Do You Ride With a Cam?

[BKP]

I do now... religiously...

I was getting ready to pull out of a parking spot tonight, at a local Publix (supermarket, for those of you in the West), and an older gentleman on a *beautiful* rust-colored Victory Hammer pulled up next to me...
He turned off his bike, pulled off his lid, and asked me about the GoPro mounted on my handlebar...asked if I always run it, and I then noticed he had a Countour mounted on his...

I told him "when I remember to bring it," and he just replied "well, remember it all the time..." He then told me a quick story about an open-air Jeep full of teens, and being followed by another, also full of kids, that ran him off the side of an embankment a few years earlier, down a 70 foot roll into a gully, resulting in two broken legs, couple of shattered vertebrae, broken ribs, etc...
The kids had taken off... fortunately, another biker saw him go down...
He had their plates, and a complete video record of everything they did, when the court case came up... the two drivers went to jail...

Anyway, it brings up a question I wondered about... who here uses a cam? And, for what purpose / frequency?

 

[CrazyCawi]

I use it 95% of the time I ride. Sometimes the I forget to charge it otherwise its always on and rolling.

 

[richierich781]

its going to be my next pick up. I've had several of close calls with people driving crazy and not paying attention. I'll consider it part of my safety equipment

 

[Spunky99]

I have 2 Contour 1080 cams and each and every helmet I own has a mount.
I have recorded several near misses and incidents involving road rage and assholes that don't care about our safety and posted to youtube.

I am currently in a legal situation that is going to be hopefully very enlightened by the video and possibly get me a good settlement.

I will be using the cam in my truck as well soon but I find there are more people that do bad things to motorcycles than cars.

On a good note, I typically erase the video in the cams right after work and let them charge for the next day because there were no incidents....Yayyyyyyyy.

 

[BKP]

I hear that...

I have more "near misses," "unintentional merges into me," and just basic teenage-texting-while-knee-driving-and-daddy's-beemer-is-on-auto-pilot BS on film than I care to think about...

Hopefully, it will never come to it, but I have no doubt that one of these videos, one day, like you, will end up in court...

 

[poWKaw]

I generally use it for entertainment/picking up my flaws in riding when riding 'spiritedly' I generally have the outlook on the road of if you're always prepared and looking for trouble it's easily averted. I used to get really worked up / road raged people because of the way they drive, but started to come to the point where I realise I can't fix them so I just have to be extra careful myself. With that said, I'm pretty much just making an excuse because I'm too lazy to constantly record

 

[Sage]

I only really do it when I'm riding hard, or if I just feel like getting some footage for making a vid or getting some pics, but i really should ride with it all the time. Had a few close calls and a few times I could have really had someones ass in court if I wanted to if something did happen.

 

[MistahT]

My daily commute is just under 2 miles. The only time I don't wear my camera is that commute.

 

[See red]

I don't use it, I in fact have 2 and hate the go-pro. I instead run bullet cams tiny guys that I have both in my cars and on my 6r. The 6r is gone though, so, I will probably build a new system for the tiger. The memory of the go pro is not large enough. I use a 500gb hard drive for when I tour. Of course that is for several days, and thousands of miles.

 

[oorgle]

i use mine nearly every time i go out except my ride to work and back as i can't bring a camera in the building and i'm not leaving it on the bike

 

[bullfinchgold]

i will

it is very important of it . Some crazy people do not have sence . Just be careful

 

[nismos14]

Where's the option of nope and don't plan to get one?

 

[meganiimarie]

I was just thinking about a camera this morning on my ride into work. These crazy scooters in traffic is somewhere worth capturing. Most recent examples... a chick carrying a dog and a dude smoking and texting while splitting lanes! Everyday something new.

 

[Spunky99]

Not only do I religiously use a helmet cam when riding my bike, I now have a truck cam. I won't drive a car or motorcycle without video evidence anymore.
I live in the concrete jungle of Los Angeles County where the uninsured outnumber the insured drivers and they don't spik English or have driver's licenses either.

 

[Marthy]

Yes, 2! FZ6 Cams... lol

 

[6R Blackout]

No can't afford one right now, but if I had one I would definately wear it on my helmet all the time


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[Deleted member 9794]

For those that have cams, is the HD Hero2 (Professional) worth the extra $100 vs the HD Hero (Original)? Also, do they really record for 8 hrs w/ the 32gb sd cards or is that at a lower resolution than the 1080p?

 

[Uno979]

In 1080p you get about an hour 15 min of steady recording. The battery backpack will give you the 8 hours but on top of that if you add a separate portable charger like what people use for iPads will give you 32 hours of constant recording.

The hero 2 is a quality quality item. Mounting system is a headach and accessories can cost as much as the camera package before you know it. Also has a mic plugin.

If all you want is to mount a camera and record just video I would go for a contour or a replayXD.

 

[Y2too1KK]

always forget to use it

 

[FastFreddy]

I do it once or twice a month ... take the cam with me