Filmed my (near) death today
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n10sive
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I have about 20 min of more video where everything was fine, I was concentrating on getting off the bike, kissing mirrors...the whole nine yards. I just screwed up and brain farted in this one corner and nearly paid the price. In retrospect, I probably reverted back to my dirt ways (I rode dirt a lot more than street growing up) and crossed up on the bike. The mind is one thing, the video is another. It's also a lot different going from a track bike to a touring bike as far as body/riding position.
There is a certain luxury of knowing a car WASN'T there and instead of pushing the situation and low siding, of letting it go. All I can do is speculate as to what I would have done if a car was there. Die comes to mind or straight lining the corner into the hill another! :laughing
Coffae
Crash Test Dummy
I had to make an "emergency"" decision like that once. I did crash, but am here to tell of it. (I picked the hill versus the car.) :|
catgirldanni
Kitty cat kitty kitty cat
Holy shit I kinda flinched when u went on the other side I for some reason thought there was a car, now that would have been really bad!!! Glad to know ur ok oh and ps dont do that again!!!!!
m54samrr
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I've done that exact move in the far past, I decided to put it into the mud on the left shoulder...rear braked it to a stop and dismounted...shook for about 5 minutes, cleaned the shit stains off my Ninja 250s seat then jump back on the road to meet with the group. All in all great save IMO. Good teaching tool for the rest of us, you are a brave one posting it on BARF 
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n10sive
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There is actually a lot compared to a straight touring bike, and enough that there are no chicken strips on the tires. But...every bike has a limit. Happened to find it on the bimmer in a bad spot.
masameet
Rawr!
I did the same maneuver a month ago on Kurt~flying_hun's North Bay goaty ride. Except my going over the DY was on a blind right-hander. I was simply carrying too much speed and didn't brake until I had crossed the DY. Had a car been coming in the opposite lane, I would have struck or been struck by it easily. (And obviously since it was a blind right-hander I couldn't observe any vehicle coming towards me. The collision would have been a surprise for both the other drive and me.)
Sorry. But it's not a neath death experience when no vehicle is coming at you. It's just a stupid rider mistake. And definitely one not to be repeated.
Sorry. But it's not a neath death experience when no vehicle is coming at you. It's just a stupid rider mistake. And definitely one not to be repeated.
n10sive
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put some foam over that mic, I don't hear any "scraping" all I hear is wind noise
only thing the sux about the VHoldR. I am actually trying to find an old microphone that I can steal the wind foam off of to try that. Tried tape, cotton...no luck. Have to get the wind OFF the camera.
n10sive
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Are you saying the VHolder is waterproof? nooo...got all kinds of holes in it. The whole back is just a rubber plate to cover the battery and xsd card. Not even close to waterproof.
