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stingray · January 5th, 2009, 09:03 PM

hey guys,

new guy here, came over from kawiforums. thought i'd share my little homemade contraption with y'all...

i have a cheap digital camera capable of shooting 1.5 hours of continuous video with a 4gb SD card. my goal was to create a mount with a full unobstructed view as low to the ground as possible, and i don't really care if the cheap camera eventually gets smashed by a flying rock or whatever.

with that said, i chose to make a homemade camera mount to fit the front wheel reflector studs. i cut a stainless steel butterknife in half, bent at 90*, and drilled holes for the mount and camera. the camera mount came off my tripod and works great.

here's a 15 minute video i took down some old country roads just outside of town. a few of the roads are poor quality and the mount shakes a little when hitting bumps. on a smooth road it performs quite well...

VIDEO(google video compressed it way too much, looks better on my computer)
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...39881935&hl=en

front view...

rear view...

how the knife looks mounted...

don't know exactly what size screw goes into the reflector stud, i had this one in my junk bin...

heres what the tripod shoe looks like, any tripod shoe should work..

January 5th, 2009, 09:03 PM	#1
stingray ninjette.org member Name: Lee Location: Athens, Georgia Join Date: Jan 2009 Motorcycle(s): 2008 250r Posts: 23	[VIDEO] Homemade FRONT WHEEL camera mount! hey guys, new guy here, came over from kawiforums. thought i'd share my little homemade contraption with y'all... i have a cheap digital camera capable of shooting 1.5 hours of continuous video with a 4gb SD card. my goal was to create a mount with a full unobstructed view as low to the ground as possible, and i don't really care if the cheap camera eventually gets smashed by a flying rock or whatever. with that said, i chose to make a homemade camera mount to fit the front wheel reflector studs. i cut a stainless steel butterknife in half, bent at 90*, and drilled holes for the mount and camera. the camera mount came off my tripod and works great. here's a 15 minute video i took down some old country roads just outside of town. a few of the roads are poor quality and the mount shakes a little when hitting bumps. on a smooth road it performs quite well... VIDEO(google video compressed it way too much, looks better on my computer) http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...39881935&hl=en front view... rear view... how the knife looks mounted... don't know exactly what size screw goes into the reflector stud, i had this one in my junk bin... heres what the tripod shoe looks like, any tripod shoe should work..