jhenley17 Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 I picked up the basic GoPro yesterday, hoping I'll be able to use it as a "dashcam" in case anything ever happens to me because drivers here are asshats. Anyways, what helmet mounts do you guys have experience with? And I guess I'd be open to an unobtrusive mount behind the screen if there's something good for my purpose, but I'd want something quickly removed and hard-mounted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Duc2V4 Posted April 16, 2016 Member Contributer Share Posted April 16, 2016 Personally I don't care to have a camera strapped to my helmet so I go with Ram Mount setups. Here is a Ram Mount setup I use for my Innov C3 camera. It sits behind the windscreen and can have different length arms and "locking" options as well as GoPro camera mounts. Some side mount pics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer HighSideNZ Posted April 16, 2016 Member Contributer Share Posted April 16, 2016 Not sure about helmet mounts. The jury is still out as to what effect they have on the helmet's structure in an accident. Look at what happened to Michael Schumaker. His injuries were caused by a helmet cam adding a point load to his helmet and the helmet failing, as far as I know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Duc2V4 Posted April 16, 2016 Member Contributer Share Posted April 16, 2016 Not sure about helmet mounts. The jury is still out as to what effect they have on the helmet's structure in an accident. Look at what happened to Michael Schumaker. His injuries were caused by a helmet cam adding a point load to his helmet and the helmet failing, as far as I know. I know that at the track day I attended, they said no helmet cams! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhenley17 Posted April 17, 2016 Author Share Posted April 17, 2016 I like the idea of a helmet mount because it will follow my gaze and show more than just directly in front of me. For instance, Friday, some jackwad about hit my leg with his front fender trying to push into my lane, which would not have shown on a bar - mounted camera. Does the first mount posted block your view of the gauges? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Duc2V4 Posted April 17, 2016 Member Contributer Share Posted April 17, 2016 I like the idea of a helmet mount because it will follow my gaze and show more than just directly in front of me. For instance, Friday, some jackwad about hit my leg with his front fender trying to push into my lane, which would not have shown on a bar - mounted camera. Does the first mount posted block your view of the gauges? I completely understand the desire for helmet cam use and there are several that can be used, lust look at Go Pros website. If I were to go with a helmet mount, I'd probably aim for a chin mount rather than top or side.As far as the mount I have, I'd does no completely block my view, a slight tilt of my head or a quick lean left or right and I can see whatever is slightly blocked. I positioned it to allow good recording view as well as the least amount t of intrusion on dash view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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