gopro under headlights

[FALCONSEYE]

I am still trying to find a spot on this bike where I can get a nice viewing angle without any vibrations on my videos. I mounted the gopro on the givi airflow screen, different places with no luck. It keeps shaking like crazy. Maybe, this bike has too much vibration. I don't know. On my ninja 1000, the camera is attached to the windscreen and I don't have any vibration problems.

So, my next attempt will be to attach the camera somehow underneath the headlights. Has anyone installed a bracket that has enough space for a gopro under the headlights?

Something like http://www.adventuremotorcycleparts.com/product/TTLNSW-06-004-10100-B.htm, of course without the headlights.

I don't want to put the camera on my nice helmet. There is already a sena attached. Any thoughts?

 

[trikepilot]

Highly unlikely you'll get much good stabilized video from any camera mounted to an ADV bike. Just too many vibes from a variety of sources that are not usually present on a Ninja type bike.

Your best bet is the helmet since your body is the best vibration isolator available. I hear you on the nice helmet issue though. For what I shelled out for my new XD4, I was hesitant to put the GoPro mounting plates on it. But they come off and with some care and some Goof-Off you can get the adhesive residue off. I have the Scala communicator mounted on the left side of the helmet and just above I have the GoPro foot. I also have a GoPro foot on the top of the helmet.

I hate to be the naysayer, but after 20 years in the photo/video industry - I have yet to find a good solution to vibration isolation on an ADV bike. The only quasi successful way that I did find was to mount the camera to the forks of an ADV bike (KLR) and then roll downhill with road tires on pavement with the engine off to reduce vibes. This is what I got.

 

[fredz43]

I have had very good results mounting a Go Pro on the top horizontal part of SW Motech crash bars using the Go Pro handlebar mount.

 

[frez]

You could probably fabricate something. Under the headlights are two holes you can pass 25mm M6 bolts through, they are where the fog lights or 2014 front 'blanking' panel attach.

 

[AVGeek]

For test purposes, I would just use one of the mounting plates under the headlights (you can invert the image on the GoPro, and hang it upside down there) and see what your results are. I believe it will still be too shaky there. The other option, if you don't want to go helmet mount (my personal favorite) is to use the Chesty harness. I picked one up a few weeks ago, but have yet to use it.

 

[Chickengrease]

I have had very good results mounting a Go Pro on the top horizontal part of SW Motech crash bars using the Go Pro handlebar mount.

Same setup worked for me on AltRider bars

 

[XTDelZ]

I have had decent results with the gopro mounted to the chinbar of my full face helmet and also using the holes where the wind deflectors attach to using Ram mounts/arms, this positions the camera just above the front indicators with very little vibration.

 

[Juan]

Best bet would be under the headlight, between the forks, using the 2 mounting holes for the spotlights. If only you could get hold of 1/4 inch thick rubber block, you could fix this block to the mounting holes between the forks and mount the gopro onto the rubber block. This would surely reduce vibration.

 

[Tippo]

Check out the Rides With Reubin series on Youtube. He has a GoPro without the waterproof case mounted inside the chinbar of his helmet. Camera shoot thorough the face shield. The audio picks up his voice (he is a big talker) very well. i think his face would get messed up if he went down.

Jeff

 

[FALCONSEYE]

This :

http://www.altrider.com/altrider-upper-crash-bars-for-the-yamaha-super-tenere-xt1200z/pid/1561/cid/1

What a rip off by altrider! I purchased the crash bars which was $410 shipped. Why wouldn't they make this one piece and not an add on. If I only knew, then I would go for the OEM crash bars...