Went to deals gap for my first time with some friends. Couldn't fit my monster on the truck with the others unfortunately. Anyhow what a great road - the deals gap, skyway etc. I am going back again next year. We were 4 in a group but had 1 in the group crash at skyway. Rider ok with lacerations and lots of pain. Bike totaled.
Video below at the gap, it's obvious that I need to work on keeping the gas constant on turns. But my f'n hand won't listen to my brain telling it to do so. I will keep working on it.
http://youtu.be/FDGn3Jhh7LA (http://youtu.be/FDGn3Jhh7LA)
Skyway - our 1st time. What a beautiful road. The end where the passenger gets off bike and looses balance for split sec was kind of funny.
http://youtu.be/ErbxVvVbhJk (http://youtu.be/ErbxVvVbhJk)
Skyway - heading back to deals gap
http://youtu.be/3UegIPDgE34 (http://youtu.be/3UegIPDgE34)
Sorry to hear about the crash, the Skyway has a few nasty decreasing radius turns.
Nice vids, thanks for sharing!
I need to get over that way, haven't been yet this year.
JM
Seems like the rider on the vid is making a lot of mid corner corrections, why is that?
Maybe the camera position?
Quote from: red baron on August 11, 2014, 07:45:35 AM
Seems like the rider on the vid is making a lot of mid corner corrections, why is that?
Maybe the camera position?
Yep, I am working on that. Fighting the doubt that sets in. Hard battle to fight n fix.
Camera position was awful as I had no time to fix during ride. I hope to improve better next time and pick up the pace.
N yes the skyway has some deceiving turns. It's mostly nice and long swerves but then some areas like mile marker 2 , 10 are deceiving
Man I miss the sound of a triple under me!
Looks like a great time excluding the wreck.
Well lets compare last year's ride and this years :) 2015-10-27
Thought to post this years surviving video footage of my ride at Deals gap - 2015-10-27.
This 5 minute footage was capture by a rider on a gold-wing who i happen to come across as i was going up.
I am on the 2006 white triumph speed triple 1050. Again, I could not take my DM620 this year as well due to some mechanical issues :(
What i noticed on the video is that I need to tuck in my toes and not to cross the mid divider line. But i think i rode a lot better than last year. Still need to improve.
https://youtu.be/Teg_Xq3hqrg (https://youtu.be/Teg_Xq3hqrg)