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Tocsik Serious Thumper Offline the singularity Posts: 1161 Denver, CO Gender:	Cafe racer ride through the Dolomites 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
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Re: Cafe racer ride through the Dolomites
Reply #1 - 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!

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MMRanch Serious Thumper Offline Evil flourishes if Good Men do Nothing. Posts: 5833 LYNCHBURG TN Gender:	Re: Cafe racer ride through the Dolomites Reply #2 - 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 ... ?
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Re: Cafe racer ride through the Dolomites
Reply #3 - 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! Cool

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Ruttly Serious Thumper Offline Thumpers Rule Posts: 5096 Manteca , CA Gender:	Re: Cafe racer ride through the Dolomites Reply #4 - 11/18/17 at 09:48:36 That Yamaha looks to be the 500 twin.
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Ruttly Serious Thumper Offline Thumpers Rule Posts: 5096 Manteca , CA Gender:	Re: Cafe racer ride through the Dolomites Reply #5 - 11/18/17 at 09:54:34 The Yamaha TX500 or TX750
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MMRanch Serious Thumper Offline Evil flourishes if Good Men do Nothing. Posts: 5833 LYNCHBURG TN Gender:	Re: Cafe racer ride through the Dolomites Reply #6 - 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 !!!
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springman Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2217 Spring, Texas Gender:	Re: Cafe racer ride through the Dolomites Reply #7 - 11/18/17 at 19:21:27 That Mangart road was scary. Heck, I can't believe they call it a road.
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Ruttly Serious Thumper Offline Thumpers Rule Posts: 5096 Manteca , CA Gender:	Re: Cafe racer ride through the Dolomites Reply #8 - 11/19/17 at 01:05:04 Awsome road,requires total focus. Even the video got my blood pumpin !
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Ruttly Serious Thumper Offline Thumpers Rule Posts: 5096 Manteca , CA Gender:	Re: Cafe racer ride through the Dolomites Reply #9 - 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 !
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Tocsik Serious Thumper Offline the singularity Posts: 1161 Denver, CO Gender:	Re: Cafe racer ride through the Dolomites Reply #10 - 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!
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springman Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2217 Spring, Texas Gender:	Re: Cafe racer ride through the Dolomites Reply #11 - 11/19/17 at 17:06:36 Tocsik, you are probably right!!!
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Re: Cafe racer ride through the Dolomites
Reply #12 - 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 Shocked

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