Motorcycle and Scooter appreciation

I know nothing about bikes but I enjoy Fort9

I'm throughly enjoying the motorcycle content from RRC Restorations and Ronald Finger

Old guy in shed

Revzilla

Prism Supply

44 Teeth

Charley Boorman

Bike Shed MC

Baron Von Grumble

Red Bull

Donut Media (it's a car channel but they do good bike content sometimes)

Deus Ex Machina

Grainy Days

Some of my favourites above, I spend too much time on motorcycle content on YouTube to be honest...
I've also added the images to my posts on the last page now that I've realised Google Photos don't embed on LFGSS...

https://www.youtube.com/c/BaffleCulture

Can anyone come up with reasons not to get this https://innovv.co.uk/shop/motorcycle-dash-cameras/k6-dual-lens-motorcycle-camera/

The card is in the front camera which has one wire to the rear camera and one to a USB A for power. I could plug in under my seat as I have a USB port doing nothing under there. Seems a simple install.

From what I can tell there’s no gps and no button to save clips, but with a 256 memory card that’s about 18 hours to find and download any clip you wanted to save. No parking mode but is any of that needed? It looks like the gps and remote button clip savy thing on other models is just additional stuff to try and fit somewhere (naked bike so no panels to hide stuff under).

Only 2K 30fps up front, does that matter or is all the 4k/8k bollocks just people getting wrapped up in spec sheet hype. Rear is as always 1080 which is the norm for cameras at the end of a data power cable.

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It'll take me a while to find the link, but the biggest reason is to not incriminate yourself.

If you have a body-mounted camera, it cannot be seized on the spot by police as evidence. If you have a vehicle-mounted camera, however, it can.

As far as I remember, it's in a 44Teeth video, maybe a different similar channel. All the same that was reason enough for me.

As far as non-legal, I would always prefer a chin-mounted camera as it doesn't affect your range of movement too bad but it gives a rider-perspective to any footage. For example, it proves you looked left/right/whatever.

I found the only time I submitted evidence of dangerous driving by gopro, it was bicycle bar-mounted, and the police claimed it didn't show enough. As such, no chance of a conviction, no dice, fuck off.

Had it been on my head and shown my view as I saw the approaching car, they may have taken it more seriously.

Oh, and chin-mounted, people can see it, so if someone was about to do something stupid they might clock the camera and decide otherwise.

I know the vid, but they also have a series with white dalton where the camera footage has been crucial to getting the case through. I feel I’m far more likely to need the witness element than be doing anything incriminating. The worst I do is overtake the lead vehicle in the zigzags. I’m also shit at remembering to charge stuff.

The question isn’t about whether to hardwire a camera system, it’s more about whether anyone can see obvious flaws that I’m not seeing with that system. There’s literally one paid review on YouTube where all he criticises is the frame rate not being able to read a US plate at dusk.

Oh and one of the selling points for me is that if I am out and about with the idiot nephew, I can just unplug the USB plug under the seat before we head out.

Saw these at NEC at the weekend and thought they looked like a great product, I'm not too sure about the incrimination situation and I agree that a helmet camera will give another perspective that's also probably worth having but they're a nice product and pretty discrete on the bike!

Mmm. Fair enough. Well so long as it’s switched, and isolated from the bike’s circuitry, then it shouldn’t drain the battery or cause any electrical gremlins. If that’s the case it would run like a fancy version of the significantly low-res dashcam I got for the van; on when it’s on, off when it’s off, fit and forget.

Hey everyone, I'm selling the motorbike and all my gear. therefore I have these two kevlar lined jeans for sale -

these 32W 34L

And a pair of red route kevlar jeans 32w 40l

£20 plus postage?

Sorry I meant 20 for the pair plus postage.

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If you have a body-mounted camera, it cannot be seized on the spot by police as evidence. If you have a vehicle-mounted camera, however, it can.

Not strictly true, you could just be arrested and the camera seized under s32 pace

Sorry, was writing from memory. Could only remember it was a risk.

I know of someone that got fucked over by having a camera on board.

Tho as a biker, you can be killed at the murderer gets away with it.

Looks clean:

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Very nice! Love the tank badges.

I keep thinking I need a light restoration project and have been looking at seventies Kawasaki KE100s on eBay. Only problem is I want to buy it here and take it to Ireland to work on whilst there which, post Brexit, looks a major pita.
Someone talk me out of it.

Awww yeah this looks absolutely fantastic man! Backbox looks cool too!

I'm in Ireland. Don't do it. You'll escape the VRT but you'll have to pay VAT on it, probably not much but you can definitely find a good project bike over here...
Here's one on Donedeal, this is our best local classifieds for this sort of thing or else Facebook Marketplace...
There is an exception to the VAT/ Brexit nonsense as bikes that are Northern Ireland registered pre-Brexit are exempt but to be honest if you can't find what you want in Ireland you'd be better off shopping in EU try here for EU stuff...

Has anyone had a spin on the new BSA Gold Star 650?

And this is mine for reference.

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Both look great

Also fantastic! You can really see the inspiration for the V85 from that perspective!

Just need some yellow.
A big part of me wants to cover it in advertisement for fossil fuel and tobacco companies.
Is there a name for that urge?

Got to be ms fags or maybe lucky strike.

Period MS fairing logo