[sdsting]

Initially I purchased the GoPro camera to do my speed test run which I posted back in July, but since then I decided to come up with a somewhat permanent mount on my bike so I can have the camera recording every time I ride, mainly for video evidence if a car pulls out in front of me as we’ve seen happen to our fellow members.

For the Speed-Test Run I did back in July I simply mounted the camera to my helmet so you could see the speedo climbing past 130, but I’m not a guy that wants to ride around with a camera strapped to his head every day, so I’ve been experimenting for the last few months on the best way to mount the camera to my bike. First of all the mounts that GoPro makes won’t work when mounted directly to the bike, way too much vibration in the recorded image. I purchased a Ram Mount which completely solved the image quality issue.

This is the first place I mounted the Ram mount.

Worked great, very handy to see and get to, but I found it more obtrusive that I wanted. So I decided to move the mount down below the headlight. I drilled a couple holes in the fork brace and bolted the Ram mount down so it extends just in front and to the side of the headlight.

Personally I rarely if ever ride at night so this placement works great for me. I’ve uploaded a short video so you can see the recorded image from this setup
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgB4ZiVhJDw&feature=youtu.be

 

[schimbo stryker]

thats pretty cool. You should make one spot down low , it would look BA from like 2 inches off the ground lol

 

[sdsting]

Actually I plan to do exactly that, get a 2nd mount so I can get some good footpeg-dragging shots. Mount would be just for that 1 time use…

 

[strykenshane]

That was a great video, I bought one for my ride to Vegas, was very disappointed with the video quality and the battery life so I took it back, maybe I should have gotten more creative with the mount, nice work

 

[sdsting]

Yeah I have 2 batteries which seem to last about 90 min. each and a 32g card which will looks like would give me about 5hrs of recording I think. But the mount is key for video quality for sure.

 

[strykenshane]

I was only getting like 25-30 minutes per battery

 

[sdsting]

That’s definitely not right. If you choose to look into it again I guarantee you will get longer battery life on your rides.

 

[strykenshane]

I'll probably give it a shot again

 

[seijiro]

With most electronics, when you first take it home you should charge the battery fully, then unplug it and let the battery completely die. Then recharge again. Do this about once a month or so to help increase battery capacity and prolong it's life.

 

[strykenshane]

Yep, that's what they told me an that's what I did, tech at best buy said I probably had a bad battery

 

[kraaazymike]

Ya I agree on the bad battery. Bummer. 25 mins on a battery is rediculus.

 

[Skwerlee]

Which Ram mount are you using? Is it the RAM-B-149Z-GOP1U?

http://www.rammount.com/CatalogResu...45049052057090045071079080049085/Default.aspx

 

[sdsting]

Yeah that looks like the one. I didn’t use the U bracket part of it, just bolted down the top half of that mount as seen in my pics at the beginning of this thread. Also you will need to buy the GoPro accessory Tripod Mount adaptor to thread onto the end of this Ram mount, $12 at BestBuy if I remember right. I also used the same Ram mount with a different end attachment to bolt onto the belt-drive guard when I got those footpeg-scraping shots

 

[celiblue]

Why dont you guys wire up the GoPro to the bike for power? Thats how I've got it set up and the memory card is the limit pretty much

 

[redlightrico]

Why dont you guys wire up the GoPro to the bike for power? Thats how I've got it set up and the memory card is the limit pretty much

how did you splice in? I was thinking of running power from constant to a car charger with the proper plug for the gopro

 

[sdsting]

Why dont you guys wire up the GoPro to the bike for power? Thats how I've got it set up and the memory card is the limit pretty much

Never heard of anyone doing this. please give details..