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Message started by Tocsik on 11/16/17 at 12:20:43

Title: Cafe racer ride through the Dolomites
Post by Tocsik on 11/16/17 at 12:20:43

Looks like a fun road. I'm jealous of how easy their clutches look to pull!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVMCOFq9TVU

Title: Re: Cafe racer ride through the Dolomites
Post by Dave on 11/16/17 at 12:37:03

Now that I own a GoPro and have recorded only 15 minutes worth of riding.....I realize how hard and how much work a video like the this would take to shoot and edit. They have a gymbal/gyro stabilizer hanging on the front forks in a few shots...and mounted in other places for shots where the bike leans in the corner but the camera doesn't. They have the camera mounted on a helmet swivel in some shots....and stationary on the ground in other shots. This little video probably took them 20 or more hours to complete!

Title: Re: Cafe racer ride through the Dolomites
Post by MMRanch on 11/16/17 at 20:13:34

Tocsik

I recognized the Kawasaki as being a KZ400 or 440 (depending on year) , mine was a 1981 model with belt drive. The clutch was easy to pull , but ridding double I had to down shift on big long hills. Not sure what the Yamaha is ... ?

Title: Re: Cafe racer ride through the Dolomites
Post by zipidachimp on 11/17/17 at 20:17:38

Great ride and build. I'll apologise up front if I sound like 'Topper" from Dilbert: type 'schaaf' into u-tube and hang on! He's on a cb500 twin he's owned for 9 years, knows every mm of it and rides like he stole it!
How he gets away without being dead is puzzling. Italian/swiss/french/austrian Alps mountain passes.
cheers! 8-)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMHQTD3vJ4Y

Title: Re: Cafe racer ride through the Dolomites
Post by Ruttly on 11/18/17 at 09:48:36

That Yamaha looks to be the 500 twin.

Title: Re: Cafe racer ride through the Dolomites
Post by Ruttly on 11/18/17 at 09:54:34

The Yamaha TX500 or TX750

Title: Re: Cafe racer ride through the Dolomites
Post by MMRanch on 11/18/17 at 15:03:49

ZIP

I have finally seen a road I DON'T want to ride ! ::) When he gets to the bottom I'll have to have a sigh of relief for em !!! ;D

Title: Re: Cafe racer ride through the Dolomites
Post by springman on 11/18/17 at 19:21:27

That Mangart road was scary. Heck, I can't believe they call it a road. :o

Title: Re: Cafe racer ride through the Dolomites
Post by Ruttly on 11/19/17 at 01:05:04

Awsome road,requires total focus. Even the video got my blood pumpin !

Title: Re: Cafe racer ride through the Dolomites
Post by Ruttly on 11/19/17 at 10:44:46

I dream about finding roads like that. Mountain passes are the best. A new found road is a gift to the senses. A new road fills you with excitement as well as caution , adrenaline is a drug,it's free,it is addictive,you just have to know how to turn it on and Johnny Law can't confiscate it ! ;D

Title: Re: Cafe racer ride through the Dolomites
Post by Tocsik on 11/19/17 at 16:39:49

Those aren't barriers along the sides of the road. They're tombstones from all those who lost focus!

Title: Re: Cafe racer ride through the Dolomites
Post by springman on 11/19/17 at 17:06:36

Tocsik, you are probably right!!!

Title: Re: Cafe racer ride through the Dolomites
Post by Ruttly on 11/19/17 at 17:40:40

On a road like that you stop to appreciate the views and then go back to riding. If I lived near that I would ride it every weekend till it got closed for the winter , as for the road it looked fine to me. You should see my favorite road , tore up from the floor up ,washouts,ripples,chuck holes,pavement changes,bad repairs,mudslides and the occasional stray cow even saw a mountain lion crossing the road. It's a great road :o