Camera mounting positions
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Re: Camera mounting positions
In a previous life when I was selling Onboard Bullet cameras to F1 teams and Mr Joe Public (mainly cars I may add) we'd always look for non-body panel areas to secure them.
Ideally suction mounts with a positive lever (snaps down the suction cup) to a frame is the best solution with extender arms as they're designed not to vibrate.
I appreciate with bikes we all want to attach them to the fairings and when I did this last at Donny I found the best solution was to the part of the fairing nearest to the frame screws the best option gents.
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Ideally suction mounts with a positive lever (snaps down the suction cup) to a frame is the best solution with extender arms as they're designed not to vibrate.
I appreciate with bikes we all want to attach them to the fairings and when I did this last at Donny I found the best solution was to the part of the fairing nearest to the frame screws the best option gents.
Just my two pennies worth.
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Re: Camera mounting positions
Cheers for the input. I'm still playing around. I've found the suction mount the best so far.
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Camera mounting positions
Kwacky defo the suction mounts mate. They offer less opportunity for vibration.Kwacky wrote:Cheers for the input. I'm still playing around. I've found the suction mount the best so far.
If using the screw clamps then a small piece of neoprene between it and the fixing area helps too.
Reading this thread has reminded me of quite a few funny experiences when doing that job a couple of years back....I must write a book as racing drivers and teams are a very different breed of humans at times
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Re: Camera mounting positions
Can anyone give me an idea of the diameter of the suction cups? I am limited with fairing options having a naked bike, but there are a couple of possibilities depending upon how much room they need.
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Re: Camera mounting positions
Aren't cameras a little small to mount, and wouldn't it mark the lens?............
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Re: Camera mounting positions
my suction cup comes off .... too much polish maybe ?
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Re: Camera mounting positions
D6 they're around he diameter of a pint glass on average (Kwacky will know the dimensions) yet you can source smaller ones. If you want to know a good chap who sales and knows his stuff speak with Mark at DogCamD6 wrote:Can anyone give me an idea of the diameter of the suction cups? I am limited with fairing options having a naked bike, but there are a couple of possibilities depending upon how much room they need.
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Re: Camera mounting positions
Spudda, they shouldn't budge when it's on. Either it's not flat or you're not putting it on correctly.
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Re: Camera mounting positions
I fairness I was messing around with an old sat nav mount to see where it could go .... I think the suction cup is past its bestKwacky wrote:Spudda, they shouldn't budge when it's on. Either it's not flat or you're not putting it on correctly.
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