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Old 02-02-2009, 08:04 AM
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^ These were taken just two hours after I flooded it for the first time. Pulled the injector fuse, jumped it off of my other car, stuck the fuse back in,
started it, and off I went.

Suck it, Mazda Knoxville.

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do you have a remote for your camera or something?
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are you talking about the camera on the hood of my car, or my actual camera i took the pictures with?
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Originally Posted by Big Money Pit
are you talking about the camera on the hood of my car, or my actual camera i took the pictures with?
yes, the one on the hood.
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no, it's just a simple on/off.

FYI, it's a 180 degree gopro motorsports camera.

got it for $160 and i'm pretty pleased with it. comes with all the mounting hardware you need, too.
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GoPro is the ****, Jamie Slone (GoPro sponsored Grand-Am driver) hooked me up with one.
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i'll put the video i took up whenever it gets uploaded. i was following my friend on a ninja 500 (and almost ran over him a few times.)

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Looks like a nice day. How many times did you run the dragon? And how were the cops that day? Out in full force?
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ohh, I need one of those camera mounts
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i just went through once.

cops aren't bad at all during the off season, especially late on a sunday afternoon.

i don't even recall seeing any other cars up there aside from some SUV's passing through.
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Nice pictures, thanks for sharing. Hopefully we can make it up there again soon, my wife and I had a blast last year. That road is soooo much fun to drive!
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^DGRR is April 17-19th...you should come up then!
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^ cops everywhere then.

this road gets kind of boring after a while. it sucks when its crowded or when there's a meet (every weekend) unless you're just going to see some nice cars.

or you really get off on gixxers.
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Originally Posted by Bastage
Nice pictures, thanks for sharing. Hopefully we can make it up there again soon, my wife and I had a blast last year. That road is soooo much fun to drive!
coincidentally, i remember your car from last year.

i bought my 8 the day after DGRR. i came up there in a black prelude that day and hung out with some of my FB friends, wandered around, and then bought an 8 the very next day.
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your car looks great from the back.
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I like your tail lights
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Originally Posted by Big Money Pit
coincidentally, i remember your car from last year.

i bought my 8 the day after DGRR. i came up there in a black prelude that day and hung out with some of my FB friends, wandered around, and then bought an 8 the very next day.
Great story. I was only there for part of Saturday last year, I might be around for 2 days this year. Hopefully Knoxville won't be under the threat of hail and a Tornado warning this time. That kind of ruined our Friday.

We had a blast on Saturday though, and the drive to Asheville (where we spent the second night) was just as scenic. Hopefully I'll have much better pictures from it this time.



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asheville > knoxville
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damnit i knew i seen your car here! shoulda have hit me up, woulda had a place to stay if you needed it.
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love your shaved trunk
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if i'm moved into my house by DGRR time, and i have an extra bed/couch to spare, i'd be happy to accommodate someone.
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Originally Posted by Big Money Pit
no, it's just a simple on/off.

FYI, it's a 180 degree gopro motorsports camera.

got it for $160 and i'm pretty pleased with it. comes with all the mounting hardware you need, too.
Is that the one that's $199 on their site? Can I ask where you found it for $160? I want one of those cameras Can't wait to see your video, are you posting it somewhere with decent quality, like vimeo?
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ebay.

it was new, as well.

the only thing i don't like about this camera is the sound... which is an issue with most cameras of this size. i'm satisfied with it. it's also waterproof

here are the videos; the first one is a test run on top of the 8, and the next one is on the hood of my 8, following a friend on his 500R at the dragon. after that, he takes the camera and heads back with it on the bike.

http://vimeo.com/2959822

http://vimeo.com/3063500
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