A new Forza owner from the Great White North
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- ForzaYYC
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A new Forza owner from the Great White North
Hello everyone,
Excited new owner of a new 2014 Forza 300 ABS from Calgary, Alberta, Canada! This is my first bike ever - I was debating between getting a scooter or some 300CC motorcycle, but in the end the utility of the scooter won out. I'm really liking how you can do pretty much anything on a Forza - riding around town, getting groceries, highway cruising, everything! Really looking forward to pushing the limits on what can be done with a midrange scooter. I'm also going to see how well I can do during the winter - don't plan on riding the Forza during snow, but cold temperature's fair game! I'm also thinking of documenting my shenanigans on youtube. Learning the ropes on how to do moto vlogs on my hero, but hopefully I'll have some good videos up soon! My channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq6epU ... FGGCvpv-PA
I also noticed another red Honda Forza with a top case scooting around downtown Calgary a few weeks ago. Any chance said owner of that Forza visits this message board? Regardless, hope to meet plenty of other Forza owners!
And of course, some pics I took over the Thanksgiving weekend.
Cheers,
ForzaYYC
Excited new owner of a new 2014 Forza 300 ABS from Calgary, Alberta, Canada! This is my first bike ever - I was debating between getting a scooter or some 300CC motorcycle, but in the end the utility of the scooter won out. I'm really liking how you can do pretty much anything on a Forza - riding around town, getting groceries, highway cruising, everything! Really looking forward to pushing the limits on what can be done with a midrange scooter. I'm also going to see how well I can do during the winter - don't plan on riding the Forza during snow, but cold temperature's fair game! I'm also thinking of documenting my shenanigans on youtube. Learning the ropes on how to do moto vlogs on my hero, but hopefully I'll have some good videos up soon! My channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq6epU ... FGGCvpv-PA
I also noticed another red Honda Forza with a top case scooting around downtown Calgary a few weeks ago. Any chance said owner of that Forza visits this message board? Regardless, hope to meet plenty of other Forza owners!
And of course, some pics I took over the Thanksgiving weekend.
Cheers,
ForzaYYC
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Re: A new Forza owner from the Great White North
Oh she's a beauty! Very nice but you have to trade that helmet because... orange and red
WELCOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WELCOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Re: A new Forza owner from the Great White North
Congrats! Like you I prefer the utility of a scoot over a bike. You're right in that this one can really do everything. From a commuter to a long ride it really does cover it all.
- ForzaYYC
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Re: A new Forza owner from the Great White North
Haha actually the helmet is red but I think the lighting in my room makes it look orange! On the other hand...the helmet's shade of red does not match the bright red of the Forza...hmmmm.....homie wrote:Oh she's a beauty! Very nice but you have to trade that helmet because... orange and red
WELCOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Re: A new Forza owner from the Great White North
Congrats on your new Forza! As a budding motovlogger myself I checked out your channel and the camera quality and placement by the chin looks great IMO and it was very nice to see Calgary from a scooter perspective. The sound could be improved though.
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- ForzaYYC
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Re: A new Forza owner from the Great White North
Yeah the wind noise is definitely overtaking everything. I just ordered an Olympus ME-52 noise cancelling mic, so hopefully that will improve things a lot! Thanks for the tip!GatorGreg wrote:Congrats on your new Forza! As a budding motovlogger myself I checked out your channel and the camera quality and placement by the chin looks great IMO and it was very nice to see Calgary from a scooter perspective. The sound could be improved though.
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The sound is very tricky. If you haven't seen them already I recommend checking out RidingwithTom and Spacep0ds channels. They both have vids where they show how they wired their mics into their helmets - I found them to be extremely helpful. Which camera are you using and what resolution / frames per second did you have it set at for your second vid? It was very good quality. Myself I'm using gopro 3+ silver in 1080, 60. I'm uploading a late night PCX trip to McDonalds drive-thru right nowForzaYYC wrote:Yeah the wind noise is definitely overtaking everything. I just ordered an Olympus ME-52 noise cancelling mic, so hopefully that will improve things a lot! Thanks for the tip!GatorGreg wrote:Congrats on your new Forza! As a budding motovlogger myself I checked out your channel and the camera quality and placement by the chin looks great IMO and it was very nice to see Calgary from a scooter perspective. The sound could be improved though.
