Nordie's adventure vids

**NordieBoy** · 21st July 2010, 17:37

Originally Posted by NZKTM

Good stuff.....You got the good, the bad and some of the ugly there.....
The KTM did well, I take it? Colin was happy, but sore...
Would a lates 80's bike - tt600 make it around there? Was there any Fran?
Cheers for the experience of the Top of the South on Vid, you had good weather....Would have been murder in the rain mate, especially that climb...

A late 70's bike would have been sweet.
You just needed good knobblies.

There was a TT350 racing. The 3rd bike up the hill after the guy walks up and before Javahead's stuck shot.

**NordieBoy** · 21st July 2010, 17:42

Originally Posted by Padmei

That was awesome Fran.

WHo was in the soundtrack? You really should credit them at the end so we can check them out.

Shadows - The rise and fall of fingle bunt.
Transvision Vamp - Crash.
Yello - Oh Yeah.
Manowar - Death of the Bumblebee.

**NordieBoy** · 22nd July 2010, 16:16

This is what I aspire to...

The Metamucil Mulisha.

The man is a god.

**warewolf** · 22nd July 2010, 17:24

Originally Posted by NZKTM

The KTM did well, I take it? Colin was happy, but sore...
Would a lates 80's bike - tt600 make it around there? Was there any Fran?
Cheers for the experience of the Top of the South on Vid, you had good weather....Would have been murder in the rain mate, especially that climb...

The 640 did quite well! I am no worse for wear than I'd be racing the 200, as I was putting the same effort in. You can get the 640 around the track as well as the 200, but for the same effort you aren't going as fast... mostly! On the more open gravel it was peaking at 6500-7000rpm in top which is about 140km/h. But definitely slower in the tricky stuff as it takes a lot more effort to control it; unlike the 200 once it gets away from you there's no coming back, it's bail off time. I do have a nice tennis ball sized bruise on my bicep from a rock hurled by another bike.

My theory on the wide front rim being an issue was confirmed. The OEM 2.15" smashes all the side knobs off the tyre in short order if the bike is used with any modicum of aggression. I ran the 1.6" off the EXC for the first time, for nearly 4 hours and not gently either, and all the knobs are still in place

The rain would've made Hurricane Hill much more difficult, but the other climbs up/down were quite damp already. Heck even some of the flat sections were very greasy. A new, grippier rear tyre would have helped; I used a worn all-rounder, a Pirelli Scorpion MX eXTra. The front S12 was hanging on very very well.

I got stuck on a slight but greasy hill early on, Fran got the photo of me coming back down. The second and third laps I got stuck on the hill Andrew did. Got going again on the 2nd or 3rd try, but man it's frustrating. Especially having to kick the bike with the front brake not able to hold the bike on the hill. Not having the jetting sorted after uncorking it on Friday night meant it was very stall-prone so I was stopped & kicking in all sorts of unexpected places.

Awesome, awesome fun! It's a step above pootling about on an adventure ride.

**NordieBoy** · 25th September 2010, 17:36

Maungatapu Videography...
1 1/2 hrs of riding for 6 min of video...

**Eddieb** · 25th September 2010, 18:23

Well done Nordie, thats some nice shot placements. I love the bloopers at the end too.

**NordieBoy** · 25th September 2010, 19:48

A lot more work door this type of vid.

Place the camera.
Take jacket off.
Ride back.
Ride past the camera.
Ride back.
Pick up camera and jacket.
Ride to the next one...

I think the bloopers worked too

Wish the mic picked up more of the talking...

**XF650** · 25th September 2010, 21:51

Excellent.
Where was the camera mounted for the moving shots?

**NordieBoy** · 25th September 2010, 22:27

Originally Posted by XF650

Excellent.
Where was the camera mounted for the moving shots?

In my left hand.

**Padmei** · 26th September 2010, 08:22

That was realy really excellent Nordie. Grey & black is very sombre attire for spring tho.
I loved the outtakes- especially the hobbit skipping down the hill.

Were the cones by the mudhole? Oh and you missed the rock in the first ford