leaving Laguna Seca a few years back. This was before TPX time.


I installed the TPX on this 08 Concours for one of the customers that bought the TPX at the race.

Anyway, it was great to be back in California and after 2 weekends of being surrounded by bikes but with no bikes to ride, I can't wait to get back on the bike this weekend!

2008 SML Radar Detector Shootout

Me and my new friend, Fat Bob!

A couple of weekends ago we went out to El Paso for Speed Measurement Laboratories' 2008 Radar Detector Shootout. Speed Measurement Laboratories, or SML for short, is the leading independent radar and radar detector evaluator in the country. They have over 20 years of experience in radar and radar detection technology, and is the leading expert in providing independent analysis and research to the radar and radar detection industries and government agencies. Their Shootout follows strict and rigorous guidelines in evaluating radar detectors in the marketplace today and provide unbiased results for everyone to see. They don't sell any of the products that they test, so there isn't any incentive for them to askew any of the results.

This year, SML wanted to really test the TPX, as it is the first true motorcycle radar detector to participate in the Shootout, and had arranged for a Suzuki Hayabusa and a BMW R1150RT for testing. They couldn't get their hands on a Harley to round out the three street segments (sport, touring, and cruiser) for the Shootout, so they asked us if we can somehow get a Harley to the event. Using all the resources that I had, I was able to get a 2008 Harley Davidson Fat Bob, but it was out in Phoenix. No biggie, it just meant that I get to ride it from Phoenix to El Paso!


What's the TPX doing on a cop bike?

Now, I haven't been on a cruiser in a while, and believe it or not, I was excited about the opportunity to ride the Fat Bob. Not that I don't love my SV anymore, it's just that I've ridden it for about 6,000 miles this year already and I'm looking forward to a change of scenery.

So on Thursday I got into Phoenix and picked up the Fat Bob. First thing that I did was to install the TPX onto it. The installation was simple and took me about 20 minutes. Once it was installed, I was on the road! I was decked out in my full face helmet and sportbike jacket, and I was thinking to myself I must've looked real funny on the Fat Bob with what I was wearing. But who cares, I'm on two wheels and that's all that matters.


TPX on the Fat Bob.

The weather in Phoenix on that day was a warm 107, without a single cloud in the sky. I was thinking that I'm in for a warm ride all the way to El Paso. Not so. The ride was one of the most interesting rides I've ever had.

The ride was nice and toasty for the first hour or so, then, as I got close to Tucson, I start seeing dark rain clouds on the road ahead. Sure enough, before I knew it, I was riding in a severe rain storm. Not only was there rain, but also thunder and lightening all around me. I know it's always a bad idea to ride in a lightening storm, but the Shootout was the next day and I couldn't miss it, so I braved my way through the storm.

About an hour later, I rode out of the storm. I was soaked from head to toe and believe it or not, cold. But the weather warmed up quickly and soon I was dry again. The TPX? Weathered the storm like a champ. Now that the road is dry again, I decided to see if the Fat Bob was capable of reaching the 120mph mark indicated on the speedometer. Yeah, it's capable of doing 120. Took a while to get there, though, but it did. After verifying the top speed, I settled down at around 95, as it felt like it was a speed that the Fat Bob was "comfortable" with.

And this is where Wayne thought he was going to get his first ticket of the year. How is it possible if he was riding with the TPX you might ask? Here's what happened. So I was cruising at around 95. The traffic was light with a vehicle here and there. I was cruising along, catching up to vehicles ahead and passing them. The road was long and straight so that I could see vehicles up ahead from ways back, and I'm sure they can see me catching up on them from their rear view mirror. So I was passing and passing vehicles, then, as I was catching up to this one particular vehicle, I started to realize that it was an Arizona DPS. The DPS was doing the speed limit of 75 and I'm sure that he saw me catching up to him from way back. Of course, I once I realized that it was a DPS I just hung back and maintained distance. Even though the DPS wasn't running radar, I'm sure he could've still giving me a ticket for going faster than he was. So I was hanging behind him and just waiting for him to pull over on the side of the road, let me pass, then pull me over, but he never did! He went off the freeway right before we reached New Mexico and I was thanking him in my mind for not pulling me over.

