Brainrotting: Episode 13 - Argentina, Ushuaia Ruta 40 BMW F650gs Adventure Motorcycle Overland

I ride and I record. There's no editing of video's when I'm back at home, my video's are all edited on the road because I want to share my experiences as they happen, so...

Follow my journey through North, Central and South America. I've jacked in the job, packed my life into a pair of panniers and a roll bag and tied them down to a BMW F650 Dakar. Now it's time for some fun.

In this episode I ride form the north west of Argentina through Mendoza, along Ruta 40 to Perito Merino, on to Ushuaia and then back to Buenos Aires, the home of Maradona.

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[MrKingMob]

Hey Graham (I think)

Really enjoying your vids, especialy once you got down this far. R eading your other comments I agree with your choice of bike. Sorry to leach your camera secrets but what filming kit are you using, especialy to film yourself. Your info says you edit and upload on road, but how? Appreaciate a lot of questions. Keep up the good work. I'm jealous as hell.

Mat

[easyg1409]

I have a Panasonic HD camera mounted on a monopod (see toilet of the month) which I often turn and point at myself, and I have a VIO POV1 helmet camera. I've been using Pinnacle Studio to edit the videos and clearly I travel with a laptop. I've just bought a Contour HD 1080p helmet camera and I'm making the change to editing with Final Cut Express... I return to SA at the end of April. I'm glad you enjoy the videos, they take quite a bit of work but I enjoy it.

[MrKingMob]

Hey there Graham (Ithink),

Really enjoying your vids and green with envy. Sorry to leach off your camera secrets how you doing that self filming (enter that in google and you get some interesting hits) spotted in the worst toilets mirror, plus any thoughts on helmet cams. Keep up the cracking work.

Mat

[easyg1409]

Hi Mat, Who needs a truck full of production assistants to film you when you can buy a monopod! The helmet cam I use is the VIO POV1 but I've just bought the Contour HD 1080p and will be using that too when I return to South America. Drop me a msg if you have specific questions, you can find Brainrotting on Facebook & Twitter

[marcclover]

Fantastic vids. I have to say, that "bridge" crossing was a cliff hanger.

Lol at Ewan McGregor riding the R1150GS, Of all the shows Ive seen, I always remember him having issues handleing it, picking it up, and getting stuck. Way to big to be off roading for long distances imo.

[easyg1409]

I've met a fella whose crossed the sahara and through the Amazon on a BMW 1100 but there's no doubt that the smaller singles are popular, and for me weight was a big issue because I'm traveling on my own. I would have had more problems if I'd opted for the larger bike.

[donkeyjockey1]

Those we don't speak off(ewan and co)could for sure take some tips from a proper adventurer like Graham...They say Ted Simon is their hero..well he never had free trucks,doctors and such..Much respect Graham.

[donkeyjockey1]

Fantastic...I love it when one of your videos shows up in my recently added. Great job

[Rx7nator]

I'm not a soccer fan but that was a hell of a play!

[iratipr]

hummm......ok then, caipirinha huh!!? huahuahua nice.....so if u route bypass the 277 road in brazil after Paraguay and if u need something u fell free to contact me because we could help u guys anything. Hey our "samba on streets" will happen now in 13 - 16 february at south Brazil but..... all over the year in the northeast of brazil ok... so dont hesitate to contact us, I know some guys from BRAZIL RIDERS that would be honored to help u guys anything...WHATCH OUT IN PARAGUAY!

[easyg1409]

LOL.. what!? You're probably right. Thankfully I have a new macbook and I'm going to get to grips with Final Cut Express so lets hope any new videos don't have the same problem.

[infirmux]

[Warning: tech blah] Java is not used for videos here (Adobe Flash is) it displays videos as they are. My guess is that original footage is recorded as interlaced (1080i ?) and no deinterlace was done before exporting as 720p (progressive). So video has visible artifacts from the interlace (fuzzy edges when objects move across the screen).

Or is it really just me? ;)