KiwiTrackDays Taupo Track Day - Friday, 22 December 2006

**kiwifruit** · 23rd December 2006, 18:57

Originally Posted by Leong

Great video Kiwifruit, though I can't see myself in it.... Had my camera mounted in the afternoon and all I got of you was about three seconds each time as you passed me on the outside coming onto the main straight, and were GONE!!! Your bike sounds awesome. In fact your audio quality is excellent - I always get wind noise, any tips?

ahhh, i could be mistaken.... my eyes are not the best

my cam is on my radar stem mount, behind the screen which i guess cuts down the wind noise

id love to see the footage you got......

**Leong** · 23rd December 2006, 19:41

Originally Posted by kiwifruit

my cam is on my radar stem mount, behind the screen which i guess cuts down the wind noise

id love to see the footage you got......

My cams mounted the same but it's the tall type with the mic on top. I use a screw-on wide angle lens adapter. My video's not so interesting as going slower I didn't encounter as much traffic as you did, but this is what you looked like to most of our group!!

**boomer** · 23rd December 2006, 19:41

+! kiwifruit

Any one with Photo's or Video please upload them or tell me where i can get them from ( assuming they're gratis )

And who was the photographer at the track day??

**SlowHand** · 23rd December 2006, 19:44

Originally Posted by Leong

. No fun, and even less for Ninjaboy, who only had a dark visor, so followed my taillight.

BWAHAHAHAHA!!!!

Glad you all had fun!

**boomer** · 23rd December 2006, 19:48

Originally Posted by Leong

My cams mounted the same but it's the tall type with the mic on top. I use a screw-on wide angle lens adapter. My video's not so interesting as going slower I didn't encounter as much traffic as you did, but this is what you looked like to most of our group!!

Awesome vid, well.. the 2 minutes you took

Kiwifruit.. CLEAN YOUR F***KIN BLADE NEXT TIME! !!!!!!

**kiwifruit** · 23rd December 2006, 19:57

Originally Posted by boomer

Awesome vid, well.. the 2 minutes you took

Kiwifruit.. CLEAN YOUR F***KIN BLADE NEXT TIME! !!!!!!

boomer, i will...AS LONG AS YOU SWALLOW NEXT TIME!!!!!! !!

**The_Dover** · 23rd December 2006, 20:01

Originally Posted by NinjaBoy

I know you think we all lookalike but that was me..

I thought all you fella's were called Leong?

**boomer** · 23rd December 2006, 20:01

Originally Posted by kiwifruit

boomer, i will...AS LONG AS YOU SWALLOW NEXT TIME!!!!!! !!

yessa bwana

**kiwifruit** · 23rd December 2006, 20:23

Originally Posted by Leong

My cams mounted the same but it's the tall type with the mic on top. I use a screw-on wide angle lens adapter. My video's not so interesting as going slower I didn't encounter as much traffic as you did, but this is what you looked like to most of our group!!

hey, thats some nice sharp footage

, would love to see it all.....

what i do with the .mov files my cam takes is;
convert to avi using "rad tools", link in the third (5th? .... *pours another drink* )post here: http://www.moviecodec.com/topics/1321p1.html,
then open it with windows movie maker, edit etc, then save...
that takes the file size down to something more manageable.....

upload for us all to enjoy

**Two Smoker** · 23rd December 2006, 20:36

Apparently cowpoos said i have to give the 'fast crew' shit here because im being called slow in another thread...

Glad everyone had a great day, and improved heaps...

**GIXser** · 23rd December 2006, 20:44

Originally Posted by Two Smoker

Apparently cowpoos said i have to give the 'fast crew' shit here because im being called slow in another thread...

Glad everyone had a great day, and improved heaps...

yeah give Jill shit man...

**Keystone19** · 23rd December 2006, 20:53

Fantastic day guys! The weather was awesome, the company great, one of those excellent days!

I didn't ride particularly well in the first 3 or 4 sessions, brakes need some work, tyres are nearly cooked and I just wasn't on my game. But by the end of the day , I gave up worrying about it all, relaxed and had a blast - must remind myself to do that more often...

Big ups to everyone out there - I'm always a bit nervous going in the fast group on my 650 - but it's always great fun figuring out how to get past the bigger bikes when there's no way I can even begin to match their speed on the straights.