By now, it's late in the afternoon and with the remaining rain clouds in the sky, it started to get dark. A few miles into New Mexico I see signs on the road reading "Severe Dust Storm Possible". Oh really, I thought to myself. How severe can it get? Well, it got pretty damn severe. Shortly after, the wind started to blow, and the wind got stronger and stronger, and along with the wind came dust. It got so dusty at a few points that I couldn't see more than 25 feet in front of me. Needless to say, I wasn't doing anything near 95 on the Fat Bob. I went across the entire state of New Mexico seeing mostly dust, and nothing else. And literally, as I got to Texas, the dust storm ended, but the wind was still there.

At this point, I was tired and it was getting late, and the fact that I had to fight the wind didn't help the matter much. But, all rides must come to an end, and I did finally reach El Paso. The next morning, under daylight, I realized that the Fat Bob had a healthy tan from the dust storm the night before.

Things didn't get much easier the next three days. The Shootout was a grueling process that involved a lot of patience and standing under the El Paso sun waiting around. But it was well worth it. I'm not at liberty to discuss the results until they are officially released by SML, but what I can tell you is that the TPX performed really well and we are pleased with the results. As soon as the results are ready, I will post them here.

During the Shootout we also had several photo shoots of me on the Fat Bob and the Hayabusa. We'll see where those pictures end up.


TPX and the Hayabusa, a match made in heaven.

After the Shootout on Sunday, I rode off in the Fat Bob back to Phoenix. The trip took two days as I didn't leave El Paso until late Sunday afternoon and finished off the ride the following morning after spending a night out in Benson, AZ. It was a beautiful ride back, as I had perfect weather with not a rain cloud in the sky.

Total tally for the trip: 1,526 miles on the Fat Bob, a thunder storm, a crazy dust storm, numerous passes on the El Paso desert, and no ticket!

Product Evaluation from RoadBike Magazine

We earned another praise from another motorcycle magazine, this time it's RoadBike. We received a full evaluation and they recommended their readers to "get your own TPX... and you'll save a bundle in nervous energy."

You can read about the evaluation in the August issue of RoadBike, available now on newsstands nationwide.

Ride the Dragon

Ever since I've moved out East everyone here's been telling me how great of a ride the Dragon is and I have to go and experience it. So, when our friends at Twisted Throttle asked us to help them out at Deals Gap during Honda Hoot, I jumped at the opportunity.


The SV at the Gap.

I left at the crack of dawn on Thursday figuring that it'll take me about the entire day to ride to the Gap from New York, and that I'll hit the Dragon before the sun goes down. Sounded good while I was planning it but didn't turn out that way. I hit some traffic in Pennsylvania, where they were doing some road constructions and that held me up for some time, then, I didn't realize that I-40 didn't connect through Knoxville and I had to take a detour, and when I got there, I took a wrong turn and ended up missing Highway 129. After getting myself back on track onto Highway 129, I missed a turn off and ended up on Highway 411. By the time that I found my way back to Highway 129 again, the sun had gone down and I realized that my first encounter with the Dragon was going to be in the dark after about 800 miles of riding.

So, my first encounter with the Dragon wasn't under ideal condition by any means, and I knew that I was getting tired, so I told myself just take it easy and don't do anything stupid, especially with my poor night vision. So I entered the Dragon and took the turns easy. I see single tire skid marks on almost every sharp turn, and they were reminders to myself not to go too fast. After what felt like an eternity but maybe just about 5 minutes in reality, I was getting really, really tired, cold, and hungry, and wanted the ride to be over with. But no, there were more turns, and the Dragon just seemed to go on and on and on. Finally, after who knows how many more turns, I finally made it to the Gap. By then, it was around 10:30, and I was greeted by Erik and Matt of Twisted Throttle with pizza slices and cold beers.

The following day, I was tired from the ride and knew I had a long day of work, so I was off the bike. But on Saturday morning, I was rested up and went on a couple of runs on the Dragon. Man, did the Dragon ever live up to the hype! There were good mixtures of sharp, blind curves with tight sweeps that really made the ride fun. Not to mention the perfect weather and beautiful scenery, and riding fresh during the day was definitely different and better than riding tired in the darkness. I was totally enjoying it.

