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General Chat / Guinness World Record Attempt.
« on: August 26, 2013, 02:37:39 am »
Hey guys,

Just a small update, with some help I have manged to get Shell Australia to sponsor us all the oil the scooter will need for the trip (too bad it isnt petrol!) but I am stocked with that as that is one last thing to worry about buying

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General Chat / Guinness World Record Attempt.
« on: August 10, 2013, 02:05:24 pm »
Quote from: Bounty Hunter;1529774
get this and read it, I use to work with Mike, astoundingly friendly guy.

Also hilarious.

http://www.twistingthrottle.com/twisting-throttle-australia.html

 

This guy is awesome!, good read aswel

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General Chat / LOCATION CHANGED TO AUSTRALIA
« on: August 10, 2013, 12:11:47 am »
Hello GetSome!

Sorry for the long wait on an update been very busy as you will see below!

This will have to be the biggest update due to the location of the record attempt being changed to Australia from the United States.

This is due to trying to keep to a budget and because I was contacted by SYM Scoota Australia who will sponsor my event by giving me a 50cc scooter with Unlimited Servicing/Repairs when needed and even going a far as if my scooter was to break down out in the remote regions he will fly a mechanic to the nearest major city and get them to travel from there to where ever i may be!, but they expect the scooter will hold out and only need basic repairs like tyres, wiring ect.  

The scooter itself will be kitted out with a massive fuel cell that should get me about 350km without needing to fill up aswel as extra storage units to hold some of my gear for the trip also USB sockets will be attached to keep the GPS Navman and GPS Logger powered for the whole event.(Model of scooter TBC)

You will notice the maps on the first page have been updated to show a draft route that will be used for the event that will cover 13,000km of Australia and what townsI will be stopping at along the way.

To do over 13,000km in 30 days I will need to set a goal of about 500km per day it will be hard and grinding but I think I can do it, I will have support for about 2,200km of the journey from the starting point.

Accommodation wise I will be ruffing it most of the time by stopping at camping sites/trailer parks and using a tent and using power facility's to recharge recording equipment. I was told it could be about $20 to use power facility's but maybe I could work something out when I explain the journey I am doing.

So I am pretty stoked with what is going on and with October being locked in for the event I only have a few months to get ready, you may also notice on the front page how much I paid for all the Items im taking, im pretty sure fuel will properly be the biggest cost of the event.

I will be doing this for charity now and will try to raise as much funds though the website and while im traveling over Australia, im in talks with people with a possible website and a charity but has not been confirmed yet.

Most Towns I Will Stop At (30+ Legs Across Australia ( THIS IS NOT FINALIZED)

Karumba, Queensland

Cloncurry, Queensland

Longreach, Queensland

Augathella, Queensland

Bourke, New South Wales

Wilcannia, New South Wales

Peterborough, South Australia

Glendambo, South Australia

Marla, South Australia

Alice Springs, Northern Territory

Tennant Creek, Northern Territory

Daly Waters, Northern Territory

Timber Creek, Northern Territory

Turkey Creek, Warmun

Fitzroy Crossing, Western Australia

Broome, Western Australia

Port Hedland, Western Australia

Newman, Western Australia

Meekatharra, Western Australia

Leinster, Western Australia

Kalgoorlie, Western Australia

Caiguna, Western Australia

Eucla, Western Australia

Ceduna, South Australia

Port Augusta, South Australia

Adelaide Australia

Melbourne Australia

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General Chat / Guinness World Record Attempt.
« on: April 17, 2013, 05:37:54 pm »
Quote from: Bounty Hunter;1523576
You can generate a time lapse thinger with google maps? you could literally sit and watch your ride before you go on it!

"Hey I remember this bit from the video!"

Most of the places im driving don't have Google street view hahha :D

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General Chat / Guinness World Record Attempt.
« on: April 17, 2013, 02:52:20 pm »
Quote from: Bounty Hunter;1523545
what sort of days are those?

are they all sealed roads?

surely you can go down further to Miami? be a shame not to, it'll only be an extra day...

looking good though dude!


