Social Distancing

[Rusty Nuts]

My first sortie of the year.

[kwackboy]

Nice one , thanks for sharing .. 
Would love those roads and scenery on my doorstep ... 

[Brockett]

 

[tallpaul]

Nice bit of riding!

[Rusty Nuts]

Pert deux when YT has finished squeezing it... might take some time.

[tallpaul]

What camera mount are you using? I tried a fixed mount on my bike and the image quality was crap due to the resonance. I use a helmet mount but would prefer to have it fixed and powered from the bike.

[Rusty Nuts]

I've got SWMotech Hawk light brackets. They fix at three points through the fairing plastics on to metal. There's a rubbery RAM ball bolted to the left hand bracket, a short metal RAM arm attached to that, and a RAM ball at the other end fixed directly to the Gopro frame. I usually shoot in 1080p which allows me to use image stabilisation, but these two clips were shot in 4k which rules out stabilisation - in the Hero 5 Black, at any rate. The Hawk brackets are very solid, act as a kind of tripod, but the 4,500 rpm vibes and "jello" rolling shutter effect are still there. Jello might be mitigated by playing with frame rate / shutter speed. The 4,500 rpm vibe would be cured by purchasing a Suzuki Bandit.

[tallpaul]

Thanks for the tip, I'll have a look at that mount. I normally shoot in 1080p with eis but the editing software I use (lightworks) publishes the finished video in 720p. If I get a paid up copy instead of the freebie version it will do the higher resolutions, but as a cheapskate I can't justify the cost. If I record at 720p I can get 6 hours of continuous footage using a power bank as a psu. I made a mount that attached to my madstad screen mount. It was very secure but the engine vibes got through to it.

[Hendo]

Hello,

I also have the Hawk brackets for my spotlights.  I used my front Innov camera as the nut on one bracket.  Works a treat.

[mr_diver]

Well, I got on two wheels to do a bit of social distancing.
Not quite as interesting a ride and I'm attempting to catch the fish to go with the chips SWMBO will cook later.

[Rusty Nuts]

That looks bloody cold, Mr. D.

[tallpaul]

It also looks very peaceful.

[TLPower]

Not Snowdonia then?

[Asmith61]

@Rusty nuts great video and nice riding 

[Rusty Nuts]

Cheers. The 2 most obvious 'deliberate mistakes' were at the first sharp left hander on the way up to Buttertubs when I got caught in too high a gear, and a left hander on the road from the viaduct where I ran wide due to an unexpected boot/tarmac interface. As I said, first ride for quite some time. Last, too, seemingly.