New camera gantry

v4_jeff · May 18, 2015, 09:17:16 AM

i was screwing around with some scrap aluminum and bodged together a high-mount camera gantry for the Magna. Neat view, kinda video game like. Should have gone 4-6" taller, as when the camera is centered you can't see the road ahead over my helmet. Oh well... Version 2.

http://youtu.be/htMnWV-rZ7w

hop along · May 18, 2015, 11:09:41 AM

Fun! I like the part at the end where your parking spot was blocked

You know this also opens you up for us to pick on your riding habits... right?!?

Hop Along

v4_jeff · May 18, 2015, 06:33:22 PM

Impossible. I'm infallible.

Smoked U · May 18, 2015, 07:41:46 PM

You know if you would just remove the mirrors on your bike it would look like you were sliding down the road on your ass.

v4_jeff · May 18, 2015, 08:16:31 PM

Haha.. The Corbin seat is a few inches lower than stock, so it's almost like that I guess...

I just re-watched the video, man it looks faster than it actually is! I was only 5 over at most, looks like I was doing 60!

TLRam1 · May 19, 2015, 12:31:46 AM

Yes it did look like you were humming and than you parked in the shopping cart space. lol

Smoked U · May 19, 2015, 09:02:03 AM

That really is an interesting angle to view a ride. Thanks for posting. It gives me something to think about.

v4_jeff · May 20, 2015, 08:01:18 AM

I'll bring the rig to Mena, maybe the v2 if I can get back into the scrap pile by then.

hootmon · May 21, 2015, 04:06:05 PM

Quote from: Smoked U on May 18, 2015, 07:41:46 PM
You know if you would just remove the mirrors on your bike it would look like you were sliding down the road on your ass.

I like this idea.. Remove the mirrors, make a movie and edit out the beginning (getting on the bike) and end (getting off the bike)
It will look like you're just scooting along on air...

Smoked U · May 22, 2015, 08:53:22 AM

here ya go

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQITm3cS8Zk

hootmon · May 22, 2015, 11:51:15 AM

Exactly

Smoked U · May 22, 2015, 07:45:01 PM

back in the day,Gulf with ethyl additive was called Gulf NoNox. Who remembers what Gulf regular gasoline was called?

Jerry G Turner · May 22, 2015, 09:02:33 PM

It was called good gulf.

TLRam1 · May 23, 2015, 12:28:20 AM

All I can think of now is Regular or Ethyl, why was it called Ethyl.

Jerry G Turner · May 23, 2015, 05:57:12 AM

Gas was called Ethel because of the tetraethellead that they added to it. Gulf also had a subregular that they called gulftane.