Video-Manawatu Gorge

[woodboats]

Well done! Thanks for sharing.
I reckon adding some camera work to a ride makes for
an interesting journey.

[Headbanger]

That bike is showing it's heritage...can I suggest you get yourself one that is made for riding to the left of the yellow lines?

Beware, Typical wanky statement follows-

I ride the road, Not the paint.

[yungatart]

Beware, Typical wanky statement follows-

I ride the road, Not the paint.

That fella in his B -train does too...the one heading the other way!

[MSTRS:Me]

Beware, Typical wanky statement follows-

I ride the road, Not the paint.

Yeah, yeah....
Can't be sure, but it looks like you never went over about 90kph tops. What I want to know is why would you need to go beyond your own lane. Harleys don't handle that badly. Do they?

[Headbanger]

kudos to you

What sort of camera setup are you using there HB? And do you like it?

I'm kind of interested in doing some filming from my bike as I get a bit more confident so always keen to learn what works and what doesn't

Right, I'm using the system as detailed at

http://www.helmetcamera.com/acart/ag...plete_Packages

Prior to buying their recording device I was using the helmet camera plugged into a JVC DV camera,and an external microphone.

Am I happy with it?

hmmmm, yes and no, If I was purchasing again I'd look at local cheaper options, there were a few in an older thread that looked worthy of further investigation.

Using the DV system it was an absolute mess of wires, plugs and bulk. Had a few issues with poor connections and whatnot, Though the quality was good.Still, I had to wear a damn backpack to carry it all.

So I bought their Xtreme Mini recording device, adaptor to replace all the cords with just a single cord, and the adaptor top run off a 9v battery.

Numerous problems, namely the adaptor and the camera both have female connections, so I had to cut them off and solder on two new ones, resulting in an audible hum (you can hear it on that video,sounds like tire scrubbing) On that video I had moved teh camera into my top pocket and the battery pack was hanging down my shirt as I had hoped to isolate them from each other.

Anyway, The next trick is to remove the plugs and hard-wire the two items, I'm hoping that fixes the issue. Otherwise I'm shopping for anew one.

Secondly, Their "Xtreme mini recording device is a piece of crap, takes rubbish video in its own right, horrible audio, though it works all right with the helmet camera attached. The recorded video is in a propriety MS format that's almost impossible to work with and suffers massive quality loss with one wrong move. And half the time it produces a broken video file that takes a crap load of time to recover.

Converting to MPEG (the format used for DVD) creates a checker board of colours.

Plus, their 9v option ran the system for less then 4 minutes, WTF is that about?

Short version, I wouldn't recommend it.

[Headbanger]

Yeah, yeah....
Can't be sure, but it looks like you never went over about 90kph tops. What I want to know is why would you need to go beyond your own lane. Harleys don't handle that badly. Do they?

Ah, Is that question deliberately stupid or do you not know of what you speak?

Any forth coming answer depends on how the question was intended.

[Headbanger]

That fella in his B -train does too...the one heading the other way!

Good for him, When I say I was riding the road and not the paint I was referring to the road ahead.

[MSTRS:Me]

Ah, Is that question deliberately stupid or do you not know of what you speak?

Any forth coming answer depends on how the question was intended.

Not looking for a bitchfight, and I know what you were doing was not a safety issue (I could have quite safely passed a car or two in there since the yellows went down, but you didn't hear/see it here ), but my comments are the best part of serious.
Surely the point of riding is to do the bendy bits, not get rid of them?

[Headbanger]

I took the corners as I did for maximum enjoyment, works for me, and..well, it was all about my enjoyment.

Now, I'm not about to tell you what my speedo was reading, But I would guess I would have had to slow in a couple of spots if I were seeking to hold a tighter line.

My ride that night consisted of the back roads through Marton,Fielding, Ashurst,over the Saddle road, through the Gorge and back to Wanganui, There was no shortage of corners....

[JacksColdSweat]

Right, I'm using the system as detailed at


Short version, I wouldn't recommend it.

Thanks for that HB - makes a lot of sense and confirms a few of my own suspicions about what's involved

Cheers

[gatch]

how you manage that kind of speed i thought those things needed a seperate wagon for coal ?

[Headbanger]

how you manage that kind of speed I thought those things needed a separate wagon for coal ?

Giant catapult set up a couple km from the gorge. I also have a larger rear wheel so its always going downhill.

[MSTRS:Me]

Now, I'm not about to tell you what my speedo was reading....

I could see that it never went over halfway (to - what? - 200k max)

how you manage that kind of speed i thought those things needed a seperate wagon for coal ?

you're a brave little bunny...

Giant catapult set up a couple km from the gorge. I also have a larger rear wheel so its always going downhill.

Now that's clever. Is that why those old-style 'chopper' pedal bikes could get up to a good clip?

[98tls]

On ya HB looks a great ride for sure,wouldnt mind getting some sort of video set-up myself.

[Headbanger]

Just watched the video again, with an eye on the sections I straightened, Quite interesting in that I wasn't pushing the bike at all, and appear to be ignoring the corner for no other reason then laziness. Certainly could have stayed in my lane and taken a much closer line at that speed and if desired quite a fair whack faster.

Well, Its interesting to me anyway, Not often I examine my own riding.