My test ride,,, nice,,,

[CAT in HAWAII]

 . Well, went today to Bartel's HD in LA,,

Had my test ride,, & ,, I'm hooked!

The clunk is noticeable , but after a little bit of driving, who notices???
The whine is neat,, will it annoy me later? Not sure,, but for now I don't care,,,

Well, already have shipping scheduled, so to Hawaii
Ill be riding for sure by the end of the month!!!  

[protomech]

Sweet! I'd love to see temps in the 70s right now.. cold riding is no bueno.

[CAT in HAWAII]

. Well, went today to Bartel's HD in LA,,

Had my test ride,, & ,, I'm hooked!

The clunk is noticeable , but after a little bit of driving, who notices???
The whine is neat,, will it annoy me later? Not sure,, but for now I don't care,,,

Well, already have shipping scheduled, so to Hawaii
Ill be riding for sure by the end of the month!!! 

Update: yesterday made four weeks since I signed papers and paid, & my Empulse is on the ship as of yesterday, after having taken a detour from the dealer back to BRAMMO ,,,

So by the end of next week I should be out on the road!
The wait was agonizing, just a out as bad as after having taken the MSF course, and all that fun, and not being able to ride cause I was looking for a bike,,,
Not much selection of used bike's on Oahu, so that took awhile,,,

But it's finally on the way!!! Some nice pics coming next week!!!

[protomech]

68 degrees in Hawaii right now. *shakes fist at weather*

Gonna be awesome. Going to have some nice backgrounds for photos too : )

[LGHTCYCL]

The Weather in WA state cleared up a bit this weekend. I wish i could get out and ride now but Empulse buyers are waiting on some dealer stuff. 

As long as I get mine by spring I should be ok.

Good luck with the Hawaii riding!

[CAT in HAWAII]

68 degrees in Hawaii right now. *shakes fist at weather*

Gonna be awesome. Going to have some nice backgrounds for photos too : )

Cold last night,, went down to 65 !!! 

Last weekend before getting my bike,, Super Bowl and all I
Really would rather be riding,,,,

Yup! Some nice pics on the way,, I don't have a "video" unit
Of any kind,, I'd like to get one,,
Really, what's "better" (easier) ,, the Contour or the GoPro??
I'd mostly use it for the bike,, and also going snowboarding,,,

I have a Mac, so both should work with that right?
Any REAL WORLD reccomendations?

[7racer]

yes...get the new gopro hero3  well worth it.

Here is a vid I shot while in Belize.  If you look at my other videos you can see where I had it mounted on my GT-R during a HPDE

[CAT in HAWAII]

yes...get the new gopro hero3  well worth it.

Here is a vid I shot while in Belize.  If you look at my other videos you can see where I had it mounted on my GT-R during a HPDE

Wow, very nice!
What frame rate do you record in?

Use a Mac or PC for editing? What program?

[7racer]

on frame rate...just depends.  If I am doing high speed stuff and am thinking about slowing it down to do slow mo then 60.  But usually I like the "cinema look" of 24fps.

But I use FCP....but perviously only used iMovie.  I like some of the extra things that you can do with FCP and with the new version ( FCP X) it's pretty easy for a novice to start in it.  Check out my one labeled "urban air".  I think I did that one at 60 fps.

also the new one is nice as it has an app on the iphone and a remote to start and stop the cam whenever

[CAT in HAWAII]

Great! Now I gotta get a hero3 *and* FCP,,

That does come with an education discount right???

Ok,, now I have a plan for this week!!!

[7racer]

hahahaha!
 
have you ever used iMovie?  If not then Final Cut Pro is probably overkill.  iMovie is just $14.99 on the app store.  There is a 30day free trial of FCP X though if you want to give it a try.

The nice thing about FCP is there are a lot of "how to" websites and videos on youtube to show you tips and tricks.

[CAT in HAWAII]

Well, I've used iMovie a few times before,,,

And photoshop is not easy either,,, but does afford one a lot more leeway in options and room to grow,,,

I'll have to check it out more,,, thanks!

[AJ Nin]

I'm taking a test ride tomorrow. Since I ride a Street Triple r, a gsxr-1000 and recently owned a Ninja 300 and a Ninja 650r, I should be able to make some comparisons in terms of handling and performance.

[protomech]

Recently owned a Ninja 300? The bike that's been out for about six months? What was wrong with it?

[AJ Nin]

Yes, I bought it Nov 30th and traded it in Jan 26th with 850 miles on it. Nothing much wrong with it. Many do have a quirk that may be related to the mapping, but Kawa hasn't said. When you depress the clutch especially going downhill, the engine rpms drop rapidly and the engine stops. Some do it a lot. Mine only did it when the engine was still cold. You can circumvent it by giving the throttle a tweak as you squeeze the clutch. It's a typical in-line twin which means it vibrates a bit. Not quite as much as the 650r, but more than I like. I traded it cause I made a killer deal on a new 2011 GSXR-1000 using the 300 as a trade-in. To show you how much I like THAT bike, I just turned 1500 miles in 10 days of owning it. 

The Empulse was OK. Not $21,000 worth of bike though. The seat was perfect for me at 5'7" and it handled fine, and acceleration was also ok. Foot pegs were a little high, but those might be adjustable. The noises coming from the gearbox were a distraction. There was this delayed clunk as I accelerated from a stop. I'm not sure what that was, but I didn't like it. I'm thinking I might like the sound of the 2013 Zero better. I owned a 2011 Zero S until the Agni motor burned up with 2000 miles and that bike was fine and certainly sounded better than the Empulse. I traded the Zero in on a new Vespa. Yes, I do a lot of bike trading.