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Post by DahDit on Sept 5, 2010 10:58:41 GMT
Reschensee, Austria  Meersburg, Lake Constance  That dot is Mac - the bend on stilts!    Out and about...... It wasn't all fantastic weather - Just before going into cloud: Silvretta Pass (2,032m).  (Quick) Stop at the top...  Another day brought sunshine...    On the way up the Stelvio Pass (2,757m)    At the top of Stelvio    The descent of Stelvio   At the Border (again)  The stunning Ofenpass (2,149m)   Ooops. The poor Kwak & rider we'd met by erm, accident.....rider and bike ok  The Guzzi in Italy   With our Dutch riding m8, we'd also met by chance on the day before.... Jaufenpass (2,094m)  The Timmelsjoch Pass (2,509m) - a biker's delight.   Lunch after doing the Timmelsjoch Pass   Our final day's ride, the final bit to the hotel  The Hotel....highly recommended.  Debs relaxes.....  Babs says hello.....  Arractive erm, Nice service in the Hotel Restaurant.......  Good grub.....one of numerous courses every evening...  Getting set for departure towards home...   Last stop & night out - Koblenz, Germany A quick quencher in the bar before the off.....    Aperitifs....Long Island Iced-Teas for the lads  Fruit based cocktail with an umbrella for the girls....  Autoroute break on the way home....  About to board...  Alps Panorama 1 (courtesy of Lee)  Alps Panorama 2 (courtesy of Lee)  Alps Panorama 3 (courtesy of Lee)  Stelvio Panorama  Timmelsjoch Pass Panorama  The rest of my pics as a slideshow:   |
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Post by luckylee on Sept 5, 2010 11:56:01 GMT
When I told my daughter Cloe age 5 about the sunken village, she said "Dad did someone leave the plug in?" Kids they are priceless.  |
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Post by teejayexc on Sept 5, 2010 12:27:36 GMT
Nice pics, did you take 'em from inside yer helmet   |
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Post by DahDit on Sept 5, 2010 22:01:02 GMT
All of the following vids are viewable in 720i HD if you select the option on YouTube  The Road to Stelvio.... The Stelvio Pass Ascent, technical and steady..... The Stelvio Pass Descent.....
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Post by speighty on Sept 6, 2010 20:22:56 GMT
Awesome !
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Post by DahDit on Sept 8, 2010 5:56:50 GMT
The Timmelsjoch Ascent, not as technical as the Stelvio Pass Ascent, a smoother climb.... And now for the best bit......Timmelsjoch Descent Parts 1 & 2 (full descent, no cuts)...and no pillion this time Part 1 Part 2 There may be a couple more to come, but I think you get the idea of what excellent riding we had. Thanks again to Mac, Debs, Ian, Babs and Lee for making it the trip of a lifetime. |
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Post by DahDit on Sept 9, 2010 5:44:33 GMT
Clive might not like this one........I've taken a bit of inspiration from the Italian Job Livignio, Italy. |
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Post by ContourMac on Sept 9, 2010 8:42:18 GMT
Fantastic vids Neil. I have been flat out at work since I got back so have not had the chance to sort any of my stuff out. Will add some soon
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Post by billywhizz on Sept 9, 2010 10:23:54 GMT
brilliant Vids.. Neil, you didn't seem to be travelling 'that' fast, yet you overtook everything!! Is the vid a bit deceptive?? and did you leave your mates behind, or where you leading?  Also your bike seems to have a very 'clunky' gear change, and sounds like it's miss firing on a couple of cyclinders  |
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Post by DahDit on Sept 9, 2010 19:21:08 GMT
brilliant Vids..Neil, you didn't seem to be travelling 'that' fast, yet you overtook everything!! Is the vid a bit deceptive?? It's a bit deceptive - you don't appreciate the steepness of the climbs / descents on the vids - I think the bit on the Stelvio Ascent when the coach meets the cement mixer highlights this - when you see what an angle the coach is at when I wheel the bike backwards. Bike compared to bike speed is entirely relative of course Mac & I shared the lead.... It's difficult to leave your mates behind on a single road pass - they can't get lost. And besides checking for bikes directly behind or around you, all of your concentration is to the front  Ha ha, yes it's missing on a couple of cylinders...... Where the camera is mounted, it's in still air and tends to pick up all the mechanical noise not the sound from the exhaust. It sounds a little cluncky I admit, but still light and positive all the same. It's a shame really as the Guzzi Music sounded fantastic in the tunnels. Beats wind noise though I guess? Thanks for the comment Roger. |
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Post by HRHpenfold on Sept 9, 2010 20:06:11 GMT
Fantastic vids, the Enzian was a bargain, cost £550 for 5 nights which included breakfast and a fantastic evening meal |
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Post by luckylee on Sept 11, 2010 11:26:52 GMT
Looking at all the photos I can hardly find more than a couple of me smiling, I know I had a stinker of a cold, and quite a bad bleeding/infected nose for most of it, but I did have a genuinely great time, despite my erm.......... misfortunes. Well at least I kept you all on your toes (Wondering what would befall me next lol!). Many thanks to the 5 of you for giving me some excellent memories to look back on, and a big thanks to Mac for making the event happen, and all the planning that this must have involved. I just hope I didn't come across as being as miserable as I look in some of the photos ;-)
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Post by luckylee on Sept 11, 2010 14:38:23 GMT
Loving the Livignio Matt Monro video, it made me smile and chuckle ;D
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Post by DahDit on Sept 20, 2010 14:08:43 GMT
The stunning Ofenpass, video now edited.......... I may get around to doing another, depends what footage I can cobble together of the journey down.......... Neil |
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Post by richmayn on Sept 22, 2010 17:06:53 GMT
Great videos - what sort of camera and mount did you use?
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Post by DahDit on Sept 22, 2010 21:10:06 GMT
Thanks for the comments. This is the camera that I used - 16Gb Class 4 SD card gave 2 hours recording in 720i HD. Medion Life S47000 ThreadI had a RAM mount ball mounted in the centre of the steering yolk for the GPS, so I removed the GPS, replace with a long RAM mount arm together with a ball that has a standard camera mount thread on to mount the camera. It then is adjusted to be in still air behind the screen. Cheap, but works ok. Typical Yorkshireman eh? ;D |
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Post by DahDit on Mar 14, 2011 10:40:23 GMT
I was always a bit disappointed that I didn't get more of the Ofenpass on camera, so as a reminder to those that did it - here's some footage done by somebody else on YouTube. It overlaps the section I captured and then carries on...........
Looking at the weather, it could almost have been the same day ;D
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