Originally posted by Oddjob
I take back my first post about it being a fake. It's at Skinny Ridge near Grand Junction. He used homemade studs in his tires.
Originally posted by motoged
Just because none of us have the huevos to do this doesn't mean it's a fake
Interesting how folks will dismiss something just because it's outside their personal comprehension...says something about some people's thinking more
than it does the behaviour of others
I hadn't thought about a stabilized camera when I suggested it was not real but now have reconsidered. It isn't outside my personal comprehension but
it sure is far outside my riding ability at any point of my life and now in my late 60's rides like that happen only in dreams (or nightmares.)
It is interesting that the owner of the video has now removed it. I went to watch it and it is no longer online. Maybe it was a fake, if not why
remove it?
I dont have anger management issues, I have idiot management issues.
Originally posted by choyero
It is interesting that the owner of the video has now removed it. I went to watch it and it is no longer online. Maybe it was a fake, if not why
remove it?
That is legit and also looks very doable. The fish eye effect of the camera probably makes it look higher and much scarier than it actually is. It be
a trail I'd want to carry speed through that's for sure. It'd be really sketchy trying to run it slow in 1st or 2nd gear.
If you watch carefully you can actually see where a few previous riders turned left and rode down the face, so it must not be as steep and high as it
the camera makes it appear.
Regardless, very good footage and riding!
I dont have anger management issues, I have idiot management issues.
If you do a search on youtube for Skinny Ridge Grand Junction you can see it when there is no snow. The camera makes it look worse than it is, but
it's still very steep. This trail in Washington is really gnarly and a rider died here about three years ago.
The not moving head affect happens with helmet cams. It's because the cam and the helmet are 1 and move together. Here is an example from a
snowboarding video I shot last week. The video it's self is nothing amazing, but it shows the same helmet cam affect. Snow Valley run
Originally posted by Udo
He's pegging the speedo!
That's gatt a be a Hayabusa bike!
That is correct! >>> The first year Busa, like mine, had no factory hi-speed limiter and was the fastest streetable mass production
motorcycle ever produced. >>>> With my mods it would top out @ 216MPH with insane acceleration. >>>> It was instant ADIOS to
anything on the street. Like BYE BYE!!!!
It's a fisheye lens on a GoPro helmet cam so it looks harry.
Any decent off-road rider could do this.
It's not hard.
He should have dove off left and ridden down the scree slope at the end.
That would've been trick.
He's on a '03 CR250 Honda.
Edit:
That's Dove Springs near Cantil, Ca. I cruised that ridge at least a dozen times over the years. I knew it looked familiar.
It's high, but not as dramatic as this lens makes it look.
Those cameras film exactly like that when secured to a helmet, looks fake but, it's real.
Originally posted by Udo
He's pegging the speedo!
That's gatt a be a Hayabusa bike!
That is correct! >>> The first year Busa, like mine, had no factory hi-speed limiter and was the fastest streetable mass production
motorcycle ever produced. >>>> With my mods it would top out @ 216MPH with insane acceleration. >>>> It was instant ADIOS to
anything on the street. Like BYE BYE!!!!
Originally posted by Udo
He's pegging the speedo!
That's gatt a be a Hayabusa bike!
That is correct! >>> The first year Busa, like mine, had no factory hi-speed limiter and was the fastest streetable mass production
motorcycle ever produced. >>>> With my mods it would top out @ 216MPH with insane acceleration. >>>> It was instant ADIOS to
anything on the street. Like BYE BYE!!!!
Regards,sq.
Hey sq .. does this bring back any memories ... liked the guy @ 2:54 in ... hitting his breaks.. nice guy...
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