Rockingham 4th June 2008 - vid - it went a bit wrong!

Originally Posted by Blue_SV650S

I got a JXD too but the jxd 638, it does 640x480. But I have a devil of a time trying to edit the footage. What software do you use with yours? Do you have special codecs?? I'd love it to just work in windows movie maker and edit i there, but at the mo I have to 'process' it before I can put it in WMM ... and that takes ages

What do you mean by process it? I use windows movie maker, it has to import the file into collections to use it. The JXD900 saves the files as .asf I'm able to play them in windows media player. I can't remember what codec it was that I had to install, possibly this one:
http://www.sm-art.hu/link/codec/mpeg4x.zip
(link found on this page: http://www.sm-art.hu/link/).

Originally Posted by Blue_SV650S

Why are you using commuter tyres on the track? Do you use it as a commuter bike too? ... if you do, I suggest getting a 2nd set of wheels and putting track rubber on there for trackdays

I actually wanted to get sport demons which are a sport touring tyre, but the shop had trouble getting them in time and gave me the GT501's instead, they said they're supposed to be a better tyre than the sport demons (they're a bit more expensive) so I thought I'd give them a go. I'll get sport demons next time, I don't think there's much point getting something stickier on the bandit unless I move the footpegs higher, which I don't want to do. I'll have to do some research into what tyres to use on the sv for trackdays etc, but it might be a while before I take it on the track. I've actually got a second bandit (well, bits of one) as a spare parts bike, I could take the wheels off that if I wanted. Yep, I use the bandit for commuting as well.

Originally Posted by erik

What do you mean by process it? I use windows movie maker, it has to import the file into collections to use it. The JXD900 saves the files as .asf I'm able to play them in windows media player. I can't remember what codec it was that I had to install, possibly this one:
http://www.sm-art.hu/link/codec/mpeg4x.zip
(link found on this page: http://www.sm-art.hu/link/).


I actually wanted to get sport demons which are a sport touring tyre, but the shop had trouble getting them in time and gave me the GT501's instead, they said they're supposed to be a better tyre than the sport demons (they're a bit more expensive) so I thought I'd give them a go. I'll get sport demons next time, I don't think there's much point getting something stickier on the bandit unless I move the footpegs higher, which I don't want to do. I'll have to do some research into what tyres to use on the sv for trackdays etc, but it might be a while before I take it on the track. I've actually got a second bandit (well, bits of one) as a spare parts bike, I could take the wheels off that if I wanted. Yep, I use the bandit for commuting as well.

By pre-processing I meant I had to use a bit of software to convert it from the encoding on the JXD into something WMM would work with (it would just crash with the raw JXD files ... so before I could edit the files, I had to encode them all ... that took fecking ages and reduced the quality ... anyhoo, that codec you linked to seems to have worked ... just did a quick test and WMM didn't crash ... you are a star ... I must have installed a dozen (literally) codec packs to no avail!!

A pic

and a bit more footage, 2 laps this time ... and the heat is on with an R1!!

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=3vyJPQe5XfA

Some really nice lines there. It easy to see how a fast rider like yourself can leave the R1's of this world for dead in the corners. What tyres do you use?

Originally Posted by Rog

Some really nice lines there. It easy to see how a fast rider like yourself can leave the R1's of this world for dead in the corners. What tyres do you use?

I use 2nd hand Pirelli Supercorsa's ... I say second hand as I'm too tight to buy new ones for trackdays!!

I screen captured and rotated your picture. Look at the lean angle!

Gotta be on the edges of the tyres nearly.

Oh yeah, if you bin it on a corner, do the track day photographers keep taking pictures of you?

Originally Posted by Warthog

I screen captured and rotated your picture. Look at the lean angle!

Gotta be on the edges of the tyres nearly.

Cool!!

As you can see from the pic below of the front tyre, there is still a few mm of 'chicken-strip' on the LHS ... but yes, the angle was more than the tyres/suspension could handle!! And its not like you can get it any further over to get rid of those chicken strips is it!! ... if you watch the other vids you will see the same sort of lean was used over and over again ... I obviously just pushed that .x-deg too much and she 'washed' ... kind of a reminder how near an off I am every lap, but normally judge it just the right side of tragedy!! ... I know what it was ... I had just put a new(er) rear tyre in and was loving the grip I was getting, so had come out of the RH turn a bit harder than before (the RH of the rear on the other tyre was totally shot, so the bike wasn't 'hooking up' as good/well) with that grip now restored and therefore more beans out of the turn, that extra x-MPH was not totally scrubbed/accounted for before I tipped it in to the left ... next stop is the gravel!!



Oh and unfortunately no pics of the crash (or any of the LH section for that matter ).

Originally Posted by Blue_SV650S

... anyhoo, that codec you linked to seems to have worked ... just did a quick test and WMM didn't crash ... you are a star ... I must have installed a dozen (literally) codec packs to no avail!!

Glad to have helped!