Rimutaka Hill Road - Video

[Slingshot]

Mrs S & I decided that lunch in Martinborough was the order of the day. This gave me the perfect opportunity to test out the new cam set-up on the bike.

This is a short clip heading up the Rimutaka Hill Road (heading north), for those of you that know the road you should recognise this section as the first part of the actual hill road (ie. just after Kaitoke Country Gardens).

The new cam-mount seems to have worked quite well but the sound isn't great so I've put a song clip over the top, this also helps to disguise the false neutral I hit.

Anyway, I'd be interested to hear your thoughts.

[Coyote]

Awful music, I hate you

Good camera quality though, great film :niceone:

EDIT: Play at double speed

[Grizz]

Awesome, really like it :clap:

[Skunk]

What I could hear sounded pretty good (the bike sounds behind the music I mean); as for the video - brilliant! :Punk:

[WanaGo]

Very cool Mr S
Well done.

WanaGo

[Sniper]

Well done Slingshot. Damn you for that music though

[Antallica]

Awesome, make sure you do that on the next big KB ride.

[Slingshot]

Awful music, I hate you

Good camera quality though, great film :niceone:

EDIT: Play at double speed


Haha...I was singing that to Mrs S on the way back home through the intercom so I thought it was fitting.
Ring ding ding ding bau bau!!

[DemonWolf]

very cool... can ya give us a pick where ya actually mounted the cam?

[Mental Trousers]

Very good. Got an extended version without that farken frog??

[Suney]

Nice video, nice riding, awesome quality!

[Slingshot]

Very good. Got an extended version without that farken frog??

I've got sixty minutes worth of footage from today. Problem is the file size would get kinda big.
If the weather is good this weekend I'll do some more, hopefully following another bike.

[gamgee]

i wouldn't mind seeing the video of all the twisties, i was enjoying that!

[myvice]

Cool vid!
Nealy fell off my chair on one of those corners... Its NOT the Mac's I'm drinking!
Well, it might be....

[Slingshot]

Here's a pic of the mount. I've had a bracket made up that mounts to the frame and the plan was to mount the camera directly to that (without the box). I tried it but there was way too much vibration and the heads on the camera kept jumping.
So I got some perspex for $5 and had a go at making a box, perspex is actually really easy to work with.
Now that the proof of concept has worked I might build a new box, next time I'll try and get it square and maybe a little smaller.

[WanaGo]

Im impressed. The quality of that was really good. I may have to steal the concept and make my own - pitty I dont have a camera...

Nice work

[riffer]

Dammit Slingshot. Now you've gone and shown them just how good the 'takas are - now they'll all be down here....

Truly excellent video.

Can you post a couple more of the later parts. The last overtaking lane on the south side where the front always seems to lift just as you go left-to-right, perhaps?

oh, and we can do without the crazy frog too. ;)

[Hitcher]

Anyway, I'd be interested to hear your thoughts.
Your film ran out just before what I reckon is the most technical of the corners on the ascent that side. I think I have the lines sussed through those and was hanging on anxiously waiting to see how you did it...

[Slingshot]

Your film ran out just before what I reckon is the most technical of the corners on the ascent that side. I think I have the lines sussed through those and was hanging on anxiously waiting to see how you did it...


Problem is I got stuck behind that car towing the trailer (that's why I ended the clip).

I'm just capturing the whole tape at the moment and I'll pick out some other sections to post.

[tl_tub]

I have to move back to Wellington. I cant tell you how much I miss those hills! Chasing the big boys around the corners.. :ride:

[matthewt]

I've got sixty minutes worth of footage from today. Problem is the file size would get kinda big.
If the weather is good this weekend I'll do some more, hopefully following another bike.

I've got about 300Mb of space you could use to host the file.

I'd be interested to know what gear you used. The picture quality was very good.

[loosebruce]

Well done Slinsshot, the end result is pretty sweet, nice and clear, not too much vibration at all, good job i say.
Now get someone to follow as well, that looks the bizzo, you doing the Manfeild on the 4th?

[Slingshot]

I've got about 300Mb of space you could use to host the file.

I'd be interested to know what gear you used. The picture quality was very good.

