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Moto Dashcam

SFSV650

SFSV650

The Slowest Sprotbike™
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Still behind a Prius
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2007 R1200R
Has anyone found a workable dash can for riding?

I've used a go pro hero but:
It's a pain to turn on/off.
Battery life is laughable.
A 64gb card fills up in under half a ride.
It's a pain to take off the bike at every stop but easy to steal.
Every now and again it'll corrupt the footage and/or the card.

And so I ask; has anyone found a solution that is powered from the bike, starts and stops with the ignition, and wipes it's own memory / records continuously unless there's an incident?
 
64gb card is 9 hours of footage @ 1080p 30fps. You go on some long ass rides!

I prefer the chin mounted gopro and extra batteries. I like the camera seeing what I see.
 
The common and review from Techmoan,

One thing that I didn't mention during the review was how this could be considered to be the first Motorcycle 'Dash' Camera. Over the years I've reviewed plenty of Car DVR Dashcams, but whenever people asked me if something similar was available for motorcycles I've always drawn a blank....until now.

http://www.techmoan.com/blog/2014/11/2/innovv-c3-review-the-wired-lens-mini-camera.html

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SFSV650 said:
It's a pain to turn on/off.
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Configure it so turning the button on starts recording immediately.
SFSV650 said:
Battery life is laughable.
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Bring another battery
SFSV650 said:
A 64gb card fills up in under half a ride.
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Bring a spare card.
SFSV650 said:
It's a pain to take off the bike at every stop but easy to steal.
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Wear on your helmet/person.
SFSV650 said:
Every now and again it'll corrupt the footage and/or the card.
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I've had the same thing happen with other cameras.
 
kongjie said:
Configure it so turning the button on starts recording immediately.

Bring another battery

Bring a spare card.

Wear on your helmet/person.

I've had the same thing happen with other cameras.
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Wired the C3 on bike,
1. bike start/stop, the recording start/stop,
2. the camera power supplied by bike, do not worry about battery,
3. there is loop recording feature, when SD card is full, the last recordings will replace the first one, no SD card size concerned.
4. can mount C3 on helmet, wear on head, anywhere on bike.
5. install the C3 on bike, you do not worry it will be stolen as its small lens case profile and wired.

The blow blogs show how riders install it on bikes.

http://www.innovv.com/#!blog/c13mz
 
Hey Innov's a forum member. That's pretty good. Yeah, all of those things make an actual dash cam pretty much superior in every way to a go pro for use as a dash cam. If I was to buy the C3 i'd want to buy two for the front and rear and wire them into the ignition so they come on with the bike. Probably convince some friends to buy a few and have a day of installing them on everyone's bikes. If only you guys offered a discount if bought in bulk.... :D
 
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Donelop said:
Hey Innov's a forum member. That's pretty good. Yeah, all of those things make an actual dash cam pretty much superior in every way to a go pro for use as a dash cam. If I was to buy the C3 i'd want to buy two for the front and rear and wire them into the ignition so they come on with the bike. Probably convince some friends to buy a few and have a day of installing them on everyone's bikes. If only you guys offered a discount if bought in bulk.... :D
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We did a group buy on them not too long ago. Rock has also told us they are developing a new version that will have two cameras to a single recording unit so you can have forward and rear facing cameras. Perhaps we can do another group buy on that when it comes out....*wink wink* Rock...

I have a GoPro, a Drift HD and a Contour. The Contour is on my helmet currently and I use it whenever I remember to charge it. Problem is I commute four days a week and I always forget to charge it. It's also a pain because the Contour can't loop video (the GoPro can, but its battery life sucks and it's more awkward to wear). My Innovv C3 is wired up so it runs every time my bike turns on and I have zero maintenance I have to do to keep it recording. The only downside is it's not mounted on my helmet, so it only gets what's in front of me. Ideally I'd have forward, rear and my helmet all rolling all the time.
 
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The two cameras into one recording unit for me is a push. It'd be asking two cameras to share the same memory card, the same image processor, and running longer, more expensive HDMI cables to each of the cameras. Reminds me of how my speedo healer "top speed button" met an early demise. I ran it from the battery box to the hand controls and it unfortunately got pinched in the triple tree stops. If you had two units you just run your standard power from the ignition to the front and rear. Having hardware redundancy can't hurt in a vehicle collision either. Put me down for another group buy for sure 'tho, if that ever becomes a reality.
 
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Donelop said:
The two cameras into one recording unit for me is a push. It'd be asking two cameras to share the same memory card, the same image processor, and running longer, more expensive HDMI cables to each of the cameras. Reminds me of how my speedo healer "top speed button" met an early demise. I ran it from the battery box to the hand controls and it unfortunately got pinched in the triple tree stops. If you had two units you just run your standard power from the ignition to the front and rear. Having hardware redundancy can't hurt in a vehicle collision either. Put me down for another group buy for sure 'tho, if that ever becomes a reality.
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We do listen to riders before the development, and invite riders to do development with us together, the testing, the support.

We are not doing alone, we are doing with riders together.
From below blog, you can see How the C3 came, the most ideas came from riders. :cool:cool:cool

http://www.innovv.com/#!What-is-the-good-motorcycling-cam-Where-is-it/c1rny/5F58C3D1-0C01-4910-A9A6-1B4AA5C6B284

Do not rush and rough, still listening the need and review the ideas, need to get it to the best fit the real need. :afm199:afm199:afm199
 
That's awesome, and i wish you guys the best. Seems to me like you are going about your business in the right way.
 
A new Dual Cam Unit, kinda pricey tho.

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http://www.techmoan.com/blog/2015/3/1/k1s-the-first-front-rear-hidden-1080p-dash-camera.html
 
Rock Liu said:
Wired the C3 on bike,
1. bike start/stop, the recording start/stop,
2. the camera power supplied by bike, do not worry about battery,
3. there is loop recording feature, when SD card is full, the last recordings will replace the first one, no SD card size concerned.
4. can mount C3 on helmet, wear on head, anywhere on bike.
5. install the C3 on bike, you do not worry it will be stolen as its small lens case profile and wired.
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That sounds great. I wasn't arguing that a GoPro is a better solution. My point was that the OP already seems to have a GoPro and his quibbles weren't too hard to overcome.

It's funny, at least to me, that many of the things we take for granted and complain about were completely impossible ten years ago. Cf. Louis CK's rant about people on airplanes. Not at all a knock against the OP, just a reflection on human nature.
 
Why Moto Cam is needed.

This video is from the rider in UK, he is riding daily for work.

The light shows left turn, The car turn right indeed.:wow:wow:wow

For daily ridding, the video size was set to be 720p, not 1080p the C3 can do.

[youtube]5_tcfnp0FO4[/youtube]
 
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It's only got to be high res enough to catch a license plate.
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The rider set the recording to low resolution :rolleyes.

You can refer this video, the far difference.

[youtube]eyT0olj0Plc[/youtube]
 
I'm liking those innovv cameras more and more..
Sound quality ok or is a separate mic is needed?

I think I'm done with gopro products mine let me down way too many times even when it was new
 
It has a built-in mic. My recording unit is under the seat so it pics up the engine sound quite well. I tend to lower the volume in post processing though. It would be nice if there was a way to lower the mic sensitivity in software.

Oh, and it comes with an external mic, should you wish to use one.
 
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