Camera mounting?

[SF_Hooligan]

Hey guys. Anyone running a GoPro or other camera mounted on their R? How are you mounting it? Photos?

I've tried various mounting points on the front and back using RAM arms and clamps and haven't been able to get a solid enough mount to get footage without lots of waviness/wobble. I run a Contour on my helmet and am trying to get the best multi-view footage for some projects I'm working on for the lane splitting site: http://lanesplittingislegal.com/.

[VanDan]

I use the Chest mount by GoPro. Provides a real good angle of view (road & controls) but is VERY stable. Not a lot of movement like helmet mounted which can sometimes be nauseating. I haven't found anything bike mounted I like wiout too much vibration etc.

[johnvw]

I made a small platform using two pieces of thin galvanised sheet metal. This was attached to the lefthand windshield support bracket. The GoPro was mounted on this and screwed up from the bottom for support. Another aluminium bracket was made, one end connecting to the GoPro ( long black headed screw ) and the other end attached to the LH windshield bracket where it screws onto the headlight support.
On idle the GoPro jumped about and made me very nervous ( I thought it would fall off). Once I was going all was fine.
The video on idle was slightly wavy, but except for idling the image was very good.
I missed the recorded speed and GPS and eventually gave the GoPro to my brother. He has it mounted under his headlight on a 2008 640cc Ducati ( very happy with the recorded images).
Best wish for your mounting ( and camera position , also).
John

[omg1010]

Why not use a clamp on your handlebar with a ram-mount arm attached to it?

Brgds
Oliver

[SF_Hooligan]

Thanks guys!

I use the Chest mount by GoPro. Provides a real good angle of view (road & controls) but is VERY stable. Not a lot of movement like helmet mounted which can sometimes be nauseating. I haven't found anything bike mounted I like wiout too much vibration etc.

How much of the screen is fulled up with gauges, screen, etc? part of the reason I've preferred actual bike mounting is I can have a short USB up on the front of the bike and power it - no need to worry about batteries. But a buddy of mine was using the chest mount and it's interesting.

I made a small platform using two pieces of thin galvanised sheet metal. This was attached to the lefthand windshield support bracket. The GoPro was mounted on this and screwed up from the bottom for support. Another aluminium bracket was made, one end connecting to the GoPro ( long black headed screw ) and the other end attached to the LH windshield bracket where it screws onto the headlight support.
On idle the GoPro jumped about and made me very nervous ( I thought it would fall off). Once I was going all was fine.
The video on idle was slightly wavy, but except for idling the image was very good.
I missed the recorded speed and GPS and eventually gave the GoPro to my brother. He has it mounted under his headlight on a 2008 640cc Ducati ( very happy with the recorded images).
Best wish for your mounting ( and camera position , also).
John

This sounds interesting but I'm having a hard time visualizing it. Are you screwing into the case from two places? I've got a RAM ball in one of the windshield bracket screws on each side now - one side has a short arm with my SPOT, the other is one of the places I've been using a RAM arm with the GoPro. In order to get it out beyond the edge of the screen I have to use a 4" (I think) arm, which seems to amplify a lot of vibration - at idle I get a lot of waviness and almost any road bump cause massive waviness. I've been messing around with it on and off for literally over a year.

Why not use a clamp on your handlebar with a ram-mount arm attached to it?

Brgds
Oliver

That's kind of what I'm doing now. I can feel the vibes in my bars too - I'm not sure the bars would be any better than the current placement. For reference, he's a quick shot of what it looks like - RAM arm + tripod mount. It currently has pretty big tripod mount on it, which I hoped might help because of increased mass - nope. I've also used this clamp (http://www.amazon.com/UltraClamp-Assemb ... ripod+clmp) on the rack on the back, facing to the rear or front. It's a super cool view but similarly bad levels of vibes. I've toyed with the idea of creating a bridge or shelf between the windscreen supports - which would be cool for a couple reason - but haven't gotten around to actually doing anything with that idea.

[VanDan]

Hey SF

I'm going for a short ride shortly and will take some footage for you to see. I like it tilted back so you see more scenery than bike. I'd say about the bottom 1/3 is bike,gauges etc and the rest is scenery.

