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.