What made the trip even better was the outstanding staff over at the Gap. Brad, Ben, and all the guys there are all riders and not only do they take care of their customers, they are also a fun bunch. Make that a crazy bunch. If you enjoy roller coaster rides, try to find an excuse to have Ben take you through the Dragon in his Crown Victoria. It's well worth it. Just make sure you don't do it on a full stomach.

It was a fun weekend and I'm glad I finally got some fun riding under my belt. I would definitely recommend anyone a fun filled motorcycling weekend at the Gap. You can camp there or stay in their clean and reasonably priced rooms. They've got a great restaurant and friendly staff to go with it, and not to mention camp fire under the stars every night.

Oh, and the TPX? Sniffed out cops not only on the Interstates, but also on the curves. Yes, there are cops all over the Dragon to remind you to not to ride beyond your limits. They are not really there to spoil your fun, but really to keep the few squids in check as crashes come fairly regularly. There's even a Tree of Shame at the Gap, featuring destroyed bike parts and x-ray photos, to remind you not to go too crazy on the Dragon.


The infamous Tree of Shame.

Anyway, final tally for the trip: 1,752 miles, 6 passes on the Dragon, and no ticket!

Myrtle Beach Bike Weeks and Americade

Man, has it been hectic here at Adaptiv! We were at the two Myrtle Beach bike weeks last month and at Americade earlier this month. Got a lot of riding done going to the events and had fun doing it.

I took the SV down to Myrtle Beach and caught the end of the first bike week, the "cruiser" bike week. The weather was great and got to meet a lot of nice folks, and showed quite a few folks how the TPX works as I had several people checking it out as they walked by the bike.

The following week was the "sport" bike week, and we were at the East Coast Custom Bike Show at the Convention Center. The show had a great turnout and the weather held up for this outdoor event. Best part is that I got to meet one of the biggest names in stunt riding and host of the show Super Bikes, Jason Britton!


Me and Jason!

I had fun at both bike weeks, especially hanging out and talking to everyone. One crazy stat from the Myrtle Beach Bike Weeks: 3,000 tickets issued in the first week. Although I don't know how many tickets were issued for the second week, I wouldn't be surprised if twice that number of tickets got issued as I saw cops pulling people over left and right.

And speaking of tickets, I'm glad to report that I didn't receive one of the tickets issued over the two weeks. 1,664 miles for the two weeks and ticket free, thanks to the TPX.

After a week of resting up, we were on the road again. This time, Americade in beautiful Lake George, NY. The ride was short, relatively speaking, and scenic. We partnered up with two of our dealers there, Twisted Throttle and CycleGadgets. Unfortunately for me, I was so busy that I didn't get a chance to go on any of the rides, but still had a great time interacting with the people at the show.

Tally for Americade: 432 miles and again, no ticket!


Me, my SV, and the Twisted crew.


CycleGadgets' booth and their gadget filled Gold Wing, with the TPX on it!

TPX Featured in Cycle World's "Project Stealth Speed"

So what happens when you get yourself a high performance 08 Kawi ZX-14? Try to increase its performance even more, of course! That's exactly what the folks at Cycle World did when they got themselves the latest ZX-14. They souped up their cherry red ZX-14 with a bunch of inconspicuous aftermarket performance-enhancing products to make their ZX-14 appear stock, when in fact it's anything but.

And guess what, they added the TPX to the bike because "no motorcycle capable of smashing the national speed limit in first gear is public-road-ready without a radar detector... (and the TPX's) on-road effectiveness and ease of use earned high marks."

You can read about "Project Stealth Speed" in their Sportbike issue, available now on newsstands nationwide.

Thank you Cycle World for the props!

TPX and the 08 BMW K1200S

I had the pleasure of spending last Saturday with Shahram Shiva, a freelance writer for BMW ON, Backroads, and the man behind BMWSuperBikes.com. Shahram was given a 2008 BMW K1200S for evaluation from BMW and wanted to use the opportunity to evaluate the TPX at the same time. He had followed our progress since we introduced our products to the industry insiders last year, and being a radar detector user, he was eager to test out the TPX.


My SV kicking it in Brooklyn.

We met up in Brooklyn to install the TPX onto the K1200S. The installation went fairly quickly. We first removed the top panel on the tank and connected the Wiring Harness to the battery terminals. We then removed the left side panel and stashed the wires in the space between the frame and the space underneath the left side panel.


Wiring Harness hooked up to the K1200S.

