Vespa Campout II 

Thank you!

Good compliment from a man who knows about making good videos. Maybe you could take holiday and wonder in western USA for a week or 2 so the experience can be shared?

@@Scootphoriasounds great 😂 👍

That’s awesome! Thank you!

Thank you

Danke!

I debated shooting the video because I was afraid the gray skies would be too bland or even depressing and wouldn’t make for an engaging video. I guess it worked out ok. It was real and I did get rained on! 😂 Call me what you want, I still like her naked! 😉

I've had dirt bikes and street bikes, and the Vespa is a different experience in a way that I really like.

@@flatgrindrides I've just come back from a camping trip in Wales uk, didn't travel as light as you, bag rear rack bag front rack and a rucksack 😆 uk weather you have to prepare for everything 👍

Thank you. Me too!

That's awesome! Ride the tires off that thing!

@@flatgrindrides haha. The 10K service check is in two weeks. New tires it it. The original michelin city grip 2 are quite worn off!

If I had a rack, I'd spend all my time unpacking all the extra stuff I could bring! 😜

Thank you! 👍

Go for it!

Well Lucas, post some good footage of that Kymco chasing some Roo's......

Vespa and a Glock with a switch! 😂

@@flatgrindrides you know it, may have to go canik. Switch up on them 🤣

@@slycooper4smash241 You do you. I’m just glad you are enjoying the videos! If you do get one you absolutely have to post a video. 👍

Good choice on color 😉

The Primavera is awesome CL. Make/share a video with us. I ride mine 98% of the rides I do. More or less ride the 2% on the GTS to keep the battery up and make sure it is usable IF I need it.

Thanks Michael! This next year may feel like the longest in your life! 😉Congratulations on your upcoming retirement!

Retiring next year eh? Retirement is like a long vacation. Be careful about other people knowing you retired as they think you have nothing to do. I've contemplated returning to a job just so I could rest 🤣 Seriously, good luck to ya and post a few videos showing what Flatgrind doesn't show us in the area!!!!!!

@@flatgrindrides Thanks so much !

Thanks! Enjoy your new bike!

You’ll have lots of choices. There are lots of pretty places here, of course, but the parks get really busy and for the drive up camping you typically need a reservation. If you’re willing to hit the dirt roads, there are lots of backcountry options that don’t get booked up. Sounds like you’ll be cruising in Margaritaville. 👍😂

No color grading, but I was playing with camera settings. I decided to shoot the GoPros on lens "wide" instead of Superview at 4:3 instead of 16:9.I had read that there might be a processing/quality difference. My intention was to crop the 4:3 shots into 16:9 when editing, but I found that cropping would force me to choose between the bars or the sky, and that I didn't wan't to lose either, so I left some shots uncropped 4:3. In essence the "wide" setting wasn't wide enough a filed of view to give me a "croppable" image given how I was shooting. I'll probably go back to shooing 16:9 superview for the POV on the bike shots. I get the view I want and WYSIWYG in camera. The other issue I had was my GoPro Hero 9 was freezing (have to remove the battery to restart the camera) and sometimes shutting donwn with a "low power" warning, even with a charged battery. Some of the around camp shots were shot with my iPhone, so that's probably why you are seeing different color profiles. I just did a quick edit and didn't try to grade anything. I did record some stand alone audio of the camp sounds at night, and the water in the river. I used these as the audio tracks for the timelapse sections. With the rain, there were none of the insect sounnds one typically hears at night, so I mixed in some insect sounds to the night timelapse so that people would "know" that it was night. 😉

@@flatgrindrides I knew something was different but I couldn't figure out what. You're definitely experimenting and exploring the limits of the camera more than me. Every time I see your time lapse work I tell myself I have to try that. And then I forget. Or can't figure out how to integrate it into a video. I really like your stuff.

@@ScooterintheSticks Thank you! I’m really not doing that much, but I guess I changed enough on this round to trip myself up! 😂

@@flatgrindrides Repetition and practice moves us along!

I just watched a video for Indian Motorcycles that was shot in 4:3. Makes me wonder why they chose that aspect ratio? I'm guessing it shares better on social media like Instagram? (I'm not on FB or Insta). ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-eqWiZMbHgKs.htmlsi=fQRnx1RFfpcWlX7N

Different campgrond, but very similar and they are close to each other. Yep, its the Colorado Rockies.

I was experimenting with camera settings, and thought that I would be able to crop to 16:9 in post production. As it turned out, I wasn’t shooting wide enough and didn’t have the room to crop the way I originally envisioned. Also had one of my two cameras fail. It was a learning experience, and in the end I just decided to roll with what I had! Thanks for the kind words. Glad you enjoyed them.

Mine didn’t come with the seat cover! Apparently it is an “add-on” option now, at least here in the USA.

Thank you@@flatgrindrides that is miserable of the dealers and suppliers.

Congratulations on the new bike! Personally, I don’t miss having a windshield on mine at all. Obviously, your preferences may differ but I don’t see the need for it. I don’t spend much time at highway speeds (above 65 mph) and the wind doesn’t bother me at all. In fact on my big motorcycle, I’ve had more problems with buffeting from the windshield I think I’ve tried four different windscreens on that bike, because the buffing from the wind is so annoying. On the Vespa, I never even think about it.

Ok cool thanks for your time, looking forward to more of your videos

It’s also my first bike…new rider

I have other tents. This one is simple and compact. I don’t use it much, but it seems ok when I do. What do you have in mind?

@@flatgrindrides I think that tent is just fine. But perhaps what nomad was referring to was, during inclement weather, it’s nice to sit up in the tent (or even stand up). I have a 2+ man (REI Half Dome) that I can sit up in, which is the one I usually take. But I do have to strap it to my rear rack.

Sign of the times? They usually do a pretty good job on the roads up here, but it is a constant battle. Some roads get a lot of traffic peak season and also have a lot of freeze/thaw and water runoff issues.