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Today’s ride was all about making sure Camera Mount - Version 2.0 would work properly. In a nutshell, it didn’t dampen the vibration enough. It worked much better than my original version, but still transmitted enough vibration to the camera to cause the same temporary malfunctions I observed during the initial test run - just less frequently than before.

It did, however, work well enough to capture this video of me following Rick as we carefully navigated a stretch of pavement we thought would have a lot of sand in the corners left by the recent rain - but today there was no sand:

Note: the photos and videos in this blog post were all taken with the little Casio EX-Z80 which is proving to be a fantastic $150 camera.

Time for enhancements to the camera mount - more vibration isolators:

Now it’s a “double stack” with two separate layers of isolation:

Crude? Yes. Of course! This setup provides a considerable amount of vibration reduction while at the same time holding the camera steady enough to capture good video. The road test that followed this modification has me convinced that the problem may be permanently fixed.

This little bit of spirited acceleration would consistently cause the camera to malfunction previously, however, now it seems to be working fine:

Oh yeah - the ride report. We (Tom, Rick, Nancy, Mike, and I) met at the Osteen Diner at 0800. We did the “east loop” which includes the Merritt Island Wildlife Refuge and some other good (top-secret) areas out there. It was a nice relaxing ride with moderate temperatures and good weather.

This entry was posted on Sunday, August 17th, 2008 at 4:12 pm and is filed under Motorcycles.