We also hooked up the Visual Alert and affixed it on top of the instrument cluster, and it looked great, like it was stock with the bike!


Visual Alert on the K1200S.

Since we don't have a mount specific for the K1200S (yet), we used our Universal Mount Adapter with a Techmount. The whole install took minutes and we probably spent most of the time adjusting the Techmount to get it to the right angle and threading the Wiring Harness underneath the fairing.


Tada!

After the installation, we grabbed a bite at Bar Tabac and then went on for some urban riding around Brooklyn. I think Shahram really wanted to test our mount's locking mechanism to see if the TPX would really stay on the bike going over cobble stone roads and crater sized pot holes!


Great food and bikes!

Shahram also shot a video on the overview of the TPX:


It was a fun day, despite the cold and light rain that I encountered on the way to Brooklyn, and I had a great time riding around town with Shahram. Thanks Shahram and we look forward to what you have to say about the TPX!

For more images and what Shiva has to say about the TPX and the K1200S, check out the K1200S Long Term Test thread on BMWSuperBikes.com.

Miami Motorcycle Salon

Notice how good our booth looked with the TPX on our bike?

We were at the Miami Motorcycle Salon last weekend down in beautiful (and warm) Miami Beach. Using the show as an excuse, I got my first long ride in for the season. I took the un-scenic route of I-95 from New York down to Miami and back, as I had time restrictions (after all, it was technically work). It was my first long ride on the east coast. It took me two and a half days on the way down and two days on the way back, totaling 2,836 miles, and no ticket.

On the way down I had beautiful weather. A bit chilly in New York and New Jersey, but warmed up after Delaware. As always, I had the TPX with me. The Jersey cops were out in force as I went through the state, seeing them all over the road pulling over people. I just went along with the flow of traffic and was on good behavior. Didn't really see that many cops in Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia, and traffic was relatively heavy, plus, I had my TPX off as I rode through Virginia because radar detectors are illegal to use there, so I was also on good behavior. It cracked me up a bit as I entered into Virginia because right after the "Welcome to Virginia" sign they had a "Radar Detectors are Illegal in Virginia" sign shortly after to remind you that you can't use them there. Once I got into the Carolinas though, a different story. I noticed that the flow of traffic was significantly faster and I could sense that I could open up my throttle a bit, so I did. I'll just say that my speedometer hit 3 digits quite often going through the Carolinas. I slowed down a bit in Georgia since I had a friend that lived there telling me of horror stories of how bad the cops are there, so I was pretty cautious. My cautiousness and the TPX saved me from a ticket there. I had my lunch break at B&J's Seafood in Darien, and as I was making my way back onto I-95 riding through Darien, my TPX went off. Since I was going at the speed limit of 35, there wasn't a need for me to let go of the throttle. Sure enough, about 2 blocks up the road there was a cop hiding behind a sign pointing his radar gun at my direction. The TPX didn't exactly save me from a ticket as I was going at the speed limit, but had I been going any faster, it probably would have. As for Florida, a lot of cops as I got closer to Miami. I noticed that not all cops would have their radar guns on. Seems like they would only turn their guns on if they have a vehicle targeted.

On the way back, I hit some rain and wind in North Carolina. The TPX held up fine as it is supposed to in the rain. I was pretty much doing the same thing on the way back, being cautious getting out of Miami, opening up the throttle a bit going through Florida, being cautious again in Georgia, then opening up again in the Carolinas, then from Virginia on just pretty much went with the flow of traffic. The TPX did its job again in New Jersey. I was definitely going faster than the posted speed limit and the general flow of traffic on the Turnpike. At around milepost 30, I was cruising along behind a pick up truck. We were both going pretty good, and I was about a good 3 seconds behind. We then approached 2 semi trucks on a slight-right bend on the road. Since the pickup was already in the left lane, it just kept on going, and I was in the right lane, I had to move over to the left lane to pass the semis. As I started to move over, the TPX went off with a weak Ka alert, and I instinctively let go of the throttle. The signal remained and I soon passed the semis and as soon as I got in front of them, I see a cop pulling out from the side of the road and the alert on the TPX stopped. I knew exactly what had happened. The cop was monitoring the traffic and he was either going after me or the pickup truck. I didn't see the cop because the semis blocked my view and I'm pretty sure the pickup truck didn't either. Surely enough, the cop sped by past me and the semis and pulled the pickup truck over. Phew!