Gav was looking fantastic on his new toy.
Sorry to Sudeep for outbraking myself down the front straight just as he was trying to go round me - my bad...best of luck for Wanganui, wish I was there to watch the wheelies.
Awesome to see Sallo out there for the first time, starting to look much more confident by the end of the day.
Eddie, I think I might have to get a Gixxer just to give you the learn properly...
Jono you were looking great by the end of the day - just imagine what you will do when we can get you on a decent bike!!

[QUOTE]

Originally Posted by GIXser

Keystone, Well what can i say. looked at ya rear for quite some time, (it aint bad) what ya think of mine

!!

QUOTE]

Well, my assessment of your rear was brief but all things considered it wasn't bad - could do with a little more tone at certain angles, but aside from that, I quite enjoyed it...

Originally Posted by boomer

Well the fast crew are definately something to aspire to; Eddie, Sudeep, Gav, kiwifruit & keystone .. well maybe not you Jill as i did give you the learn

Ahem, where was that exactly?

Originally Posted by boomer

Last Ones... I Have Loads If Anyone Wants Some...

Awesome shots Duncan, and yeah, really awesome of you to take the time to sit on the side and take them.

Originally Posted by Meekey_Mouse

It was awesome watching every one in the medium/fast groups... hopefully I'll be with ya sometime

Girlfriend - you'll be riding in the fast group real quick - your riding is looking fantastic.

**Leong** · 23rd December 2006, 20:59

Originally Posted by boomer

Awesome vid, well.. the 2 minutes you took

Kiwifruit.. CLEAN YOUR F***KIN BLADE NEXT TIME! !!!!!!

There's about 40min worth but almost all boring - I started close to the front in the afternoon sessions when I had the camera mounted so didn't see much traffic. The camera's a great way to see if your riding's improved but you need to have a clear track. No, not since the off. When I tried to get video with other bikes, we got the red flag on the warm up when the ambulance wasn't there, and somehow I started the next session at the front again. If it was anything like Allans, I would upload it. The vids are edited and compressed - .mov is the native Quicktime format Macs use. Need to learn about hosting on youtube etc tho.

Sat out the fifth session and got some pretty amateur trackside vids. Must have been impressed by the Aff-man as he features in all three clips. Aff-man leads Keystone, Ninjaboy and Boomer then Kiwifruit goes round the outside again and Boomer is frozen in time.

**boomer** · 23rd December 2006, 21:02

Originally Posted by Leong

There's about 40min worth but almost all boring - I started close to the front in the afternoon sessions when I had the camera mounted so didn't see much traffic. The camera's a great way to see if your riding's improved but you need to have a clear track. No, not since the off. When I tried to get video with other bikes, we got the red flag on the warm up when the ambulance wasn't there, and somehow I started the next session at the front again. If it was anything like Allans, I would upload it. The vids are edited and compressed - .mov is the native Quicktime format Macs use. Need to learn about hosting on youtube etc tho.

Sat out the fifth session and got some pretty amateur trackside vids. Must have been impressed by the Aff-man as he features in all three clips. Aff-man leads Keystone, Ninjaboy and Boomer then Kiwifruit goes round the outside again and Boomer is frozen in time.

nice work mate.. the set up is sweet and your riding was smooth; i lost a good 30 seconds on that first lap cos i went all the way off the back straight run off.. so it took me the whole session to catch you all up again and JUST pass Ninjaboy on the last lap

* im off to watch it now and i'm definately gonna make myself a proper vid mount

**kiwifruit** · 23rd December 2006, 21:13

Originally Posted by Leong

There's about 40min worth but almost all boring - I started close to the front in the afternoon sessions when I had the camera mounted so didn't see much traffic. The camera's a great way to see if your riding's improved but you need to have a clear track. No, not since the off. When I tried to get video with other bikes, we got the red flag on the warm up when the ambulance wasn't there, and somehow I started the next session at the front again. If it was anything like Allans, I would upload it. The vids are edited and compressed - .mov is the native Quicktime format Macs use. Need to learn about hosting on youtube etc tho.

Sat out the fifth session and got some pretty amateur trackside vids. Must have been impressed by the Aff-man as he features in all three clips. Aff-man leads Keystone, Ninjaboy and Boomer then Kiwifruit goes round the outside again and Boomer is frozen in time.

might be boring tou you, but the rest of us still wana see!
honestly, is great to watch such footage, brings us all back to the time we were there

(upload the whole 40min!

)

downloading the trackside vid now, on dial up