A new 1098 vid I made...

[bwhip]

Well, sort of. It's a lap of Grattan in Michigan with a friend of mine. He's in front of me on his formerly-raced-by-Larry-Pegram-superstock CBR1000RR. The other part of the screen is me (well, parts of me, anyway), and the sound is all Ducati/Termignoni.

I hope you like it!

Right-click and save mpeg high-res version (77 MB):
http://www.bwhip.com/images/B_B.mpg

Faster-loading Flash version:
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[bwhip]

And some pics from the event:

[Roadrunner]

Lookin' good. What kind of camera set up did you use?

[bwhip]

Originally Posted by Roadrunner

Lookin' good. What kind of camera set up did you use?

I used the new VIO POV1 (with new wide-angle lens), which I reviewed here:
http://www.motorcycleaddicts.org/tec...am-system.html

You can see it clamped to the fairing in a few of the photos above.

[Roadrunner]

Originally Posted by bwhip

I used the new VIO POV1 (with new wide-angle lens), which I reviewed here:
http://www.motorcycleaddicts.org/tec...am-system.html

You can see it clamped to the fairing in a few of the photos above.

I noticed it in the pics. Looks like a cool camera too. I have a couple of the cheaper models (GoPro3 and an ATC2K) but I'd like something with either a zoom feature or swapable lenses for different effects. You really lose the sense of speed when you use a really wide angle lens mounted on the tank. The closer you get to the ground, the more realistic it looks.

Nice split screen - I like the camera angle on the brake lever like that. Nice review too by the way.

[markthebike]

Very impressive video quality & sound. Very cool.

Full respect to you guys for racing around that track. The surface looks very patch & irregular. (I must be spoilt with the circuits we have over here maybe?)

I do like the look of the asphalt ripple-strips on the corners. Must be kinda fun.

Hump on the back stright looks a bit mean. I bet you've got the shakes over that a few times!

[bwhip]

Originally Posted by markthebike

Very impressive video quality & sound. Very cool.

Full respect to you guys for racing around that track. The surface looks very patch & irregular. (I must be spoilt with the circuits we have over here maybe?)

I do like the look of the asphalt ripple-strips on the corners. Must be kinda fun.

Hump on the back stright looks a bit mean. I bet you've got the shakes over that a few times!

I'm very spoiled by my "home" track - Miller Motorsports Park, which is about as smooth as a baby's bottom, so Grattan seemed extremely bumpy to me.

That hump on the back straight you mentioned was pretty tough! There are actually three of them back there that you have to deal with. I had some serious issues over the biggest one several times while on the gas - twice almost falling off the bike. I had to be very careful with the throttle until I got over it, and then could get on the gas. We were there three days, and it wasn't until the third day that I got my suspension settings just right where the bike stayed planted through the bumps. I wish I'd have figured it out a little sooner!

[markthebike]

I have to agree.

I much prefer babies' bottoms to elephant's arses!

[TJS1098]

Nice video!

Shows the trick to going fast. Very little coasting, you were either on the throttle or on the brakes.

[eettare]

Originally Posted by bwhip

And some pics from the event:

That looks like a Bimota behind you, was this the SSR event?

[bwhip]

Originally Posted by eettare

That looks like a Bimota behind you, was this the SSR event?

It was the motorcycleaddicts.org event, and I'm pretty sure that was my buddy Rob on his CBR1000RR.

[mrputtputt]

bwhip, that was an AWESOME clip! If any, it made me feel better on trying to learn blipping while braking. I had always thought you had to keep the brake lever pressure while blipping, but I noticed that when you blip/brake, the lever actually moves forward a little. So you're braking is slightly staggered until you finish your braking?

for the past years, I've been trying to get this down. But there was no way I can hold the lever steady and blip at the same time (short'er fingers here). so i gave up on it.

[bwhip]

Originally Posted by mrputtputt

bwhip, that was an AWESOME clip! If any, it made me feel better on trying to learn blipping while braking. I had always thought you had to keep the brake lever pressure while blipping, but I noticed that when you blip/brake, the lever actually moves forward a little. So you're braking is slightly staggered until you finish your braking?

for the past years, I've been trying to get this down. But there was no way I can hold the lever steady and blip at the same time (short'er fingers here). so i gave up on it.

The objective is definitely to keep the braking pressure steady, which is difficult to do perfectly every time in such an intense situation when you're braking and blipping from high speed with a corner coming up. I worked on it quite a bit this past season, and it got better and more smooth and "unconsciously competent" as the season went along. Even within a single lap, I'm quite sure I have some downshifts where it works really well and smoothly, and others that are a bit more rough. The end goal should definitely be to make it as smooth and consistent as possible, because otherwise your suspension is being unsettled, and your tire contact patch sizes are changing, at a time when you don't want them to be!

Thanks - glad you enjoyed the vid!