Deals Gap videos with the HD GoPro

[Lamonster]

Here's a few videos I took with the GoPro mounted on my helmet. This was the first time I had been to the Dragon from the TN side since the big rock slide. It was a good day for a ride and I was taking it easy and enjoying the view. :doorag:

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=951wJTrmJN8[/ame]
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnX7uuLe8Ls[/ame]
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=undpEZHn-EY[/ame]
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_Vk8hcVLic[/ame]

 

[rnet]

I don't know how they are in TN., but in NY. the cops would have a field day for all the lane violations.:roflblack::roflblack::roflblack::roflblack::roflblack:

 

[Lamonster]

I thought I did pretty good staying in my lane :dontknow:

 

[ArmyJoe]

Cool videos. Thanks for posting.

Have you done the Dragon enough to have the turns (and the speedtraps) memorized?

 

[rnet]

I thought I did pretty good staying in my lane :dontknow:

Yes you did, but in NY they can write you for crossing the white line. Any color solid line, but most cops wouldn't unless they were out to get you.

 

[WackyDan]

At the Gatlinburg Harley dealer back in June, I was speaking to the front desk "clerk" while my brother was getting some stuff done to his Harley.

My Spyder was parked out front and he mentioned that he rides an R1 and that one time on the Dragon there was a spyder on his tail and he couldn't shake him.

I casually replied that "oh yeah, that could have been Lamont" being that you are probably one of the more accomplished Spyder riders out there... :doorag:

Of course, I wanted to also say " if you can't lose a Spyder on an R1, you need to learn how to ride that thing", but I was being polite.

 

[retired1]

Deals Gap

Great video. Watching it, from your helmet cam, brought back memories of last year and raised my pulse rate a little bit. Hope the weather is good again this year. Can't wait!!:clap:

 

[Smylinacha]

Wow - I always wanted a video cam - that thing takes really good quality videos! I'll have to check them out. I was gonna tape the DROID to my helmet but afraid of losing it LOL

 

[Bersquack]

That cam seems to work pretty good!

Nice job! :clap:

 

[ameobe]

Nice vids, also a good reminder of an awesome ryde last year.:thumbup:

 

[wyliec]

Are you at setting 4 or 5 on the gopro? I'm guessing setting 5 because it doesn't look like 170 degrees; at least that's the way it looked on the last vid.

 

[dancogan]

I thought I did pretty good staying in my lane :dontknow:

:2thumbs: I thought you did a great job. It's crossing that yellow line that will get you in trouble. The only time you crossed the white line seemed to be an intentional line through the corner. Nice video.

p.s. no gloves?

 

[Capt John]

Got me all excited! Looking forward to Gatlinburg!

 

[Lamonster]

Cool videos. Thanks for posting.

Have you done the Dragon enough to have the turns (and the speedtraps) memorized?

Well I know they are there somewhere and sure enough I ran up on three of them toward the end of my run. It's just not worth the ticket so I try and keep my speeds down as much as I can stand to.:gaah:

 

[Lamonster]

At the Gatlinburg Harley dealer back in June, I was speaking to the front desk "clerk" while my brother was getting some stuff done to his Harley.

My Spyder was parked out front and he mentioned that he rides an R1 and that one time on the Dragon there was a spyder on his tail and he couldn't shake him.

I casually replied that "oh yeah, that could have been Lamont" being that you are probably one of the more accomplished Spyder riders out there... :doorag:

Of course, I wanted to also say " if you can't lose a Spyder on an R1, you need to learn how to ride that thing", but I was being polite.

Any decent sportbike rider will blow me away on the Dragon. I will say I've yet to run with a cruiser that can walk away from me. The nanny is the limiting factor on the Spyder. That may be a good thing :dontknow:

Are you at setting 4 or 5 on the gopro? I'm guessing setting 5 because it doesn't look like 170 degrees; at least that's the way it looked on the last vid.

That was set on 4, I was surprised how it turned out too. It did make the bars look farther away than they were.

 

[canam9]

Cool!

:clap: :ani29:

 

[ArmyJoe]

I was just watching them again.

Anyone else find themselves leaning into the turns? :roflblack:

 

[Firefly]

I knew I shoulda bought one of those before my trip!

Maybe before SITS....

Can they mount to yer head without a helmet?

Sure can tell you're intake is more open!

 

[Lamonster]

I knew I shoulda bought one of those before my trip!

Maybe before SITS....

Can they mount to yer head without a helmet?

Sure can tell you're intake is more open!

They have a bunch of mounts including a head strap mount.
http://www.goprocamera.com/products/head-strap-mount.php
You can really hear that intake in the video, that's not the pipe you're hearing. :doorag:

 

[gpthree]

I was just watching them again.

Anyone else find themselves leaning into the turns? :roflblack:

I do because it feels like I'm gonna slide off the seat if I dont.