First GoPro test vid

Yes to the neck...

as for the bed... that was done on purpose... at least you can tell it's on the bed

riding the X is already brave enough... I believe we have less than 10 Xs running around the whole of Singapore

MTB I HIJACK UR THREAD!!! I got me a Hero Wide this morning. Have to wait for it to stop snowing before I head up the hill and test it out.

You are welcome

Now put that Hero Wide somewhere and do the chainsaw trick

OH! I got to see that! Does she juggle them?

No idea my friend... I guess we just have to sit back and wait for it

mwakey wrote:

OH! I got to see that! Does she juggle them?

They juggle all on their own, you wiener.

Wiener is German for Viennese, but may also refer to:

• A hot dog, from German "Wiener Würstchen", meaning "Viennese small sausage"
  
• A slang term for penis
  
• A pejorative term to describe a human who is notorious for acting foolish
  

So which?

Well, now that you put it THAT way....anyone bring the ketchup?

A quote from one of my favorite movies...

"NOBODY..... I REPEAT...... NOBODY puts ketchup on a hot dog" ~ Dirty Harry

SheWolf wrote:

mwakey wrote:

OH! I got to see that! Does she juggle them?

They juggle all on their own, you wiener.

I said juggle not jiggle. We already knew about the jiggle.

Finally I went to the local track with my X...

Ya I am freaking slow... I can't help it... It is the first time

the sand on the track made you take it easy

You must have the volume set on low, too. Can just barely hear the bike.

Thank you Weaver.. you make me feel better

Wolfie... yes I did... but actually the vibration isn't that bad.... perhaps I should try to set it to HI and see the effect

I have found that the volume needs to be on high when the cam is mounted to your helmet. If you mount the camera to the bike you can set it on low. The sound of the engine is better heard this way.

Mark, do you have the sound distortion too? I mean those noises which you can head when you crank the volume up

Well to be honest I have only done about three videos on the bike. The first two were with the volume on low and the cam mounted on the front master cylinder. The sound was great and no distortion. I did one other video with the helmet mount and the volume on low and you could hardly hear anything. The underwater videos I did of the lobster was with the volume on high and you could hear very well but it also produces a lot of loud clicking noises when I was moving the pole around that I had the camera mounted to. Go Pro says to have the volume on low for high vibration shooting and volume on high for other situations where there is no shock to the cam. I am finishing up my new camera mount for the bike today and will do some test rides with the volume on high and low.

I noticed on one of your videos of your friend in the red leathers on the track that it made a lot of loud clicking noises. How did you have the cam mounted on his bike and what volume level was it set at? Those type of clicking noises are the only complaint I have. I don't consider that distortion per say. More like shock from the mount being too "solid". In other words the mount doesn't have any cushion and it amplifies every little bump or knock when the volume is set to high.

I'm really not much concerned with the sound quality when using it on the bike right now. My plan is to get enough good footage and then I will add some music as the audio track and just use the video from the Go Pro. You can only take so much engine noise from watching one of those videos before it gets boring. A music audio track would be more enjoyable to watch IMO.

Yes... it's the CLICKING that I was referring to.... it just slipped my mind

I mounted the camera with the suction cup to his shroud... and I had the lanyard attached, just in case...

I think the majority of the clicking sound from that particular vid comes from the lanyard as it has a metal clip... It was set to low

Do you experience those irregular noises I have in my riding vid at around 8-10 sec mark? Those I-don't-know-how-to-describe noises?

Love to see the new mounting system Mark...when you have it all done up.

I'll answer both of you, but ladies first. Here are some pics of my new setup. It was damn near dark outside so forgive the crappy pics. I tried to lighten up the last two shots with the camera settings but my hand must have been shakey...







This is the TechMount Control Mount I got the other day. It mounts using the front brake perch bolts (you can see them in the first pic). A very nice piece and fully adjustable. You can mount just about anything on the top plate. Then I got a RAM cradle for my Garmin Nuvi and bolted it to the TechMount plate. I know the Nuvi is not really for motorcycles and is not waterproof but I will only use it for those dry days. I already had the Nuvi before I bought the WR and was not about to spend money on another GPS just for the bike. The cradle is super strong and holds the Nuvi very well. No problem there.

I mounted the GoPro with the arms from the suction cup mount. They are a much stronger plastic than the other cheap stuff that comes with the GoPro Motorsports kit. Most of those have already broke after only a few uses. So I bolted the suction cup arm to the top plate of the TechMount. It does look good and is a compact little setup, but I am not so sure I will keep it like this after my test ride this afternoon. I think the GPS must interfere with the microphone on the camera. I got some annoying static and what sounds like bad hammonics (maybe from vibration?). The audio was nothing like the mount I had before on the front of the master cylinder (page 1 of this thread). Using the GoPro cheap plastic mounts stuck on the front of the master cylinder produced fairly good audio with the camera volume set to LO. The engine sound was there and it was great. Now with this new setup, I think I may be getting a little more vibration to the camera because of all the arms and dod-dads of the new mount. The video is just a wee bit shakey but not really bad. I could live with the video. The audio is another thing. I should have tried a test video with the GPS off, but I didn't think of it at the time. I really think the GPS was interferring with the mic on the GoPro since they are mounted so close together.

I did a few test videos. One with the volume on HI and one on LO. You definately DO NOT want to use the HI setting when you have the camera mounted on the bike. The distortion is unbearable! Use the HI setting with the helmet mount instead. The LO setting works better when the camera is mounted to the bike. I was getting some of that clicking noise once in a while at lower speeds, but once you got into a cruise mode it went away. I'll try to post up a few short clips of my ride so you can see what I'm talking about.

Not the most exciting videos, but it gives you an idea of the volume differences.

This is with the GPS on and the GoPro volume set to LO

This is the same only with the volume set to HI

mwakey wrote:

Not the most exciting videos, but it gives you an idea of the volume differences.

This is with the GPS on and the GoPro volume set to LO

This is the same only with the volume set to HI

I heard the clicking in low....

The HI was terrible!!! ewwww...... but at least there's a noticeable difference in the settings

I read a lot about this camera before I bought it and one of the cons was the lousy audio. I agree it's not the best, but for the money you can't expect perfection. Higher priced cams get you higher quality audio. I just wanted something cheap and simple and decent quality video. Plus I really like the fisheye lense and the underwater case makes it waterproof. Great for a bike.

Eventually I will collect enough good ride footage to add a music soundtrack.

mwakey wrote:

Eventually I will collect enough good ride footage to add a music soundtrack.

Will I see you with a chainsaw in the MTV?

You better talk to SheWolf about the chainsaws and TV appearances. She's the movie star around here now.