All in all it wasn't a great run over the hill (had an arse clenching moment coming down which threw my confidence), I'll get a good run and then get it get it hosted.

The video was taken with a Sony DCR-HC42E camera, it's a fairly standard $1300ish video camera. I've attached a screenshot from the un-compressed AVI file to give you an idea of the actual quality.
From this file I processed it in Windows Movie Maker to a WMV file which was a more manageable size.

[Slingshot]

Well done Slinsshot, the end result is pretty sweet, nice and clear, not too much vibration at all, good job i say.
Now get someone to follow as well, that looks the bizzo, you doing the Manfeild on the 4th?


I was thinking about heading to the open day at Manfield this weekend but haven't signed up for the 4th (might come up for a look though).

[Slingshot]

Can you post a couple more of the later parts. The last overtaking lane on the south side where the front always seems to lift just as you go left-to-right, perhaps?

As requested, didn't lift but scrapped the pegs (and rooted my left boot).



Your film ran out just before what I reckon is the most technical of the corners on the ascent that side. I think I have the lines sussed through those and was hanging on anxiously waiting to see how you did it...

I've had another look and I'm stuck behind traffic until (and beyond) that tiny little 100m passing lane.
The two clips cover almost all of the southern ascent where I'm not stuck behind traffic.

[matthewt]

The video was taken with a Sony DCR-HC42E camera, it's a fairly standard $1300ish video camera. I've attached a screenshot from the un-compressed AVI file to give you an idea of the actual quality.
From this file I processed it in Windows Movie Maker to a WMV file which was a more manageable size.

I've got an old Sharp viewcam which takes good video but is a bit on the large size now. I was thinking about one of these attached to the viewcam http://www.helmetcamera.com.

This is an option as well http://www.pitposse.com/cameramount.html although I'd worry about losing the camera.

[oldrider]

Help. I can not play your video!! When I click on it the player comes on says Buffering 2% playing but nothing happens. Not savvy but trying to learn. Have just bought a new computer XP home with supposedly all the bells and whistles so that I can see all this stuff. Pissed off John.

[Slingshot]

I've got an old Sharp viewcam which takes good video but is a bit on the large size now. I was thinking about one of these attached to the viewcam http://www.helmetcamera.com.

This is an option as well http://www.pitposse.com/cameramount.html although I'd worry about losing the camera.

I have a feeling LooseBruce has a set-up similar to the helmet cam, they're fairly expensive.

The second link: I'm not so sure that I would trust suction cups, I've seen similar mounts that bolt onto the petrol filler surround which is going to be my next little project.

[ajturbo]

I have to move back to Wellington. I cant tell you how much I miss those hills! Chasing the big boys around the corners.. :ride:

that be where iheading!!!:Punk:

[Paul in NZ]

Bloody impressive...

I have to say I'm TOTALLY impressed by this and itching to have a go myself. I have a spare (kinda munted) fairing blade for the Guzzi so could mount a camera on top of the forks I recon and cut a hole in the screen...

But I do like the down low effect, looks faster.

[Sparky Bills]

I got a helmet camera that looks like that one MT,
Just need to figue out how it works.
Will have a go at using it this weekend.


Footage looks great Sling!! Just need to lean a bit more, so you can say that you got camera down :rofl:. How many people can say that!!?

[Slingshot]

Help. I can not play your video!! When I click on it the player comes on says Buffering 2% playing but nothing happens. Not savvy but trying to learn. Have just bought a new computer XP home with supposedly all the bells and whistles so that I can see all this stuff. Pissed off John.

Try right-clicking on the link and selecting "save target as", this will save the file to your computer and then you should be able to play it from there.

[Slingshot]

Footage looks great Sling!! Just need to lean a bit more, so you can say that you got camera down :rofl:. How many people can say that!!?

That would be quickly followed by getting the bike down:no:. The footage would be cool though.

[WRT]

Nice day, nice road, nice camera, nice riding . . . oh, and nice bike.

Well done that chap.

