DB1k 2010 - Official Thread

**JATZ** · 25th January 2010, 16:56

Originally Posted by Underground

I've figured out how to do this photo thing ,heres a few shots
Mountie and underground's enjoy ruralmans coffee

.We were not lost ,just wondering where we were .Jatz's ,alane mountie underground's checking someones bike over after a crossing . And woodman caning it through the Rainbow eager to get to the event.

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Just moments before the bike needed checking over....... this happened
Someone told him to gas it when you feel the back wheel losing traction, so he did,
some one should've told him to let go of the throttle at some stage too

**Waihou Thumper** · 25th January 2010, 18:02

Okay all, this is the second and third instalment of the Dusty Butt 2010. There is some footage of Chris and Mark out the back of Ranfurly before eventually getting to The Dunstan Road. The roads were straight, fast and dusty... It made for a glorious afternoon until I hit some trouble near Millers Flat.... I made it home though, second and third gear, watching the revs and not going over 70kph....

from NZKTM Mark on Vimeo.

**alane** · 25th January 2010, 18:46

Why is it I can,t download any pics.They just come up as letters & squiggles. maybe its cause my landline conections so weak??
BUGGER -------ALANE

**Waihou Thumper** · 25th January 2010, 19:23

Originally Posted by alane

Why is it I can,t download any pics.They just come up as letters & squiggles. maybe its cause my landline conections so weak??
BUGGER -------ALANE

Yes it could be mate...Bugger, there is some good vid too....

**Padmei** · 25th January 2010, 19:37

I've got a crick in my neck watching that vid

**Waihou Thumper** · 25th January 2010, 19:48

Originally Posted by Padmei

I've got a crick in my neck watching that vid

The camera itself it good and the quality very good. I have it mounted at the side of the helmet, this is why it is biased to the right...
As I said, I have made adjustments and the Arai helmet now has it at the top of the peak between the vents. The mount is solid as and I have cable tied it through the vent holes underneath into the interior. The vents have been removed.
It should work a treat now. Sorry for your neck issues, I know of a good Chiropractor....Guess it won't be winning any Academy awards soon but you get the idea.....More for the ones that didn't make it and show them all how frikkin fantastic the roads are...

**Transalper** · 25th January 2010, 19:50

lol, on that note there are lots of programs that can rotate the vids before publishing them, but you'll end up with black triangles in the corners unless you crop them out.
Actually works not to badly for web based vids because after cropping you still have a reasonable amount of pixel resolution left, but not so much on TV where you end up a pit short on pixels..

**Waihou Thumper** · 25th January 2010, 20:51

This is the second to last video... Hope everyones neck and shoulders can stand the pain...

from NZKTM Mark on Vimeo.

**Waihou Thumper** · 25th January 2010, 22:51

Last Instalment everyone....This has some more bikes on it too...DRBig and a R800GS towards the end. There is also the AT there...

from NZKTM Mark on Vimeo.

**Transalper** · 28th January 2010, 07:26

Here we go, my first video, it's the Serpentine Rd option up to the old church including us wondering why there is a lone bike parked in the middle of no where without it's rider.
The track turned out to be so much drier than on the pre-run check that the big bogs were dry and knobs weren't really needed after all. Still always an advantage aye.

Good old Youtube, they have changed the way they render things now days, I have to say I've become quite impressed with the improved picture but I had to change the resolution and bitrates of my uploads to take advantage of it all. My files are now twice the size of my earlier uploads.

Anyway on with the show.... (managed to include the full screen playback button this time)

**.chris** · 28th January 2010, 10:14

I have had a few requests for full res photos from my galleries so I have uploaded all my photos in low-res so you can pick the ones you want.
Please note these are ALL the photos I got from the db, unfiltered.
http://picasaweb.google.com/c.p.whit...hotosComplete#

Just email me as per the description in the gallery, if you click the more-info link to the right of the image you will see the filename, that is what I need know to email/upload full res photos.

Would love to upload them all as full res, but that would be over 3gb, and half of them are not worth uploading. So I shall let you guys decide which ones you want.

**cooneyr** · 17th February 2010, 12:34

Seems the article about the DB1k didn't make the cut for the march eddition of Kiwii Rider. Do you have any idea when you handy work may be used RD?

Cheers R

**Woodman** · 17th February 2010, 17:43

Originally Posted by cooneyr

Seems the article about the DB1k didn't make the cut for the march eddition of Kiwii Rider. Do you have any idea when you handy work may be used RD?

Cheers R

Possibly couldn't write it with only one wing working.

**alane** · 17th February 2010, 22:45

Originally Posted by Woodman

Possibly couldn't write it with only one wing working.

Now---------------DING WING DAVE------------

**Racing Dave** · 18th February 2010, 08:50

Originally Posted by Woodman

Possibly couldn't write it with only one wing working.

I only need one finger to type...

Publishing deadlines are a bugger, and the Yamaha Safari article only just made the cut. I'm hoping that the Dusty article will be in the April issue (available approx 18 March). If or when I can confirm that (sometimes 'confirmed' stories get bumped for various reasons) I'll let you know.

I've had a few rides back on my NXR, and other than a constant ache, and lack of movement, all's getting better. As it must - the Big Southern Sky Adventure is only 10 days away, and I'm booked in for that.

Cheers,
Dave B