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Z3n posted:Budget 1500 if you want to do inverted front forks, 1200 if you don't. That'll cover everything. Why are usd's better than regular forks?
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Pete posted:Now I just need to buy a GoPro to film the hooliganism.. It should be illegal to not own a GoPro if you have a Supermoto
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Aug 31, 2011 14:36
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KARMA! posted:Why are usd's better than regular forks? Lower unsprung mass, but the reason he would change to upside down forks is to get the DRZ-SM forks, which are better set up for supermoto.
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Aug 31, 2011 15:45
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Zool posted:Lower unsprung mass, but the reason he would change to upside down forks is to get the DRZ-SM forks, which are better set up for supermoto. The triples have better offset for sumo as well, which is why it'd be good to get a set of SM triples too. Then you can bolt up RMZ forks or a bunch of other options.
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Would the SM forks or RMZ forks be better for offroad than the stock SM forks? I'm to scared of the law to really hoon it up on public streets. I have a ton of trails etc. near me and I plan on taking the DRZ camping a lot and playing offroad a good bit. (My boss is the head of traffic and tickets are about 5x worse for me than a normal person.)
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Aug 31, 2011 16:12
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Pete posted:Now I just need to buy a GoPro to film the hooliganism.. Not sure what your feelings or preferance are but the ContourHD is now selling for $140, about $100 cheaper than the GoPro. I picked one up but haven't had time to test it yet.
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Aug 31, 2011 16:30
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Arent the SM forks just revalved RM units?
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Aug 31, 2011 16:43
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NitroSpazzz posted:Not sure what your feelings or preferance are but the ContourHD is now selling for $140, about $100 cheaper than the GoPro. I picked one up but haven't had time to test it yet. The WindnoiseHD may be a better deal, but the millionth time it failed to record you doing something awesome and just randomly turned off you'll wish you had just bought a GoPro
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Aug 31, 2011 19:13
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Spiffness posted:The WindnoiseHD may be a better deal, but the millionth time it failed to record you doing something awesome and just randomly turned off you'll wish you had just bought a GoPro Not to mention the new 960p GoPro is pretty reasonable. Sack up and buy a goddamn GoPro, Pete  Yesterday was a sad day - the 625 left my possession and I am now streetbikeless. FEAR NOT! I will be rejoining the ranks of 'tards everywhere a week from today... When I pick up a 690!!!  holyshitIcannotwait
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Sep 1, 2011 13:27
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Yeah I've been looking at the ContourHD, for the money it's good but comparisons on YouTube show how the £100 extra is worth for the GoPro - the colours are so much brighter. Currently have a very painful wrist from incorrect positioned clutch lever, so I think I'm out of SM action for a while.... 
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Since the discussion seems to have turned to cameras, I'll guess I'll ask here. Am I the only one who has their movie quality from a GoPro turn to total unwatchable poo poo once it's uploaded to Youtube? Stuff looks gorgeous on my hard drive, but even when I upload it unedited it turns into a big blurry mess as soon as it's up on Youtube. Pisses me off.
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Sep 1, 2011 16:06
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Symphoric posted:Since the discussion seems to have turned to cameras, I'll guess I'll ask here. Am I the only one who has their movie quality from a GoPro turn to total unwatchable poo poo once it's uploaded to Youtube? Are you following the Youtube codec guidelines? Seen here http://www.google.com/support/youtube/bin/answer.py?answer=55744 Otherwise, step up to Vimeo, which tends to crush things less, but does impose upload limits without a pro account. Their guidelines are here: http://vimeo.com/help/compression
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The GoPro shoots in .MP4 (mpeg4) native, which YouTube claims to support. Even if I upload straight off the camera it looks like utter rear end once it's up. Edit: Ooops, maybe I'm wrong. MP4 is an index file I guess. Maybe I can straighten this out. Double Edit: Nope, I notice I've tried converting to straight mpeg before uploading in the past and the videos still look awful. Guess I'll give Vimeo a try. Triple Edit: I think all these places really just hate the 60 FPS. Gonna try re-encoding at 30 FPS and see if it comes out better. Quadruple Edit: Now the videos look like poo poo before I upload them. Guess I can't win. Symphoric fucked around with this message at 17:26 on Sep 1, 2011 |
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Sep 1, 2011 16:50
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Did you try to re-encode to h.246 with the highest settings possible with Super? That usually does the trick.
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H.264 using Adobe Premier on the highest quality setting. Will give Super a try though.
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Sep 1, 2011 17:46
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If you need a converter, MPEG Streamclip is free and pretty good.
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Sep 1, 2011 17:49
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Symphoric posted:H.264 using Adobe Premier on the highest quality setting. Will give Super a try though. Sell your cam to me for £5? It's broken man..
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Pete posted:Sell your cam to me for £5? It's broken man.. Oh well, okay... HEY WAIT A SECOND! But as I said, the video looks gorgeous right up til the point I upload it to the internet, when it turns to poo poo. Obviously I'm encoding in a way that these video websites don't like but I'll be damned if I can figure out what I'm doing wrong. edit: vvvv One of my buddies has a Contour and it has been pretty solid for him. Give it a try, you might like it. vvvv Symphoric fucked around with this message at 18:14 on Sep 1, 2011 |
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Sep 1, 2011 18:06
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Oh well, guess I should have looked into it a bit more. I'll give it a try and if not send it to Dad to use on the glider or sell to someone at a couple buck loss. Still have my original gopro as well.