Dan

[Lost Rider]

This is what I use both professionally on shows and also on the bike for securely mounting cameras in various positions, besides being very trustworthy and flexible it's solid design/weight helps with reducing vibrations on the bike, giving you more usable content.

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/5 ... Magic.html



To get shots or make short videos like this:

https://vimeo.com/20970642

[SF_Hooligan]

This is what I use both professionally on shows and also on the bike for securely mounting cameras in various positions, besides being very trustworthy and flexible it's solid design/weight helps with reducing vibrations on the bike, giving you more usable content.

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/5 ... Magic.html

To get shots or make short videos like this:

Thanks man - great shots. The F is smoother than the R, yeah? When you run it on the R for video, does it amplify the vibrations? Even the short RAM arm is causing crazy-wobbly video with the GoPro on mine. Doesn't seem to be that bad when I mount the Contour the same way, though. And lately I've been wondering if my bike has gotten vibe-y-er around 4,500 and up.

But that is a cool setup. A buddy of mine is running a Manfrotto clamp setup on his F800.

[Lost Rider]

Thanks!

To be honest I've never shot video with that mount on my R.
Only still photos, and nothing lately. I'm far overdue for some new 12R content, once I heal up and can get back in the saddle I will. Soon hopefully.

My Drift Stealth 170 and Ghost cameras work well when mounted to bikes with this mount, or even simpler plastic mounts, and that's on thumper dirt bikes. Don't know if it's the camera, or bikes, the R is pretty smooth but it's still a bike... I do get rolling shutter looking images at times from vibrations, but mostly usable footage. The F800R was NOT a smooth bike compared to the 12R. There's more videos of mine on Vimeo, the link is on my site.



Good luck!

[SF_Hooligan]

Thanks!

To be honest I've never shot video with that mount on my R.
Only still photos, and nothing lately. I'm far overdue for some new 12R content, once I heal up and can get back in the saddle I will. Soon hopefully.

My Drift Stealth 170 and Ghost cameras work well when mounted to bikes with this mount, or even simpler plastic mounts, and that's on thumper dirt bikes. Don't know if it's the camera, or bikes, the R is pretty smooth but it's still a bike... I do get rolling shutter looking images at times from vibrations, but mostly usable footage. The F800R was NOT a smooth bike compared to the 12R. There's more videos of mine on Vimeo, the link is on my site.

Good luck!

Heal up? What happened?

Interesting about the F versus the R smoothness. My R has enough lumpiness at idle that I get roll/wobble at idle and again at higher revs, like 5k and up. But on bumpy back roads (in other words, most back roads) it's incredibly bad, like unusable, and I've tried several mounting points/arrangements. The Contour isn't as bad, so I'm starting to wonder if something didn't happen to the GoPro - I don't use it much but it wasn't like this when I first started messing around with it a year or two ago. After watching your off-road videos I'm even more convinced - either something's wrong with the camera or your mount is straight up magical at absorbing vibes.

The video from the Drifts look nice, too - been looking at those as both of my cameras are getting a little long in the tooth.

Thanks again!

[1200bc]

To mount a platform I replaced the handle bar clamp bolts with the BMW drilled and tapped bolts that are part of their GPS mount. As I recall they are sort of expensive at $10.40 each, but they provide a solid base for mounting. Once you have a place to screw to (the tapped bolt heads) you can fool around with shims etc to get the angle you need. Part no. 77 52 7 724 321.

[SF_Hooligan]

To mount a platform I replaced the handle bar clamp bolts with the BMW drilled and tapped bolts that are part of their GPS mount. As I recall they are sort of expensive at $10.40 each, but they provide a solid base for mounting. Once you have a place to screw to (the tapped bolt heads) you can fool around with shims etc to get the angle you need. Part no. 77 52 7 724 321.

Yeah, already got my GPS there, with the Touratech mount and similar screws. I could shim the whole thing up and put a RAM arm under there, but I'm not sure that would be any less vibey than the current RAM arrangement.

[deilenberger]

Ahhem...

Joe - I'll repeat what's already been posted: Heal up? What happened?

[Lost Rider]

Shattered clavicle, 3 broken ribs. Plate and screws installed to fix me up.

Going for a first ride on the R today, will grab a photo and post the short back story in the photo thread so as not to highjack this thread.