Will my camera setup pass tech?

[madriders86]

I'm using a gopro with the suction cup mount on my gas tank. I secured it with a piece of para chord (550. You know the type.) from the arm on the suction cup mount to a d-ring, which I clip to the fairing stay.

Sound ok?

 

[sobottka]

ics:



may be ok but (being that i just saw a suction cup camera red flag one of my sessions) pics would help
why use the suction cup mount, its not really for bikes is it?

 

[upnadam]

(or just wait till after tech to mount it )

Nah, it'll be fine, you've taken more precautions than others I have seen.

 

[Zippy]

The tether might just make it a winner. Fred Duncan was saying that you really need to have a tether for a backup in case the mounting fails. He said some other things about cameras littering the track that I won't repeat here.

 

[madriders86]

Forgive me. Couldn't find my regular camera so I used the gopro :banghead:

I chose to use the suction cup mount because I felt like the sticky mount would end up mostly filming my steering stabilizer, and when I want to tuck I didn't want to have to worry so much about ramming my chin bar into the camera

Here's a pic:

That particular part of the gas tank is flat, and the suction cup feels pretty secure there. I think it's reliable in general if used properly. I seem to remember gopro having videos up on there site with it in use on an F1 car or something.

This setup puts the camera up and over the bars/gps and into the windscreen. I like it so far:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SFmC7yKj9o

Now I want an HD type

Also, the picture doesn't really show the string I tied it off with to the d-ring too well. It's there in the shadows somewhere. So, even if the suction cup comes loose, it's not going anywhere.

 

[erick1670]

you good there.

I have taken 3 vids on the tank with the suction cup with out anything on it to hold it, without issues. For my next time I am safty wiring b/c I`m putting it on the side of the fering it feels secure but just to be sure

 

[madriders86]

Does anyone know if there's anything I can do to make the video quality better? Perhaps a better memory card?

 

[BigBird]

madriders86;158133 wrote: Does anyone know if there's anything I can do to make the video quality better? Perhaps a better memory card?

memory card is only space not better rez. the GoProHD FTW

 

[erick1670]

madriders86;158133 wrote: Does anyone know if there's anything I can do to make the video quality better? Perhaps a better memory card?

wich gppro do you have?
wich memory card do you have?
in what setting do you have it?

Mine is the HD, Kingstone card and I set up in the 3 or 5 resolution setting

 

[madriders86]

Mine is the gopro wide. The card is a SanDisk 2gig sd card.
Were there other settings for the recording with the wide? I haven't looked at the directions in a while

 

[madriders86]

Zippy;158123 wrote: The tether might just make it a winner. Fred Duncan was saying that you really need to have a tether for a backup in case the mounting fails. He said some other things about cameras littering the track that I won't repeat here.

Missed this. Thanks for the input!

 

[TheGrouch]

madriders86;158133 wrote: Does anyone know if there's anything I can do to make the video quality better? Perhaps a better memory card?

GoPro HD. The difference is phenomenal.

 

[madriders86]

For under $50

 

[erick1670]

madriders86;158142 wrote: Mine is the gopro wide. The card is a SanDisk 2gig sd card.
Were there other settings for the recording with the wide? I haven't looked at the directions in a while

Check on that and see if they have any updates for your camera it may help

 

[erick1670]

TheGrouch;158148 wrote: GoPro HD. The difference is phenomenal.

:agree::agree:

I will see if I can get another one over the winter

 

[noobinacan]

madriders86;158133 wrote: Does anyone know if there's anything I can do to make the video quality better? Perhaps a better memory card?

I run mine on tank with safety wire to GPr mount.

I run mine at 720p.
60fps

at 1080p its 30fps
so I decided to stay with 720p...good enough quality. and better framerate.

 

[sobottka]

i would suggest mounting it on the upper faring where the view isnt through the windscreen with a sticky mount. all of mine ( http://www.youtube.com/user/49robsob?feature=mhsn ) were taken mith the camera either inside my air intake or near the mirror mounting point.

 

[dlockhart5x]

last year at dealer expo the go-pro rep at the parts unlimited area explained that on the go pro housing there is a gap in the hinge where you can slip a safetywire loop over the hinge pin

 

[TheGrouch]

I have mine sticky mounted on the numberplate with safety wire run from one of the windscreen bolts to the latch. Along with keeping it from falling off, the safety wire is tight enough to keep the camera from bouncing.

http://www.youtube.com/user/irwinthegrouch?feature=mhum

 

[slowpoke]

upnadam;158117 wrote: (or just wait till after tech to mount it )

.

^^ I realize you're joking around, but it's a good opportunity to remind people to please bring their bikes to tech exactly as you expect to ride them on the track.

We recently had someone add a "custom mod" after tech which led to a crash. Fortunately, it was a single bike crash w/out injury, but if we saw the mod in tech, we would've addressed it and avoided a crash. (was not camera related)

Thanks -