Most are about 9hrs days but its only a guided area I would be stopping as I want to go about 10-12hrs a day, most roads are back streets as I cant go on the motorway(highway) over there have not checked if they are sealed, ill check google maps car vision thing haha and see if I can go over all the roads and check it out


Im white lol

Will try go to mexico but prob need a visa

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General Chat / Guinness World Record Attempt.
« on: April 17, 2013, 02:41:27 am »
Updated.

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General Chat / Guinness World Record Attempt.
« on: April 15, 2013, 02:19:40 pm »
Quote from: Spacemonkey;1523353
Do it during the summer.

Otherwise you will freeze. Wouldn't want to be suck on a scooter in a snow storm.

This is the Plan

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General Chat / Guinness World Record Attempt.
« on: April 13, 2013, 05:51:25 pm »
Quote from: Pitchey;1523270
I don't think 2-strokes are permitted for use in the US anymore?

I hope not hahah, Will check on this

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General Chat / Guinness World Record Attempt.
« on: April 13, 2013, 01:07:46 pm »
Quote from: Bounty Hunter;1523268
Reliability of 2 stroke over 4 is an interesting thought exercise , I can't say which way I'd go to be honest.

You've done 25,000km of less than 1 hour a day 5 days a week amirite?

You're going to be doing at least 5 hours a day at full throttle, way out of spec...should be interesting to see how the engine wears...

haha you could go to honda and say "suzuki say your scooter cant do 14,000km straight" then go to suzuki and say "honda say your scooter cant do blah blah" hahaha no dont.


Yea about right maybe only 40min everyday and 6 days a week, I will make sure I have the funds for stuff I might not beable to fix and at worse maybe another scooter.

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General Chat / Guinness World Record Attempt.
« on: April 13, 2013, 12:52:43 pm »
Quote from: Bounty Hunter;1523258
Well good on you then, work hard save up and you'll make it.

You really need to do some more research dude, you have a fairly good idea of a route planned out, you know roughly how far you can make it in a day, so you ought to know roughly where you'll be staying, perhaps you could call them now and enquire about costs and facilities? You might also want to cross reference cities that will have access to spare parts for your scooter and factor that into your scooter decision, though most of your consumables are going to be aftermarket. You're also going to want to know how to jet a carburettor too. also look at the maintenance schedule for the bike and halve it, cause you'll be ringing the thing out all day every day, which can in some cases increase longevity (most wear is done on a cold engine, thus if your engine is never cold it'll never wear - right?)

I've toured in NZ and spent 10 hours in the blistering sun in kaikoura trying to find a chain for a 87 cbr250 on a Sunday. Are you going to buy a 2 stroke or a 4 stroke?

Cheers for advice, I will be looking into towns that i will make sure I stop in and make arrangements for places for me to stay once I have a date, I was looking at getting a 2 Stroke as its what I have now and find they are good on hills over 4 stroke in saying that   2 strokes engines tend to be fragile and wear out quicker than 4 stroke, I will speak to some moped stores here in Wellington and get some advice from them, i have always owned 2 stroke and the bike I have at the moment has about 25,000km on the clock and is still going. I will also be pulling  trailer and might need the 2 stroke for this

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General Chat / Guinness World Record Attempt.
« on: April 13, 2013, 11:36:42 am »
Quote from: Bounty Hunter;1523240
It's a cool idea dude, but it sounds like we're paying for your totally mean OE in the states?

There was a bunch of Christchurch boys who did Cape Town to London on 2nd hand trail bikes. It's 14,500km. One of them got his license the day before they flew out, they made a film called African Odyssey with a single camera. I don't think they had a GPS? It's hard case.

They budgeted for ~10k each, obviously Africa is a lot more dangerous, and perhaps somewhat cheaper, I think they did the trip in 3 months, they were 22 to 24ish and paid for it themselves....

All of the people I know who have done motorcycle tours of far off interesting places have paid for it out of their own pocket (Mike Hyde did write a book to offset the cost, I'm not sure what side he came out on though, awesome bloke though) He also joined the 2000 mile gang or something, which is this world wide group of people who ride like 2000 miles in a day or something, you should do that too (or as near too given you're on a scooter doing 30mph tops)

While we're asking for money, I need $300 for paint for my race bike, you get to pick the colour.

Wow that's a pretty intense mission in Africa, regardless of the donations I will attempt to break the world record, the donations were to help get me there faster and maybe achieve the record before the end of this year and the united states winter rolls round.


As for the budget, I'm bad with those things, the GPS device and cameras I need due to recording all the routes,speed ect as proof for world records that I have done it. I could use a tent most days but there are some places you cant pitch a tent due to safety reasons, I put that at 3k because I didn't know where I would be and not sure what places cost to stay, but they are all approx i mean it could be only 1k.

I'm not going to buy the cheapest scooter due to the thing wont handle it , I don't think the expensive one will too, it is a good idea on how to learn to fix scooters tho, I did ride a 50cc scooter from Wellington to Auckland once and the scooter made it and the scooter already had 10,000k on the clock.

The flights was an estimate as I don't know when I will be doing the record and I'm only booking a one-way trip as I don't know the date I would finish the attempt.

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General Chat / Guinness World Record Attempt.
« on: April 12, 2013, 04:29:19 pm »
Quote from: BerG;1523209
And make it a fundraising trip for African children who are starving and dying of malaria and aids.

Lots of people will donate along the way, if you do it naked.


I could also do fundraising while im on the road as I visit towns ect


Flights could be $2,000 but I will only be buying a one-way ticket as I have no idea how long I will take.

Living costs I would have no idea about, some places I wouldnt beable to sleep in a tent due to the conditions.

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General Chat / Guinness World Record Attempt.
« on: April 12, 2013, 04:28:10 pm »
Quote from: BerG;1523208
What kind of pussy $#@! are you?

If you gonna break a record you have to make it somewhat difficult to achieve, otherwise no one gives a $#@!. Any muppet can drive 160km a day on a scooter for a month.

Promise to do the entire trip in 5 days. It will decimate your bs accommodation costs. 5 nights in a tent costs free. You don't need to shower for 5 days and can survive on a few packets of scroggin.

Holy $#@!, that is now a $#@!ing manly sounding record breaking attempt.

Make it more like this and I'll throw you a tenner.


I think you might have to work on your maths :D, 160km a day?  I will be doing like 500km a day, I will be doing nearly 15,000km

I think you are reading the other guys record, not mine

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General Chat / Guinness World Record Attempt.
« on: April 12, 2013, 04:08:11 pm »
Quote from: Spacemonkey;1523204
How does this work? between 25 May and 25 November 2010. That's like 6 months.

12,441km over 6 months is only 80km a day! I drive that every day in my car! How can that even be a record?


Yea, I was abit like What?, its just the same if you drove a car haha.

I will be making sure I do it within like 40 days

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General Chat / Guinness World Record Attempt.
« on: April 12, 2013, 03:08:18 pm »
Quote from: Retardobot;1523171
You need to be firm on your intended cost, stating that it MAYBE between $10,000 and $15,000 doesn't put a lot of confidence in backers.

Do a quick budget write up to get a better figure.

Cheers for advice, I did some quick sums and re-posted it on donation website

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General Chat / Guinness World Record Attempt.
« on: April 12, 2013, 12:12:19 am »
UPDATED

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General Chat / Guinness World Record Attempt.
« on: April 09, 2013, 10:16:52 am »
I wouldn't be surprised if there was a world record or that hahah.

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General Chat / Guinness World Record Attempt.
« on: April 08, 2013, 06:17:16 pm »
Thats awesome!! will have a read

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General Chat / Guinness World Record Attempt.
« on: April 07, 2013, 08:56:55 pm »
Quote from: camy205;1522818
Bro, best. idea. ever. Good luck man! Keep us posted

 

Will do, Ill let you know of a youtube channel when I make it and get someone with mad edit skills :D to post up some trailer videos and mash my trip together.

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General Chat / Guinness World Record Attempt.
« on: April 07, 2013, 07:15:48 pm »
Quote from: GhostOfGallipoli;1522814
can you just nip over the mexico border for me while you're there, I need ....something....picked up

Oh yea man most deff! Scooter Cartel

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General Chat / Guinness World Record Attempt.
« on: April 07, 2013, 06:18:49 pm »
wow awesome!!!!!! cheers for that mate!

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General Chat / Guinness World Record Attempt.
« on: April 07, 2013, 06:07:34 pm »
Yea, will prob have to take  few Jerry cans.

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General Chat / Guinness World Record Attempt.
« on: April 07, 2013, 05:18:17 pm »
LONGEST JOURNEY ON A 50CC SCOOTER
AUSTRALIA 2013




http://i864.photobucket.com/albums/ab207/Daynepatrickfoley/photo_zpsad750c26.jpg


http://i864.photobucket.com/albums/ab207/Daynepatrickfoley/AustraliaTripMap_zpsd17e6e41.png


Steamhttp://steamcommunity.com/groups/Guinnessworldrecordattempt/

Where: Australia

When: October 14th 2013 to November 14th

Starting Point: Karumba, Queensland

Finishing Point  Melbourne,Australia

Travel Time: Approx 450hrs ( Approx 13,000+km)

How Much Will It Cost:

*Note: SYM Australia will provide a scooter for the event, and will drop me off at starting location (Scooter Model TBC) check out SYM Australia below
http://www.scoota.com.au/

GoPro Hero 3 Items

GoPro Silver Edition $479
GoPro HD3 Battery's (x2) $80
GoPro Helmet Side Mount $25
GoPro Battery Bac Pac $75
8GB Micro SD Card $20 - I will be buying a 32gb Micro
Extra Charging Base + 2x Extra Battery's (Non GoPro) $68

GPS Items

GPS Navman Device $150
GPS Logging Device $150

Total: $150

Camping

Popup Tent $229
Backpack $55

Plane Ticket

One-Way Melbourne $190
One-Way Wellington/NZ (TBC)

Borrowing

Laptop
1TB Hard-Drive.

Other

Guniness World Record Hi-Vis $9.82

-------------------------
Total So Far: $1530.82

Petrol/Oil: Approx $750?

Food: Aprrox(on budget $10-$20 a day) $500

Total - Approx
$3000

Current World Record:

The longest journey on a 50cc scooter was 12,441.29 km (7,730.66 mi) by Claudio Torresan (Italy) who travelled from Shumen, Bulgaria to Almaty, Kazakhstan between 25 May and 25 November 2010.

Countries Claudio travelled to included Bulgaria, Turkey, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan.
Source: http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/7000/longest-journey-on-a-50cc-scooter



Hello GetSome!

Sorry for the long wait on an update been very busy as you will see below!

This will have to be the biggest update due to the location of the record attempt being changed to Australia from the United States.

This is due to trying to keep to a budget and because I was contacted by SYM Scoota Australia who will sponsor my event by giving me a 50cc scooter with Unlimited Servicing/Repairs when needed and even going a far as if my scooter was to break down out in the remote regions he will fly a mechanic to the nearest major city and get them to travel from there to where ever i may be!, but they expect the scooter will hold out and only need basic repairs like tyres, wiring ect.  

The scooter itself will be kitted out with a massive fuel cell that should get me about 350km without needing to fill up aswel as extra storage units to hold some of my gear for the trip also USB sockets will be attached to keep the GPS Navman and GPS Logger powered for the whole event.(Model of scooter TBC)

You will notice the maps on the first page have been updated to show a draft route that will be used for the event that will cover 13,000km of Australia and what townsI will be stopping at along the way.

To do over 13,000km in 30 days I will need to set a goal of about 500km per day it will be hard and grinding but I think I can do it, I will have support for about 2,200km of the journey from the starting point.

Accommodation wise I will be ruffing it most of the time by stopping at camping sites/trailer parks and using a tent and using power facility's to recharge recording equipment. I was told it could be about $20 to use power facility's but maybe I could work something out when I explain the journey I am doing.

So I am pretty stoked with what is going on and with October being locked in for the event I only have a few months to get ready, you may also notice on the front page how much I paid for all the Items im taking, im pretty sure fuel will properly be the biggest cost of the event.

I will be doing this for charity now and will try to raise as much funds though the website and while im traveling over Australia, im in talks with people with a possible website and a charity but has not been confirmed yet.

