New Toy - and a chance to learn

[Aladinsaneuk]

recently I aquired a helmet cam - for 40 quid, I felt i had too!

(I want to make a little homage movie for the falco - and this is a part of what I needed to do to make it)

Now mounting the bloody thing was interesting - but i have tried various different things, and think I may have it cracked - if so, details will follow later.

BUT

I have sat down and watched a few bits of film and found that I was able to critique my riding style - and i think it has helped me develop some riding skills.

Things learnt so far:

Road positioning - not always as I thought, but not too bad
Reading corners and getting the right angle of attack for smoother cornering
over aggressive use of the throttle - must try to be more progressive, not just whap it open :)
Use of engine for slowing - is ok, but need to think a little more on clutch use
finally - I did have a small whoopsie moment - like a stonking great power wheelie..... as the camera goes up, I noticed there was a white car waiting to pull out of a side road..... I did not notice that it had a blue tit on the top at the time... close call I feel :)

maybe worthwhile other people thinking of this kind of thing for themselves

[Samray]

Sounds as though you had a good head start.

[Gio]

If you want a copy of my Falco ride from May 2007 I can let you have one. its a wopping 750meg but its not bad, such a shame that our leader lost us fairly frequently (also some rather nice sound effects on throttle openings)

[Fausto]

How about posting up the vids so we can add our own (contructive) criticism ?

[Aladinsaneuk]

no chance - they were all trial runs with different angles etc and in the main looked pants - so, deleted