Made a new video with my 250R

[Billy Golightly]

Perhaps a bit more artsy than normal - but should give you guys an idea of how much my videography skills have increased in the last year or so...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDCywUl5Gd0

[Fox250R]

Would you mind doing some filming for me please? :) Ill pay!!

[Super350]

AHHHH SIIIIICK! ...now action!

[ezmoney1979]

Nice work, very impressive! What a nice low hour machine you have.

[Bren_downe]

Very cool! I could see this as the beginning of the trikefest documentary, maybe with some credits rolling by. We just need a shot of you kicking it over and taking off, WOT in a wheelie!

[3 Wheel Drive]

AHHHH SIIIIICK! ...now action!

I was picturing Kyoto by Skrillex in my head w/ some action scenes. That was pretty cool vid!

[Billy Golightly]

Nice work, very impressive! What a nice low hour machine you have.

:lol:...video did it's job!

[bigdaddyvw185]

great video!!! very impressive!

[atctim]

Good bikes are ALWAYS riden hard and put away wet. Cool video Billy - what camera did you use?

[Billy Golightly]

Good bikes are ALWAYS riden hard and put away wet. Cool video Billy - what camera did you use?

Thank you Sir. Camera is a Canon t3i, http://shop.usa.canon.com/shop/en/catalog/cameras/refurbished-eos-digital-slr-cameras/eos-rebel-t3i-ef-s-18-55mm-is-ii-lens-kit-refurbished?utm_source=google&utm_medium=Product_Search&utm_campaign=Google_Product_Feed&cm_mmc=GA-_-Camera_Accessories-_-G_Canon_Product%20Listing%20Ads-_-22399

and a $100 50mm 1.8 lens. Lots of practice and tweaking around with settings, options, and process though...

[JasonB]

sweet video! I like the sharp details and gritty close ups! One question, whats with the machete lol ? Is that something you actually ride with for clearing hill climb spots?

[Billy Golightly]

sweet video! I like the sharp details and gritty close ups! One question, whats with the machete lol ? Is that something you actually ride with for clearing hill climb spots?

Yes. Goes with me everywhere. I think I had it on there at Trikefest also from what I remember. It sits in there pretty nice now.

[ironchop]

whats with the machete lol ??

Zombies....and sh!t

[slashfan7964]

I dig it. Could easily be the opening to the documentary....then you rip by in a nasty wheelie and everything starts getting fast paced.

[wisconsinite]

Very cool billy! Love the close ups of an obvious "rider". Not that there is anything is anything wrong with a garage queen per se, but it's nice to see a machine that gets used for its intended purpose.

[C.J]

Billy, I have an intense love for your machines. They are so ugly and nasty that I just get hysterical and need to change me undies every time I see them!!!

Love how you did this film too. It came out spectacular!

And I agree with Bren,, just need to work in some slow motion kick start action with a big plume of premix smoke coming out, then a quick bark before a good slow-mo launch in the same filter as the video right at the end. TJATS how porn should be done! As it is, you've just teased us! Lol

[MTS]

Git it raaag!!!!

[Billy Golightly]

Billy, I have an intense love for your machines. They are so ugly and nasty that I just get hysterical and need to change me undies every time I see them!!!

Love how you did this film too. It came out spectacular!

And I agree with Bren,, just need to work in some slow motion kick start action with a big plume of premix smoke coming out, then a quick bark before a good slow-mo launch in the same filter as the video right at the end. TJATS how porn should be done! As it is, you've just teased us! Lol


I have found it very hard to sit down and put together a really lengthy video with a lot of different cuts in it, but its easier and more fun to bang out something 3-4 minutes in length. Perhaps I'll end up stringing several smaller videos together into one more full length feature type thing eventually.

[C.J]

I completely understand what you mean there. I make YouTube videos (not very good ones but they're there) and haaaate trimming and splicing ride footage and stuff. It's so tedious and aggravating

[JasonB]

i cant get over the machete! Thats pretty bad ass that you ride with it on there, i mean whats more dangerous than a 3 wheeler? A THREE WHEELER WITH A MACHETE TIED TO IT!

[Billy Golightly]

Finding where to put it was the dangerous part, I settled on that as being the lesser of several evils for a location...:lol:

[Billy Golightly]

Also, here is another one I had made a few months ago along the same sorta "dark" scheme;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRRbZQ2iK8Q&list=UUt20AbPkYHEItlHan2BZ93A

[MRSOUND]

Looks great Billy. Like the others I love the "raw" look of the trike. I'm no videographer by a long shot but as viewer 1 thing stood out for me that "I" would've liked to have seen.
Just a glimpse or a silhouette of the whole trike. This was almost like a teaser commercial put out by a car manufacturer showing you features of a new model without revealing it's overall look leaving you longing for that complete image. (I'm longing for that image!:Bounce) So maybe that's the hook or appeal to the vid. No overall image, no start up, no action, no narration, just raw footage. Leaves everyone in anticipation for more. (Atleast me anyway:cool:) Thanks for sharing!!!

[rray62]

That's pretty sweet!!! Joe might have an old camera you could get :naughty:

[donwon]

needed more dive bomb effect guitar in the back round music lol. awesome job man.

[Billy Golightly]

I know most of you guys have seen this already, but I was just re-watching it again myself, and this really is one of the favorite little video/movie things I've made I think....

[DohcBikes]

Seen the video several times now, you certainly captured a collage that invokes an ominous feeling! The focus-in-too-far-then-back-out effects are awesome. I wouldn't have the first clue how to make a video of that caliber.

One question though...what are you using for a camera "dolly? cart? car? hell i dont know what its called, for the slow rolling style pan shots? It's a tad bit grabby, like the bearings are bad on that old skateboard i'd probably be using. Unless its my computer, or my eyes.

Beautiful work on the video! Also, not a two stroke fan, but I freakin dig that bike. It's a bad mamma jamma.

[Billy Golightly]

Yup, thats what they call a camera "Slider". basically a track and dolly. The very expensive ones are glass smooth but are 4 digits for 2-3 ft worth. I bought a Korean unit for a few hundred and it works pretty good, although certainly not perfect. Most of it is practice in learning to move the dolly smoothly across the track as its not motorized or anything. The underside of the bike clip is the jumpiest and I really did not want to use it, but I sort of ran out of footage and needed somethign to go in that spot on the video, so I ended up putting it there. The neat thing is you can put the dolly on a tripod and angle it and put it at funky places (Like how I followed the same angle as the forks down from the bars to the front tire), and also the "fly in" towards the swingarm and chain.

[DohcBikes]

Funny you mention the swingarm and chain shot, thats my favorite. Thanks for the explanation.