Chicago April camera test ride

Nice video.
Little more info on the mount ? I have a mount
for my camera but it shake around to much
when riding hard.

I'm still working on the mount. i'll have photos and details in couple days.

Hey Lou, Good riding with you today. Have fun taking the flag to the next member. Interesting Vid btw.

is there a way to quiet down the kz? is there no electric tach that will work? I have noticed mine is noisy and the youtube videos are noisy. It can't be the wind that is making all that godawful sound.
why...........

is there a way to quiet down the kz? is there no electric tach that will work? I have noticed mine is noisy and the youtube videos are noisy. It can't be the wind that is making all that godawful sound.
why...........

Forrest wrote: Hey Lou, Good riding with you today. Have fun taking the flag to the next member. Interesting Vid btw.

Yeah, had a blast riding with you guys! Felt like it was 10 degrees warmer when we came out of lower Wacker :laugh:

Ride safe on your trip.

Most of the hard engine noise is probably due to the camera being ridgidly mounted to the forks. The motor on the 550 is hard mounted to the frame so there is a direct mechanical path for engine noise. It's like a stethoscope. This also explains why the gear whine is so loud. Notice when the camera comes out of the mount, much of the mechanical sounds go away.

The best solution is to put a microphone in the muffler, or I could just drown out the video sound with some Euro-trash Tekno disco. :sick:

I thought it was mostly my exhaust, I am getting earplugs.

Great looking bike. Cool transparent tail piece and I love the twin headlights. Thx for posting the vid

Thanks JR.

BTW, since there is no tach at all, I don't suspect it's the tach cable.

is do you have an electronic tach and if so how did you get it?