Most Towns I Will Stop At (30+ Legs Across Australia ( THIS IS NOT FINALIZED)

Karumba, Queensland

Cloncurry, Queensland

Longreach, Queensland

Augathella, Queensland

Bourke, New South Wales

Wilcannia, New South Wales

Peterborough, South Australia

Glendambo, South Australia

Marla, South Australia

Alice Springs, Northern Territory

Tennant Creek, Northern Territory

Daly Waters, Northern Territory

Timber Creek, Northern Territory

Turkey Creek, Warmun

Fitzroy Crossing, Western Australia

Broome, Western Australia

Port Hedland, Western Australia

Newman, Western Australia

Meekatharra, Western Australia

Leinster, Western Australia

Kalgoorlie, Western Australia

Caiguna, Western Australia

Eucla, Western Australia

Ceduna, South Australia

Port Augusta, South Australia

Adelaide Australia

Melbourne Australia


GUIDELINES FOR ‘LONGEST JOURNEY ON A 50CC SCOOTER’


LONGEST JOURNEY ON A 50cc SCOOTER DEFINITION OF RECORD
This is for the longest journey made by a person on a 50cc scooter.
This record is to be attempted by an individual.
This record is measured in kilometres to the nearest 0.001 km, with the equivalent imperial measurement
also given in miles.


GUIDELINES FOR ‘LONGEST JOURNEY ON A 50CC SCOOTER’
1. It is up to the challenger to choose the 50cc scooter most suited to setting this record.

2. The scooter may be modified however the displacement of the engine must not exceed
50 cc (3.05 cu. in.). Proof of the engines displacement must be submitted with the
claim evidence.

3. The same scooter must be used throughout the entire attempt. Repairs can be made, but
the frame must remain the same.

4. If the scooter is damaged beyond repair, video and photo evidence and an explanation
of what happened must be submitted. If a replacement scooter is then used it is at the
discretion of Guinness World Records to decide if the reason is accepted and if it is not
accepted, the claim will be rejected.

GENERAL ‘LONGEST JOURNEY’ GUIDELINES
§ The name of the organisation, company or person(s) making the attempt must be given,
along with the date and place.

§ Details of how the distances have been calculated must be given before the attempt starts
so the GWR can confirm these measurements are correct.

§ Accurate professional equipment e.g. GPS equipment (and associated printout) must be
used and .kml files (on a disc or USB flash drive) must be sent in as part of the evidence
required. The vehicles odometer is not considered an accurate enough measurement
device to calculate the distance travelled.

§ Note that no distinction will be made between supported and unsupported journeys.

§ Breaks and stops may be made whenever desired. However, as a general rule, the
participant must not remain stationary (i.e. if he/she does not make any progress towards
his/her destination) for longer than 14 days. Any delays longer than this must have a
very good reason (e.g. injury) and must be accounted for to Guinness World Records.
Note that delays that cannot be reasonably justified may result in disqualification.

§ Any route may be followed, but in keeping with the spirit of this record, the journey
should follow a route between two pre-defined points and should not, for instance,
repeatedly cover the same ground or consist of an accumulation of shorter journeys made
during the course of everyday life.

§ The journey must be continuous, with each leg of the journey beginning at the point at
which the previous leg ended. Public transport (scheduled air, sea, or rail services) may
only be used between continents or over water. Details of these journeys must be
included with the record claim and the distances covered by this means do not count
towards the record total.


ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE

§ GPS printout and .kml files as requested above

§ Witness Book
Any attempt must take place in view of the public, wherever possible, and a book made
available for independent witnesses to sign. The book should be set up so that the following
details can be included for each potential witness:
Date & Time Location Name Signature
For solo and unsupported attempts, we appreciate that it might not be possible to gain an
unbroken line of witnesses for the attempt, but one should try to obtain as many as possible. For
an attempt, which is supported by a backup team, we would expect it to be possible to gain
sufficient numbers of independent witnesses to enable verification for the entire duration of the
attempt. Where possible, local dignitaries and police should be sought to sign the book.

§ Log Book
This book should give an adequate description of the event and full details of the participant(s)
daily/overall performance.
It must be clear from the book the exact start and finish points of each leg of the attempt, the
exact start and finish times and calculation of daily and total distances traveled.
All rest breaks or stoppages for whatever reason must also be fully detailed in the log.

§ Failure to include the required documentation

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Other Games / DayZ Updates
« on: June 21, 2012, 05:53:37 pm »
Wont let me join, says bad Serial Number

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Other Games / DayZ Updates
« on: June 21, 2012, 05:36:31 pm »
Cant wait for servers to be back up. :D! it will be my first time playing

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