V1 Radar Enclosure

cateye77 · Oct 25, 2006

V1 Security Enclosure

New product by N/LINE Accessories!

Prototype seen at WF05

Protect your best friend, that $450.00 Valentine V1 Radar detector!

Are you tired of hiding it in your tank bag or putting in your side case when you are momentarily away from your motocycle?

In a light rain do you have to stop to tuck it in a dry place?

Can you read the display in the bright sunshine?

The radar detector can not be removed without a Torx security tool which is provided with the unit.

Mount the base plate on a Ram mount or on my N/Line FJR dash. Velcro dots hold it from moving around, then the cover secures down with 4 Torx screws with a center pin. A tab is formed up from the base to keep it from being pulled out from the front.

A sealed polycarbonate front panel keeps moisture and bugs away.

Pretty slick!

This is not a waterproof enclosure but I'm sure it will protect it for most of your wet trips.

Taking orders now for delivery in two to three weeks. $50.00 + $10.00 shipping.

Pay with check or Paypal account # [email protected]

Cateye77 Contact info ([email protected]) www.brydenscot,com Click on N/Line in bottom left of home page

ponyfool · Oct 25, 2006

That's pretty slick! Any chance of offering one for the Passport 8500 X50?

TheAxeman · Oct 25, 2006

ponyfool said:
That's pretty slick! Any chance of offering one for the Passport 8500 X50?

+1 on an X50 version.

Groo · Oct 25, 2006

Any pics. with the sealed polycarbonate front on it? I might be interested...

Geezer · Oct 25, 2006

From the pictures. it looks like the front is the part that faces forward when mounted. The back is open so you can get to the controls.

Groo · Oct 25, 2006

Geezer said:
From the pictures. it looks like the front is the part that faces forward when mounted. The back is open so you can get to the controls.

Oh, THAAAAT front...

I see it now that I scroll the window over to the right...

I was thinking a little clear plastic piece that went across the front, maybe hinged on the bottom of the enclosure so you could flip it down to adjust the controls.... then snap it back up when done.

cateye77 · Oct 25, 2006

It will depend on the response to this V1 model.

I would hope that we will have to!

Stay in touch

Cateye77

Groo said:
Any pics. with the sealed polycarbonate front on it? I might be interested...

the third picture shows the polycarb pc in place.

Geezer said:
From the pictures. it looks like the front is the part that faces forward when mounted. The back is open so you can get to the controls.

Correct

TheAxeman said:
ponyfool said:

That's pretty slick! Any chance of offering one for the Passport 8500 X50?

Click to expand...

+1 on an X50 version.

I'll look at the dimensions of the x50 and the power cord location

Groo said:
Geezer said:

From the pictures. it looks like the front is the part that faces forward when mounted. The back is open so you can get to the controls.

Click to expand...

Oh, THAAAAT front... I see it now that I scroll the window over to the right...

I was thinking a little clear plastic piece that went across the front, maybe hinged on the bottom of the enclosure so you could flip it down to adjust the controls.... then snap it back up when done.

No, it is open in the front but has a 3/4" roof over it for shade and drops of water. Security and sun are the main factors. I've riden all day in the rain wthout anything protecting my V1. Tucked behind the windshield on my dash it stays pretty cozy and dry. It's when it's sitting in a parking lot it can be a problem.

Maybe i should have cordura covers sewn up to protect the unit in a down pour or when washing the bike, although a plastic bag works too

Groo · Oct 25, 2006

cateye77 said:
Maybe i should have cordura covers sewn up to protect the unit in a down pour or when washing the bike, although a plastic bag works too

One of the small elasticized bowl covers you can buy at the grocery store works like a charm... Kept my V1 nice and dry over the weekend trhough some torrential rain. Would probably work with your enclosure as well. My only other concern is I'd need another metal plate (or pry the one off my V1 that's on there now) to interface to my magnetic power plate...

sgoat · Oct 25, 2006

+2 on the X50 version.

TheAxeman · Oct 25, 2006

Groo said:
I was thinking a little clear plastic piece that went across the front, maybe hinged on the bottom of the enclosure so you could flip it down to adjust the controls.... then snap it back up when done.

Groo,

Thats a great idea. Hinged plastic front that is spring loaded with an o-ring type of seal that will keep the rain out.

