Bulletcams/recorders again

Originally Posted by northwind

So, I did another video with the ATC2K and ........... Same mounting position, same mount in fact!

Where and how exactly do you mount it to the bike? I have one and for the life of me, I can't find a suitable mounting position on the bike (pointy with lower plastics btw).

[northwind]

I've had it in a couple of places... When I had the fairings off, it bolted to the fork leg, using a wee loop of aluminium strip around the fork. That was quite good, but it fouls the fairing. I've also had it on a wee L bracket bolted to the front axle bolts- too flappy. A couple of others that wouldn't work with SV forks...

If you take a mirror off, you'll probably be able to make a mounting bracket that bolts inbetween mirror and fairing- I did that at the AR and it was very effective, though also very high up.

The trick is to use the round bracket- the handlebar one- and undo the bolt, then stick a metal bracket (ally strip is ideal) inbetween the jaws, that's very effective. Hang on, I'll see what pics I have:

This is the mirror mount I mentioned. Very simple, but high angles do make things seem a bit slow and floaty IMO. All it is, is a bit of .5mm steel sheet with 3 holes drilled in. It was a bit flappy so I used a little electrical tape to keep it stable. If I redid that I'd use something a bit thicker, 2mm ally sheet would do it I think.



Most of the rest have been along these lines, this one was very effective. But it fouls the fairing Best I've had, I think. All the bracket is, is a P-shaped bend of aluminium which bolts to the fork, and then the camera bracket bolts to the sticky out part of the P. Very simple, took me about 5 minutes to make. (see my trackday prep... Sticky tyres? Check. Massive crash bungs? Check. Camera? Check. Take the fairings off and replace them with cardboard and cable ties? Check. Top Box? Check.)

Originally Posted by northwind

WTF is that Mr Northy ... please please don't tell me you went round the track like that!!

EDIT: that is just a road pick isn't it (looks like you are in a car park by the sea or summin) ... even still ... you don't get seen in public with that monstrosity on the back do you!!?!?!

[timwilky]

Ok, so we know the hard drive recorders are susceptible to vibration. But has anyone tried one with a solid state disk?

Originally Posted by timwilky

Ok, so we know the hard drive recorders are susceptible to vibration. But has anyone tried one with a solid state disk?

Not a cheap option, I take it you mean the solid state hard drives.

[SoulKiss]

Originally Posted by timwilky

Ok, so we know the hard drive recorders are susceptible to vibration. But has anyone tried one with a solid state disk?

I have had no problems with my A3 just sitting in my tankbag.

I had plans of making up a padded thing for it to sit on/in but would be more concerned about the heat build up if I did that.

Originally Posted by SoulKiss

I have had no problems with my A3 just sitting in my tankbag.

I had plans of making up a padded thing for it to sit on/in but would be more concerned about the heat build up if I did that.

Thats the problem with hard drivers though, vibration will kill them over time due to the moving parts and such then one day you just get a failure, or things will start going wrong. As it only takes one whack to get the actuator arm to fail, though modern disk are far more hardy then those from a few years ago. In fact I would say the new generation of SATA drives are very robust.

Originally Posted by Grinch

Thats the problem with hard drivers though, vibration will kill them over time due to the moving parts and such then one day you just get a failure, or things will start going wrong. As it only takes one whack to get the actuator arm to fail, though modern disk are far more hardy then those from a few years ago. In fact I would say the new generation of SATA drives are very robust.

I guess it also depends on the quality of the drive to start with ... mine was a goodmans PMP ... so lets face it, prolly not the high end HD inside

But I still think it is a mistake going the HD route over the SD card/solid state route ... the results are good enough and the cost is acceptable, if not attractive (presuming you would need a expensive HD PMP to not get problems).

I have recently got myself a Panasonic SDR S10 camera which records straight on to sd card. I get just short of an hour on a 2 gig card on the medium quality setting.
It sits nicely on an Evotech bracket on the tank using the fuel cap screws.
here is an example of the quality, although it wasnt fitted to the bike at the time.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=FJ_5LruHUOw

[SoulKiss]

Originally Posted by FG1

I have recently got myself a Panasonic SDR S10 camera which records straight on to sd card. I get just short of an hour on a 2 gig card on the medium quality setting.
It sits nicely on an Evotech bracket on the tank using the fuel cap screws.
here is an example of the quality, although it wasnt fitted to the bike at the time.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=FJ_5LruHUOw

Thats a pathetic off - he didnt even manage to reach the grass - must try harder