| Author | Message | ||
     Grianp |
Over the weekend I scored a pretty sweet deal on a GoPro HD Hero. I know there are plenty of options for mounting the camera, but I was curious to know how you, my fellow XB owners have mounted yours. I personally have several of the sticky mounts, the suction cup mount, and the helmet strap mount. Just looking for ideas, tips, etc. Thanks! | ||
| Demiurge |
I used the suction mount on the top of the airbox. Was able to get the instrument cluster and the road in view. There is a little shake, but iMovie gets a lot of that out. I used the 720p @ 60 fps. Got better results overall over 1080p with 720p, less grainy with the ability of slow motion. | ||
| Greg_e |
This is a subject too deep to get into right now and it is all based on a motor that might have been shaking more than normal... End result is that I'm still trying to find a good spot and will probably have to go through it all again once the motor is rebuilt. I really want something on the right side so that the road signs are in view. If not there than I like the left side low attached to one of the oil cooler mounting bolts. I don't use sticky mounts as I was not getting anything close to usable. The only mode that can be used with our paint shakers is 1280x720 60p! | ||
| Brandon_m |
I've tried the oil cooler mounts, the suction cup (with a dummy cord back up), roll bar mount around the forks, turn signal stems, passenger pegs, kickstand, etc, etc.... The only usable video has come from the helmet mount. However, any of those mounting locations work just fine when using the photo every "x" seconds mode. The vibration doesn't have much effect on stills. | ||
| Sharkguy |
I just got one of these too. I haven't tried it on the uly yet. I have tried another type of digital video recorder mounted on the bike and I got the typical "jello effect" from it. I finally got good results attaching the cam to my helmet. I am currently working on a mount attached to my luggage on the uly. I tried this on my KLR with ok results. If this doesn't work I may go with a chest mount. There is a lot of info on these cams over at adv rider. A few days of reading. I'm learning myself, as I go. The mount I am going to try consists of a suction cup type mount attached to the bags with ty wraps. We'll see how it works. Good luck with the cam, I look forward to the results. | ||
| Greg_e |
http://goprouser.freeforums.org/ Now that I have a moment, here is the crux of the issue. No matter how good I make the mounts, the weak point is the attachment "fins" on the bottom of the camera. The plastic is more flexible than it looks and you get a side to side circular rocking. The only way that I can see to fix this is to machine those fins off and make something that supports the outer edges of the camera. This is something that I haven't done yet and will certainly wait until I get my bike put back together. After that wide noise is a real issue. I thought I had it solve until the last time I took the camera out and it was nothing but noise again. This was using the LCD back which I thought might give nothing but noise. Again something that needs more work before I truly condemn it. | ||
| Sharkguy |
Apparently the mounts are made to break off on impact (makes sense). So, yes they aren't the strongest. There is a guy who made a mount incorporating silicone gel blocks (I can't remember if I saw it at ADV or gopro freeforums) that he claims works well. Another guy uses ram mounts on different locations on the bike. Those mounts are not on Buells though. I know mine shakes quite a bit at idle, hell I can't even see what's behind me in the mirrors. So I can't expect a cam to work correctly then either. As for the wind noise, I think experimentation is in order. Either cam placement or maybe something covering the mic port to muffle it. My first vid I just dubbed over the noise with music. | ||
| Greg_e |
After testing with a shaker machine one member at the GP forum determined what several of us have said all along. No amount of cushioning gel will do anything to keep vibrations out of the camera. The issue is that it just does not have enough inertia to force the camera to compress the gel. Before my front engine mount went bad I was getting close, but there is still a huge bad spot between 2000 and 3000 rpm. A lot of this might be from the state of my motor and I hope to have that corrected in a couple of weeks and will get back to testing the camera. | ||
| Natexlh1000 |
Put it on yourself. Helmet or shoulder. | ||
| Fed |
don't know if this will help... i have an inexpensive camera that picked up more wind noise than engine sound. i put a piece of scotch tape over the mich. port and wind noise went away. not sure if thats possible with GoPro..... | ||
| Luv2spd |
I have a friend that has two GoPro cameras and he was kind enough to make a video of me the last time I was at the track. He bought the high definition GoPro this year, and instead of giving the old GoPro away he mounted both on his bike, the high definition one facing forward and the older one facing backwards see the video link below. He attached the camera to his gas tank, using screws, velcro and tapes. He did the same for the back. On the Buell there are not many places that you can use a screw or surfaces that you can velcro. If you mount the camera on the tank, the picture won't be nice due to the windshield. If it was me, I would mount the camera on myself. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOQYpd7uibo&feature =youtu.be | ||
| Luv2spd |
http://www.youtube.com/user/strimpy#p/u/0/VG4faqgw PMc | ||
| Sharkguy |
I have to agree for now that to get rid of the shaking the cam will have to be mounted to yourself. It's a pity because the mount from my bags puts the whole left side of my bike and the road ahead in the frame. It's not as bad above 3grand but the jello effect is still there. I know others have used booms from the front and back of the bike with less vibration (but these wern't buells) I'm going to experiment further with mounts. I'd like to have more of the bike in the frame than just the windshield and instruments. |