On the escort, I use the coiled smart cord plugged into a switched socket mounted in the panel directly below the glove box. It has a mute button on it so I don't really have to touch the face of the detector itself. Using it this way a sealed box would work but this box is certainly nicer than the vac-u-form clear plastic box sold by legal speeding.

Judging by the photo of the V-1 case that you designed, it looks as if the power cord for the X-50 might enter in approximately the same position.

dcarver · Oct 25, 2006

sgoat said:
+2 on the X50 version.

+3

wallygator · Oct 25, 2006

cateye77 said:
V1 Security Enclosure
New product by N/LINE Accessories!

Prototype seen at WF05

Protect your best friend, that $450.00 Valentine V1 Radar detector!

Are you tired of hiding it in your tank bag or putting in your side case when you are momentarily away from your motocycle?

In a light rain do you have to stop to tuck it in a dry place?

Can you read the display in the bright sunshine?

The radar detector can not be removed without a Torx security tool which is provided with the unit.

Mount the base plate on a Ram mount or on my N/Line FJR dash. Velcro dots hold it from moving around, then the cover secures down with 4 Torx screws with a center pin. A tab is formed up from the base to keep it from being pulled out from the front.

A sealed polycarbonate front panel keeps moisture and bugs away.

Pretty slick!

This is not a waterproof enclosure but I'm sure it will protect it for most of your wet trips.

Taking orders now for delivery in two to three weeks. $50.00 + $10.00 shipping.

Pay with check or Paypal account # [email protected]

Cateye77 Contact info ([email protected]) www.brydenscot,com Click on N/Line in bottom left of home page

nice but a little steep IMO

cateye77 · Oct 26, 2006

nice but a little steep IMO

It's a beautiful pc of work just like the dash.

I just paid 35.00 for Skyway's aluminum plate to mount a Littlite.

I think the cost is cheap insurance.

skyway · Oct 26, 2006

It's not too expensive Scott, some people just don't fully understand whats involved in manufacturing. It is disheartening when I read this kind of comment.

Folks, it takes a lot of time and energy to create the CAD design, prototypes, bill of materials, ordering raw material, setting up machines, quality check first off, package and ship for any second op, final inspection. All for what may seem something so simple. All this has to occur before your neatly packaged farkle arrives at your doorstep. If making products was easy, everyone would be doing it. Also keep in mind the volume of sales involved here as well.

You think this stuff flies out of a microwave? He's not making burritos here.

airboss · Oct 26, 2006

skyway said:
It's not too expensive Scott, some people just don't fully understand whats involved in manufacturing. It is disheartening when I read this kind of comment.
Folks, it takes a lot of time and energy to create the CAD design, prototypes, bill of materials, ordering raw material, setting up machines, quality check first off, package and ship for any second op, final inspection. All for what may seem something so simple. All this has to occur before your neatly packaged farkle arrives at your doorstep. If making products was easy, everyone would be doing it. Also keep in mind the volume of sales involved here as well.

You think this stuff flies out of a microwave? He's not making burritos here.

OK! I'll buy that ordering now

cateye77 · Oct 26, 2006

Thank you Ian.

That is exactly why I bought your "littlelite" plate. I have the capabiltity to laser cut the light plate here at my facility but why would I what to do all the design, and prototyping, etc all over again. That's what I paid you for.

Still waiting for my lite to be shipped. (I'm doing the end mount with 18" neck)

TheAxeman · Oct 26, 2006

You can have Cateye's box which seems to be reasonably priced or you can have something like the following for $25.00 before shipping.....I think I would go for Cateye's personally. This thing reminds of something that used to pop out of the Mattel Vac-U-Form I used to play with as a kid before someone decided that children and molten plastic were not necessarily a good idea. I remember one of our forum members (who shall go unmentioned but rides an AE) bought one of these and then paid $75.00 for overnight shipping. Now thats a bargain my friends.

FJR1300 · Oct 26, 2006

Someone "smarter" than me will need to answer this question, but I don't think the front of the case needs to be clear to receive the radar signal... so I was thinking about mounting a radar detector in something like this:

FWIW... this case is made out of plastic, not metal. I know a metal case would not work, but I think a plastic case might.

And then there are these cases with clear fronts:

Groo · Oct 26, 2006

At least for a Valentine, you wouldn't want to cover up (so that you couldn't see it) the front of the unit, since then you wouldn't get the benefit of the information provided by the directional arrows, or the bogey counter.

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