Rig Help

I need to mount on a motorcycle (harley) and remote, I have suction cup mounts...but they are too large to mount on the frame or pipes. So then i thought magic arms, but those cant hold up in the wind, so...

any ideas? I need to mount aiming up at the rider super wide, and off the back seat/fender aiming out at other riders...

Im not limited to purchasing, building something is totally an option, luckly I know how to weld, budget (around $100) is my only limit...and more than likely the bikers will let me mount solid onto the bike, as long as it doesnt require screwing into the chrome or something...

Why does it have to attach to the bike? Why not shoot from another bike, or the back of a pickup. (Safety harness!)

I've got an idea in my mind, but need to find some stuff to describe it, maybe later

PhotosGuy, I believe it is to do with the style of photography, blinking8s has produces some fab images with car mounts that simply can't be done without mounting

well, atually I am working on a long term (about 3 month) documentrary photo story on a motorcycle club, mainly focusing on one member but in a way shooting more of an essay format at the same time and may continue working on it through the summer. When I follow them on rides, I am usually alone 90% of the time, and even when i have someone to drive so that I can shoot, 99% of the time it's one lane back country roads, the opportunity to get in front or even along side just doesnt happen.

I've been working on the assignment for nearly a month now, and I dont have a single good shot of them riding. Now I could shoot a portrait and set the situation up with them, but I'd rather get some natural images and keep my single portrait for the studio...way too many cool tattoos and bikes to waste my studio time for this story.

So, I need to figure out a way to remote...and I am stumped for rig ideas that wont effect the rider

Got a photo of the specific bike I can have a look at? Perhaps also another with the rider on it, so I get a better idea of how he sits. Im sure you could rig something up!

If you can mount it on a frame tube or handle bar, look at adjustable sprint car shock mounts. Or make your own. Take a piece of pipe where the ID is just smaller than the OD of the tube. Weld a boss (a small tube that the bolt will go through) on each side. Cut the tube longwize through the bosses. Now you have the tube mount. build the rest from there.

Bogen sells an adjustable clamp called the SuperClamp. It is like an oversized C clamp with padded jaws and has a socket to take various studs. Most pros have several of these in their lighting kits to mount lights but you can also use a stud to fit a small ball head and mount a camera on it.
http://www.bhphotovide​o.com …EG&addedTroughT​ype=search

A harley is a harley, pick a model...lol...I have 14 bikers to choose from in this project, between each of them I think they have every single Harley known to man...lol

But yeah, I'll probably figure out who is riding point next time we're going out and snap some photos of that bike...

I was actually thinking a similar thing...I think mounting to the handle bar might be somewhat an issue for the rider.

chtgrubbs wrote:
Bogen sells an adjustable clamp called the SuperClamp. It is like an oversized C clamp with padded jaws and has a socket to take various studs. Most pros have several of these in their lighting kits to mount lights but you can also use a stud to fit a small ball head and mount a camera on it.
http://www.bhphotovide​o.com …EG&addedTroughT​ype=search

I mentioned the superclamp in my original post, I have 2 of them, they cant hold in the wind at all, on a basketball backboard they are great, but thats about all