I tried mounting mine on topbox. Waaà yyyy too shaky!
Where do other people mount theirs?
What about forward facing?
Only just bought this (should turn up this week). Had similar with a RAM mount mounted to the handlebars on my 14 which worked very well. Have a rearward facing one on my topbox, which doesn't shake
On my lid for forward facing and just behind the grab rail for the rear view.
Quote from: froudy on Monday, 06 March 2017, 08:13 AM
On my lid for forward facing and just behind the grab rail for the rear view.
Out of interest Steve, how do you find it attached to your lid - I read a report recently about bikers getting neck strains due to the wind exerting pressure on the GoPro when mounted to skidlids. Do they affect it?
I mount it on the top rather than the side. I noticed it at first at high speed's but soon got used to it.
It doesn't "pull" much to be honest.
I deside to try chest mount. haven try it on bike yet, but on skiing I like it more, then on top of the helmet - less edgy movement when you turn your head during riding. From other side - would like to try chin mount...
Mine is mounted central along the handlebars. It gives a fairly open view cradled by the gauges.
Mirror mount looks like an idea.
I dont want to show speedo particularly...
I have always mounted mine on the side of my helmet as shown in the picture. It is the smoothest place I've found especially when riding the dirt or logging roads. Also, you can narrate when needed as your voice penetrated the helmet to the GoPro. I also have it remotely operated and sometimes remotely operate my buddies camera on his handlebars facing forward behind but just clear of the windscreen.
I also have a backward facing Sony Exmor R Steady Shot HDR AS15 camera on the luggage - left hand side - it is easy to operate once you get to know where the on button is but reaching back - It can also be operated remotely using the iPhone in the tank bag map holder. Got some great shots of my buddies going thro' the twisties behind me.
Every ride we do I usually end up with 20-30 GB of footage to build the ride video. It takes a concerted effort at the end of each day downloading and recharging the units and I carry multiple batteries.
I stuck mine on the left indicator stalk. Easy to mount and footage seems ok.
I just found these articles which have some good ideas -
http://www.bikebandit.com/blog/post/gopro-action-cam-mounting-tips
http://www.motosport.com/blog/gopro-mounting-tips-tricks
Anyone know a good (value) place to buy GoPro and RAM style mounts?
ebay?
I purchased my RAM mounts from HERE (http://stores.ebay.com.au/mrmobile/).
I know its an issue for you but i use Amazon for everything gopro..
As for mounting i use centre of my bars. My mount allows me to pivot the GoPro so i can either show or not show my clocks...
Not great quality but it shows the view well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7kY3GJh9AA
Not a GoPro, but Drift. Use it as dash cam, cause it can shoot in loop, overwriting old videos.
P.S. ... lookin on a picture - it's really big :)
Look, what i found - https://goo.gl/vCc58J
not a bad idea?
Proteous...That was a close one with the cow :shocked:
Yeah, nearly shat myself! if you listen carefully you can hear my exclamations at the end lol
I knurled & counterbored a bit of aluminium & mounted with a longer screw to the headlight bracket.
Snapey I like that, but such a mount produces a video that lacks context - no part of the bike is visible.
Quote from: VladTepes on Tuesday, 21 March 2017, 11:04 AM
Snapey I like that, but such a mount produces a video that lacks context - no part of the bike is visible.
And that's a problem because........?????? I disagree with you Mike, you don't need part of the bike in the picture, in fact the less bike in the picture the better.
Well both have their place, but I don't like videos where it's not always clear if the video was taken from a bike, car, or whatever....
In twisties, sure the bike isn't needed then as its evident from the angles....
I do like the very creative solution of Snapey's though - there are surprisingly few places on our bikes where mounts can be affixed / placed.
There are few places on most bikes I think. I've played with a few different mounts and places on mine, still not 100% happy
I used on of this with a corresponding ball mounted to the crash bar and one mounted to the old mirror stem mount. It's a well made sturdy mount.
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Dual-Holes-Ball-Butterfly-type-Clamp-Mount-Ball-Adapter-for-Gopro-Hero-5-4-3-3-/302006073389?hash=item4650f6f82d:g:tMkAAOSwo4pYL89e
This is mounted to the bars behind the dash.
@RickC not sure how that would actually mount to the bike though - any pics?
Hi Michael,
The mount I put up above comes with one 1inchm ball which attaches to your GoPro, you have to buy another 1inch ball and mount on your bike somewhere. I mounted one on the old
mirror mount and another one sandwiches over my crash bars. The clamp holds the GoPro rock steady.
