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cool vids
you need to see if you can move the cam a bit, the crease in the screen where the cam is now made it look like you was going to hit everything as you filtered  .
I'd never get through london alive, you need to be far to aggressive in your filtering to get anywhere, I like to be a lot more relaxed  _________________ 
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I occasionally ride a bit aggressively but to ride like that regularly would make me hyper. The car drivers round here would be flashing and pipping like mad!
Some of the gaps you got through seemed very tight. Have you altered the position of your mirrors?
Did you get many scrapes?
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Well done I enjoyed that._________________ Rutland rideout
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HalfaBusa
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Thanks for all the comments 
Firstly, it was actually a relaxed day for me, I wasn't late for work and the weather was nice, so I wasn't really pushing it. Imagine how it would be with twice the traffic on a rainy day with me being late for work!
About the mirrors, on some places where it's too tight, I close them because they are the widest part of the bike, then I can filter better.
Most of the riding might look crazy here, but believe me, there are a lot of lunatics out there. I was at least looking around where I was going. They don't even look 
Unfortunately, the screen's shape is a problem, but if I turn the camera towards the left too much, then it will only show the wrong side of the road. I'm thinking of a way to fix this issue at the moment. I may try installing another velcro to the right hand brake reservoir to see how the angle from there will be.
I'll be buying a camcorder in a few months time, so I might try with that to see if I can get better quality. But I don't know if I can risk installing it on the top of my bike...
I'll be posting more videos as I capture on new roads. Your comments always welcome.
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I'm at work, so not going to watch the vids here, I'll have a look when I get home.
I did think about mounting my camera for my commute this morning but decided against until I've come up with a better solution. I think the problem with the suction cup mount is that it allows some flexibility which means the camera can keep moving even when the bike isn't hence my very shaky video...
I thought I did a couple of slightly hairy things this morning but I never overtake on zebra crossings and virtually nevergo over hashed lines where there's a solid outside line
I over take to the car just before a crossing as that's legal. However I have been overtaken by lots of scooters and bikes who just hare right across the crossing past the cars.
I guess I'm not too aggressive a rider! I'm looking forward to seeing the vids tonight though._________________ 
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Ah the cut and thrust of traffic,great stuff.
Those bigger bikes holding you up would really get on my tits though!!
I get that where I live,just because you have a smaller bike they will do anything not to let you past,must have small Di*ks.
I actually had one ZXR750 nearly crash and have to take to the pavement and stop he was so bothered by a Honda Lead which he could not shake off thro the busy traffic,so sad why did he just not let me get on with it?
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Just as I was starting to feel special 
when he couldn't shake me off by nodding and actually chatting to a "scooter owner"