Forgive me for going all Grammar Nazi, but the correct spelling is axel sticks.
Carry on.
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Calling Anyone That Has GoPro Attached To Their Helmets
- Thread starter Pegassus
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Forgive me for going all Grammar Nazi, but the correct spelling is axel sticks.
Carry on.
I'd actually typed it wrong but my pesky autocorrect must have slyly fixed it. I'll fix that up.
Actually it was Jayell in his post you quoted.
I'd had it "wrong" (right, but wrong in the context) in my reply as well. I fixed it for posterities sake LOL
Holy hell man, were you guys walked by your Mommies to University by the hand till the age of 20? The nanny laws this government has placed down are so intrusive that you guys are starting to believe them. In Florida and other 10 states you don't even need a helmet, and you guys are besieging me for drilling a tiny hole in my helmet? If I fall off my bike at 140 km/h, hole or no hole I will end up in hospital in intensive care, who cares. Cops only check for insurance & licence, they don't tell you take off your helmet and look at it with a magnifying glass.
Well did some test runs with my action camera attached to the chin of my helmet, there's a flaw. The damn thing is always pointing to the cluster area of my bike and not so much on the road ahead, its annoying. I have tilted back (raised) the camera as much as I can and still no good. I think I will have to mount it on top of my helmet. The problem is that when I'm riding my helmet tilts forward which is fine since that's the most comfortable position of it on my head, but the camera points too low. If you look at the image below I want the bottom of the screen to be at the tip of my mirrors, not at the cap of my gas tank.
Here's an actual screenshot of my camera's viewpoint;
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POWERMAN
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You are brave for not having to wear gloves while riding!
I think that having the camera on top of or on the side of your helmet will affect aerodynamics and could potentially generate whistling noises - keeping aside the tendency for your helmet to yield into the direction the wind forces your camera - no?
What are your thoughts on running a second camera on the handle bars or behind yuor windscreen?
Or better even, a dual channel camera setup for your bike only?
What mount are you using?
Try a J hook mount.
I use that with my Hero Session 5, mounted just to the right side of my chin, which gives you more room for vertical adjustment.
Chest mount is cool but I feel like a nerd strapping my camera on and off. I still use it from time to time.
I care because I don't want stupidity to eat up my tax dollars and I don't want to see people get injured where its avoidable.
Id ask why you aren't wearing gloves but its clear you don't put much value on your own skin.
I always ride with no gloves because I ride only on hot days, but I am looking for leather gloves for riding in cold mornings or on pebble-saturated highways but all bike stores and flea markets are closed. There's a vendor at a flea market that sells them for $10 flat. I'm not into multiple cameras, I'm of the philosophy that if something happened and I didn't see it then I won't miss it LOL. I'm content with my action camera catching what my eyes saw for that day.
What mount are you using?
Try a J hook mount.
Hey that's exactly what I'm using!! Its a great attachment with multiple uses!
I know where you coming from but to me motorcycle riding is about freedom and having fun, not being in full gear like if you are going to the Isle of Man to race at 300 km/h on narrow streets.
I have a philosophy when it comes to motorcycles, if I can't ride it in my t-shirt, or without gloves, or without leather suits, then what's the point? I'll just drive my car and be safe.
You wear the gear so you can continue to have fun if it goes sideways. This is something the anti-gear people never seem to get.
Gear is for the fall, not the ride.
Why does your philosophy not extend to helmets? It's only $110ish fix-it ticket if you`re caught without one, isn't the odd hundred bucks worth your feeling of freedom?
BigEvilDoer
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Disagree 100%.
I've crashed at 160km/h at the track. Hurt like hell. No hospital visit nor intensive care. Leathers needed extensive repairs. Without them, I would have had serious road rash and without a doubt an ambulance.
Crashed at 50km/h as well and broke my collar bone. And that's why I wear gear. ATGATT. I've seen the results of no gear up close as well. It's not pretty - absolutely stomach churning seeing blood spread down the street and the person crippled for life (no gloves - all meat on palms, down to the bone and past completely gone). Sure, likelyhood says it won't happen to you, but if it does, why risk it?
If you doe something to reduce the structural integrity of your helmet, it can't be wise.
