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Greetings, thinking about getting a camera to record and capture trips. What are you all using and where on your bike are you mounting it? I have a '14 Limited and was thinking about some kind of mount inside the windscreen mounted to the "shelf" on the fairing next to the mail slot. Not a big fan of mounting it on my helmet but that might be an option too. Any thoughts? TIA...
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As far as cameras, I use a GoPro Hero 7 Black, as well as a Hero 5 Black.
As far as mounting behind the windscreen, just be aware that you will get reflections in you videos.
I have a mount on my helmet. Also, I have a TechMount Control Mount. Additionally, I have a .
There are many ways to mount cameras on the bike, as well as several different cameras from which to choose. You are only limited by your imagination.
As far as mounting behind the windscreen, just be aware that you will get reflections in you videos.
I have a mount on my helmet. Also, I have a TechMount Control Mount. Additionally, I have a .
There are many ways to mount cameras on the bike, as well as several different cameras from which to choose. You are only limited by your imagination.
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I also have a GoPro Hero 7, Silver version. I have mounts for a helmet, chest mount, and engine guard mount.
Watching your ride videos is good therapy when you're suffering from Parked Motorcycle Syndrome.
Watching your ride videos is good therapy when you're suffering from Parked Motorcycle Syndrome.
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I've used a GoPro Hero camera....
I bought a kit with numerous mounts and have experimented with several...
My favorite is one that mounts on my handlebar near the left switchpaks. It mounts in a way that the camera is raised just above my fairing, so it has a good, forward, center of the road, point of view. This probably my most used view.
I've never worn a helmet mount, but when riding my mountain bike, I have used a headband mount... This is a good view, because you can change the point of view, or try to capture various things of interest by pointing your head in the direction of what you want to video, and even hold your head pointed towards a subject of interest for a better/longer view...
One time I mounted it on my left, rear saddle bag guard. That gave a pretty interesting view. I could watch myself shifting the bike and it gave an interesting perspective of approaching traffic ... but not a good overall view....
My best video was when riding through Yosemite. I gave the GoPro to my wife, and told her just to point and shoot at various and interesting views.. She did an awesome job, and from her vantage point behind me, you could frequently tell the video was shot from the rear of a motorcycle...
This is just one of the still pics, captured from her Yosemite video...
FWIW... I don't do many videos anymore... I found myself mostly going through videos and just capturing still shots, like I did here... So now I give my wife a small, digital camera that she keeps in her pocket.. She'll pull it out and snap a few pics, then put it back in her pocket until something else interesting comes along. I found it less work than shooting, then editing or cutting stills from a video, but it requires a passenger... If I am alone and want good pics, I'll shoot the video and then go through it...
I bought a kit with numerous mounts and have experimented with several...
My favorite is one that mounts on my handlebar near the left switchpaks. It mounts in a way that the camera is raised just above my fairing, so it has a good, forward, center of the road, point of view. This probably my most used view.
I've never worn a helmet mount, but when riding my mountain bike, I have used a headband mount... This is a good view, because you can change the point of view, or try to capture various things of interest by pointing your head in the direction of what you want to video, and even hold your head pointed towards a subject of interest for a better/longer view...
One time I mounted it on my left, rear saddle bag guard. That gave a pretty interesting view. I could watch myself shifting the bike and it gave an interesting perspective of approaching traffic ... but not a good overall view....
My best video was when riding through Yosemite. I gave the GoPro to my wife, and told her just to point and shoot at various and interesting views.. She did an awesome job, and from her vantage point behind me, you could frequently tell the video was shot from the rear of a motorcycle...
This is just one of the still pics, captured from her Yosemite video...
FWIW... I don't do many videos anymore... I found myself mostly going through videos and just capturing still shots, like I did here... So now I give my wife a small, digital camera that she keeps in her pocket.. She'll pull it out and snap a few pics, then put it back in her pocket until something else interesting comes along. I found it less work than shooting, then editing or cutting stills from a video, but it requires a passenger... If I am alone and want good pics, I'll shoot the video and then go through it...
