Kirkstone Pass on Honda VFR800 Vtec

Kirkstone Pass on Honda VFR800 Vtec. From Troutbeck to Patterdale in the Lake District.

Bike: Honda VFR800 VTEC
Bullet Camera: Sony HQ1 Super HAD CCD 580/550TVL
Recorder: Canon MV750i Camcorder
Microphone: Under petrol tank in front of air filter in foam.
Camera Mount: Velcro holder under headlight.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Kirkstone Pass
• Honda
• VFR800
• Vtec
• Troutbeck
• Patterdale
• Lake District
• motorcycle
• motorbike

[VFR800sco]

Excellent video . For a minute I though I was looking at a road here in Scotland, without the lochs(that i havent been on). But looks like you got some good fun roads in the Lake District. Need to visit sometime.They standard cans? dont sound like it!. Good camera set-up.Thanx for sharing.

[HondaVFR800Man]

The mic is positioned on top of the engine, so what your hearing is pure engine sound not exhaust noise. Yes they are standard cans.

There are nice roads in the lakes and the dales, however the lakes can be stupid busy at times.

Not as much variety as some of the great roads you have up there.

[HondaVFR800Man]

The mic is mounted right on top the of the engine with zero wind noise, it also pics up gear changes as well.

No the bike is not running rich, you are just getting pure engine noise not exhaust noise.

[HondaVFR800Man]

Neither is your spelling, grammar or punctuation great (sorry grate).

TBH as it's a wide angle lens it doesn't depict accurately actual road position. It also doesn't have the same viewpoint as me.

If you know Kirkstone at all then you should know that you can't adopt conventional bike positioning as a poor driver cutting a corner will clip you.

Also being a V4 you don't need to brake much as the engine does it for you.

[HunterXray]

Great riding and scenery = excellent video. :) Best I've seen in awhile on YouTube.

[jez2391]

I'm not a Grate rider either, lol, but it looked pretty good to me dude.



[wHAmEz]

drove this in my colt turbo yesterday quality road bit harder to overtake than your bike makes it look. wish i had my old integra on there big up the vtec!

[mightyaslan]

A worthy run, dude :)

Shame about the traffic!

I did the same run on my VTR1000 SP-1 a couple of years ago, check it out for comparison, search 'Lakeland Rides Kirkstone Pass'.

[yabba234]

thats a nice road )))

[HENRYHOBBS1]

the honister pass is better

[thelakesescape]

Nice video, one of my all time favourite roads.

[transonicbuoy1]

Nice post. Was over that way two years ago on my VTEC. Sitting on a seat having a snack, bike behind a bush. Next thing other VFR came down the road. Rider saw me, and somehow felt obliged to show off to another biker, me. Even tho I had the same bike, which he didn`t know. So he revved very hard, and went like a jet fighter right up onto a blind brow, on a thin road, just to show off. Good job no car was coming as that fella would have been killed. Respect bikes and above all respect the V!

[staqqq]

Great movie, great sound and great road! What I can tell more...:)

[UPALLNITE4U]

Please show the bikes instruments. The camera could have been mounted on the hood of a car and gotten the same effect. Bike sounds fabulous. Thanks.

[lurcherlongdog]

I know the camera's mounted lower than your line of sight, but the early part of the video seems to be heaving with dead ground and obscured entrances. Slow down a bit round there, shipmate!