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General Category => Fabrication => Topic started by: skinnye on March 24, 2009, 12:07:22 AM

Title: motorcycle camera mount
Post by: skinnye on March 24, 2009, 12:07:22 AM: I was thinking about buying a camera mount but then came up with an idea to make my own. Here is how I did it:

Step one: get an old mirror, remove the mirror and keep the stem. Also get a piece of steel and drill a few holes in it

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Step two: Put stem on bike and mark where you want the steel piece to be
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Step 3: Remove stem from bike and weld the steel piece to it, go to your local hardware store and get a bolt/washer setup. Install on bike and take it for a test ride.

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Tested it out and decided it needed a shield and a rubber washer. So I made a shield out of lexan and added a rubber washer. Total cost $3 for the sheet of lexan, all that other crap I had laying around.

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Testing it out on my rigid cb750, boring vid prior shield and rubber washer
DIY motorcycle camera mount (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gslFx-NP7wk#lq-lq2-hq-vhq)

Testing it out on my sv650 on a local twisty road, post shield and washer. I need to figure out how to get rid of the reflection.
Sv650 with Viper Slip on, riding a local twisty road (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-W9i-NOMwEs#lq-hq-vhq)
Title: Re: motorcycle camera mount
Post by: Emperor on March 24, 2009, 01:07:53 PM: sweet

reflections?
easy

diffrent ways:
1)buy a sheet anti refelction foil in your local camerashop
2),,Box,, the whole thing, so no light can reflect
3)if possibel put a kind of rubber ring over the lens ring and put it close as possibel to the window

hope that helps O0
Title: Re: motorcycle camera mount
Post by: skinnye on March 24, 2009, 04:33:57 PM: I actually figured it out, I just moved the shield closer to the lense, I made a video today of my buddy's kz1000.
Title: Re: motorcycle camera mount
Post by: skinnye on March 24, 2009, 06:16:41 PM: Here is the video I made today
Custom Kawasaki KZ1000 Rigid Sidecar (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nL8mYBNM5zg#lq-lq2-hq-vhq)
Title: Re: motorcycle camera mount
Post by: SloS13 on March 24, 2009, 06:22:45 PM: your buddy needs an LSD. In the video, you can tell that only the left wheel spins. :P

awesome mount, vids, sidecar
Title: Re: motorcycle camera mount
Post by: 7808 on April 01, 2009, 06:10:46 PM: i made one of these last year, i just got 2 bolts that were the same thread as my gas tank filler thing and made it out of a few pieces of aluminum, bolted it on my tank using rubber and metal washers, i liked it cause it shows my gauges :P then i threw it away after making a couple dangerous videos
Title: Re: motorcycle camera mount
Post by: jagojon3 on April 01, 2009, 06:20:14 PM: Nice writeup skinny, love the sidecar vid
Title: Re: motorcycle camera mount
Post by: onlyflash944 on April 01, 2009, 10:09:02 PM: it should show the speed-o

nice work tho