Good idea there Grn. ..and I thought I was aperfectionist-DAMN!

I'm very satisfied with this tank position using the suction cup mount.

I am using a small extension piece on the suction cup arm. I put stove pipe screws in the joits (you see them sticking out ~ .5 in) because there was not enough clearance to use the knobs or something like that.

Gives a pretty well centered picture IMO.

The suction cup works great any height on the side. Also right n the back of the seat cowl which is my fav.

Just got the Contour GPS a couple days ago. No time to fidddle wit it yet.

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I was secretly hoping they would do something with that concave spot...apparently,my hopes were not in vain .Stays right on there now...no prob!

Yes I was amazed by that! Wondering how the hell you got it to do that. The flatter indent on the tank cover is yet another subtle change that they might have just let go as it was. You can tell they had their thinking caps on when they designed this. It is definitely on par with the busa for well considered aesthetics. yeah, performance, we don't even need to talk about it. The 14r leaps and bounds ahead of its game.

I have a TechMount steering stem mount. Here it is with extension on the busa. The extension is not necessary at all. I like the positioning better without it.

I have a GoPro tripod mount attached to the camera case. That is how the cam attaches to the stem mount plate. The tripod mount adds an inch to the height of the cam (part of the reason I prefer to not have the extension on there).

On bike w/o extension.

busa View from steering stem.

* Last updated by: Rook on 5/20/2012 @ 7:11 PM *

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I see you have the LCD backpacK. Pretty nice hey?

BTW, wash some of the bugs off that poor camera case!!

The smoked windscreen looks GREAT on your bike.

* Last updated by: Rook on 2/10/2012 @ 9:46 AM *

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Here's an in-motion view (on Guido's bike! )

I wanna see some of your new footage!

Only new footage I have is of the 14 getting a whole crapload of cool mods! No riding yet but will need to test the quick shifter ASAP. I'll post that when I get it in, of course but tunfortunately it wil be back to sleep for the bike after that. I'm betting on an early Spring though.

I'm VERY surprised your suction mount on your 14 stays put on the white/paint striping there.Mine wouldn't stay on any surface that had any edge at all to it(like decals or whatever).Made finding a workable place kinda difficult.

I had to wet the suction cup to make it stick on the rounded surface of the tank top. No probs with vynil stripes. I stick the cup on the tail stripe edge and it has never come off. Safety tether is always a good idea though.

* Last updated by: Rook on 2/10/2012 @ 10:00 AM *

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video frame? You mean embed as opposed to posting a link? Easy.

1 Go to your vids at YouTube and click on the one you want to post, vid will run.. hit SHARE button below vid>>

2 box opens, click EMBED>> dialogue box opens with code highlighted for you, click COPY from your menu at screentop (or commandc on your keyboard), code is now copied>>

3 go to your New Post box here and PASTE code(commandv on your keyboard), code is pasted to your post >>

4 You have this but you need to cut some away.

<InvalidTag width="560" height="315"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/bkbOiakilTE?version=3&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><InvalidTag src="http://www.youtube.com/v/bkbOiakilTE?version=3&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="560" height="315" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object>

highlight everything and delete all code before http://...........

highlight and delete all code after ..........US

you have this code:

http://www.youtube.com/v/bkbOiakilTE?version=3&hl=en_US

Now just make youtube tags before and aft like this:

[youtub]http://www.youtube.com/v/bkbOiakilTE?version=3&hl=en_US[/youtub]

I misspelled youtube in my tags in the above example on purpose. If I spelled correctly, the vid would have been ebedded instaed of showing you the example of the proper code. You spell youtube with the [] around it before and aft it will embed. don't forget the / on the end tag.

There are some vids on youtube that go by the new embed code and those cannot be posted as I just described. You need to select "old embed code" to grab the embeddable code. Can't remember where the old embed code was located but I found it a couple times.

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Thanks for the ride along. kinda fun to run all 3 at the same x.

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I picked up the contour gps model this winter can't wait for the weather to break to be able to try it out. I don't know how the GoPro works but on the Contour I can view on my smart phone via bluetooth so before i take off ill be able to make sure the cam is set right

* Last updated by: scottjkyl on 2/12/2012 @ 4:39 PM *

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I don't know how the GoPro works but on the Contour I can view on my smart phone via bluetooth ....

I can't give my ernest yet but from what i have seen of side x side comparos, the Contour has more natural color and less severe wide angle view(the GoPro wide angle can be adjusted but I have not played around enough with that to speak of it either). The GoPro is a better camera for close in action like tank mount view of the rider because it is a shorter camera front to back than the Contour. Also a good shape to wear close to the body as it is often worn in non motor sports.

The Contour has a GPS. The Iphone feature is nice with the contour but if your not into smart phones you are SOL on the instant view functions. The GoPro LCD backpack is about eighty bucks.