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Check out GatorGreg's Motovlog on YouTube
RIP 2015 Honda PCX 150 Pearl White
RIP 2010 Honda Elite (Lead) 110 Black
Check out GatorGreg's Motovlog on YouTube
- ForzaYYC
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Re: A new Forza owner from the Great White North
I'll check out those two channels, thanks! I figure with how close my GoPro is already to my chin, I can either wire it under my helmet and inside, or perhaps through the visor, although I don't know if I'll be able to close the visor all the way down if I do that. Once I get my 3.5mm gopro audio adapter I'll give it a go.GatorGreg wrote:The sound is very tricky. If you haven't seen them already I recommend checking out RidingwithTom and Spacep0ds channels. They both have vids where they show how they wired their mics into their helmets - I found them to be extremely helpful. Which camera are you using and what resolution / frames per second did you have it set at for your second vid? It was very good quality. Myself I'm using gopro 3+ silver in 1080, 60. I'm uploading a late night PCX trip to McDonalds drive-thru right nowForzaYYC wrote:Yeah the wind noise is definitely overtaking everything. I just ordered an Olympus ME-52 noise cancelling mic, so hopefully that will improve things a lot! Thanks for the tip!GatorGreg wrote:Congrats on your new Forza! As a budding motovlogger myself I checked out your channel and the camera quality and placement by the chin looks great IMO and it was very nice to see Calgary from a scooter perspective. The sound could be improved though.
I'm currently using a gopro hero 3 black, it's also set at 1080p/60fps. I like the video quality, but I find its a bit shaky when attached to my helmet. I'm looking into adding additional adhesive which might absorb some of the mini vibration.
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Re: A new Forza owner from the Great White North
very nice , wish we had the red here in the UK.. black,white an grey....we don't get many nice colours here , most manfacturers seem to think were to boring for a differant colour ...
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Re: A new Forza owner from the Great White North
WELCOME ABOARD, SHIPMATE!
CONGRATS on your New Forza! She looks GREAT!
I almost bought a GoPro Hero + LCD Camera a couple of months ago, and I was literally 1 finger away from hitting the "PLACE ORDER NOW" button. I decided to keep researching, and bought Mobius ActionCam Cameras. For what I would have paid for the GoPro, I was able to buy 3 Mobius Cameras. We have one in our two cars for Dash Cams, and the third I had on my Big Ruckus 250. Now I have to find a place to mount it on my Forza. I've got 3 different Mounts that came with the Kit, but just have to figure out WHERE!
Cheers!
BB
CONGRATS on your New Forza! She looks GREAT!
I almost bought a GoPro Hero + LCD Camera a couple of months ago, and I was literally 1 finger away from hitting the "PLACE ORDER NOW" button. I decided to keep researching, and bought Mobius ActionCam Cameras. For what I would have paid for the GoPro, I was able to buy 3 Mobius Cameras. We have one in our two cars for Dash Cams, and the third I had on my Big Ruckus 250. Now I have to find a place to mount it on my Forza. I've got 3 different Mounts that came with the Kit, but just have to figure out WHERE!
Cheers!
BB
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Current Scoot: 2014 Honda Forza 300 ABS (Red October)
Former Scoots: TNG Verona 150, Kymco People S200, Kymco People S250, Suzuki Burgman 400, Honda Ruckus 50, Yamaha Zuma 125, Kymco People GTi300, Honda Big Ruckus PS250
"The Floggings will continue, until Morale improves!"
Current Scoot: 2014 Honda Forza 300 ABS (Red October)
Former Scoots: TNG Verona 150, Kymco People S200, Kymco People S250, Suzuki Burgman 400, Honda Ruckus 50, Yamaha Zuma 125, Kymco People GTi300, Honda Big Ruckus PS250
Re: A new Forza owner from the Great White North
In Canada you have to have red. It's patriotic, sorry?phantom309 wrote:very nice , wish we had the red here in the UK.. black,white an grey....we don't get many nice colours here , most manfacturers seem to think were to boring for a differant colour ...
Oh and as you can see having a contrasting hat/helmet is OK.
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Welcome to the Forum fellow Canuck!
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Re: A new Forza owner from the Great White North
Welcome! Sweet new ride.
You're from Calgary, have you met Snowcatxx87 before? A pretty popular Calgary area motovlogger. I see that like my old CBR 125R, your speedometer is about 9% too optimistic. A shame.
Let me know if you're coming to Kelowna sometime! We are running out of riding days though.
You're from Calgary, have you met Snowcatxx87 before? A pretty popular Calgary area motovlogger. I see that like my old CBR 125R, your speedometer is about 9% too optimistic. A shame.
Let me know if you're coming to Kelowna sometime! We are running out of riding days though.
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Re: A new Forza owner from the Great White North
No I haven't! I'll have to look him up sometime.dkazzed wrote:Welcome! Sweet new ride.
You're from Calgary, have you met Snowcatxx87 before? A pretty popular Calgary area motovlogger. I see that like my old CBR 125R, your speedometer is about 9% too optimistic. A shame.
Let me know if you're coming to Kelowna sometime! We are running out of riding days though.
I probably will venture to BC sometime on the scooter - maybe next summer? You're right, the good riding days are rapidly coming to a close.. I'm buying a set of heated grips and layering up big time...I'm going to see how long I last this winter! A lot of people say this winter will be mild for Calgary. Hope it works out!
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Re: A new Forza owner from the Great White North
ForzaYYC,
Thanks for the YouTube channel. I will be following your adventures!
Thanks for the YouTube channel. I will be following your adventures!