[oldrider]

Thank you slingshot, got it. I know that piece of road well as an old Petone/Wairarapa/Hawke's Bay man. I have often thought it would be good to do that down here through the Lindis pass on a good day. Enjoyed that cheers, John. :ride: :clap:

[k1w1nzl]

took a long time to pass her :ride:
A great vid tho :clap:

[old farts]

Great pics must get the other half to do the same this sunday on the back :ride:

[Paul in NZ]

OK - Scored an old video camera off a mate at work - Now to figure out how to mount it. I reckon the top of the dash would be OK? make a hole in my munted blade and....

Weekend project time...

[MSTRS]

Cool vids - well done that man! Couldn't see in the view area, but you did use your indicators 3 seconds prior when changing lanes?? :hitcher: :rofl:

[Ms Piggy]

Fantastic!! I was leaning with the movie! Makes me miss the Takas...I need to get up there and soon!!

[Stroker Girl]

Cool video, really like the way you've got the camera positioned. Had me leaning in my office chair!

[Lias]

Great vid mate..

Only b loody problem is after watching that, I REALLLY dont want to be stuck in my office for the rest of the day.. beautiful sunny day up here and I want to go for a thrash :weep: :crybaby:

[Slingshot]

Cool vids - well done that man! Couldn't see in the view area, but you did use your indicators 3 seconds prior when changing lanes?? :hitcher: :rofl:
Of course I used my indicators, I didn't exceed 100kph either :whistle:



OK - Scored an old video camera off a mate at work - Now to figure out how to mount it. I reckon the top of the dash would be OK? make a hole in my munted blade and....

Weekend project time...
Top of the dash sounds like it could work, the main problem is the vibrations but I'm sure you'll figure it out.

[MSTRS]

Of course I used my indicators, I didn't exceed 100kph either :whistle:



Good lad. Tho with the camera mounted off the side, there is no speedo in the shot to prove it. :wait:

[WRT]

Good lad. Tho with the camera mounted off the side, there is no speedo in the shot to prove it. :wait:

Thats good - then there is no excuse not to post it here ;)

[phantom]

Bloody brilliant, makes me want to tell work what to do with their problems and take off for a ride ( another brilliant day here in Palmy ) but there is no way the GB ( or its rider ) would perform like that :clap:

[James Deuce]

Nice video's mate! But. That's the slowest I've EVER seen you on the hill, including with pillion. :D

Just joshing, nice (sorry to say this) safe lines too.

[pyrocam]

brilliant quality.
no vibrations

would trade with again AAAAAAA+++++++++++!!!!!!!1!!!111elevenses

im jealous you got axel F into a ride clip before i did :clap:

[hondacmx450]

ok yip that is cool man and i love the song it rocks whet cam r you useing please

[Fryin Finn]

I've done a helmet cam of the tuka's. Trouble is you lose the lean angles because your head tilts opposite as you are cornering. The sound was totally crap so I overdubbed it with music. One day I'll compress it and put it up for viewing. It will be restricted viewing as my overtaking has a certain flamboyance to it that would corrupt any young viewers

[TonyB]

Damn that was good! Top effort.

I MUST RIDE THIS ROAD

[Paul in NZ]

Top of the dash sounds like it could work, the main problem is the vibrations but I'm sure you'll figure it out.

Hmm... I reckon on an old boneshaker it will be the best place 'cos the bracketry is sprung loaded a little ans rubber mounts for the instruments is no sweat. It would be easy to haul off a side fairing and whack it on top of a Cylinder though!

I have a munted nose fairing as well. I could cut a hole in it and stick it in there. PLUS the camera I've 'obtained' has infared night capability... heh heh

Do you use a rubber mat or something under your cam?

I reckon the Guzzler should make a wicked noise for the movie.

Cheers

[TonyB]

Actually, can't halp but wonder: The Commode ute looked like it was pushing along a bit, I wonder what the drivers reaction was when he/she saw that the bike was two up and had a budgie cage strapped to the side?

[bear]

AWESOME!!!

Great vid, don't know if it does justice to the takas for those that don't know the road though. Hard to appreciate the gradient from a video I suppose.

Unfortunately had to sell my bike, and now miss it more than ever!

[CPB]

nice footage, thanks for that! not been in the North Island for long, have to get out and about by the looks...

