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Technical Discussion => Ride Reports and Event Reviews => Topic started by: trolle on July 30, 2010, 09:22:52 AM
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Just a pic from my new full lengt feature: life at 45
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greetings from a grey and windy north
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No chicken strips on trolles tires !!
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Is that life at age 45....life at 45 mph...or life at angle 45? ;D
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Here's some video I shot a dozen years ago in the Italian Dolomites. Not on an R65, but my R1100RS.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DWYX_0PzTQ - part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZjZ4u4bs1Q - part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYvyGADLuM4 - part 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nO5IFxTTerU - part 4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YmodW6LG0k - part 5
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Well, it would be nice if the title refers to my age, but alas - those days are far gone :(
The picture is from a film I shot a couple of days ago while driving from our summer cottage to our home and back. On this stretch of road there is a series of nice bends which I like to go through as fast as possible.
See the whole film at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UY6ULWDTDk
greetings from a windy and grey north
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See the whole film at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UY6ULWDTDk
Cool! I favorite'd, voted and posted it on my Facebook!
What are the little one-lane slalom course's in the middle of the road? I guess to slow down traffic coming into town?
I really like the two-lane bicycle path!
Now, go do it again, and see if you can get your speedometer to show in the frame! LOL!
Thanks!
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Here's some video I shot a dozen years ago in the Italian Dolomites.Not on an R65, but my R1100RS.
All I can say is "wow", Darryl. I watched Part 1. For a while I thought it was a one-way road from some of the passes your friend made! Then the tour bus!!!
I guess not a lot of friendly waving goes on in the switchbacks! lol!
Thank you.
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Here's some video I shot a dozen years ago in the Italian Dolomites.Not on an R65, but my R1100RS.
All I can say is "wow", Darryl. I watched Part 1. For a while I thought it was a one-way road from some of the passes your friend made! Then the tour bus!!!
I guess not a lot of friendly waving goes on in the switchbacks! lol!
Thank you.
If you liked part 1, you'll really like part 5. ;)
What you may not realize is that the riders have a lot more visibility than what the camera shows. That tour bus makes a pretty surprising entrance, but in point of fact, we could see it coming down the previous traverse. Maybe I'm giving away some of the "magic" here, but the passes aren't as amazing as they look.
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If you liked part 1, you'll really like part 5. ;)
Huh! Dirk is a good rider! And Darryl is a good follower!!
And after I was impressed by 4 cars! HA!
I had a 6 min. version of this cover of Stevie Wonder's Higher Ground (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCfqS7HgAY0) playing while I was watching it. Pretty cool.
When that song finished, a very well done cover of Runnin' Down A Dream came on. Very nice!
Thanks!
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Now, go do it again, and see if you can get your speedometer to show in the frame! LOL!
I made a similar take going back with the speedometer showing, but it will take four hours to upload at my present connection. I will try and find an editor and cut out the interesting parts.
greetings from a semiclouded north
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Great video, Trolle! [smiley=thumbsup.gif]
The thing that struck me while watching was the complete absence of billboards and commercial neon signs that pepper the road on both sides on most highways and byways in the US. Most refreshing!
(And I liked how you gunned it to easily pass all those vehicles you came upon during the ride, too!) ;)
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The thing that struck me while watching was the complete absence of billboards and commercial neon signs that pepper the road on both sides on most highways and byways in the US.Most refreshing!
They are simply forbidden, and I agree!
My kids, who are between 28 and 32, always complain that I drive too close when I position for an overtake, but in my experience the safest way to overtake another car or motorbike is to place yourself at his left rear, change down one gear and then gun past as fast as possible.
greetings from a cloudy north
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Great vid Trolle 8-), keep them comming mate [smiley=thumbsup.gif]
Cars, they love keeping the 'flow' of traffic at a more 'sedate' speed dont they;).
Nice work.
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Here's some video I shot a dozen years ago in the Italian Dolomites.Not on an R65, but my R1100RS.
Impressing - what was your speed between bends?
greetings from a cloudy north
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Here's some video I shot a dozen years ago in the Italian Dolomites.Not on an R65, but my R1100RS.
Impressing - what was your speed between bends?
Depends, but I would say that I was probably doing 40-50mph/70-85kph in the tightest bends and about 80-100mph/130-160kph in the open sweepers.
(I don't much look at the speedometer or tachometer when I'm riding a road like this -- I just ride for the conditions and how the motor sounds/feels.)
I rarely got into even 4th gear during the whole ride. In order to hang with the more powerful K bike, I had to stay pretty high up in the revs on the R1100.
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Thank you, I wonder if the r65 could follow in the bends?
For Rob:
What are the little one-lane slalom course's in the middle of the road?I guess to slow down traffic coming into town?
Correct, and in most towns there are road bumps as well. The trick is to drive as directly as possible through the slalom courses and give a little more power just as you are on top of a bump. This way you have a smooth ride at the highest allowed speed.
The second part can be seen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xge8OwvhvI
greetings from a precipitating north
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Thank you, I wonder if the r65 could follow in the bends?
An R65 would have little trouble following. It's such a wonderfully maneuverable bike that the turns are the least of its troubles. It is following in the straights, where the power (and braking) of the bigger, more modern bikes, gives them a big advantage, that the R65 would have a hard time keeping up.
I had some friends visiting last weekend for the MotoGP at Laguna Seca. On Saturday we went riding in the local mountains. I chose to ride the R65 even though I could have ridden my R1200ST, which would have evened things out with the guys on a Kawasaki and a couple Ducatis. However, I had no problem staying out in front of them all day long. (Knowing the roads better helps too.) On tight roads, beyond a fairly low number, raw horsepower is useless.
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To spare you the boredom of watching two separate clips, I've edited them together, see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHamFJ7cq8c
greetings from a sunny north
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I am still wondering how trolle's voltmeter stays so incredibly steady - on my R100 it would definitely wiggle alot more than that with changing RPMs?!
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Nice video Trolle. I really enjoyed seeing the countryside there. Very green. But it's so flat!!! But then you've actually seen some of the roads I ride. ;)
The thing that struck me while watching was the complete absence of billboards and commercial neon signs that pepper the road on both sides on most highways and byways in the US.Most refreshing!
John,
You would like Northern California then. There are billboards in the cities, but the side roads that I like to ride don't have many signs at all. Unless I just don't see them anymore. ;D
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I am still wondering how trolle's voltmeter stays so incredibly steady - on my R100 it would definitely wiggle alot more than that with changing RPMs?!
Probably because I changed both the rectifier and the voltage regulator with a modern unit where rectifier and regulator are built together. My guess is that the power from the generator is used more effeciently, at least the loading lamp cuts out at 1100 rpm and that the reulator really works.
To Melena: Yes I could recognize some of your route, and yes, Denmark is flat with a highest point of 176 m. I really would like to climb some mountains on the r65 but the nearest are in Norway 150 miles away over the Skagerak strait. Well maybe next year.
greetings from a showery north
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Yee Haw Trolle! Looks like fun. I may have to borrow some video equipment for a ride up in North Georgia.
How did you have the camera mounted??
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How did you have the camera mounted??
I started a thread on this subject, Bill.
http://www.bmwr65.org/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1280540193