Here's a video of me and friends on Ortega on Thanksgiving. Camera guy is on a GSX-R1000, other friend on GSX-R750, and me on my humble GS500

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NVmbPgLVoA

Thanks for a great ride!  Happy Thanksgiving!  Good video! 

dam lean that bike 
Thats probably the only video on youtube ive seen that didn't end in a crash 

very nice!  I am envious of roads like that since where I live simply looks like one big grid.

looks just like ACH...
Been there once for a gstwin group ride I organized once a few years ago, but dont remember any of it. Nice riding. Gotta love Thanksgiving in socal...

It was nice to see a trusty GS500 strut its stuff on a decent road for once, instead of some latest-greatest road rocket (and wearing proper gear, too). Up here in Toronto, you have to hunt just to find a mild curve, so I'm envious. 

I am so jealous right now....

I wish I had roads like that up here in MA.

Good choice of background music too...  not like the common rock songs that EVERYONE puts in their vids.

What is that first song???

Nice video, great curves....and no one got hurt 

2 questions

1) who is the guy in the lead stretching his knee out so damn far in a turn....looking for scraping experiences? ( gets past afterwards by someone that doesnt need a knee slide to turn...lol)

2) Why pass the two vehicles in a curve, could not wait the 3 secs it would of taken to get to the flat straight after the curve to pass them?


cheers

Quote from: pbureau69 on November 25, 2006, 06:18:11 AM
1) who is the guy in the lead stretching his knee out so damn far in a turn....looking for scraping experiences? ( gets past afterwards by someone that doesnt need a knee slide to turn...lol)

I'm guessing morbidelli17...

Quote from: morbidelli17 on November 24, 2006, 09:17:06 AM
Here's a video of me and friends on Ortega on Thanksgiving. Camera guy is on a GSX-R1000, other friend on GSX-R750, and me on my humble GS500

I agree on the second question.

'morning. Lead guy at the beginning was me; I learned to ride on old, old bikes, so hanging off was the only way to get those SOBs to turn! It's still a little thrill to get a knee down. And on Ortega, a lot of times, you can see the road open up down the next short chute when you're still in the corner, so that's when you make your move. AT least, they do; me, I'm on a friggin' GS, so I've gotta wait until I've got plenty of time to make a move.

Quote from: morbidelli17 on November 25, 2006, 06:41:55 AM
I'm on a friggin' GS, so I've gotta wait until I've got plenty of time to make a move.

True that.

Quote from: annguyen1981 on November 25, 2006, 06:44:55 AM

Quote from: morbidelli17 on November 25, 2006, 06:41:55 AM
I'm on a friggin' GS, so I've gotta wait until I've got plenty of time to make a move.

True that.

Yeah I remember how that was. My only real criticism is that even though the bike did'nt cross the double yellow part of your body was over the double yellow. We have lost friends that way consider yourself part of the bike and keep everything on your side of the line.

nice vid. i commute the ortega, but only the section between the 5 and up till nichols institute (where i work).

quick question for ya, what kind of video setup did your friend use?

No clue. It's some little round camera that is fully self-contained and cost him $129. He stuck it to a piece of wood he had zip-tied to his fairing mount. We did a track day at Willow Springs yesterday, and he got some footage there, too, including me on my SV500. I'll post it here when he gets done editing it.

Sweet video.

Raining here today so no ride. 

Quote from: morbidelli17 on November 26, 2006, 11:27:39 AM
No clue. It's some little round camera that is fully self-contained and cost him $129. He stuck it to a piece of wood he had zip-tied to his fairing mount. We did a track day at Willow Springs yesterday, and he got some footage there, too, including me on my SV500. I'll post it here when he gets done editing it.

Can you find out where he got it?

And find out if that's all you need to record vids...

I'll ask. I know that the camera is the only apparatus involved, and it has a two-gig memory card. Here's the Big Willow footage:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMfp2amQg8c

nice...

My friend says:

It is an AT18-ATC2K Waterproof Action Camera from Oregon Scientific. I ordered it from their web site.

-K

http://www2.oregonscientific.com/shop/product.asp?cid=21&scid=82&pid=709