Last Sunday of the month Santa Monica Mtns run 2012.
08-27-2012, 06:28 PM
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Tuna Canyon starting from the one way. Kept it in 2nd for the sake of it being my first time on this road. Be sure to watch in 1080p.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RS5okXPpunM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RS5okXPpunM
08-27-2012, 06:52 PM
#283
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^^ Holy Mother of God. That was some nice footage. Particularly enjoyed the maneuvers there at about the 1:50 mark. LOL!
It was a pretty clean run, except for the skaters. Can't really complain much. Watching the footage you can definitely see the places where an upshift to 3rd would work well. But there aren't many of those... I only count 3, and that's only if you really know the road. One near the top before the first octaganol shaped sign (we shall not name it here), one on the straight near the second octagonal shaped sign, and then again a little while after that sign but definitely before the third sign because you have to seriously slow it down for the sharp left hander there. And one worries about losing brakes about that point on the road, ya know? :-D
Wow. Just wow.
It was a pretty clean run, except for the skaters. Can't really complain much. Watching the footage you can definitely see the places where an upshift to 3rd would work well. But there aren't many of those... I only count 3, and that's only if you really know the road. One near the top before the first octaganol shaped sign (we shall not name it here), one on the straight near the second octagonal shaped sign, and then again a little while after that sign but definitely before the third sign because you have to seriously slow it down for the sharp left hander there. And one worries about losing brakes about that point on the road, ya know? :-D
Wow. Just wow.
08-27-2012, 07:17 PM
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Oh an upshift to 3rd is absolutely necessary in a few places and looking now some of my lines were pretty horrid, too. I didn't want to get myself into any trouble going into 3rd being my first time on Tuna.
And yes, brake earlier at the 1:50 turn.
For anyone else using a GoPro, I highly recommend one of these as it will almost eliminate wind noise completely and your videos will turn out much more enjoyable. I use one on mine and you'll notice almost no wind noise, just car noises.
http://store.micover.com/index.php?d...w&product_id=2
And yes, brake earlier at the 1:50 turn.
For anyone else using a GoPro, I highly recommend one of these as it will almost eliminate wind noise completely and your videos will turn out much more enjoyable. I use one on mine and you'll notice almost no wind noise, just car noises.
http://store.micover.com/index.php?d...w&product_id=2
on my face. 
08-28-2012, 12:03 AM
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08-28-2012, 08:11 AM
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And here are some shots of us in the afternoon by Victory Jon. Starting at the yellow car in the middle of the page.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/victory...008208/?page=6
http://www.flickr.com/photos/victory...008208/?page=6