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Old Jul 24, 2011 | 03:46 PM
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Question Go Pro HD video camera question
I'm looking into buying the Go Pro HD Motorsports Hero video camera and wanted to mount it to my handle bars but I can't find a mount on their website that would fit on my bars. I measured the bars on my 2011 wide glide with a tape measure and it looks like they measure about 4.5" in diameter. The mount they offer on the website only fits up to 2.5" Does anyone know of a mount that is available that would fit on the handlebars? Thanks in advance.
 
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RAM Mounts for everthing, go to GPSCity.com search ram mounts and GOPRO it will pop up. I have RAM on everthing so all would need is the part that attaches to the camera.
 
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Your bars are 1 1/4" if they are stock. Your measuring the radius not the diameter, so your measurement is incorrect.
 
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Originally Posted by Jeff W
Your bars are 1 1/4" if they are stock. Your measuring the radius not the diameter, so your measurement is incorrect.
Your right. I didn't even realize that.
 
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Your right. I didn't even realize that.
No problem.
 
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Just in case any school teachers are watching.....the radius is half the diameter, he measured the circumference.....
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Old Jul 25, 2011 | 10:55 AM
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I have a gopro....the handle bar mount works great for the handles bars and the roll bar mount will work on the fork, frame, etc and can also work on the handle bars. Vibration is an issue.

Here is an example of a vid with the camera mounted on the lower frame.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWGdcnXpTeM


Edit:embedding vid did not work so link instead.
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I have a gopro....the handle bar mount works great for the handles bars and the roll bar mount will work on the fork, frame, etc and can also work on the handle bars. Vibration is an issue.

Here is an example of a vid with the camera mounted on the lower frame.

http://www.facebook.com/v/10150247311234653

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This video either has been removed from Facebook or is not visible due to privacy settings.
 
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now on youtube
 
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Somethig else to consider, is that if you can't really tell the difference between 1080 and 720, is the HDHero 960, costs about hundred bucks less.
 



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