I think the MGX is stealth.

[Luap McKeever]

I may be crazy, but I know I've been clocked before while speeding on the MGX. I have a radar detector and it usually informs me that "it's too late".  But, I've never been pulled over on it.  I have been pulled over several times on the Stelvio's I had and kept my attorney friends on speed dial.

This morning on my way to work with the cruise set on 80 (in a 55), I come over a crest to be face to face with a trooper in a shaded pull-off. He clocked me as indicated by my detector but didn't pursue at all.  Had this been the first time, I would have thought that he probably just had better things to do.  But, this is not the first time this has happened, leading me to believe that either:

A. They think I'm on some sort of spaceship and don't want any part of it.
B. This thing with the clean 'no lines or creases' bodywork with flat black and carbon fiber actually dampen radar signals.
C. He was sleeping on the job.
D. I'm just continually lucky.

Either way, I'm cool with it  

BTW, 1 year of ownership today and I still couldn't be happier.  Close to only 7,000 miles.  Sure wish I had more time to ride than I do. I do get to ride it work a few days a week, though that only puts on about 35 miles a day round trip.

[Chuck in Indiana]

I'll take door number C, Alex.. 

[oldbike54]

 Hmm , aren't stealth aircraft built using CF ?

 Dusty

[Zoom Zoom]

I'm sure it's the radar absorption material used in the construction. Shows up as an unladen swallow. It's hard to estimate airspeed velocity you know.

John Henry

[twowings]

No one would stop Batman on his way to fight crime! 

[RinkRat II]

  You cleverly left out the tinfoil in the hubcaps, Luap

      Paul B

[Moto]

A town policeman once told me he couldn't pick up my '83 Yamaha Vision 550 -- the one with the sleek factory fairing -- until I was extremely close to him. Seemed like stealth technology to the two of us. He let me go.

So I think your conclusion is plausible.

Moto

[oldbike54]

  You cleverly left out the tinfoil in the hubcaps, Luap

      Paul B

 You haven't seen his helmet lining 

 Dusty

[ChuckH]

I'll take door number C, Alex.....

I'm with you Chuck --- Door "C".  80 in a 55, let's see -- I'm guessing $200. and half the points on a driver's license.

[Guzzi Gal]

No one would stop Batman on his way to fight crime! 

'Xactly!

[ChuckH]

Of course its doesn't hurt to be stealth and motos are pretty good at that(all of them). 

I don't know about that.  I got stopped by the State Police in NE Colorado a few years ago on the Stelvio -- 74 in a 65, was given a warning ticket, a very nice young man.  After he gave me all the paperwork, I asked him what he had clocked my speed.  He answered the 74, which is what was showing on my GPS when his lights came on.

[Chuck in Indiana]

Was he on the side of the road with a pistol grip? Or right in front of you with no other traffic. As a habitual speeder I have run the course on these things and the new ones are better but if there are larger targets its hard for the device to discriminate the small frontal area of the moto and there is a good chance it will pick up the largest moving target.
Don't want this to turn into a heated debate but after traveling the roads in the states I would not have a lic if not for ECM stuff.

My experience, not hear say.

No point in this I guess, NO one will change my belief on this.

So..uhh.. what kind of ECM gear are you running?

:-)

[Luap McKeever]

I was solo. Not a soul around. He must have been sleeping :-)


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[rodekyll]

"Amateur Road Racer" = "Doesn't like traffic signs"
 
"Successful Amateur Road Racer" = "Hasn't gotten caught being an amateur road racer"

I think you've achieved success!   

On my Convert I always "sneak up" on those radar signs that show your speed.  If one does see me, it's as I'm going past it.  Usually they remain dark.  It annoys me, since they are a convenient means of checking your speedoneedle.  I attribute that to the size XL windjammer.  It sheds more than wind.  And NOBODY is going to change that belief!   

I crested a hill on the trike the other day, and passed a lurking radar unit at well over the postit note.  I could see the officer in the car watching me with a disbelieving expression on his face.  I think he was so involved with trying to unsee what he saw that he didn't check the radar machine.

[John A]

He probly recognized you!

[Darren Williams]

I would love to be able to just enjoy riding my bikes without constantly worrying about getting a speeding ticket.

[Chuck in Indiana]

"So..uhh.. what kind of ECM gear are you running? "


Uh what was the line in the movies??