[250learna]

Nice video, i love that road :ride:
Looks scary how close you are to that far side, but i guess its never as scary when you are on the bike and can feel your limits.

[erik]

cool videos (except for the song in the first one, I dunno how it got to be so popular...) :niceone:

Makes me want to get the old camcorder out and have a go myself... If only I didn't have so many reports and things to write for uni...

[nudemetalz]

Great footage !!!
In the second vid, notice there was a bit'a scraping going on in one of the left-handers..... :clap:

Cheers

[Hitcher]

I love the peg-scrape noise on the second clip. Nice lines too. I've learned a couple of tricks from watching this...

[Slingshot]

I've learned a couple of tricks from watching this...

Like what not to do...



Now all I need is a "smilies" named after me and I'll be ready to take over the world...muhaha. :hitcher:

[Hitcher]

Like what not to do...
You mean like staying on your side of the road after dragging a peg?

[Slingshot]

You mean like staying on your side of the road after dragging a peg?

It was still my side of the road, just not my lane :nono:.



Thanks for letting me pass today:

[skelstar]

It was still my side of the road, just not my lane :nono:.
Thanks for letting me pass today:
Nice......

[snuffles]

very cool, ayone else feel sea sick?

[Skunk Control]

Awesome vids :niceone: Thanks for not using that song again, bike sounds much better

[oldrider]

Is that movie only very short or have I done something wrong again. John.

[Paul in NZ]

Is that movie only very short or have I done something wrong again. John.

Number 3 is very short John, 1 and 2 are longer.

Cheers

[mattt]

Anyway, I'd be interested to hear your thoughts.

Awesome video clip man. I've raced over the 'takas on a push bike several times - this looks like way more fun!

[XP@]

"Sit! Sit!" my 17 month old daughter insists as I am sat down checking my emails.
So I pull her on to my knee and shove the keyboard out of reach.
Ok so what have I got to entertain her today...
fumblin with the mouse whilst trying to control her wriggling and pawing the monitor (never an easy job).
I find the email with the the movie on so decide to give her a bit of an insight on how daddy goes to work.
I push play and the bike starts to move and the tune begins to play...
"FROG!" says Amberley.
"What?" i asked.
"Frog Frog" Amberley replied.
I had herd her say frog before on a couple of occasions. But why is she saying frog now?
It turns out that she had seen the vid to the song once, a couple of weeks ago.
Totally blown away again! I too had seen the vid once but no way did I associate the tune with a frog on a scooter!

[Paul in NZ]

Well ...

Anything you can do I can do.... Um... Not as well as it turns out...

Who would have thought a Moto Guzzi would vibrate that much? The ancient electrical system noised up the video camera and the vibes eventually turned it off! Not a stellar effort BUT we will persist... (until it gets difficult anyway.)

Cheers

[crshbndct]

Help. I can not play your video!! When I click on it the player comes on says Buffering 2% playing but nothing happens. Not savvy but trying to learn. Have just bought a new computer XP home with supposedly all the bells and whistles so that I can see all this stuff. Pissed off John.

google "media player classic"

it is way better than the rubbish that ships with xp

[Biff]

What a great couple of video clips.
Shite music on the first clip though.

[badlieutenant]

google "media player classic"

it is way better than the rubbish that ships with xp
or do a search for vlc (video lan client) openscource and excellent (can stream with it as well, plays most codecs.

[gromit]

Top stuff! Well done. Its given us all a few ideas...

[Slingshot]

Top stuff! Well done. Its given us all a few ideas...

For what???

[Back Fire]

You need to put that kinda stuff on dvd's or somthing, i'd buy one. Good wholesome entertainment.

Oh... and throw in a few wheelies :devil2:

[gromit]

How much of a market would there be for them? If people are really keen, I create and duplicate DVD's as a business. We could have submissions like funniest home videos, assemble a mad disc and sell it for nicks. Could be different sections such as the nads job on XSTV. For the hoot of it of course, not a profit operation.
How many would be keen? Log your interest here!... :mega:

[gromit]

Wheelies, smokies, jumps, balls-ups, road, dirt, clean as bikes, etc etc...

