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[*] posted on 1-23-2012 at 11:12 AM
Ride on top of the world


Try this.

http://www.autoblog.com/2012/01/19/watch-as-a-motorcycle-rid...
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[*] posted on 1-23-2012 at 11:29 AM


Hmmmmmmmmm, looks like another "Darwinian" example, to me-----only one mistake needed and viola, big trouble!

But, where is this place TW?? Do you know?

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[*] posted on 1-23-2012 at 11:39 AM


No, I don't know where it's at. There are places at Jawbone Canyon past Mojave where you can ride a ridge similar to this one and I've done a couple that are not real high but they are scary if you take you eyes off the path.
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[*] posted on 1-23-2012 at 12:10 PM


Hell, I was puckering most of the way on this "ride" ...

TW, you find the coolest stuff... :yes::yes:




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[*] posted on 1-23-2012 at 12:14 PM


How did they get the bike up there?
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[*] posted on 1-23-2012 at 02:26 PM


It's a fake.
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[*] posted on 1-23-2012 at 02:40 PM


The front tire is not turning, it's pretty clearly computer generated graphics.
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[*] posted on 1-23-2012 at 05:31 PM


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The front tire is not turning, it's pretty clearly computer generated graphics.


I have a little experience with helmet cams and off road bikes and the giveaway here is that the helmet never moves in relation to the bike. As I am sure other riders on this forum will attest that is just not realistic. When I use a helmet cam on rough terrain there is a lot of camera movement which this video does not have.
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[*] posted on 1-23-2012 at 08:18 PM
Case of Coronas it's real!!


or Tecate for you non believers,

Not 100% sure it's real but I'll go 99%,

The cam is solid to the helmet,

The helmet moves constantly to the horizon,

The non-moving tire issue is due to high speed lens. It's a polarization issue.

Have you guys ever used Image Stabilization equip?

I'd like to know where it is , though.

Badlands? Utah?

TW??

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[*] posted on 1-23-2012 at 08:24 PM


Well, there is an existing track there....
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[*] posted on 1-23-2012 at 09:09 PM


Not fake. It's near Grand Junction, Colorado. Here is a longer version of another segment of the ride on the guy's YouTube site:

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[*] posted on 1-23-2012 at 09:23 PM


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.
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[*] posted on 1-23-2012 at 09:32 PM


I ride. I GoPro. This is not fake. Would I do it? Heck no!!!
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[*] posted on 1-23-2012 at 10:00 PM


You can see it's fake, look the tire isn't turning, the motions are artificial, it's a video game. Open your eyes.
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[*] posted on 1-23-2012 at 10:38 PM


This from Kevin Ward.

Here is the original. He's riding high altitude in Colorado with studs.
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[*] posted on 1-23-2012 at 11:09 PM


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Originally posted by Mengano
Not fake. It's near Grand Junction, Colorado. Here is a longer version of another segment of the ride on the guy's YouTube site:

That part ain't fake. The ridge line ride is.




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[*] posted on 1-24-2012 at 01:28 AM


Just because none of us have the huevos to do this doesn't mean it's a fake :cool:

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 :saint:




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[*] posted on 1-24-2012 at 07:16 AM


I thought it looked "sporty" but certainly doable, there is an existing trail so it's not like he is going where "no man has gone before". I think I'd rather try it without the snow the first time.....and maybe 10 years ago.....dt



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[*] posted on 1-24-2012 at 08:42 AM


Its fake why don,t his head bob around ?
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[*] posted on 1-24-2012 at 08:58 AM
Cam's


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Its fake why don,t his head bob around ?


Maybe he needs to get up to around 180-200 mph... this guys cam is pretty stable ... until ...



This guy talks way too much... but, has a very stable cam



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