Arthur's Pass Stunning Motorcycle Ride , New Zealand - MotoVlog

Alright, let's try this again. Get out of Christchurch. See you around, little lady. Getting myself some resistors. So I can work on... get that cable working. I'll have to work on the cable some other time. Now I can finally get out of Christchurch and to the Arford Pass. I just record a lot of my travels. Okay, setting up a new setup. This is a new microphone. Definitely not great. I knew that. The connector it came with, which I was hoping for, would be good, is absolute rubbish. The other one I had fits snugly into the GoPro. This one doesn't. It doesn't have the upper copper lines that touch... that conduct on the GoPro. It doesn't stick well as a plug. With this camera here, I can record video, which obviously will also record audio. This is a bit of a new territory. It's a new microphone. I'll test it first a bit. We are live, today, on the Arford Pass, on my way to the West Coast. Setup, new mic. Not a good mic. Maybe it will work. That's what we're testing right now. For a kilometer or so. Go fast. See how it handles. Tucked away in a helmet, as you have seen. Good morning. Look at this. Look at where I am. It's another fantastic day. Good weather. And the ride continues in New Zealand. With a start in slippery grass. And we're on. The road might also be slippery today. That thing is on. So, yeah. This is one of those rides, since my after sunset descent on Ripehu, in minus zero, that I gotta watch it. Not that cold yet, to be honest. My helmet's not fogging up, but this will be a good test today. And it's absolutely beautiful. The climb coming from Chrysler was fantastic already. Pretty steep. I thought, come on, bike. Come on, Elk. Pull yourself up. But then I saw cars struggling too, and I was okay with it. Here's a nice lake. See, I have no clue what the nicest part of Arthur's Pass is, so I started recording now. Might be nicer bits. But since it's such a nice ride today, I'll probably tie together multiple sections. But in a second, I'm going to stop. Oh, I'm missing sunnies already. I'm going to stop to see how this audio is. Arthur's Pass 60 k's from here. All right, let's stop. See how it is. All right. Welcome, peoples, in a wonderful mountain world of Arthur's Pass. We're about 40 k's out or so. Again, I don't know when the nicest bit comes, but let's go. So I was recording earlier. Massive failure. Mic is absolutely garbage quality. I suspected it, but now I've also confirmed it. So it's back to... My helmet is fogging. I can't see very well, to be honest. Nothing, actually. But I can't leave it open because of the phone. It's going to be a tough one today because it's cold up here. Yeah, I can't ride like this. So I have to open the helmet a bit, and it's still fogging. That's the days of pinlock on my previous helmet. Yeah, now I close it again. Once it all warms up a bit, it should be less fog. Now it's not too bad. There we are with a different view. How good is that? This is the GoPro view. Yeah, now I figure, what the hell, you know? I got the phone in my mouth. Connection to the GoPro. Whoa! Yes! Get in, enjoy. Be any better. To New Zealand. A trade meet. So I'm waiting on a hard dress from a Sony mic. So be it. Heavy, heavy, heavy. City. You're not going to feel it accelerating. You're kind of holding, touching the throttle. To be honest, it's actually a really nice area to take a picture. That's what I'm going to do. First, I'm going to let that car pass. I'm not going to shirk my photograph opportunities. Ah, ha, ha. That's what I mean. Ha, ha. So there's still the photography part of things, which I still do. So I'll catch you in a second once we continue. Probably going to pause it. And then move on to a later section of our first pass, Daffy Dock. All right, see you in a bit. Oh, ****. Ha, ha, ha. See, this is what happens. Day to day. Ah. I was just blown away. I completely forgot about who goes first. Ha, ha. Damn. Look at that. And we're back. Just past the our first pass. And going down, I think. It's pretty awesome. It's been a bit rainy, though. That's unfortunate on this side. But so be it. I really wish it was snow instead. But look at this. Ha, ha. That is awesome. Oh, just take it all in. This is so good. Wow. Ha, ha, ha. Conclusion that going through New Zealand here, it's like, oh, it's treacherously steep out here. Got to gear down a bit. As I was saying. Oh, ----. Helmet was open. Um. Yeah. New Zealand is basically Tajikistan sometimes. But with roads. Proper roads. Sort of. Really nice. On this side. On the other side, the road was perpetually wet. So, yeah, typically the stuff that freezes over when it gets cold. Feeling something is developing in the lower revs. In the lower gears. A little. I don't know how to say that in English. A little stall. A little slight lack of power. Maybe. Not sure. Let's see. Do it as I did earlier. Yeah, I'll take it. 70 k's top. Karama Junction. Something like that. Oh, here's the rain. And, uh. Yeah, that will be it. It's just so easy to cross from one side to the country to the other. Just like that. It can be as much as 600 kilometers. Going south. Space, man. It hasn't been. It hasn't been cold today. I don't know. Maybe even make it a great enough. It's only like 30 k's. That way I don't have to do that tomorrow. Tomorrow is going to be another good day. At least it should be. I can believe the radar predictions. Should be a few good days now. The rain that's coming should go over the north of South Island and Christchurch in the east. And should spare the west for once. That would be great. Be a bit cheeky here. Stop in two minutes or so. To turn off the GoPro and the phone. So, staying next to the road. Something nice. Yeehaw. Here's a New Zealand amazement. Energy. What are you doing? I think it's almost empty. Man, I hope that battery isn't empty right now. It doesn't matter because then I'll just put this recorder under some other stuff. Oh, that track is slippery. Steel is so slippery. Nipples. Thanks for joining me. Awesome, awesome day. See you tomorrow probably. And take care. Oh, ----. It's off already. Damn it.