It was a great first long ride of the season, and the TPX performed great on the ride. Yes, I'm biased, but I'm always happy to see the TPX work like it's supposed to when I ride with it.

Can't wait for the next ride.

Motorcyclist Magazine Ride Report

Aaron Frank of Motorcyclist Magazine is currently on a ride at Deal's Gap with the TPX. Here's what he said about the TPX so far:

"The system installed just fine (including the visual alert), very fast and straight-forward with no complications at all, which was cool... So far so good - I subject it to 550 miles of heavy, heavy downpour yesterday and it was unfazed! Good signal sensitivity too, and not too many falseies. Good stuff. And no tickets yet!"

TPX System Installation and Waterproof Clips

Our TPX System installation videos and a waterproof clip are now up!

TPX installation, condensed short version (6 minutes):


TPX installation in real time, Part 1 of 2 (9 minutes):


TPX installation in real time, Part 2 of 2 (9 minutes):


Wireless Headset installation in real time (3 minutes):


Waterproof clip (1 minute):

Kickstart Competition Video From Dealer Expo

Here's the video of our tech guru Adam explaining the features of the TPX System at the Dealer Expo last month as one of Kickstart Competition's winners.

TPX Power Consumption Info

Been getting a lot of people asking about wattage and amperage consumption info and battery life for the Wireless Headset. Here's the info:

At 14.2V:

Normal current draw is 270mA

Max current draw is < 480mA

At power off, current draw is < 15mA

Average wattage use is 3.83W

Max wattage is < 6.8W

Standby wattage is < 0.2W

Wireless Headset Battery Life on standby: 60 Hours

Wireless Headset Battery Life in constant use (beeping non stop): 20 Hours

TPX System Receives Four Stars From Radar Roy

I traveled to Arizona with our tech guru, Adam, earlier this week to meet with Radar Roy, one of the most reputable evaluators of radar detectors in the market today. Radar Roy is a retired cop and a certified radar instructor. He has over 20 years of experience with the radar detector industry and runs a blog dedicated to the evaluation of radar detectors at www.radarroy.com.

Before our arrival, we had sent Roy prototype and production units for him to play with. He provided us with feedbacks and suggestions on what he liked and didn't like. Roy liked our design and simple set up, and was particularly impressed with TPX's overall performance. In the end, Roy gave us Four Stars with his rating system.

While we were out there, Roy took us on a ride in his truck to show us the route where he conduct his tests and ran the TPX along side with his remote Escort SR7 unit that he uses for baseline comparison. His remote Escort SR7 unit has a remote radar antennae mounted to the front grill of his truck, thus he's able to run the two detectors at the same time without any cross-interference.

The TPX picked up all the radar signals at almost the exact same time as his SR7. There were a few instances where the TPX picked up signals before the SR7 and vice versa, but overall the detection ability was almost identical, including quite a few times where we were coming around blind curves on the road. The SR7 had a few false alerts, and so did we, and in two particular locations we picked up false alerts and the SR7 didn't: one around a stretch of the road filled with gas stations and auto shops where we picked up a false X, and at the local fire station where we picked up a false Ka. There was one location that the SR7 picked up a false K and we didn't, at an intersection with a gas station occupied at one of the corners.

In Roy's blog, he also mentioned about the reduced sensitivity in City mode. This is by design because there are more interfering signals in the city and chances are, you are not going that fast, so we designed the City mode with about half of the sensitivity as compared to Highway mode.

Overall, we were impressed with Roy's impartiality and brutal honesty, and we are definitely happy that he gave the TPX System a Four Star rating.


The TPX on Radar Roy's Harley-Davidson Ultra Classic.

Welcome!

Hello and welcome to "The TPX Blog". My name is Wayne, and I'm the inventor of the TPX Motorcycle Radar and Laser Detection System and co-founder of Adaptiv Technologies. I've been a rider for pretty much all of my adult life and I truly enjoy being out on the road with my bike. I created the TPX System because we all know how easily it is to ride faster than the posted speed limit, whether we are consciously aware of it or not, and I wanted something that will remind us about our speed while we are focusing and concentrating on our rides.

This blog is created to share my experiences of riding with the TPX System with you. I hope you enjoy this.

Ride Safe.