sirimiri

"We have the technology...."

Oh well, I built it once I can build it again. (cue bionic man theme song).

Definitely go for the most solid-state camera setup you can find....who knows how the mini-DV will stand up to moto-shocks....

Good fabrication! :thumbsup:

Dammit, now I have another photo thread to salivate and wait over, anxiously hoping for new images....

I seriously am amazed by you guys who just throw together bike parts, it's a kind of ingenuity I could never have....

Jeebus, no one can farkel-ize as fast as Wireless Will/House!!! :unsure:

Dunno, that's still a pretty flimsy mount, eh?

is there any benefit to an 8-spoke wheel beside the look? just curious.

Well, if you don't know, we're certainly not going to tell you!!! :rolleyes:

So, besides the fact that it's a VFR400 with RVF bodyworkish type stuff....

What exactly is it that I'm supposed to be looking for? Goldilocks inverted forks? What's the mod?

Add it to the permanent 'fixes' section.

Talus, thank for your spending your time documenting this. It is because of people like yourself that VFRd is such an amazing resource.

Oh, and Papa Honda...WAKE UP!!!!! :rolleyes:

Nothing, absolutely nothing can keep WW, er..."House" down.

Keep it up, and keep posting your mods..... :thumbsup:

Hmmm.... could this have been whipped up in AutoCAD and CNC'd by a shop?

Just asking out of curiosity...the satisfaction of doing it yourself is great (though machining tools are needed in the house!)

Nice looking stuff, mmmm mmmm mmmm!

I would tape some optical grade haze or skylight filter over that rig, just so as not to pock up the lens.

you could even use one of those crap 38mm or 24mm videocam filters, they are probably about 15 bucks at Ritz or something.

My 2 cents..

I've been dwelling on this again..

we can't have guns here to protect our things

+1 on the fact that you'll just go nuts obsessing about your bike. I know the feeling, my car was badly vandalized twice in 10 months, once while parked in my secured apartment garage. It made me sick for weeks thinking about it.

Then, two weeks ago, some schmuck markered up my buddy's bike. Mine was under cover, 20 feet away and left unmolested. But now I'M worried about it

As to the weapon situation, well, this might get this topic too hot, but...trust me, having access to one and judicious use (plus "catching" somebody in the act) are all different things. I figure it's more for the eventual earthquake that will hit LA and the ensuing pandemonium. So, my advice is don't obsess on that one either

Bikes, thankfully, are somewhat cheap. It's not a 45k car we're talking about. I hope some of my reasoning helps put your mind at ease

Everyone posted photos, but I can't see anything, all these black bikes are too damn stealthy!!! :goofy:

Hey, nice idea, but why don't you go all the way and do something about those amber side reflectors on your front forks, otherwise they kind of defeat the purpose ¿don't you think?

US D.O.T. regs require amber side reflectors up front, red reflectors at back. You'll see especially poor implementation of this on some European cars that are exported to the US...on some older cars like VWs, etc. they are just screwed on the body/bumpre.

Newer cars hide these reflectors in the "pulled back" headlight shrouds, as well as taillights housings that wrap around the sides.

But, apart from the D.O.T. there's nothing stopping one from simply unscrewing the little L-tabs that mount those reflectors on the N.A. models

And the N.A. OEM bags look crummy with the mounted reflectors, too

Clear and silver look great together :thumbsup: nice job.

NV2L8,

We met before, I think? Either the Tech Day at Steve's, or one of the SoCal flaf rides. Good to see you around.

Regarding the hot surge, well I have an '06 so admittedly our bikes are a little different there. But, my surging problems pretty much disappeared after about 5k on the bike....though you've probably put far more on it?

I don't know what else to offer besides that...