Well, actually managed to get fully up to date today. Enjoyed the mountain road bits especially and I'm totally in agreement, mountains are great places to be!

I spent a lot of the first episodes with a growing niggle of, "hang on a minute, what's the point?!" Then got to the bit where you stayed with your uncle; ahhhhh! But I can't help but think that much of the journey seemed like a bit of a chore, covering all the mileage and only stopping for fuel and to overnight. I guess you had time constraints that made this necessary, which was a shame, cos I kept thinking, "go off the beaten track, go and feckin explore somewhere, go to an interesting museum, spend a day in a historic city, what the hell are (aren't) you doing!??" 

But you managed to keep me watching, cos quite clearly, you are totally off your rocker 

The other thing I got to thinking (so now that's two thoughts, so I'll have to have a lie down) was, it wouldn't be a bad idea to get a camera mounted higher up, perhaps on some kind of vertical pole, and pointing a bit sideways, to catch some of the scenery a bit more? Hmmmm, could be worth a try?

Anyway, thanks for keeping me entertained for a day of my enforced six weeks off with bugger all to do - still got two weeks to go, how about another 30 or so episodes? 

Wow! Thats a lot of viewing Nick! Thanks for taking the time! More episodes are forthcoming. I've got so much footage it's sick! It's going to be at least another 5 just to get back to Hamburg!


You're absolutely right though. The trip could have been SO much more fulfilling, but sadly I misjudged the distance to cover vs the time that I had. This should really have been a months trip, or 2 separate adventures! Still, you live and learn.


The camera on a pole trick actually makes an appearance in the next episode as it happens!


Hope it continues to curb your boredom! Meanwhile, have you seen any of The Gentleman Bikers videos? He rides a Fazer 400 Naked. Very similar sense of humour to me. I really enjoy his videos.


http://www.youtube.com/user/GentlemanBikerVlog

Here's the next episode. E15.


A quick drive through Valencia.

Ha ha! Cheers Nick! so true!


You'd better hurry up, there's at least another 6 in the tank and I want to get them all out before Christmas!!




 

You don't come across as at all old!

I got my scottoiler second hand from ebay. Mounting it somewhere subtle was the trickiest bit of the operation. It's still not perfect, but works well, and I've not had to adjust my chain once yet.

I suppose I'm not THAT old. Just a smidge over half way to retirement! I guess I'm just lazy!


I might keep my eye out for a second hand one. I hate adjusting the chain almost as much as I hate putting more fuel in!

I'm sure you're right old chap. Problem was my chain oiler was the basic Tutoro one. (Top up, turn on, ride off....forget to turn off frequently, top up even more frequently, FAFF lots...)

So it just wouldn't maintain a steady and useable flow. I might stretch to a proper scottoiler in the future. But for now it's chain wax and cleaning! Hopefully the next bike will be shaft drive! My knees are getting too old for chain oiling!!

It quite clearly does. 


Thats a clerical error on my part! The relevant members of the team will be sacked. 

HERE is the latest episode of this summer's €uro Trip.


Had some issues with my Tutoro Chain oiler, so I had to go shopping. With questionable success...

Au contraire! I have a one man tent, airbed and a sleeping bag in that little lot! Plus my macbook and the cables to go with!

Only 1 pair of pants and a spare t shirt though!

AND NOW!!!....


Here's Episode 9 of this € - saga for your enjoyment!


Above all else, the bike just continues to run perfectly with not a single hiccup! Same can't be said about my navigation...





Feel free to post elsewhere, share, comment, make fun, anything goes!

I have a Drift HD, which is just out of the budget, BUT i picked up two refurb Drift HD170 Stealth cameras from Actioncameras.co.uk. They were £50 each and when one of them packed up, they quickly sent a replacement.


It has: 1080p at 120 degree field of view (30fps)
            720p at 170 degree FOV (30fps)
and       720p    --   "  --            (60 fps)


The lens is rotatable, the batteries and mounts are interchangeable with my Drift HD (Which gives you a viable upgrade path without buying all new accessories). You can get a Mic adapter from ebay for about a fiver that will allow you to connect any 3.5mm jacked Microphone.


Also the extended life batteries are easy to come by and cheap (£15) because Drift use rebranded Fuji batteries so every man and his dog makes a copy.


I used the Stealths on my latest trip to Europe. ALL of the rear views and supplementary views are the Stealth cameras.


http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQyyGnBe8Lfc7ETWETUhfa-zWIRbzWM54


They have better colour saturation than the first camera I got which was basically a Polaroid XS100 in a different coloured shirt! Here's a video with that one:





As a starter though, it's not bad. But I really wanted the ability to have an external mic to capture my inane wafflings.

I've never used it. I use Power Director 12. I'm pretty sure Andy Man Cam doesn't use it either.

Quite right old bean. I use premiere pro, but. It's pricey. Luckily I picked up a copy cheap a while back.

I had a quick look at gopro studio, looks pretty slick considering it's free. I only really tried it because it can convert your heavily compressed videos from the camera into a much larger but less compressed file format. This means less leg work for your CPU when editing resulting in smoother previews and faster rendering.

BUT the files were MASSIVE!! I use so much footage lately that I'd need a 6TB HDD to have enough space to edit 1 video!

Bit of a digressiong there...

Sadly, yes. But I've got shed loads of footage backlog from the good times! Plus the existing videos serve as a reminder of when I was happy!