Video: Left Fairing Mount for Contour Roam Camera

[Clyde]

I recently posted about adding a few mounting points for my Contour Roam camera. I ran a test today with the one on the side of the fairing and I like how it turned out. The mounts were super-easy to make out of some acrylic discs that I plasti-welded together and drilled, then just bought a longer fairing bolt to attach it to the bike.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUtYEQZJzng]FZ1 Left Side Fairing Camera Mount Test (Contour Roam) - YouTube[/ame]

 

[FZ1riderNY]

Looks great! Maybe you can take a snapshot of the mount and post it here. I'd like to see how it came out.:tup:

 

[Clyde]

Here's the pic of the mount that I posted to the other thread. This one is on the right, but I moved it to the left so I could see more of the road.

The camera came with the "watersports" kit which includes a clamp-style mounting unit. I have a few of these mount points on my bike, so I just have to pop the clamp loose and move it to a new location.

I'm also attaching a couple of images of what it looks like mounted to the bike.

 

[FZ1riderNY]

Wow, nice! I will say that the Contour Mounts look a lot nicer than the GoPro ones for sure, although they now have the "Ball" type mounts which look much more versatile. Thanks for posting the pics so quickly!

 

[Clyde]

One of the best things about the Contour camera is that it has a rotatable lens, which give a little more flexibility in mounting locations. The price ($100) wasn't bad either!

The camera has quarter-inch "standard" camera mounting threads, so you can use a RAM mount or something similar if you get the 1" ball to 1/4" adapter.

Next project is to use the 3D printer to make a helmet mount. I have a template, but can't get the time on the 3D printer at TechShop!

 

[randysway]

Are you scared at all about the camera falling off though? I always get afraid because I'm not sure if it's still attached... My buddies have lost go pros while snowboarding so thats probably why.. lol

 

[Clyde]

Are you scared at all about the camera falling off though?

Well, I wasn't until you said something!:tdown: Way to go buzz-killer.

Seriously, though, the clamp is made for surfing and I feel pretty confident in its abilities to hang on. When I had the camera on the front (where the block-off plates are located), I had it tied with some string as a back-up, but never had a problem, even on some fairly rough (for a street bike) terrain. I live in Michigan, and the roads in the metro-Detroit area sort of like driving on the moon, but with 6x the gravity. The side-mount is secured to the bike using one of the fairing mount points, and it's bolted down. That's definitely not a point of failure.

Overall, I think that the mounts I made could be improved a bit if I could use a lathe, but I don't have access to one, so I made due. I'll improve it with some time (probably over the Winter). In the interim, I'll take the risk with a $100 camera.