Video camera mounting tips

[RentaTriumph]

OK I have just bought a new JVC video recorder to video some trips I plan to do over to the Coast via Arthurs Pass and back via Buller Gorge and Lewis Pass. I bought this video opposed to a helmet mounted video as I plan to use it off the motorbikes as well. I have seen some quite good hints on mounting the video cameras onto your tank which will get a good shot of all the tachometers etc and also the scenery through the windshield. I have seen one idea I quite like which is putting the video into a stuffed tank bag with the front cut out to allow the lense through and stop any movement of the camera inside the bag. The only issue I have with this is it will be to hard getting at the camera to stop and start the recordings. I would much rather try to possibly velcro the camera down and have a safety line incase the video camera was to fall off it's mounting. Or try to make a mount that will utilise the small bolts holding the petrol cap insert onto the tank. Anyone have any good tips or ideas?.
I will be using the camera on a Triumph Sprint and also a 07 Tiger.

[BMWST?]

from my limited experience(watching videos) the behind the screen ones are too limited in veiw but having the camera back a bit may help...helmet mounts always seem miles too high.check out the RAMM mounts....

[PirateJafa]

Bash yourself together a mount out of any spare bits of metal you have lying around. I mounted mine from the side of my fairings and I'm quite happy with the results (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQLmqeAHVPI&feature=channel_page).

[Idubbs]

OK I have just bought a new JVC video recorder to video some trips I plan to do over to the Coast via Arthurs Pass and back via Buller Gorge and Lewis Pass. I bought this video opposed to a helmet mounted video as I plan to use it off the motorbikes as well. I have seen some quite good hints on mounting the video cameras onto your tank which will get a good shot of all the tachometers etc and also the scenery through the windshield. I have seen one idea I quite like which is putting the video into a stuffed tank bag with the front cut out to allow the lense through and stop any movement of the camera inside the bag. The only issue I have with this is it will be to hard getting at the camera to stop and start the recordings. I would much rather try to possibly velcro the camera down and have a safety line incase the video camera was to fall off it's mounting. Or try to make a mount that will utilise the small bolts holding the petrol cap insert onto the tank. Anyone have any good tips or ideas?.
I will be using the camera on a Triumph Sprint and also a 07 Tiger.

I ride a Tiger 07 - try using Ram-Mounts (www.ramsolutions.co.nz) on your handlebar; or you can get a tank cap fitting that also uses Ram-Mounts and that way you'll get a more panoramic view of your instruments.

http://www.twistedthrottle.com/trade/productview/2210/441/

[BMWST?]

Bash yourself together a mount out of any spare bits of metal you have lying around. I mounted mine from the side of my fairings and I'm quite happy with the results (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQLmqeAHVPI&feature=channel_page).

thats a nicely made bracket....bit more than :bash: i would say

[RentaTriumph]

OK I spent a total of $15 bucks and it has come out brilliant and sturdy as. A trip to bunnings and I bought a T jointer and a screw in top plug which I drilled out to house a 6mm bolt held firmly in place by spring washers and nuts. On the outside I put a tap washer to absorb any shock and held in place with a spring washer and nut. The T bar is held in place with hose clamps with pieces of hose wrapped around the handlebar so it doesn't mark the bars. The video camera is held in place with two nuts on the underside and there is no hint of any movement. Just as a precaution I will fit a safety cord to the video camera and handlebar just in case it was to dislodge.
Just need to patent the design now and become a millionaire over night :-)

[hayd3n]

OK I spent a total of $15 bucks and it has come out brilliant and sturdy as. A trip to bunnings and I bought a T jointer and a screw in top plug which I drilled out to house a 6mm bolt held firmly in place by spring washers and nuts. On the outside I put a tap washer to absorb any shock and held in place with a spring washer and nut. The T bar is held in place with hose clamps with pieces of hose wrapped around the handlebar so it doesn't mark the bars. The video camera is held in place with two nuts on the underside and there is no hint of any movement. Just as a precaution I will fit a safety cord to the video camera and handlebar just in case it was to dislodge.
Just need to patent the design now and become a millionaire over night :-)

prudy
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[munterk6]

a word of caution...when you have a camera mounted on your bike..DONT EXCEED THE SPEED LIMIT! for obvious reasons:nono:

[RentaTriumph]

a word of caution...when you have a camera mounted on your bike..DONT EXCEED THE SPEED LIMIT! for obvious reasons:nono:


The video is for good intentions only as I intend to take it quietly and get some really nice promotional videos travelling up through Arthurs Pass, Punakaiki and through Buller and Lewis Pass.

[DUCATI*HARD]

I ride a Tiger 07 - try using Ram-Mounts (www.ramsolutions.co.nz) on your handlebar; or you can get a tank cap fitting that also uses Ram-Mounts and that way you'll get a more panoramic view of your instruments.

http://www.twistedthrottle.com/trade/productview/2210/441/

Ram-Mounts are the one!!!:Punk:

[Molly]

I fitted a camera to my lid which worked out OK after a bit of trial and error. The biggest problem was getting good sound. I tried a remote microphone and put it all over the bloody place hoping to get just the exhaust note but got wind / brake noise etc. In the end I wrapped it in old socks and put it in the saddlebags.

I did some of the rides you're planning to do. You'll notice some have music over the top. They're the ones were the sound didn't work out.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6060685075909985914&ei=iQF2Sb3OBI7Q-AHM9PGnBQ&q=Harley+ride+port+hills+christchurch&emb=1

One other thing, I'd avoid recording to tape. Whenever I'd hit a particularly deep pothole or dip / cattle grid etc. the picture would f'k up (and I was on a big, soft riding cruiser).

[Dean]

i dont spend time and money on a helmet cam just get a digital camera (that can record video obviously)and in your helmet youl see the peice that directs the air or your breath down from fogging up your visor or i think thats what its for anyway its just below the nose .well i rest my camea on this peice now the peice slopes down to the right and left i put mine on the left of helmet and i can still see peripihal vision to the left.ive done it so many times and the camera gets what your eyes see instead of just the speedo and the windsheild.the only flaw is you dont get as much vision to the left but you still can see objects to the left or right depending where you put it and make sure youve got a tinted visor so the camera wont pick up the glare and unwanted brightness i can upload pictures of how it works if anybody wants.

[Macontour]

Ive beeen playing around with my really old Panasonic Video recorder and a tank bag. i thought having lots of padding would stop the vibrations but I think it allows the camera to shake around. I am going to try and make a holder that the camera will fit into out of Polystyrene and hope fully that will hold it snugly in the tank bag and all i will get will be road shocks.

It is fun looking at the vids though.