2 Wheels Craziness

I filmed myself

I put my cheapo camera on a cheapo tripod, posted it next to a roundabout, and did some rounds with my motorcycle. I was going as fast as I dared to go, and it felt really spectacular, but the movie says otherwise. It doesn't look the least bit spectacular :-) Here's a frame of the video:

Sorry, there's no zoom. My camera films at 320x240, and has no zoom lens. I looked at my movie over and over again, and I was appalled at the lack of spectacular footage. I wondered what would happen if I just rotated the image a little bit. I found out I need to rotate the image around 40 degrees in order to have my bike appear "upright":

This actually does look better, in my humble opinion :-) and I figure a 40° lean isn't too shabby. Most tyres only go to 55° anyway.

Knowing how much this lean scared me, though, I guess I'm still a long way from putting my knee down.

posted by bahuman @ 7:26 AM