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Posted by DC
- June 03, 2013, 12:07:23 PMIn many places, Stop signs and the like on private property are only suggestions, as they are not regulated as on public roads. So be even more vigilant in a parking lot.
Posted by CDNRatMan
- June 02, 2013, 16:58:23 PMJust messing with you about your taxi stops.....in Canada if you are involved in an non injury accident in a parking lot of a private business, ie. WalMart, Canadian Tire , any big mall the police will not respond, it is private property and they are not in that business of enforcing rules there......
Posted by Troll
- June 02, 2013, 16:22:02 PM First off, I discovered a strange quirk in Wisconsin Motor vehicle law about 15 years ago... Parking lots, of any kind, unless the owner specifically asks to have it done, are not subject to road laws: i.e. if a person were to run a "stop" sign in a parking lot, there is no penalty, as the laws don't have any effect. I found this out when a woman cut across a parking lot while attempting to evade a traffic signal, and hit the car I was driving...I called the police, and got this sad news...Soooo, if I ignore a "stop" sign in a parking lot, or as I did in the video, a "pause and go" which we teach in the BRC class, no big deal ( kinda makes you wonder about the enforcement of handicapped spaces). Now, on to what I have in mind. I believe I have worked out a mount for the GoPro for the W-650 that produces better than acceptable video. I'm post-processing the video right now, and I will post a link when I have it uploaded to Picasa...Clearly not as smooth as the Drifter, the majority of the vibration is pretty well damped out with my new set up....Ok, post processing is done, so here's the link:
https://picasaweb.google.com/109550952480484427597/GoProVideoClips#5885003991624522434
The engine sounds pretty good in the video, but you should hear it in person, at say 7500 rpm! The first thing you will see is the infamous La Crosse Oktoberfest Grounds, then a left turn down 2nd street, then a right and into Riverside Park. The only music is the sound of that wonderful 4 valve OHC 360 deg. Parallel twin....Oh, yeah, some pics of the mount...Since I'm not using the stock mirrors, I have the perches open for other uses. The mount consists of a piece of PCV tubing with fender washers on each side, bolted to where the left mirror would be, and a the GoPro handlebar mount....One of those Gibbs slap moments...
Posted by CDNRatMan
- June 02, 2013, 11:48:36 AMAh ok we don't have Senior parking here, I thought he was showing us his rolling stops in a parking lot......duh.......
GreenBarn I personally know a person who was walking through a parking lot here one sunny afternoon, saw an older dude pull into a handicap spot and get out, put the Handicap card in the windsheild and start to walk to the mall. It frustrated him so he called out the guy and asked if he was using his wifes' or mothers card...the guy turned and said no he was using his own and as he finished he pulled up both pant legs......he had 2 artifical legs.....the poor guy near stroked out he felt so embarrassed.....but a lot of people misuse the cards.....
Posted by greenbarn
- June 02, 2013, 08:36:00 AMI used to work with a guy with a wooden leg. He was in his 60s, but looked like earlyl 50's (blond hair that didn't get much grey in it). He used to tell me people would give him grief about parking in the handicapped spot, too. Until he pulled his wooden leg out of the car....
Posted by Troll
- June 02, 2013, 06:58:42 AMSenior citizen parking spot....Sometimes I get grief from people...until I open the front of the helmet...
Posted by greenbarn
- June 01, 2013, 23:19:34 PMQuote from: Troll on June 01, 2013, 20:53:10 PMFront row parking!!!https://picasaweb.google.com/109550952480484427597/GoProVideoClips#5884693210964272258
I kinda thing the last few seconds explain it all. You young guys have something to look forward to.
Posted by CDNRatMan
- June 01, 2013, 23:13:18 PMother then three rolling stops, I must have missed something.......
Posted by Troll
- June 01, 2013, 20:53:10 PMhttps://picasaweb.google.com/109550952480484427597/GoProVideoClips#5884693210964272258
I kinda thing the last few seconds explain it all. You young guys have something to look forward to. 
Posted by 49Reo
- May 31, 2013, 21:30:40 PMQuote from: CDNRatMan on May 31, 2013, 14:12:20 PM[sigh] yes, and most of them look a lot like you....49 you get a lot of them people in your neck of the woods eh! banjo playin' single eye brow types.....lol
Posted by 49Reo
- May 31, 2013, 21:28:29 PMQuote from: Troll on May 31, 2013, 14:42:53 PMSooooo, further experiments in mountings. I spent, as it turns out, way more money than I needed with this mount thing. I think you'll agree that the latest permutation is the best so far. Mounted on top of the clutch master (pic), the jello effect is almost non existent. Very steady and smooth video. I'm obviously no cinematographer, but I think I can live with these results. The sound track is not added, it's the MP3 player.
https://picasaweb.google.com/109550952480484427597/GoProVideoClips#5884218525195394914When you look at the web results, remember they are converting an MP4 HQ video file to flash media. I know I don't have to say this, but let me know what you think......
Posted by Troll
- May 31, 2013, 19:58:09 PMYa heard that, huh...grinding off the hero knobs is an honorable thing to do..they are about 1/2 gone on the "W"...Just got back from a ridge run on apple blossom drive. I'm never going to get 100,000 on it if I don't ride it...
Posted by greenbarn
- May 31, 2013, 18:46:10 PMHey that was really good. Haven't we ridden this route before? Looks familiar.... Pretty soon we're going to know your neighborhood pretty well!
The left-bar perspective keeps making me think we're going left-of-center. But I think it's the best so far.
Was that the sound I heard of a right running board dragging a bit on a right turn?
Posted by CDNRatMan
- May 31, 2013, 15:57:41 PM 
you have 2 M/C cool.....lol....ok I like the veiw it is really good and it really gives you that leaning feeling as you are cornering. Sound is good too, like the music. What is the golf course at the start? Alpine inn seems to be a popular place...lol....
Posted by Troll
- May 31, 2013, 14:42:53 PM Sooooo, further experiments in mountings. I spent, as it turns out, way more money than I needed with this mount thing. I think you'll agree that the latest permutation is the best so far. Mounted on top of the clutch master (pic), the jello effect is almost non existent. Very steady and smooth video. I'm obviously no cinematographer, but I think I can live with these results. The sound track is not added, it's the MP3 player.
https://picasaweb.google.com/109550952480484427597/GoProVideoClips#5884218525195394914
When you look at the web results, remember they are converting an MP4 HQ video file to flash media. I know I don't have to say this, but let me know what you think......