$30.00 Bike Cam

I wanted to video some of my riding but the Go Pro stuff is too expensive for me. I bought a key chain video camera off E-bay for $10.00. A 4 GB video card cost $15.00.



I cut a piece of steel I had laying around and drilled a hole so I could mount it with my mirror. I JB Welded a rare earth magnet - $5.00 @ Princess Auto, to the steel.



I used double sided accessory tape to attach a magnet to the back of the camera and then just stick the two magnets together.



I have about 1 hour of video time with this set up. It doesn't work good at highway speeds but for around town and on twisty highways it should be good. Link to a You Tube video I shot the other night. Towards the end I bumped the camera when I re-set the odometer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCXGw2V4DZU

Rob

 

Genius, great idea. I did not have sound in the video, does the canera have sound.

 

wow never seen these before.

surprisingly good quality, more than i'd expect from a keychain.

this might be my next purchase.

 

the sound worked fine for me.
it was a little rattly, which i assume is from the actual key chain part. maybe if you remove that it will be a little purer.

 

Wicked Cool!!

Two Enthusiastic Thumbs Up.

 

Absolutely amazing! Rick is right. The keychain stuff makes the sound kind of buzzy. Maybe replace all of the metal parts with a piece of nylon string? Just loop it over the mirror and you would be in business.

This is one of the reasons I love this forum. The other one I watch they spend hundreds and hundreds of dollars just on the freakin mount! And the quality isn't any better excepth theirs work at highway speeds.

Rock on XJ'ers.

Loren

Very well done!

Loren

 

Very nice. Better video quality than I would have guessed. What kind of batteries does it take and how long are they good for?

 

The camera charges off the USB cable. It will last at least as long as I have room on the video card.

 

DumbA$$ moment for me , My speakers were turned off.

 

Who did you get the camera from??? I WANT one!

 

ya, link please, this is just too cool

 

Holy snapoly man that is awesome! I've been looking for something like that for so long -- small and CHEAP. Thanks for the info, I just snagged this one off ebay!

 

very cool. the picture quality is amazing for what it is. i really want one. i'd save on the mount and just use duct tape haha

post a link!

 

Good quality vid' you could just hold it in your teeth.

 

damn. i didnt realize anybody was selling them stateside. i ordered something from china. crap.

 

Yup, that's pretty much what I bought. Mine came from Hong Kong. Even better if it's from the US for the same price. I'm leaving on a 5,000 km trip August 12th to Lake Superior area. Hopefully I can find some twisty roads to video on. Hwy #1 in MN looks like a good bet. Before I leave I'm going to ditch the key chain part and see if that will clean up the audio a bit.

 

Aw, your just a tease. I thought this might have been a thread on how to improve the camshafts for $30!

 

i was so impressed i bought the company. NAH.... but i am impressed with the video enough to order one from china for the princley some of $2.80 plus $8.00 shipping, can't wait to get my hands on this little baby

 

I hear that same "buzz" on the audio of a lot of ride videos, not just yours. I think the little mic on the cameras may get overloaded and distorts, just like overdriving a speaker. I know some people cover the mic hole with a piece of foam to cut down on wind noise. Maybe this will work here also.

Good find on the camera.

 

holy crap that is FAR better quality then I expected!

NNext on the purchase list.

Thanks

 

i have a feeling we're going to need a new section for all the videos that are going to come popping up in the next few weeks.

 

hey lopez what a great idea, wonder if our moderators can do a listing or make room for video's

 

hey lopez what a great idea, wonder if our moderators can do a listing or make room for video's

 

Brilliant set-up, RangerG. And surprisingly good quality picture. I think I'll be getting one of those too!

 

I was "Googleing" for more info on these cameras and came across this from here...

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthre ... 2&page=280

These guys stick the cameras to their RC planes...
Wicked....

Now i really want one.....

 

Lol! Duct tape it to your helmet for the riders point of view.

 

i just took an awesome 60 mile ride down red rock canyon i'd love to take a video of the route it's beautiful. that and mt charleston are amazing motorcycle rides theres awesome twisty roads and beautiful scenery. i ordered my camera a week ago as soon as it comes i'll be sure to take another trip and post the videos!

 

I found them for $1.00 plus $7.47 shipping (China) , so, I bought 3 !!
I figured they would break eventually.

 

http://www.chucklohr.com/

 

so did i!...

not 5 minutes ago...

that chucklohr link had way too much information for me to digest. ill just go with what i get...

 

I think the best thing you could do with one of those cameras if you dont mind risking breaking it, is to move the microphone to the rear fo the camera, to prevent the wind noise

 

here's the cheapest one:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Car-Key-Chain-Hidde ... eo_Cameras

 

$10 free shipping one on the way, will post about it!

 

got it going, windows media player don't like those avi files vlc plays them fine
where the hell the sound in the smaller file came from, i got no idea
i'll have to dub in some rap
google docs

 

How the F*%# do you use the thing? I got the one in Schooters post, and can't understand the terrible (but hysterical) chinese translation.

 

polock, try getting some more codecs. Either the media player update or others. I found just installing DivX magically made my windows media player all of a sudden start playing AVI's that it wouldn't before whether I use DivX or not. Betcha quicktime will hook you up too.

anyone try just putting a piece of masking tape over the hole where the microphone is? should distort the sound but it's kinda crap anyway so who cares? and kill most of the whistling over the hole.

 

You-tube video I shot on my recent trip. This is Hwy #1 in MN. Quality is not great but it's better than nothing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6x0x0pCUsEg

The frame rate must be making the V-rod look like it has a strobe tailight. The lower I keep the revs, the better the video, but what fun is that?

 

wow, good stuff,i wonder how tuff they are?might be able to use it like a little black box.lol.sorry i couldnt help myself. my warped sense of humour.

 

Did you mount the cam the same way as your first video???
Maybe try to find a spot where engine vibration is not transmitted so easily to the cam...

 

So Time, have you got the cameras yet?? curious to see how every one is doing with those things...