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Big Dave
15th February 2007, 10:17
gH8XJll_CwE

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TerminalAddict
15th February 2007, 10:37
geez .. I hope that's a one way road
R6_kid
15th February 2007, 10:37
i only watched the first 30seconds or so coz im at work, but im guessing/hoping thats a one way road.
Swoop
15th February 2007, 10:38
You just have to smile ALL the way around that circuit!
On a sunny afternoon - bliss!
Sam I Am
15th February 2007, 11:00
I love that road !! and i so wish it was one way.
shame it gets my 3 year old car sick every time !!!
WickedOne
15th February 2007, 11:02
That is the road off Piha Road which goes down to Karekare isn't it?
idleidolidyll
15th February 2007, 11:02
gH8XJll_CwE

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geez Dave, keep some of the great roads secret!

Neil Finn and the other celebs who live there probably won't thank you for sending droves of noisy motorcyclists to their quiet little neighbourhood

;-)
idleidolidyll
15th February 2007, 11:05
Hey Dave

Where do you mount your camera? (looks like on yer noggin)
I bought an Oregon but still haven't figured out a mounting setup that works for me.

I tried it on my head but found I look around at the scenery too much.

Tried it on the handlebar but there's a goddammed awful vibe.

Maybe some kind of vibe isolation mount..................like a radar mount?
Big Dave
15th February 2007, 11:08
Hey Dave

Where do you mount your camera? (looks like on yer noggin)



yep - tried the handlebar thing - 5/10.
That was helmet mouted - much bettero. Not tellin' how.
WRT
15th February 2007, 11:10
Wicked road, I love coming up out of Karekare, especially at night when it's quiet and you can see headlights coming the other way.

Have you mounted the camera on the left side of your head? Constantly felt like you were about to run off the road!
Big Dave
15th February 2007, 11:10
That is the road off Piha Road which goes down to Karekare isn't it?

yep............................................... .................................................. .................................................. ...............................................10
WRT
15th February 2007, 11:11
That was helmet mouted - much bettero. Not tellin' how.

   
Big Dave
15th February 2007, 11:12
Constantly felt like you were about to run off the road!

A by-product of fixed focal length.
WRT
15th February 2007, 11:14
A by-product of fixed focal length.

Are you saying I should move my head back and forth from the monitor? :dodge:
Big Dave
15th February 2007, 11:16
Are you saying I should move my head back and forth from the monitor? :dodge:

well I wasn't talking about the camera.

Gotta go out. later.
crashe
15th February 2007, 11:45
geez Dave, keep some of the great roads secret!

Neil Finn and the other celebs who live there probably won't thank you for sending droves of noisy motorcyclists to their quiet little neighbourhood

;-)

Tis also where the Rt. Hon. Jonathan Hunt MP used to live.

He donated some of his land for a bottle of wine, so that the local kids could have a school out there. "Lone Kauri School"

He sold up a couple of years ago after living out there for years and years...... as he is now based in the UK.
Brought an aprtment in the city.



Tis a nice road out there to ride on..... been out that way a few times.
SPman
15th February 2007, 13:50
Any way of saving youtube vids, so I can take it home and watch it later??
xwhatsit
15th February 2007, 14:17
Sweet! Not one-way, I thought it was until I saw that cage coming the other way around the corner; heart skipped a beat there, lol.

When you came up behind that Civic, where you were looking was very telling -- thinking about doing an inside-corner pass, lol?
Brett
15th February 2007, 18:49
That is a mint road. I had a client who lived on that road, and I was project managing the construction of her bed and breakfast. This resulted in often getting to head out that way two or three times a week for about 6-8 months. I got to know those roads incredibly well, every bump and pothole, and occasionally took the bike out there or my nissan 200sx and had some fun on those roads. Got to be careful though, it is a two way road. One of the trucks we were using for the construction of the B&B had a head on with a cage. heaps of cages treat the whole road as if it is theirs, and without fast reflexes you can have some insanely close calls.
MacD
15th February 2007, 19:12
Any way of saving youtube vids, so I can take it home and watch it later??

Enter the URL into http://keepvid.com/ which produces a download link.

YouTube videos are Flash videos (.flv) so you'll need an FLV player. I'm using Bitcomet FLVPlayer (http://www.download.com/BitComet-FLV-Player/3000-2139_4-10637230.html?tag=lst-0-3)at the moment.