Camera Mounting Point

[Batfink]

Looking forward to creating a film clip for the east coast run this Sunday..

SO WASH UR BIKES PPL lol

[ROD]

All I hav e to say is "watch out for the evidence you're creating"

I like to stay at the back of pack to stop and take pics so no one gets my plate number

[pashnit]

Here's some ideas for you guys. Invested a lot of time and energy into fiddling with RAM mounts on the bike.

http://www.pashnit.com/product/gopro/gop...nting.html

The general idea was anywhere there was an exposed bolt, could mount a ball mount there & attach the arm. In the end, the stock mirror bolts, and the rear hump subframe bolts, and exhaust hanger bolts for the low down shows were the best for us.

[Batfink]

very nice views pash.. I will slowly be upgrading to actual sports cams LOL

[GOOFTROOP]

Looking forward to creating a film clip for the east coast run this Sunday..

SO WASH UR BIKES PPL lol

Mine wasn,t that dirty plus it hides some of the scratches

[Batfink]

Looking forward to creating a film clip for the east coast run this Sunday..

SO WASH UR BIKES PPL lol

Mine wasn,t that dirty plus it hides some of the scratches

does that mean I have to ride through mud holes now to hide mine????

[pashnit]

very nice views pash.. I will slowly be upgrading to actual sports cams LOL

Bat, using the RAM mounts on the Busa, here's the vids we put together to give you an idea of the vantage points. Shot with the GoPro. And yes, sparky knee pucks are great fun!



Here's the vantage point using your mirror position. This is with a RAM ball off the mirror mount & a flexible RAM arm. The link above lists part numbers used to build the arm. Got the items from ExpressMounts.com to build it.



I had a K1200R for awhile, with the exposed frame & minimal bodywork, we managed to bolt on 16 different RAM balls to the bike and made this vid. Still one of my all time favorites using lots of different vantage points.

[Landmine]

Batfink how do you keep the bugs off the camera. Have done a few runs and always end up with a splash of bug on the lense.

[Batfink]

Short answer - just bloody lucky I guess

Long answer - scientifically speaking
The lense is smaller than a 5 cent piece recessed into the lense case, the whole camera is flat and vertical. This creates a pocket of buffered air (like a bow wave) in front of the camera and the slip stream of air further out. Insects are light and get pushed by a slip stream so the further away from object you can make the slip stream the less chance of insects actually hitting the object. In fact the more aerodynamic your windscreen, halmet, bike, etc.. the more insects will splatter on you.

The only time I was worried doing Strathgordon was when I realised the camera was getting wet LOL it doesn;t have a weather cover/case yet.

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[bazman]

....scientifically speaking....
The lense is smaller than a 5 cent piece recessed into the lense case, the whole camera is flat and vertical. This creates a pocket of buffered air (like a bow wave) in front of the camera and the slip stream of air further out. Insects are light and get pushed by a slip stream so the further away from object you can make the slip stream the less chance of insects actually hitting the object. In fact the more aerodynamic your windscreen, halmet, bike, etc.. the more insects will splatter on you.

.....Love the way you fink, Bat!!!

If anyone is not entirely sure about this [?strange?] logic - let me show you another example....

I have noticed the EXACT same thing when I'm in my workplace!!

If you're ever standing just to the side of a railway tunnel opening just as a train is coming out of it....you will feel the large "bow-wave" of forced air pushing out in front of the train that Batfink is talking about!!

I drive coal trains, with 82 class locomotives up front, thru all sorts of conditions at all sorts of hours.....and as such, I drive thru many, MANY swarms of bugs and other flying insects!

Due to the extremely large and flat frontal surface of an 82 class loco (pic below) creating the "invisible forcefield" air pocket, it's very rare to cop much bug splat at all on the windscreen....even when we directly hit big insect swarms!!

   

Conversely....now take a look at an older, but more aerodynamically shaped front end of a 44 class loco. Notice how the windscreen is recessed much further back from the bullet style nose....

   

I haven't driven any of these 44 class loco's for the last 20 years or so....but I remember when I did.....because the "bug-splat" on the windscreen used to be SO bad at times, we occasionally would have to pull up at a station en-route to wipe the (3mm thick) crap away, just so we could see properly!!

"Using science to your advantage, can definately benefit your game!!"

[Dale]

Oooohhh .. train talk .. now you're making me all wet

[bazman]

Oooohhh .. train talk .. now you're making me all wet

crazy obsessed gunzels (train buffs)....they're everywhere, can't breathe!!!

do a few of 11 hour shifts on a coal train in a row, and throw in a barracks job or two >>> guaranteed to cure what ails you, Dale!!!