i ride into new york and the jersey shore quite a bit.  i got to thinking EZPass would be great if it works while in my pocket or something.  anyone know?

Why bother? All you need to do is drape an old tshirt over your plate and ride around the swingarm. On most places they don't even have swingarms anymore.

I've got one. I have an ICON tankbag which has a clear map compartment.

I keep it in there, and works most of the time.  But when it doesn't work, the person checking the security cams should be checking your plate to make sure you actually have a transponder associated with your bike.

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They make a thing to hold these, and i can't for the life of me remember what they are called...

yea F that. We have tolls in Orlando. I your bike is too light to get noticed on the magnetic sensors. Although on some of them you have to drive around the swingarm and magnetic sensor though. No biggie though.

I road down to the shore last month and put my EZPass in my jacket pocket.  The first few tolls I went through on the GSP were those high speed EZPass lanes, so I had no idea if it was working.  When I finally got to a regular toll both, I slowly rolled through waiting for the EZPass paid sign, but it never lit up.  So I was thinking oh crap I haven't paid a single one of these tolls, I'm so going to get a ticket in the mail.  Just to be safe, I added my bike to my account as soon as I got there so they could bill me and not fine me if they got a shot of my plate.  When I looked at my bill, there was nothing, not a single charge from the GSP on there and I have yet to get a ticket.

The following week, I road into PA over the Gap.  This time I put it in the top of my tank bag.  As I rolled up to the toll, I noticed this toll plaza has the little gates so you can't go unless you pay.  Oh f%&king crap I thought.  Well, as I pulled in the EZPass Paid thing lit up, and up went the arm. 

I don't know if it was the location of the EZPass that made the difference, or just the different toll booths.   

I have noticed that some toll booths do work better than others.

Exit three of the Mass Pike has one FASTLANE booth.  It catches my transponder about 10% of the time.

I have a similar type of pass with a passive transponder to get into my worksite, they come in a plastic holder which I use a cable tie to keep on the back of the appropriate glove and stick my hand out towards the reader when going in and out.

Wow. I have never seen a toll road in my life.

Wait I think I've seen a toll bridge once, but there was a back way which was almost as fast and much more, as the french say "free"

Circles, you wanna try riding or driving in France, you have to really plan to avoid toll roads, they are everywhere, rest of Europe have none or very few country to country.

just travelling through new york and jersey, all you experience is freaking tolls....and those bridges are not cheap at all.... ...

....but the EZ-Pass makes it all doable....i cant imagine howthe traffic would be without it....

Quote from: Kweli-TY GS500 on August 15, 2006, 06:07:48 AM
just travelling through new york and jersey, all you experience is freaking tolls....and those bridges are not cheap at all.... ...

....but the EZ-Pass makes it all doable....i cant imagine howthe traffic would be without it....

that's just it, im usually on line for quite a bit and then when i get there, i get crap from people behind me and sometimes from the toll booth person.  just trying to avoid having to fumble with taking my gloves off and rush when paying the toll, not to mention the time it would save me.

im basically a new rider myself...havent had the opportunity to deal with toll yet....imma have to stick with waiting on line at first before i could pick up an ez pass....but for the time being im not going thru many tolls casue im still practicing within my area...