Nov 12, 2015

3rd person GoPro motorcycle mount


I have long wanted to fabricate a 3rd person motorcycle GoPro mount, but I haven't been able to come up with a reasonably portable and elegant solution on my previous bikes. With the Bolt, the mount could finally be doable due to the sissy bar of the Bolt providing an excellent rigid and elevated mounting point.

The mount

The mount is essentially an inverted camera monopod. The GoPro bar mount is attached to the rubber end of the monopod and the monopod is zip tied to the sissy bar. By doing it this way the height and orientation of the camera is fully adjustable. On the shaft of the monopod I have zip tied several silicon hoses to dampen vibrations and ad friction between the sissy bar and the monopod. The monopod attaches very securely with only 2 zip ties.

I haven't been able to test the rig yet and it seems I wont be for some time as winter has descended. I'll get back to this when the weather allows it.





The monopod is zip tied to the sissy bar. The sissy bar has silicon hoses zip tied to it to prevent scratching, dampen vibrations and prevent the monopod from moving.


Monopod extended half way


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