As for states not needing helmets, well, if you look at their insurance requirements, you're basically written off if you have any sort of head injury due to lack of helmet.
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if you're gonna buy a camera to get action shots and not as a dashcam or vlogger set-up, i'd highly recommend looking at 360 cameras.
Better stabilization, never have to worry about framing a shot and a ton of other interesting features.
I just recorded this the saturday to try out a new mount: front, back
Better stabilization, never have to worry about framing a shot and a ton of other interesting features.
I just recorded this the saturday to try out a new mount: front, back
ScorpionT16
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I wouldn't be mounting anything to the helmet with the VHB tape on those go pro mounts. I had a low-side last year and my intercom went flying one way, off the helmet safely as the mounts are made to do so. Not in many reports, however after Michael Schumacher's skiing incident, reports said a GoPro mount went through his helmet, years later he is still in a coma. Take your chances.
As for no gear, the day I low sided last summer I was in full gear, walked away, infact the only place I had taken the Armour out was the hip pads( they were the velcro foam type and after days in the saddle my butt was sore, so I put them on the back for cushion, well, took the bruise on my hip about 6 months to heal, my butt is well lol). The day prior, it was over 35c+ and I was sweating uncomfortably, so I rode without the jacket. That morning, it was a bit chilly and so I had it on, It's sitting in my closet ripped up, I shutter to think what would have happened if I was there 1 day earlier. I always thought hiking shoes were okay for a motorcycle, before that trip I got a pair of proper Alpine star ADV boots, they have the marks to prove their worth. The gloves, well, the plastic palm protectors and knuckle guards burnt off, talking close to 1/4" of hard ABS right off, can't imagine I would have any knuckles or palms without them right now.
As for no gear, the day I low sided last summer I was in full gear, walked away, infact the only place I had taken the Armour out was the hip pads( they were the velcro foam type and after days in the saddle my butt was sore, so I put them on the back for cushion, well, took the bruise on my hip about 6 months to heal, my butt is well lol). The day prior, it was over 35c+ and I was sweating uncomfortably, so I rode without the jacket. That morning, it was a bit chilly and so I had it on, It's sitting in my closet ripped up, I shutter to think what would have happened if I was there 1 day earlier. I always thought hiking shoes were okay for a motorcycle, before that trip I got a pair of proper Alpine star ADV boots, they have the marks to prove their worth. The gloves, well, the plastic palm protectors and knuckle guards burnt off, talking close to 1/4" of hard ABS right off, can't imagine I would have any knuckles or palms without them right now.
If i got back into track days again i would buy a Dainese d-air suit in a heartbeat, and spend at least $200 on gloves as well.
I have a couple of friends that are missing pinkie tips. Both were lowsides under 60kmh and the pinkie was ground off. Oddly, fingers don't grow back.
I have a couple of friends that are missing pinkie tips. Both were lowsides under 60kmh and the pinkie was ground off. Oddly, fingers don't grow back.
So, anyhow.....side question. What do all you guys who run GoPro's constantly do with all the gigabytes of footage after the fact?
I have a GoPro but I think I used it maybe 5 times last year as the only roads I felt worthy of filming was Iron Mountain Road and Needles Highway, Tail of the Dragon, and Back of the Dragon.
I can't possibly imagine what the heck I'd do with hundreds of hours of video footage of riding Ontario's boring ass roads, with *very* few exceptions.
I have a GoPro but I think I used it maybe 5 times last year as the only roads I felt worthy of filming was Iron Mountain Road and Needles Highway, Tail of the Dragon, and Back of the Dragon.
I can't possibly imagine what the heck I'd do with hundreds of hours of video footage of riding Ontario's boring ass roads, with *very* few exceptions.
Same goes for people with cells phones on video at concerts, sporting events, golf tournaments, protests etc etc. Do they go home and watch it again. Wtf?
I used to be guilty of video'ing a lot of stuff until one day I realized that I was probably never going to watch it ever again, and that even if I did, in some situations (IE concerts and airshows and that sort of stuff) there will be 900000 other videos on YouTube from others with pretty much every vantage point one could want. Many better than anything I could get myself.
So now I just "live in the moment" and watch things with my own eyes, instead of watching it through my phone screen.
The only thing worth filming anymore is family stuff...because some day family may be gone and video may be all that's left.
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