Mounting a Camera on the Busa

[Relsek]

And then I read your first post and saw that you even said it is adjustable. Sorry again, that's what I get for speaking before I listen.

 

[BusaFever]

Its pretty versatile, you can film over your windscreen or through it with the gauges in the picture.  No problems like what NE mentioned earlier...

Hope this helps,  Bill

Looks like that one would get in the way when you're doing high enough speeds that you need to tuck.

I've been to Okinawa, if I recall correctly, isn't the max speed limit about 75 or 80 kph? I don't guess that mount would matter much there.

Kev

I was there in '87 and again in '88

Yeah 80 KMPH Legally...

Very few policemen though.

 

[Relsek]

How long does it take you to circumnavigate the entire island on the busa?

 

[jwcfbd]

I use a stemstand and it works great.  The camcorder I have is a Sony HandyCam and the only issue I have with it is that the tape can miss under heavy acceleration.  The way I have found to get around this is to make sure that if I am using the camera on the bike is to use only new tapes.  Once used they are not rewound as tight as a new one is.  Other then that I'm not sure what else to do.

I am afraid that the stemstand would rotate while driving

how sung it the fit and what prevent it from rotating?

There are three o-rings that hold the stemstand in place.  A little spit and a good push to slide it in the stem and it doesn't move.

If you don't mind a 45meg download goto the movie page and check out Tail Of The Dragon. I taped it earier this year. It jumps a little due to bad software and low memory on my computer at the time. I am also slow in the twisties so bear with me.



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[BusaFever]

How long does it take you to circumnavigate the entire island on the busa?

I can go from Kadena around the north tip in 3 hours, down south is all city, never tried that.

 

[UUBusa]

I have the sportbikecam.com mount...easy for everything..
Only problem I have with it is that it takes for ever to unscrew the black knob in the picture. Not shown is the base that works good with both my still and video camera. I'll try to upload the a video I have to the video page.....

 

[UUBusa]

nother

 

[UUBusa]

last one

 

[clrwtrbusa]

UUBusa, same one that I have and it works great. Light weight and fairly adjustable.

 

[1127 TO 1299]

I use a stemstand and it works great. The camcorder I have is a Sony HandyCam and the only issue I have with it is that the tape can miss under heavy acceleration. The way I have found to get around this is to make sure that if I am using the camera on the bike is to use only new tapes. Once used they are not rewound as tight as a new one is. Other then that I'm not sure what else to do.

I am afraid that the stemstand would rotate while driving

how sung it the fit and what prevent it from rotating?

There are three o-rings that hold the stemstand in place. A little spit and a good push to slide it in the stem and it doesn't move.

If you don't mind a 45meg download goto the movie page and check out Tail Of The Dragon. I taped it earier this year. It jumps a little due to bad software and low memory on my computer at the time. I am also slow in the twisties so bear with me.

on there web site it's not obvious that the securing bolt for the camera comes with the stand.
Does it?

 

[Cecil_Stringer]

I have the sportbikecam.com  mount...easy for everything..
Only problem I have with it is that it takes for ever to unscrew the black knob in the picture.  Not shown is the base that works good with both my still and video camera. I'll try to upload the a video I have to the video page.....

That's a great pic.

 

[jwcfbd]

on there web site it's not obvious that the securing bolt for the camera comes with the stand.
Does it?

no it doesn't. Any camera store will have them. I just took it off an old tripod of mine.

 

[Kento-Moto]

Can u say Hillbilly cam ?

I actually took some good stuff with this on the Harley road trip this summer also have had good results with sponge foam craddle cut and duct taped to the tank. Duct tape glue comes off real easy with wd-40.

 

[B-Sting]

nother

Thats the same one I have also.
I paid $100 for mine, they might be cheaper by now.


I would suggest covering your cam mic with a windscreen of some sort, or all your going to hear is wind when you play it back.



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[wizard]

..I am going for a helmet cam (the best absorber for vibrations - the human body.. ..and it looks the way YOU look.. ) combined with an Archos DVR - the only way to go really in our Digital era.. Acceptable to quite ok quality (certainly better than terrestrial tv!..) flexible and an enormous amount of digital tricks & gimmicks you just can't do with a handycam..



Ah! I forgot.. and NO TAPES!..

HD 20 to 100GB.. ..talking about A LOT of rides..

 

[wizard]

Can u say Hillbilly cam ?

 

..man, you would be a sight for sore eyes..

..I can imagine people going into rolling endos on foot from laughing their a** off..

..plus you can't do this on a busa, or you 'll lose

a) the camera
b) helmet + camera
c) head with everything on..

 

[clrwtrbusa]

Cecil, here is the setup that I use, even though it is mounted on the 1K for the pics..

 

[Relsek]

I went out and bought an inexpensive digital video cam tonight to try tomorrow. I got what I paid for, the record stop button is broken. Can't take one video or snapshot. When will I learn?