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Sep 1, 2011 18:10
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Symphoric posted:Oh well, okay... HEY WAIT A SECOND! Can you provide a link to what you're describing as unwatchable poo poo? I render out of Premiere in H264, and I think things look fine to OK on youtube. Perhaps our standards of decency are just different?
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Also, are you letting it finish processing? It'll look like poo poo until youtube is done processing.
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Sep 1, 2011 18:36
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Here's one in 1080p so it's not as smooth as it could be but it looks like utter poo poo compared to what's on my hard drive. It is possible that it's just my standards and I'm expecting too much from YouTube though... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkTYQgAkwdM Edit: I've noticed, by looking at a lot of other people's videos, that the same thing seems to happen to many other people, but there are definitely some on there that look much much better than mine. Symphoric fucked around with this message at 19:21 on Sep 1, 2011 |
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Sep 1, 2011 18:56
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It gets better when you switch youtube to one of the HD modes, but yeah, that does look pretty rough. For example, this is all GoPro footage, but on Vimeo http://vimeo.com/26519971 And this is the exact same video (same source video as was uploaded to vimeo) on youtube. The motion pieces are much muddier: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtExdVwgKnE
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Yeah THAT is what mine looks like before I upload it. I'm sure it's something stupid that I'm doing wrong because I am an idiot. Anyway, thanks for the help guys. I'll figure this out somehow.
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Sep 1, 2011 20:26
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Halp me I am selling my 690.
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Z3n posted:Halp me I am selling my 690. Your 690 is garbage, I will fly to CA and give you $1000 for it. Thats all its worth, trust me. E: for real though, why?
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Phat_Albert posted:Your 690 is garbage, I will fly to CA and give you $1000 for it. Thats all its worth, trust me. It's a horrible bike, everything I have said about it is a lie. Seriously: I have no place for this motorcycle. Do you have any idea how pissed cops get when you pull multigear wheelies? Or stoppies? Or back it in? I'm moving back to the Bay Area soon, I'm not gonna commute on it, if I'm gonna track/sumo/dirt on the weekend, I may as well get a dedicated bike for each of those. It's a fantastic bike. It's easily the best motorcycle I have ever owned. I'm selling it because it simply cannot be ridden the way I want to ride it without endless grief from the police. It's in great shape, I've loved every mile I've turned on it, but it's time for something a little more sane. I'll keep the insanity for the track and downgrade to something a little less absurdly brilliant for street use. If I lived in a place with no traffic laws, I'd never sell it.
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I wouldn't have even known wheelies were illegal if not for reading it in this thread. I don't think they even mentioned it when I took the MSF, and all kinds of people were making jokes about them. I've seen people (not me, I can't wheelie for poo poo) wheelie right by cops around here and they don't even look twice. Speeding and general recklessness they jump all over, but not that.
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Symphoric posted:I wouldn't have even known wheelies were illegal if not for reading it in this thread. I don't think they even mentioned it when I took the MSF, and all kinds of people were making jokes about them. I've seen people (not me, I can't wheelie for poo poo) wheelie right by cops around here and they don't even look twice. Speeding and general recklessness they jump all over, but not that. Wheelies are considered either reckless driving or exhibition of speed & power. It was a really big deal when I went to Laguna Seca for the 2010 MotoGP (I think it was 2010... What year is this?)
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Z3n posted:It's a horrible bike, everything I have said about it is a lie. Good sir, I'd gladly trade you straight across for my DRZ (avec mondo goodies, of course - big IMS tank (takes 4.9g to fill it to the top), Baja Designs lighting kit, 440 kit, all the stock parts, etc.) Heck, it's a holiday weekend. I'll even meet you half way! (Cedar City, UT! GO!) Surely this is an offer you can't refuse! *grins*
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Scumbag Z3n, buys your bike at a buddy price 6 months before you were planning on selling it, flips it for profit 6 months later
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Spiffness posted:Scumbag Z3n, buys your bike at a buddy price 6 months before you were planning on selling it, flips it for profit 6 months later I told you you should have sold the wheels to Zool before you sold it to me 
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Z3n posted:Halp me I am selling my 690. Shameful doesn't even come close to describing the horrible horrible act you plan to commit. 
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Z3n posted:It's a horrible bike, everything I have said about it is a lie. Once again, DRZ supremacy  Seriously though I know where you're coming from. That is the exact reason I sold my GSXR. By the time it starts getting fun, you're doing something illegal.
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I've got a Ducati Monster I'd be willing to let go for a 1:1 trade. Great practical street bike, too.  Nah but seriously, what are you looking to get for it?
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Slim Pickens posted:I've got a Ducati Monster I'd be willing to let go for a 1:1 trade. Great practical street bike, too. It's listed in the marketplace thread.  But the 6.8 listed there is negotiable.
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Spiff: How much did you sell it to z3n for and how much scrillah is he trying to make off it?
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Z3n posted:I told you you should have sold the wheels to Zool before you sold it to me Sold!? He was going to give them to me! 
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Z3n's CA business plan: 1. Account for 40-50% of all posts in the forum 2. ... 3. Profit
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n8r posted:Spiff: I'm making ALL THE MONEY off of it. ALL OF IT. Report that back to your silent minority overlords, you've done well today, Agent n8r, Investigative Internet Reporter. Truly, you have an unanticipated insight into my money making scheme. Zool posted:Sold!? He was going to give them to me! Well swing on down and pick them up! Oh...  How's the leg healing up
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