Go Pro

[CayoHueso]

So then does it make sense to get the motor sports model, or just get the standard?

The differences between the Standard and the Motorsports are the mounting accessories that are included. The difference used to be the recording wide-angle, but they appear to be the same now. The Motorsports model gets you the suction mount and some other mounting hardware. The Standard gets you a head-lamp style head mount and a strap to mount on a helmet. Personally, I'd get the motorsports model.

Also....make sure to get an ultra-fast SD Card. Get at least a 30MB/S card as it will yield better 1080 quality.

[Matiasneto]

thanks this helped a lot. A lot of great info

[tlh235]

do us all a favor and mount it to the your friends helmet so that we can actually see more than just a road and some trees...to me, the videos with a rider actually filming the rider in front are always BETTER!!!  i want to see the bike and the rider.....POV video is only good for one thing...PORN!

[lethe]

do us all a favor and mount it to the your friends helmet so that we can actually see more than just a road and some trees...to me, the videos with a rider actually filming the rider in front are always BETTER!!!  i want to see the bike and the rider.....POV video is only good for one thing...PORN!

hard if you ride solo mainly.
I do find I prefer the helmet mounted ones I've done however as you get to see the bike a bit and you hear more of the exhaust sound rather than intake and valvetrain.

[JimmyTheDriver]

I bought the motorsports package and tried a few places.  Currently I have it mounted to the top of my helmet via curved sticky pad that came in package.  It's not the best if you want a gauge view, but I wanted to be able to film where I am looking.  The clamp accessory worked well on my forks.  Also tried suction cup on side of helmet and that held.

I'll try and get a video posted up.

-Jim

[JustDucky]

I mounted mine to the front fork right below the lower triple. This captures the front fender, gives a view of the suspension working and a sense of the lean angle. It is a really cool effect in quick transitions as the horizon flips backs and forth. There is a little bit of shake but not too bad.

I found that with helmet mounting you loose the feeling of how much lean angle is involved with a well executed corner.

I typically try to follow someone in our group of roughly the same speed because the post above is true - it is way more entertaining to watch another bike than just the road.

Tethers are also a good idea. Many an offroad guy has lost their gopro or contour in the woods.

And yeah the audio sucks.

[MadDuck]

You need only worry about the suction cup coming off if you have a caprix 620.

Some old jokes never die.      

[dark_duc]

I have used a sticky mount on the front brake reservoir, handlebar mount off the frame, and suction cup mount off of drive sprocket cover and rear cowl and all worked very well.  I have also found the the closer you mount the camera to the engine, the vibration becomes less noticeable.

[Goat_Herder]

I use the suction cup quite often.  It's very sturdy and vibration was minimum.  With the Suction cup (and with some extension) I was able to mount it on top of tank (facing back at me), side of tank (view of road and front fork), on the rear cowl (facing rear-ward or facing forward for the inner GP racer). 

For the helmet, I used the curved sticky on the front, just below the face mask.  I don't like the top-of-helmet view. It's too tall and the wind buff is too much.  Having the camera right below my vision, I get a better POV.  just make sure that the camera points up a bit so that the handbar is not all you capture. 

[muskrat]

what's the best place to buy one?  I'm on the "want" list now but can't find myself spending $300

[Goat_Herder]

I got mine from REI right before Christmas.  I also can't see myself spending that much.  So instead of the 1080, I got the 960 first-gen for $130 ($150 + $20 off coupon).  Picked up the suction cup for another $30.

I went back and forth on the 1080.  In the end, I realized that 1) 960 video looks just as good as 1080 on the device I'd be viewing with.  2) my PC probably can't handle the huge 1080 files for editing.  3) I am not going to do any fancy editing so I don't need super high dev. and 4) 960 was 1/2 the price.  So 960 it was.

[CayoHueso]

what's the best place to buy one?  I'm on the "want" list now but can't find myself spending $300

They are 300$ anywhere you shop for the HD Hero 2. You can get them at Best Buy or gopro.com (not sure what the price difference between shipping and sales tax would be).

Also make sure to budget around 50$ for a high-speed SD Card (at least 30MB/S). I've talked to professionals and they don't think anything faster than this would make a difference (i.e. the 90mb/s cards).

I suppose you could shop on Ebay, but with all the fake stuff originating out of the Far East, I would be hesitant to spend the money on one.


Brian R.

[muskrat]

960 it is.  I'm not making movies to sell so who would notice.

[CayoHueso]

960 it is.  I'm not making movies to sell so who would notice.

There is functionality on the new HD Hero 2 that the others don't have.