Curious to see how the sound compares. The GoPro has great sound but I have started to notice some clicks when mounted behind the windscreen.

Scotty, that Contour suction cup mount looks very nice. Looks like it must be made by the same co that makes the GoPro suction cup mount. The GoPro suction cup mount is a nifty little accessory but the ram ball on the Contour mount is a greta feature.

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rook after seeing grn helmet mount i think contour is a better cam hands down for mounting to your helmet don't think id like all that hanging down off my chin lol heres how the contour will mount

* Last updated by: scottjkyl on 2/12/2012 @ 7:44 PM *

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for a helmet cam the contour seems a bit less obtrusive.

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i think Go-Pro went about their advertising all wrong, They make it look so big in the ads. Thats why i went with Contour,I saw the Go-Pro in person last week and it is tiny compared to seeing it in ads. May have done some more thinking on the Go-Pro if I'd known how small it really was. At any rate I can't wait to try it out , the feature I think will be cool is the split screen that shows you gps position. I just hope it takes good video

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Scott, It says you can mount your phone as a screen if you have bluetooth or droid? Hands free is what? Can you click on and off on your touch screen on the phone? Why didn't they come up with that? Or, say, that is there in the software ping to the phone?

Walk/run/swing that camera around on a string/rope and see how slow it picks things up? The camera looks like it outperforms the gopro? If grn is running a gopro and that waving finished product is not that crisp, the other cam is 100 dollars less if you throw your money at the lower contour, or are we all about to be waved by the slow bits it can't keep up with real time like the gpro?

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hub its just an app that lets you see what your going to be recording just lets you see what your gonna be filming before you get going once you start recording the app shuts down

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wish they cut the music so you could hear the sound quality

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Scott, thanks. You'all are up on the finger slide. I'm just a few hours green with one. Her startac broke at the hinge. I repaired it twice. Her original battery took a dump and now she needs a new phone, mine works fine, so we had to upgrade. That phone had a good run and we both had the original batteries, you wish your shoreHA kept charge for a year good luck!

No, seriously, that is a great move for you to set the camera angle position. I can see how you need the phone for that. So cool, I am so impressed; how this baby runs on both ends. Tech is endless, no shit! I'm more interested in the suspension operation in the back or front? I play with the R, I'd like to see what time she breaks loose then comes back onto kskid. Then I mess around withe...

* Last updated by: Hub on 2/13/2012 @ 9:07 AM *

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Scott, I'd set yours on the table in the house. Take a pot or pan, bang it. The farther you are away from the mic? Then, I'd start banging as I came nearer to the camera. Slam one right at the speaker!!! Run the cam up to the speaker of the monitor and run that song in the vid.

If you have a mic, plug it in. I modified a mini-boom-mic so it would fit inside my helmet. You need one AAA battery for it. It has a 3 position switch. One for off, the other for normal, the last for boost; the audio some. The boom switch is more for pickup far away sounds in a big room. You can hear a mouse shit sort of boom mic.

I did look up the accessories. They start to add up as the gopro has a lot of platforms to chose from. An EE helped me make a camera charger for my bike. What is the battery voltage? Mine is setup for 8v. The battery says, 7.4v, so between it needing some running, that camera will put up with the extra 10th's.

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If your go pro is up to date there is an upside down mode,you can mount an adhesive mount on the inside of your windscreen and have the camera upside down .It works well this way just have to remember to change it when using different mounts.Green what have you had her up to using the suction mount?

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Bought a Contour GPS last year.
Haven't played much with it, but concerning the sound quality, the Gopro is better.
Problem with the Contour is the mic is in front so it pick up the wind noise pretty bad.
I heard some are putting a sock on the mic part to lessen the "noise" and it helps (haven't tried it)
I have a waterproof case for it, (haven't tried that out either yet) so maybe that will help with the wind noise as well.

I do like the size of the Contour, that alone made me go with it instead of the Gopro.
The front adjustable lens, so you can adjust the angle and always be straight.
GPS is a nice feature, you can see at what speed and where it took place on a side map.
The android app. for it is cool as well.

Come summer I'll play with it some more, I just wish it was easier to edit them videos.

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after all the $$ we spend on bikes I don't think many of us will go out and buy a computer to do bike video but just so happens I got a mac and imovie is great vid editing software. there is still more advanced. Just highlight frames, grab 'em and shift around however you want.

Of course the more capabilities you have, the more time you spend playing. I'm sure I spent a couple full days getting stuff just right in a couple if my vids.

* Last updated by: Rook on 2/18/2012 @ 9:21 PM *

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windows movie maker is EASY to use!

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what windows are you running?? mine has no issue with it, although it does change the format.

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I let it change it to wmv and it works just fine.....I thing the problem is in the operator....

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and reformatted it to WMV...or whatever that is. = Windows Movie Video(s)

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My windows movie maker converts it itself! We are using the same camera, and the same editing software......it's operator error! just saying

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