Last edited by hattitude; Mar 7, 2021 at 09:24 PM.
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Great thread! 
I follow a ton of the online Vloggers and some are polished and some are not (its what makes them all interesting)
I've had an interest in getting a GoPro. I understand tech, but really want to know the semantics of what's involved in getting the final movie produced.
can I ask the contributors: when you go out with your GoPros, are you turning them on and recording say 1hour straight of a movie and then editing it down to just the good bits out? (that would take enormous amounts of memory)
OR are you stop starting when the camera is on (I take it this is a manual thing that you consciously say "oh this will look good" and switch it on for the next 5mins ...and then off again and then edit it to polish, later?
I note that some Vloggers position it on the side of a ride and ride past again (a risky way to get a shot if you want to hang onto your expensive investment) and many use multi cameras to get multi angles
What softwares are you doing the editing in? I take it that's done on a computer with a much larger screen
While I like the idea of doing this, I don't really want to spend all my time fiddling with tec (thats my day job) and detracting from the ride
I follow a ton of the online Vloggers and some are polished and some are not (its what makes them all interesting)I've had an interest in getting a GoPro. I understand tech, but really want to know the semantics of what's involved in getting the final movie produced.
can I ask the contributors: when you go out with your GoPros, are you turning them on and recording say 1hour straight of a movie and then editing it down to just the good bits out? (that would take enormous amounts of memory)
OR are you stop starting when the camera is on (I take it this is a manual thing that you consciously say "oh this will look good" and switch it on for the next 5mins ...and then off again and then edit it to polish, later?
I note that some Vloggers position it on the side of a ride and ride past again (a risky way to get a shot if you want to hang onto your expensive investment) and many use multi cameras to get multi angles
What softwares are you doing the editing in? I take it that's done on a computer with a much larger screen
While I like the idea of doing this, I don't really want to spend all my time fiddling with tec (thats my day job) and detracting from the ride
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Great thread! I follow a ton of the online Vloggers and some are polished and some are not (its what makes them all interesting)
I've had an interest in getting a GoPro. I understand tech, but really want to know the semantics of what's involved in getting the final movie produced.
can I ask the contributors: when you go out with your GoPros, are you turning them on and recording say 1hour straight of a movie and then editing it down to just the good bits out? (that would take enormous amounts of memory)
OR are you stop starting when the camera is on (I take it this is a manual thing that you consciously say "oh this will look good" and switch it on for the next 5mins ...and then off again and then edit it to polish, later?
I note that some Vloggers position it on the side of a ride and ride past again (a risky way to get a shot if you want to hang onto your expensive investment) and many use multi cameras to get multi angles
What softwares are you doing the editing in? I take it that's done on a computer with a much larger screen
While I like the idea of doing this, I don't really want to spend all my time fiddling with tec (thats my day job) and detracting from the ride
I follow a ton of the online Vloggers and some are polished and some are not (its what makes them all interesting)I've had an interest in getting a GoPro. I understand tech, but really want to know the semantics of what's involved in getting the final movie produced.
can I ask the contributors: when you go out with your GoPros, are you turning them on and recording say 1hour straight of a movie and then editing it down to just the good bits out? (that would take enormous amounts of memory)
OR are you stop starting when the camera is on (I take it this is a manual thing that you consciously say "oh this will look good" and switch it on for the next 5mins ...and then off again and then edit it to polish, later?
I note that some Vloggers position it on the side of a ride and ride past again (a risky way to get a shot if you want to hang onto your expensive investment) and many use multi cameras to get multi angles
What softwares are you doing the editing in? I take it that's done on a computer with a much larger screen
While I like the idea of doing this, I don't really want to spend all my time fiddling with tec (thats my day job) and detracting from the ride
I mount my GoPro on the bike for the view I want for that ride... one ride, one view, one pass.... I'm trying to capture moments & experiences for me and a select few others... I'm never trying to make a movie for all to see..
