Harley Shaky Footage. Any ideas?

[BikeFather]

I have a 2nd camera which I'm trying to use it for various angles. Never had this issue before, but recently switched to a harley, and wherever I attach the GoPro mount, I get very shaky footage, it's quite bad, unusable basically.

Any suggestions on good vibration dampners? I couldn't find anything gopro specific. I did find Insta360 selling a vibration dampner, but not sure how good it is, and if it will solve my problem. Has anyone tried something that def works on a Harley?

 

[Hippo-Drones]

Does your second camera have image stabilisation? I'd turn that on firstly if it does. Sadly if not, getting stable footage will be very difficult. The nature of a big v-twin is never gonna be kind to camera footage.

 

[Hippo-Drones]

I guess you could try the Insta360 anti vibration mount, but I'm not sure how well it'd work as you'd need an adaptor to make it work with your camera I imagine.

 

[BikeFather]

Does your second camera have image stabilisation? I'd turn that on firstly if it does. Sadly if not, getting stable footage will be very difficult. The nature of a big v-twin is never gonna be kind to camera footage.

Yes, but I just realised I had an ND filter on, which might’ve caused the stabilisation not to work properly. I need to do some more testing. Thanks.

 

[R-Rated]

I have a 2nd camera which I'm trying to use it for various angles. Never had this issue before, but recently switched to a harley, and wherever I attach the GoPro mount, I get very shaky footage, it's quite bad, unusable basically.

Any suggestions on good vibration dampners? I couldn't find anything gopro specific. I did find Insta360 selling a vibration dampner, but not sure how good it is, and if it will solve my problem. Has anyone tried something that def works on a Harley?

The GoPro Hero4 and Hero 4 Session did not have stabilization. Those were my first cameras. I used my editing software to smooth the footage out. Just shoot as wide as possible as the stabilization will crop the shot.

Same happens with new cameras. There is a difference in width between non stabilized and stabilized on my Hero8.

Also, not knowing which Harley engine you are running (TC A vs B or any M8 or Evo Sportster) you might check you motor mounts, compensator, and rubber mounting the mufflers on the Touring bikes. Any of those with a little too much wear will telegraph the vibration through the rest of the bike.

Finally, RAM mounts do really well on minor vibrations absorption but a big pulse will make the arm wiggle.

 

[cinan]

I have a 2nd camera which I'm trying to use it for various angles. Never had this issue before, but recently switched to a harley, and wherever I attach the GoPro mount, I get very shaky footage, it's quite bad, unusable basically.

Any suggestions on good vibration dampners? I couldn't find anything gopro specific. I did find Insta360 selling a vibration dampner, but not sure how good it is, and if it will solve my problem. Has anyone tried something that def works on a Harley?

what kind of camera do you have exactly? There may be noticable differences between various GoPro models.

 

[Drakhen99]

Without more details, it's hard to nail down, but if you're running a newer GoPro, the ND filter is probably to blame.

I have a M8 114, and don't notice much, if any, shake. On my wife's 2013 Sporty 1200, I get some, but not a lot. Again, I'd guess it's the ND filter.

When I took my GoPros out at night [similar to ND filter, IIRC], I had a lot more instability than I'm used to.

-John

 

[BikeFather]

in the end, it was the ND filter that prevented the stabilisation from working properly. Once removed, it all looks good.

 

[Drakhen99]

in the end, it was the ND filter that prevented the stabilisation from working properly. Once removed, it all looks good.

Glad you found the solution!

-John