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Title: Another deals gap - August 5, 2014 Post by: ab on August 10, 2014, 02:54:32 PM Went to deals gap for my first time with some friends. Couldn't fit my monster on the truck with the others unfortunately. Anyhow what a great road - the deals gap, skyway etc. I am going back again next year. We were 4 in a group but had 1 in the group crash at skyway. Rider ok with lacerations and lots of pain. Bike totaled.
Video below at the gap, it's obvious that I need to work on keeping the gas constant on turns. But my f'n hand won't listen to my brain telling it to do so. I will keep working on it. http://youtu.be/FDGn3Jhh7LA (http://youtu.be/FDGn3Jhh7LA) Skyway - our 1st time. What a beautiful road. The end where the passenger gets off bike and looses balance for split sec was kind of funny. http://youtu.be/ErbxVvVbhJk (http://youtu.be/ErbxVvVbhJk) Skyway - heading back to deals gap http://youtu.be/3UegIPDgE34 (http://youtu.be/3UegIPDgE34) Title: Re: Another deals gap - August 5, 2014 Post by: the_Journeyman on August 11, 2014, 03:39:52 AM Sorry to hear about the crash, the Skyway has a few nasty decreasing radius turns.
Nice vids, thanks for sharing! I need to get over that way, haven't been yet this year. JM Title: Re: Another deals gap - August 5, 2014 Post by: red baron on August 11, 2014, 06:45:35 AM Seems like the rider on the vid is making a lot of mid corner corrections, why is that?
Maybe the camera position? Title: Re: Another deals gap - August 5, 2014 Post by: ab on August 11, 2014, 03:54:27 PM Seems like the rider on the vid is making a lot of mid corner corrections, why is that? Maybe the camera position? Yep, I am working on that. Fighting the doubt that sets in. Hard battle to fight n fix. Camera position was awful as I had no time to fix during ride. I hope to improve better next time and pick up the pace. N yes the skyway has some deceiving turns. It's mostly nice and long swerves but then some areas like mile marker 2 , 10 are deceiving Title: Re: Another deals gap - August 5, 2014 Post by: Monsterlover on August 16, 2014, 05:05:01 AM Man I miss the sound of a triple under me!
Looks like a great time excluding the wreck. Title: Re: Another deals gap - August 5, 2014 & Aug 27,2015 Post by: ab on November 04, 2015, 06:59:29 AM Well lets compare last year's ride and this years :) 2015-10-27
Thought to post this years surviving video footage of my ride at Deals gap - 2015-10-27. This 5 minute footage was capture by a rider on a gold-wing who i happen to come across as i was going up. I am on the 2006 white triumph speed triple 1050. Again, I could not take my DM620 this year as well due to some mechanical issues :( What i noticed on the video is that I need to tuck in my toes and not to cross the mid divider line. But i think i rode a lot better than last year. Still need to improve. https://youtu.be/Teg_Xq3hqrg (https://youtu.be/Teg_Xq3hqrg) |