I turn it on and off, but I usually leave it on for a good amount of time... say a minimum of 30 minutes or so... When I rode through Yosemite solo one time, it was on for the entire trip through the park... from the West entrance through Tioga Pass... That was a couple hours I believe...
As far as security goes, I DO have a safety cable attaching my GoPro camera housing to the bike, in case the mount should fail...
I used to use GoPro Studio software from GoPro... it was pretty easy to use and I got pretty good at editing, combining, and saving snippets of movies I had taken... Then they stopped supporting that software... I have shot only a few short movies since, and just saved them as is, I haven't found another editing software I want to use.. I mostly have my wife, on the back, shoot stills now... far less complex and time consuming... especially now that I would need to learn a new software.. I'm not against tech, just not super savvy with it, or have the motivation to dive into another editing software...
Bottom line for me is that the movies/pics can be really cool to share and look back on, but they are, in my opinion, a far second the the experience of riding my bike to, and through, various places of my interest .....
I did a lot of riding before digital cameras and movie cameras.... those experiences and sights are forever saved in my mind... as are all my rides...
Last edited by hattitude; Mar 8, 2021 at 01:17 PM.
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I've used a GoPro Hero camera....
I bought a kit with numerous mounts and have experimented with several...
My favorite is one that mounts on my handlebar near the left switchpaks. It mounts in a way that the camera is raised just above my fairing, so it has a good, forward, center of the road, point of view. This probably my most used view.
I've never worn a helmet mount, but when riding my mountain bike, I have used a headband mount... This is a good view, because you can change the point of view, or try to capture various things of interest by pointing your head in the direction of what you want to video, and even hold your head pointed towards a subject of interest for a better/longer view...
One time I mounted it on my left, rear saddle bag guard. That gave a pretty interesting view. I could watch myself shifting the bike and it gave an interesting perspective of approaching traffic ... but not a good overall view....
My best video was when riding through Yosemite. I gave the GoPro to my wife, and told her just to point and shoot at various and interesting views.. She did an awesome job, and from her vantage point behind me, you could frequently tell the video was shot from the rear of a motorcycle...
This is just one of the still pics, captured from her Yosemite video...
FWIW... I don't do many videos anymore... I found myself mostly going through videos and just capturing still shots, like I did here... So now I give my wife a small, digital camera that she keeps in her pocket.. She'll pull it out and snap a few pics, then put it back in her pocket until something else interesting comes along. I found it less work than shooting, then editing or cutting stills from a video, but it requires a passenger... If I am alone and want good pics, I'll shoot the video and then go through it...
I bought a kit with numerous mounts and have experimented with several...
My favorite is one that mounts on my handlebar near the left switchpaks. It mounts in a way that the camera is raised just above my fairing, so it has a good, forward, center of the road, point of view. This probably my most used view.
I've never worn a helmet mount, but when riding my mountain bike, I have used a headband mount... This is a good view, because you can change the point of view, or try to capture various things of interest by pointing your head in the direction of what you want to video, and even hold your head pointed towards a subject of interest for a better/longer view...
One time I mounted it on my left, rear saddle bag guard. That gave a pretty interesting view. I could watch myself shifting the bike and it gave an interesting perspective of approaching traffic ... but not a good overall view....
My best video was when riding through Yosemite. I gave the GoPro to my wife, and told her just to point and shoot at various and interesting views.. She did an awesome job, and from her vantage point behind me, you could frequently tell the video was shot from the rear of a motorcycle...
This is just one of the still pics, captured from her Yosemite video...
FWIW... I don't do many videos anymore... I found myself mostly going through videos and just capturing still shots, like I did here... So now I give my wife a small, digital camera that she keeps in her pocket.. She'll pull it out and snap a few pics, then put it back in her pocket until something else interesting comes along. I found it less work than shooting, then editing or cutting stills from a video, but it requires a passenger... If I am alone and want good pics, I'll shoot the video and then go through it...
I use helmet mount and engine guard mount that came from Go-pro. Had Go-Pro Silver 4 and just got Go-Pro 7. Still trying to dial that in.
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