"If I told you then I would have to kill you!"

Ha! just foolin' about!!!

I was kinda afraid of that..  It could come in handy, though..
2016-09-04_04-32-01 by Charles Stottlemyer, on Flickr

[Tkelly]

The nice thing about older guzzis is that you need to make an effort to speed and they are comfortable on 2 lane roads at 60 mph. not much chance of accidental speeding tickets as on modern bikes.

[John A]

The nice thing about older guzzis is that you need to make an effort to speed and they are comfortable on 2 lane roads at 60 mph. not much chance of accidental speeding tickets as on modern bikes.

that depends on your tune up.

[ITSec]

I'm sure it's the radar absorption material used in the construction. Shows up as an unladen swallow. It's hard to estimate airspeed velocity you know.

John Henry

"Is that an African swallow or a European swallow?"

"I don't know - AIEEEEEE!!!"

[Kent in Upstate NY]

I've told this story here before, but it is always fun to retell it. I was riding with some of the SoCal hooligans on 166 near Santa Maria California. We were at least 30 mph over the limit when the party lights flashed on behind us. We pulled over expecting serious fines when the Chippie flew past us and nailed some soccer mom in a mini SUV.

[lorazepam]

I was kinda afraid of that..  It could come in handy, though..
2016-09-04_04-32-01 by Charles Stottlemyer, on Flickr

Ah, good old OHP If Hitler had invaded the US, he would have had to slow down in OH. 

[Guzzistajohn]

Well Luap, By the time that speedcop finished thinking "what the hell was that" you were in the next county!

[Zoom Zoom]

"Is that an African swallow or a European swallow?"

"I don't know - AIEEEEEE!!!"

 

I knew somebody would get it!

John Henry

[Jim Rich]

I used to think my 94 Concours was hard to detect, the V11 seems to be pretty easy though.

[ohiorider]

In 2011, Grebmrof and I were returning from our ride to Montana and other interesting points.  We were riding on a road whose route number was familiar to us (US20) since it runs thru Ohio. 

I decided to pass a tractor trailer on this low traffic road, and dropped a gear or two and hit it.  About that time, a car coming toward me was closing much faster than I anticipated, so I hammered it to get around the truck.

Of course, the car coming toward me was a Nebraska Highway Patrol.  Greb was riding a ways behind me, far enough the trooper made one of those emergency brake turns, smoke coming off his tires.

Of course, I'd already kept a close watch on my rear view mirrors, and was pulled over on the shoulder more than a few seconds before the gentleman arrived.

Greb approached us slowly ..... I waved him on, knowing he'd wait for me at the next convenient stop.

There was no 'do you know how fast you were going?' 

I was handed a piece of paper ........ it was a warning, not a ticket.

Now I'm curious "...... how fast was I going?"  It wasn't on the warning.

Trooper "...... if I told  you that, I'd have to give you a ticket ...."

"But I will give you a tip ..... don't get pulled over again today for speeding in Nebraska."

"Yes Sir!"

[ITSec]

I knew somebody would get it!

John Henry

A Møøse once bit my sister... No realli!

She was Karving her initials on the møøse with the sharpened end of an interspace tøøthbrush given her by Svenge - her brother-in-law - an Oslo dentist and star of many Norwegian møvies: "The Høt Hands of an Oslo Dentist", "Fillings of Passion", "The Huge Mølars of Horst Nordfink"...

[elvisboy77]

A M��se once bit my sister... No realli!

She was Karving her initials on the m��se with the sharpened end of an interspace t��thbrush given her by Svenge - her brother-in-law - an Oslo dentist and star of many Norwegian m�vies: "The H�t Hands of an Oslo Dentist", "Fillings of Passion", "The Huge M�lars of Horst Nordfink"...

LMAO!

[LowRyter]

like dog years, motorcycle speedometers set at 80 mph workout to 65 in the real world. 

Speeding, but not enough to matter.   

[Zoom Zoom]

like dog years, motorcycle speedometers set at 80 mph workout to 65 in the real world. 

Speeding, but not enough to matter.   

Assuming the MGX is similar to my 1400 Eldo, it is actually fairly accurate. About 3 mph off in the indicated 70 mph range. The odo is very close to my GPS, within about 3/10ths per tank. The other Cali's I had were 11.66% optimistic. (White face Veglia.) 80 was really about 72/73 mph.

John Henry