A Motorcycle Thread About Absolutely Nothing!

Thanks. In the next week I will try it. I thought that was smooth considering where you mounted it. :lol:

My camera has a motion compensator and it is on top of my helmet. It works ok except when you have to reach for it to turn on or off. It takes time to find the buttons while looking in a mirror. I do have a remote but you still have to remove it from your pocket and aim it while you are stopped.

I like your idea of the engine guard. Less noticeable and easier to reach. :cool:

$20. Great deal.
 
Also, after seeing the road surface, now I know why we have an oil shortage. That is a lot of patching.
 
Only those of us who ride can actually relate to this. Well done......I hope I will still be able to ride when I am 80.


[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vksdBSVAM6g&feature=player_embedded]YouTube - TC Bank- Dream Rangers[/ame]
 
green427 said:
Youtube is free, but has limited options. If you have more than one video, you can buy video editing software and combine them into one.

I have an account with smugmug.com since they are spam-free and easy to use, no bullshit involved, but if I want to store videos more than 4 minutes long, I have to pay a premium membership. Other sites like imageshack.com, photobucket.com have similar setups.

I did a test run with a $20 video camera in the spring. Yes, twenty dollars. Posted it on youtube.com. I bolted it to the engine guard of my wife's Rebel 250. It is about 12 inches from the road. The vibrations caused the picture to have waves, so I will have to move the cam up to my gas tank.

This is the raw, unedited feed uploaded directly from the camera:


YouTube - Chesapeake, MD on a Rebel 250




Notice at 5:00 the lady on the horse asked me to stop, apparently I scared the horse. Not bad for a $20 cam.The 'jumping' is annoying though.
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do you have a link to your $20 cam?
 
I rode my little 750 from indiana to new mexico,u can take any bike anywhere if u can handle a few burns,bad back,and a sore ass
 
green427 said:
Only those of us who ride can actually relate to this. Well done......I hope I will still be able to ride when I am 80.


YouTube - TC Bank- Dream Rangers
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Touching video. I sure hope I still can ride when I'm as old as those guy especially one guy yelled and throttled up his bike :rofl: I bet everyone seeing prune faced old man zip by them and be :eek2:

I've seen riders as old as 80 riding motorcycle. I even saw "grandma and grandpa" riding on Honda Goldwing looking like they're in 75 or 80 years old.

At least we have to worry if they croaked and died while riding on motorcycle :jaw:

Catty
 
Jiro said:
about suspension & forks - cruiser is hugely different from dual sport because of several things especially length of springs, sag range, dive, compression, damping, etc. I never really understood the need for adjustable rear suspension. IMO - it's useless. My bike has one and I hardly feel any difference :dunno:

Bottom Line - Suspension Travel is the most important specification to look at. Cruiser version has a much shorter length than Dual Sport because it has a small dive length which is why riders always feel a jolt whenever they go over potholes. Repeated vibrations will burn out the oil inside due to rapid compressions and that will blow out the seal. Some bikes use spring only and that spring (not rated for where you're riding on for prolonged period of time) can snap from repeated, abusive vibrations.

But!!!! that is easily upgradeable (but pricey of course). Some cruisers have very nice, expensive version and it dives gracefully especially upon braking while absorbing heavy weight. If you recall any scenes in Terminator 2 where Arnold Schwarzenegger rode a Harley and braked... its dive was graceful! I likey! That means a very very comfortable ride like a Cadillac!

Skip to 0:15 where you will see Arnold's Harley coming to stop. ain't it nice!?!?
YouTube - Terminator 2 in one minute

For dual sport - Öhlins (top of the line. expensive) is ooooohhhh yyyyyeeeeeeaaaaa :lol: My dream goal is to get Öhlins parts for my bike but it's $$$$. It's at least $1,000 upgrade :cry:

just to give you some idea how much Harley Sportster's suspension travel differs from BMW F650GS (Dual Sport).

Harley's Suspension Travel is 92mm (3.6") Front and 41mm (1.6") Rear.
F650GS's Suspension Travel is 180mm (7.1") Front and 170mm (6.7") Rear.

You see that both bikes differ by 5.1" in rear (most important since jolt hurts your backbone & butt the most, not your arms). This means - my bike has 6.7" Rear to spare if I hit a pothole... while Harley has only 1.6" to spare... all I can think of is... "OH MY COCCYX!!!" :lol:

Sportbike is even worse... its suspension is very tight. ugh! I really thought I broke my coccyx when I rode my friend's sportbike home :lol:
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Yeah, Pricey tho for the fork upgrade. If I want to ride both on and off road, I would probably would want Dual Sport.

My friend have old school spring shock fork. He bought it from motorcycle swap meet. The real problem was that he sold his 74' Harley. Which means that his old school fork would become just another junk. I knew spring shock don't last at all.

When I rode over road/bridge road gap, it bumps a little hard where my wife was at sissy bar seat. She thought she's gonna fly out :giggle: As for me riding, I don't feel hard bump on front fork, it really cushions well and I didn't feel like I'm flying off, My big butt seat cushion most shocks anyway.

Im leery about riding on motorcycle with no rear shocks like some customized Harleys. My friend own a Chopper with hard tail ( no rear shock). He told me that he had to put up bumps and dips that shook him. Before he bought a Chopper, he bragged that it's cool and tire would cushion it. After he own it and rode it, he regretted and wishing it had shock, not realizing how hard it bump and hurts his butt and back. :rofl: I knew it would happen that he will experience it.

Catty
 
Jiro said:
link no worky :(
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Try it again...worked for me twice today???

If not, do a search on fleaBay for mini dvr sport camera or MD80 camera.

Mustek's cheap videocam with LCD screen is another one that I have, $30 at hhgregg, it has a standard tripod connection on the bottom for easy mounting.
 
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green427 said:
Try it again...worked for me twice today???

If not, do a search on fleaBay for mini dvr sport camera or MD80 camera.

Mustek's cheap videocam with LCD screen is another one that I have, $30 at hhgregg, it has a standard tripod connection on the bottom for easy mounting.
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wwwwoooooowwwww. just checked ebay link. so cheap that memory card costs more than itself! Looking at your video clip.... not bad! it's perfect enough for your own legal protection when it comes to traffic accidents.
 
today is.... the best Valentine's Day I've ever had.... I rode my bike to work :)
 
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