[skelstar]

Of course none of it would be incriminating :)

[gromit]

Hell no! I can mask/blur plates if required. Damn this has got me excited now. I know a lot of mates that would get a kick out of it. Top Saturday arvo beers viewing.

[gromit]

There is that element of the risk of encouraging people to do really stupid or "illegal" things of course. I'm not advocating that kind of behaviour...

[el milanes]

I want a video of the Paekakariki Hill road now! that's a peg-scretchy one

[Kendog]

Those are great vids, keep up the good work :2thumbsup

[Slingshot]

I want a video of the Paekakariki Hill road now! that's a peg-scretchy one

I rode over there in the weekend but the battery died half way along and the footage I got was fairly average. At some stage I'll get a decent run over there.

[Salival]

Paekak hill is the most amazing road on the planet. End. Of. Story. The view from the northern side is amazing, good road surface, not a whole lot of traffic.

Having said that, on a bike, the Rimutakas are probably more fun. Paekak went hard in my old MR2.

I don't miss it all that much.

Only got the first vid as I'm at my parents on (poos!) dialup. Will get the others when I get home. Looks good tho - good effort to deaden the vibrations!!

[el milanes]

Paekak hill is the most amazing road on the planet. End. Of. Story. The view from the northern side is amazing, good road surface, not a whole lot of traffic.

I went on that road on
the very first day after buying (http://www.emanueleziglioli.it/foto/EL250/KapitiCoast/images/pict2832.jpg) my bike, and my wife (gf at the time) on the back. Good training!
It's definitely very narrow, comparing with other major roads. The top also is very exposed and offers no side barriers, and it's very steep!
Beautiful road though, I love the kapiti coast.
Unbelievable that people use it to commute, to avoid the traffic in Mana. Maybe less now that they have upgraded the roundabout and made special one way lanes.

If I manage to convince my wife, we'll take a footage of the Pauatahanui inlet. I ride or drive along it every day. The scenery is amazing, and the curves are fun. The limit is 70kph, and in a couple of corners is quite challenging to keep that speed (where signs suggest 30...)
Something I've noticed is also that when the wind blows, my helmet ends up full of salt... so that I need to wash it every day!

Talking about narrow twisty roads, do you know Airlie road from Plimmerton to SH1? it's a country road and sometimes I find it hard to keep the balance, especially with two people on and if I let the engine go too low.

[Hitcher]

Paekak hill is the most amazing road on the planet. End. Of. Story. The view from the northern side is amazing, good road surface, not a whole lot of traffic.
Agreed, but for cagers on the wrong side of the road, gravel and diesel spills. The Goat Track of Death rocks! In every sense...

[XP@]

I went on that road on
the very first day after buying (http://www.emanueleziglioli.it/foto/EL250/KapitiCoast/images/pict2832.jpg) my bike, and my wife (gf at the time) on the back. Good training!

Aye, I did it on the second day after buying a bike in NZ. It was dark, very dark!

when i got to the bottom i was a bit directionally embarrassed so turned right, then stopped in paraparam and bought a map. then promptly set off to wellington. In Otaki I got the map out again, turned round and eventually made it home....

[el milanes]

he he, it's not that hard, at least when the northerly is blowing (most of the time). Just follow the wind, and save petrol :shifty:

My problem instead is that even if I've been here for 2 years, still I can be distracted and take the wrong side of the road.
That happened last month, I was pissed off because the eftpos at the petrol station wasn't working and rode away while thinking about the shortest way to get to the pak'n'save petrol station. I took the right side of the road quite fast until a car came in front of me and I suddenly realised I was wrong.
I was sure to hit it, but luckily we stopped both one meter before. I couldn't say I'm sorry enough times! There was a child in the front sit and I'm sure it wouldn't have been very nice for them if I had crashed the car windscreen with my helmet. Don't want to think about it too much, it's too easy to do stupid things.

Then I've discovered that at Mobil they turn off the eftpos if they can't see you, e.g. if you have your helmet on. But f**k, that's why I go to an automatic station: not to have to take my helmet off and save time.
At the Pak'n'Save station they then complained that I was putting petrol in the tank without getting off the bike. And I had to explain to the manager that if you don't have a center stand, that's the best way to fill it completely!!