Cheers,
Rick
Thanks
@RickC I was going to mount there when I had bar end mirrors, but now I have mirrors back on that mount,
meaning it's hard to find somewhere else...
@Batkwaka yep that's more or less how mine is at the moment but I'd prefer a view with the speedo not in it for, umm, safety ! Yes, safety, we'll go with that ! :lol:
oh and on your video that bloke escaping from you on the straights.. that's not fair.
I'll go take a pic of mine Mike, you can still use that position (as RickC has done) even with a mirror there.
@VladTepes The mount fits under the mirror mount & goes out to a ball then whichever way you want to put it. I put mine out front, but it could have just as easily gone straight upwards. Ram ball mount for GoPro.
Try & ignore the pots n other stuff out there. Bit cramped.
Thanks, I just can't quite make out the actual mount to the mirror. Is it attached to the stem? Or to the mirrormount and then the mirror screwed onto the top?
Perhaps if you have a web link to the particular mount I might be able to figure it out... ?
@VladTepes The 2nd pic shows it best, but see if this works,
http://www.ebay.com/itm/382010080150?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
I have the same mount but it clamps to the mirror stem.
@KiwiCol indeed it does mate, thanks!
Be nice if I could find the same thing a bit cheaper though.....
@VladTepes Here's the RAM site - all sorts of mounts avail.
http://www.rammount.com/activity/motorcycle-mounts
https://m.aliexpress.com/s/item/32805492016.html
$12 from China, I haven't used this one before.
Want to share my experience.
I want to have camera on a helmet, so it will see same as I'm. Top and side gopro helmet mounts seems ridiculous to me, so I desided to try chin mount.
GoPro curved mount is not enough curved for helmet chin, and it's black anyway. My main helmet is white, so I deside DIY a little.
- White surfing mounts were ordered from eBay, and with dremmel tool I change it's shape.
- After this, I mask helmet chin with plastic film.
- Then, using epoxy putty stick, I attach mount to helmet chin, replicating exact shape of helmet curves
- Next day, after putty was cured, I take new part off,
- and using dremmel and file, remove everything was had to be removed
- After grey putty was painted white, using extra strong 3M double side tape, I fix new mount to my helmet.
So I did a run, with this setup - there is example how it looks like:
I did a run, and... I did not like it... :facepalm:
Camera on a chin, change helmets weight balance, making chin much more heavier. After some time (distance), it starts getting on my nerves, cause I had constantly hold my neck harder then usual. On a short runs, it would not cause ant issue, but on a long trips it will be quite pain in the neck :)
So, I desided to take if off and will think about something else. (Shoulder mount?...)
At least, I had some experience of handicraft, and may be it will be useful for others.
Quote from: northern on Tuesday, 07 March 2017, 07:29 AM
Look, what i found - https://goo.gl/vCc58J
not a bad idea?
Yeah I need that!! Tks!
northern thanks for that comprehensive post.
The view is great but your comments re it's use in the real world are very thought provoking.
Cheers mate.
Yes thanks for that post. Shame it didn't work out for you. Empty roads you have, if I had a stretch of road as uncluttered as that, reckon the tap would be open a bit wider on mine.
This road (on video) is one of my favorite B-roads. I have few routes what I'm riding when I want to clear my mind. Quite empty, quite good paivment, quite twisty... :smitten:
Someday, I will film my favorite part of it (this time it starts raining, and I put camera away) and will share it here.
I have also other mounts, which I already test and some which I'm planing to test. Will post, when I'll have more time.
@KiwiColI were newer at New-Zealand, but I was under impression you should have some empty roads.
To be honest, I do not know, why I was under this impression :whatever:
@northern You're right, we do have the occasional empty road stretchs, mostly in the less populated regions of the west coast. Because we have only a couple of main roads that circumnavigate & criss cross the island, these roads are the tourist route and there's always plenty of busses & campervans & rental cars on this 'loop' road as well as the local traffic.
The roads you were on seemed fairly close to your home, ie: you got to clear road very quickly.
@KiwiCol Road on my video is ~40km from my home, so I love to ride it from time to time. But you are right - those roads are rather empty, and that's why I love them :)
There is my other experiment, which I did not like much. May be facing backward it would be more interesting...
Passenger footrest + RAM mount:
Ive been using this setup.
Have a new camera now but mount in same place and removed heat shield as new camera ok without it.
Give some fun views in the twisty bits.
Mic can get swamped with engine and exhaust noises at times, i just turn down the recording volume.