Weekend Rides...... Which day is better for a big long ride?

I enjoy country roads, do not like riding in the city or on interstates. A good day for me is around 300 miles with a nice lunch break. I like early morning in the summer, a little later in the winter. Not much of a night time rider. I don't drink and ride my motorcycle. I am self employed and enjoy getting away during the week for a quick 4 hour ride (when somebody makes me go). Live on the northshore and do almost all of my local riding there. Favorite day trip destinations are St Francisville, Woodville, Lumberton and Sumrall. Have a GPS and radar detector to help keep me from getting lost or getting a ticket. And that's how I like to roll!!!

Saturday or Sunday are both good for me but Saturday is better during the day because my wife has to work and our only day off together is Sunday.

I second the radar question. I'd like to see how it's mounted too!

I have a Valentine radar detector with a mount that is glued on the inside of my windshield and a Heads Up unit in my helmet. There is a sending unit connected to the radar and a small receiving unit inside the helmet that has a matchstick type light that I mount on top in front of your face. When the unit goes off the light warns you then you can look down and see what the threat is and in what direction it is coming from. I am going out for the night but I will post links to the mount and Heads Up unit tomorrow.

Here is the link to the HARD System www.legalspeeding.com/HARD-System.htm#.UbsUUuCv2ec which is the warning light. This is the link to the windscreen mount www.legalspeeding.com/products.htm#AWM. Both come from the same company Legal Speeding, so both products are on the same page. The owner of the company has had the 3M taped mount on his bike for 3 years and has had no problem, I have had it on mine for around a year. It does not block the instrument panel and is high enough to see it easily.
This system works as well as a radar detector in a car. If you are speeding and you are the only thing on the road and they get you with a laser gun you detect the source but they already have you. If they are shooting Laser at someone in front of you it picks it up and you have time to slow down. If it is a speed trap and they are using regular radar and it is constantly on the radar unit will pick it up and you are safe. If they are being sneeky and have the unit off and they turn it on right as you go around a curve or crest over a hill it will detect it too late and they got you! The HARD System is a big, big help and puts my mind at ease, but is not 100%. I have been riding with a group for 3 years now and the lead rider has this system. There was only once that a person in the group got a ticket, not him or the lead pack but someone in the middle. The cop was rolling down the road with the radar off saw the lead group turned on his radar unit and caught someone in the middle. It has also saved the group many, many times. Peace Of Mind is it's biggest plus, I enjoy my rides much more having the system. I already had the Valentine radar detector so it was a no brainer for me to mount it on the bike as well.

For answer number 4, I would love to see a poll done for what is enough notice.

maybe these choices?

• 2 hours?
• 4 hours?
• 6 hours?
• 8 hours?
• 12 hours?
• 24 hours?
• 48 hours?

Actually, I would have just crated the poll myself, But I do not appear to have sufficient permissions for that action.

And I like the idea of an open poll because anonymous feedback like that is generally more likely to get responses.