Hi, I know there was a camera thread floating around.. Interested to know if anyone has mounted camera's to there bike for road use? i have seem people around with it on there lids but i wanted to fix to front and back.. if you do, can i see some pictures and what camera's you have used. thanks
There's obviously the GoPro stick on mounts, but I don't like the idea of sticking something to my fairings permanently. I use them on my lid and there's no way that they can come off with normal use - super strong. But the official GoPro sucker mount is supposed to be very strong too. I know people have used them and they've not lost a camera yet. Although I think I would tether the camera just to be on the safe side. I've also seen people use RAM mounts and things in bolt locations - also very strong. In terms of the camera - I would always use a GoPro - so much more mounting solutions available, both on the bike and off it.
thanks, is there a smaller option? the GoPro looks expensive? any thoughts on this http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SJ-4000-V...-Waterproof-/171908796554?hash=item280690108a
I have had GoPro mounts all over my last bike, they are strong as Fook!! never had one come off, but saying that i always Tethered it to be 100% certain. Regarding the removal of them, providing you use enough heat and pull the sticker along its length rather than pulling it upwards, they come off without any issues and i've not had one mark the Paintwork yet, and i was forever moving them and repositioning to find better angles. I sold the Go Pro as stopped using it as much, but i'm now going for the Garmin Virb XE on Pay Day and i'm more than happy to mount it with the sticky pads on the bike. Regarding the mounting positions, I found helmet mounted gives you motion sickness when watching it back, it needs to be in a fixed position and some really cool places i found were.......... 1. Lower front fairing looking up at the front fork leg and wheel, looks great when you get the front wheel up. 2. Swing Arm facing out looking at where your Knee is, amazing footage when you get your knee down, but boring any other time. 3. rear seat cowl facing Backwards, great footage if you are riding in a group as it gets the people behind you in the shot without getting any number plates in shot, but the best bit of this angle is when you open it up past a car etc, seeing them dissapear into the background is amazing, really gives a perspective of speed. 4. on a Yoke Ram Mount facing up at your face, boring for watching footage but brilliant when you have more than 1 camera as you can cut it into the other footage when cornering to make real professional looking footage, works great when cut with swing arm footage. 5. On a Yoke ram mount facing forward at the road ahead, gives great footage but beware your speedo and other bikes number plates will be in shot so be careful when posting footage
I know a lot of people really rate those SJ 4000 (and clones). Never used one myself tho - so can't comment. GoPro do a few cheaper cameras these days - I have their cheapest (GoPro Hero) and it's still a great camera. Can be bought new for £90. Doesn't have all the bells and whistles of the more expensive models obviously (like wifi, smartphone app, rear screen etc.) but if all you want is a decent, well built camera that records reliably then it's great
Or if you have £300 to spend go for the garmin virb xe. It has some really cool functions on it. You can overlay gps maps, lean angle display. And it can also talk via Bluetooth (with a Bluetooth obd2 port) to certain bikes and overlay real time engine stats (throttle position, revs, speed etc)
The mount is the 20-24.5mm one then you need the gopro adapter for the ball that you screw the housing on
Like this one? http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/20-5-24-5mm...ter-for-GoPro-Hero-4-/161445578443?nav=SEARCH I don't have a go pro though, just a cheap thing
Yes, spot on. The thing with that one is there isnt much room for angles and movement if you dont get everything in shot, the ones with the arm (like in the picture) give you much more scope for better shots. But they are pretty expensive, think about £60-£70 for the whole lot.
In my very humble opinion the best place is here. Don't like Go-pro's much, good camera obviously but their shape makes them awkward to mount. I think helmet mounted cameras make you look a bit of a dick (you might not agree if you wear yours on your helmet ) An advantage of 'Drift' cameras is that you can rotate the lens so that they can be mounted an any angle. I forgot to mention you don't need any waterproof case as it's already waterproof to 3m as it is. http://store.driftinnovation.com/uk/cameras/drift-ghost-s
That's a very good question, because you do get vibration and it's a problem which took some time to solve. The main vibration comes from the camera vibrating within the mount itself and not so much from where it's mounted. On my old R1 I used a piece of thin aluminium bar mounted (neatly and not really visible) behind the camera which was mounted in the same place as on the Blade, this was a bit crude though. On my Blade I use a piece of thick plastic about 150 x 60 x 3mm with heavy duty velcro which sits on the inside (on the opposite face to the mount) of the front nose, which stiffens up that area. It's removable if need be. But the main vibration damper comes from two pieces of foam about 50 x 50 x 30mm which sit in-between the camera and the mount. It's no hassle, the bits of foam are kept in my rucksack and I just slip 'em into place after clicking the camera into it's mount, they don't fall out as the camera has a rubbery outer surface which grips them. Bit awkward to explain this and no pictures to show, sorry.
Do you have anything we can watch from your drift? I've been wanting to get a better camera but was leaning towards drift rather than gopro just because of how easier it is to mount
It just so happens..................... This is my 'old' drift 170, I now have a Drift Ghost which is supposed to be better but I can't tell any difference. http://1drv.ms/1ETdRQz Please let me know if this link works
Am liking this mounting place..will look into this as I don't quite get the vibration bit below.. Anyone else mounted a camera here?
I bought a Teferizer ram ball mount on here for around £20 and use the 1 inch ram mount articulated arm with a ram base for my Gopro.
I use a go pro with their handlebar mount kit and mount it on the mirror 'arm'. it sits just below it so isnt in your view. I'll post a pic if i can find one. Edit: found one look at the right hand mirror arm
