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Old 08-08-2014, 10:02 AM
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Looking for recommendations (hopefully with pictures) to mount my GoPro to my luggage rack facing rearward. Thanks
 
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Old 08-08-2014, 10:18 AM
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Doesn't GoPro make an attachable stand?

This might work. You can bend the legs around the rack http://www.istabilizer.com/products/istabilizer-flex
 

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I'd like to have one in case some asshat pulls something to cause me to wreck.
 
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They make a suction cup mount that's very secure, I've used it on my windshield. Just put a tether on the camera just in case. Or maybe a helmet mount facing backwards.
 
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Originally Posted by DeeRides
They make a suction cup mount that's very secure, I've used it on my windshield. Just put a tether on the camera just in case.
Yeah, I looked at the suction cup but I wasn't crazy about putting that thing on my paint. Would be cool to stick it to the underside of my tour pack but then the camera would be upside down.
 
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I'd be careful with a suction cup mounted on a waxed surface like a saddlebag top of tour pack lid. I tried mine on my saddlebag lid and looked down about a mile down the road and it had slid up against the seat and was leaning on it. Lucky I didn't lose everything!! FYI....
 
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Originally Posted by mountainpharm
Yeah, I looked at the suction cup but I wasn't crazy about putting that thing on my paint. Would be cool to stick it to the underside of my tour pack but then the camera would be upside down.
You realize you can switch the camera to record right side up when it is mounted upside down.
 
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Originally Posted by Hammerhead Pat
You realize you can switch the camera to record right side up when it is mounted upside down.
Just picked it up and haven't really played with it yet so no, but definitely good to know! Thanks!
 
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Get the GoPro handlebar mount. It fits on 2 sizes of bars and I'm almost certain it will fit on the luggage rack. I used this mount to put my Black Edition on the front turn signal.

http://gopro.com/camera-mounts/handl...ost-pole-mount
 
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Originally Posted by slapshot12
Get the GoPro handlebar mount. It fits on 2 sizes of bars and I'm almost certain it will fit on the luggage rack. I used this mount to put my Black Edition on the front turn signal.

http://gopro.com/camera-mounts/handl...ost-pole-mount
That looks like exactly what I'm after; somehow this little gem escaped all my previous searches. All the ones I saw didn't have the rubber adapter for smaller diameter tubing. Just placed my order. Thanks for the heads up!
 

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