CES Day II

The Consumer Electronics Show is amazing and there is NO WAY one could ever check out all cool electronic gadgets in four days. Heck, after two, I am totally worn out, so tonight’s post will be short…

A national motorcycle magazine has asked me to write a review on speed counter measure products for “baggers”. I saw this as an opportunity to get my Harley Ultra Classic Sreamin Eagle outfitted with all the new toys, so we took it to the show and last night installed many of the new gadgets. This morning we started our day with a photo shoot of the bike and the new equipment.

In the coming weeks I’ll be riding my Harley around Arizona testing all the new toys out, and hope to have this new review done shortly after that.

Today I had an opportunity to meet with Mike Batton, a long time engineer at the Whistler group and a user on radardetector.net. Mike gave me his low down on the new XTR-690 and their Pro 78 that is coming out, saying that both of these new detectors are Whistlers first entry into the high range and sensitivity category, and they expect them both to perform as well as the higher end Escorts and Bels.

Mike then told me that they had won a “CES Innovation Award” this year for their solar powered XTR185, congratulations!

The RMR crew was on their toes again today, according to some attendees, issuing several “Radar Roy” alerts when I was in the area of their booth. I am disappointed that neither Mike or Raul were seen any where near their warez, because I was hoping to have another special meeting with either of them again this year.

Tomorrow we have one more trip to make to return some items and bid farewell to some good friends in the industry till next year