Installing front & rear cameras, any ideas for placement?

Bliss01 · 2017-07-21 19:38:59

Here's a preview! https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.hdforums.com-vbulletin/2000x1504/80-img_2686_aca6a9b99af3c78058b389d3a8675105c35ea33b.jpg https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.hdforums.com-vbulletin/2000x1504/80-img_2687_657af8d60e40ad8d1b7cc79053400e95face7ff7.jpg

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07-24-2017 | 07:41 PM

Bliss01

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Here's a preview!

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07-24-2017 | 08:01 PM

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Here's the rear view.. still need to adjust the camera.. https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B4...nhRbHJqa3hvb00

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07-24-2017 | 08:02 PM

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And I'm a day ahead! Lol!!

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07-25-2017 | 07:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Bliss01

Here's a preview!

Looks great! It took me a while to find the rear camera.

Can you post some pictures of how and where you mounted the rest of the hardware?

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07-25-2017 | 08:11 AM

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I am here to see results.

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07-25-2017 | 10:57 AM

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Just click on Amazon & this front & rear camera is Currently unavailable.
We don't know when or if this item will be back in stock.

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07-25-2017 | 03:58 PM

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@ Red Sport.. I ordered it directly from Sykik.. no tax, and free shipping!

Here is the link.. https://sykik.com/collections/motorc...-wired-control

I am still working on putting together the pics and how we installed the cameras.. Hang tight!!

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07-26-2017 | 09:27 AM

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From what I read when researching my own camera set up, I thought mounting a camera to the bike itself, especially a HD, is going to result in shaky video due to vibration from the motorcycle?

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That's one of my biggest concerns.. gonna have to get creative!

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I have my two cams body mounted. One cam is clipped to my backpack to records an front view. The other is mounted to a small board via a clamp that sits in the rear pocket of my backpack for rear recording.

The way the Dyna engine is mounted in the frame causes a lot of shaking which is transferred to the camera(s). That's why I use my body a a kind of shock absorber using a self made mounting system: